Robin Dunbar is an anthropologist, evolutionary psychologist, head of the Social and Evolutionary Neuroscience Research Group at the University of Oxford and an author.
Most animals need friends to survive. But no other animal has as layered and complex a social life as humans. The last 2 million years from trees to plains to apartments has caused huge chan ... Show More
Yesterday
Why Life Feels So Dull All The Time (and how to fix it) - Robert Greene - #1162
Robert Greene is an author and historian. Expect to learn why Robert chose to write about the ‘Sublime’, why you feel so miserable all of the time, and how to make life feel magical again, if we’re mistakenly trying to recover childhood through novelty, travel, drugs and stimulat ... Show More
2h 21m
Oct 10
The Only 12 Lessons Buried In Every Self-Help Book - Spencer Greenberg - #1161
Spencer Greenberg is a mathematician, founder, CEO & creator of ClearerThinking.org Expect to learn the most valuable lessons from over 500+ personal development books, why understanding values are so hard, which popular self-help advice turned out to have surprisingly little sub ... Show More
1h 27m
Oct 8
CIA Whistleblower: “The Shadow Government Is Real” - John Kiriakou - #1160
John Kiriakou is a former CIA counterterrorism officer, intelligence whistleblower, journalist, and author. Expect to learn who’s actually controlling the US government, what John thinks of the new Paramount/Warner Bros. Skydance Merger, why we should be worried about and taking ... Show More
2h 36m
Aug 2021
The Science of Making and Keeping Friends | Robin Dunbar
Friendship might not necessarily be something you've considered to be an urgent psychological and physiological issue. On this show, we spend a lot of time exploring how the quality of our relationships determines the quality of our lives and our health. Sadly, in many ways, it's ... Show More
1h 3m
Oct 2022
The Science of Making and Keeping Friends | Robin Dunbar
<p><em>New episodes come out every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday for free, with 1-week early access for Wondery+ subscribers.</em></p> <p>---</p> <p>Friendship might not necessarily be something you've considered to be an urgent psychological and physiological issue. One thing we ... Show More
55m 1s
Dec 2024
Sunday Pick: How many friends do I need?
Each Sunday, TED shares an episode of another podcast we think you'll love, handpicked for you… by us. How many relationships should we maintain, and what are the different kinds of friendships we need anyway? In this episode of Am I Normal?, a podcast from the TED Audio Collecti ... Show More
20m 24s