Nancy Segal (Deliberately Divided: Inside the Controversial Study of Twins and Triplets Adopted Apart) is an evolutionary psychologist, behavioral geneticist, and author. Nancy joins the Armchair Expert to discuss whether there’s anything predictable about a twin who comes out first, why in twin studies differences are not deficits, and her work with the Min ... Show More
Apr 22
Alvin E. Roth (on moral economics)
Alvin E. Roth (Moral Economics) is a Nobel Prize-winning economist, Stanford professor, and author. Alvin joins Armchair Expert to discuss growing up in Queens with two schoolteacher parents, skipping a traditional high school path to attend college at 16, and how early academic ... Show More
2h 15m
Oct 2024
Invasion of the Identical Twins
A boatload of Swedish identical twins, aged 11 to 80, descended into Felixstowe on 7th October, 1977 - wearing matching outfits - for a shopping trip.
The eye-catching stunt was part of a scientific project led by ship captain Sune Dahlström, a twin himself, in collaboration wit ... Show More
11m 36s
Aug 2024
On Tour with the Siamese Twins
Rerun: Conjoined teenagers Chang and Eng Bunker began their world tour in Boston, Massachusetts on 16th August, 1829.
‘Discovered’ by Scotsman Robert Hunter in Siam (now Thailand), the boys inspired the term ‘Siamese Twins’, despite being ethnically Chinese.
Chang was a heavy dri ... Show More
11m 12s
Mar 2022
My Twin Sister Is Better Then Me
Don’t get me wrong... I love my sister. We are twins, and there’s a special connection between us, but she annoys the hell out of me!I’m super jealous of her, and I don’t know how to handle it any longer. You see, we aren’t identical twins, just regular old twins. So that means t ... Show More
10m 1s