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1 Beating Your Genes
2 Stepping stones to Self-Esteem
3 High Cost of High Expectations
4 Beat the Genes
5 Stone-Age politics vs Modern-day politics
6 Gender Dynamics and Differences in Men and Women
7 Understanding Your Personality
8 How to get along without going along
9 Love, Sex, Dating, Relationships
10 Biological Clock, Sexual Variety, Settling Down, and Male Groupies
11 Love, Sex, Dating, Relationships Part 3
12 Making Yourself More Date-able
13 Making Yourself More Date-able Part 2
14 More on love, sex, dating, and relationships
15 Making Yourself More Attractive
16 How much to spend on a first date
17 Caller asks Dr Lisle about polyamory
18 Which men and women hook up the most
19 Common Dating Traps and how to avoid them
20 Common Relationship Problems and how to solve them
21 Real life examples of relationship conflict
22 More real life examples of relationship conflict
23 Do opposites attract
24 Keys to a Successful Relationship
25 What she says vs What she means
26 What He Says vs What He Means
27 How to Make Great Friends
28 Listener questions and call-ins
29 Grudges, Sports, and Rivalry
30 Listener questions
31 Psychology of Humor
32 Listener emails and questions
33 Stress Management
34 Keys to a successful 1st date (for Men)
35 Keys to a Successful First Date (for Women)
36 Dealing with Grief, Loss, and Sadness
37 Election 2016- Psychology of Trump, Clinton and the rest of politics
38 More listener questions and comments
39 Procrastination
40 Sexual Abuse and Trauma
41 Why is academia so left wing
42 Listener questions, comments, and emails
43 Inside the Criminal Mind
44 Willpower and Change
45 Willpower and Change Part 2
46 Listener emails and questions
47 Free will, Basis of EvoPsych, PositiveNegative Reinforcement
48 What's the point of psychotherapy, how to influence others
49 Overthinking, Reading ppl, family embarrasment, and what to do if you're ugly
50 What's your personality
51 How to feel good, how to succceed at life improvement
52 Listener questions, emails, and comments
53 Flakes, gays, and cougars
54 Repairing a strained relationship On-air session with Olivia and Dr Lisle
55 Discussion about vicious cycles, listener emails, callers welcome
56 How to deal with flaky or lazy children and flaky friends
57 Listener emails, questions
58 Mate-choice copying, The Milgram Experiment, Trans athletes, Darwin Awards
59 How different do we act when we're being watched
60 What if your mate rival drives a Porsche, Succeeding at job interviews
61 Marxism, Affairs, Video Games, Tattoo signaling
62 Making it to Date 2, Political Correctness, Self-Limiting Beliefs
63 Marital jealousy, Distancing yourself, Self-limiting beliefs
64 Dealing with a Micromanager - An On-Air session with Dr Lisle
65 Finding your edge in life
66 About Dr Doug Lisle
67 About Dr Lisle Part 2, Myths of Moderation when making health changes
68 Explaining enablers, dating with psychiatric disorders, and having grit
69 Animal haters, Porn in long term relationship, Being a nicer person, Decision fatigue and Netflix
70 Finding your identity - an on-air session w Dr Lisle and a listener
71 Hard-wired Nature vs Nurture
72 Confidence, Intolerance, finding your purpose
73 Parenting styles, Millenials, Bringing back purpose
74 Millenials
75 Helping friends and family, self-confidence vs self-esteem
76 Dating mind-games, Binge-eating
77 Child prodigies, Cat-fishing, Being born w a deformity
78 Google's memo controversy
79 Doing good, Overbearing parents, Does birth order matter, facing death
80 On-Air Session w Listener and Dr Lisle
81 Questions for Dr Lisle
82 Overcoming height weight financial differences while dating
83 Q and A
84 Building a community, Getting over an ex's past, non-sexual fetishes, and more
85 Is online dating worth it, qualifying for your spouse
86 What is a middle-of-the-bell-curve person like, braces, alcohol addiction
87 Psych of Halloween costumes, talking to yourself, modern technology
88 Quitting vices One by one or altogether Helping your SO with their vices
89 Ex-husband and father of my kids is a sociopath, On-air session
90 Saying sorry, Borderline personality, Multiple personality, politics
91 Live callers
92 What will the future look like
93 Relocating, Sexual Harassment current events, Dating on a diet, and more
94 Dating on a diet, Painful memories, jealousy, working long hours
95 OCD, Jealousy, Over-working, and advice for a naturopath
96 10 paid dates-what now Societal expectations of parents, future of race
97 On-air session - Daughter is having health problems, what do we do
98 Evolutionary psychology in 2018
99 Introvert socializing, happiness triggers, Kid is flunking, Nature fallacy
100 Special Episode Getting Personal with Dr Doug Lisle
101 Neoteny, Why do women stay w men who don't love them, Asexuality
102 Relationships, Time in Womb, Free Will, Evo Psych of Bad Teeth
103 Family conflict turns into 8 years of unresolved rumination
104 Helping mom out, Closing an open-loop
105 Personality traits of alpha males, advice to women dating alpha males
106 Dreams, Meditation, Listener calls in
107 Bullying, Job satisfaction, Changing careers
108 Punishing children, advice to psychology students, cynical from evo psych
109 What can our behavior signal to a romantic partner
110 Co-dependency, child attachment styles, advice on losing a child
111 Evolution of language, Emotional first-aid, helping a friend
112 Intervention overconfidence, Caller question, Alcoholism, Evo Psych in academia, advertising,
113 Fear of commitment, Live callers, Evo Psych in academia, advertising, music
114 Evo Psych in academia, advertising, music
115 Depression, Psychedelics
116 Beauty standards for women, Prostitution, and Emotional Intelligence
117 Cost-benefit of displays, directing esteem cues, evo psych of economics, internet trolls, and
118 Hamilton's Rule, Altruism, Kin selection
119 How does our personality change With circumstance With age
120 A novel approach to cravings for junk, Personality differences and dislikes
121 Dating after appearance change, Disagreeable Doug, Flooding the Circuits, Managing anger
122 Aren't humans omnivores Stanford Experiment, Placebo effect, Stockholm
123 Placebo effect, Stockholm syndrome, Listener's son having mental breakdown
124 Stress in the modern world vs stone-age
125 Committing to goals, displaying confidence, soulmates
126 Delaying sex Does a woman's self-esteem increase with age
127 Do men judge more than looks, keeping peace in the family, pop psychology
128 6 Romantic Gestures That Are MAJOR Red Flags
129 Cheapskates, Hoarders, Energy vampires, Marriage trouble
130 Internal audience judgment, anorexia, why do people interrupt each other
131 Health questions, What to say when friend asks if she's overweight Are there cultural shifts
132 Being productive, Escaping the ego trap
133 Empathy, Brains vs Beauty Trade-off Male confused on a date
134 Nostalgia, Studying for MCAT, Getting asked health questions
135 Finding the source of depression - an on-air session
136 Why we feel unhappy sometimes, The meaning of life, What is intuition
137 (replay of episode 31)
138 Older vs younger generations, applying Evo Psych, genes vs environment
139 radical honesty, genes vs environment, reconnecting with an old friend
140 anorexia, paternity testing, selecting for pair bonds on a dating profile
141 Facial cues, guess the personality, non-food potential pleasure traps
142 Why do boys pick on girls giving gifts, people you dislike
143 Restriction and binges, healthy mom pushing health on family, 2 callers
144 (Replay of Episode 65)
145 Eating healthy while socializing during the holidays, live caller
146 Binging on broccoli, Do we want what we can’t have, Live caller
147 Effects of long term marijuana, Spousal abuse, can severe OCD be beaten
148 Forgiving and letting go, Lonely older single women, Shy vs bold men
149 Shy vs bold men, Getting away from a narcissist, Is there a utopia
150 (replay of episode 64)
151 Ten paid dates from a man's perspective, open loops from casual flings
152 Anger in relationships, falling in love with a monk, food cravings
153 Falling out of love, Cultural shifts, Faced with food temptations
154 Female ambition psychology, Messy roommate, roots of privacy
155 Dilated eyes, Friendships, Romantic excitement, Live caller
156 Keeping attention in class, When authority is altruistic, autism, war
157 Free time, pseudo esteem
158 Are women harder on themselves, Stuttering, Marriage problems, Is there a limit to esteem
159 Internal audience, public speaking, Hot cold lovers,Getting over a breakup
160 Special Episode Broadcasting on Facebook Live
161 Explaining the Ego Trap 1 of 2
162 Explaining the Ego Trap 2 of 2
163 Expectations vs performance, politics questions, business partner conflict
164 What if kid doesnt want college, Is there anti 10 paid dates culture
165 Dating down vs up Do we embarrass to assess mate value
166 Where does guilt come from, where do body issues come from
167 Epigenetics, Stress and health, egocentric bias while dating
168 Why do we get manipulated Are emotions contagious
169 Finding a dream job, Drama at work, Helping parents find happiness
170 Is knitting a sexual display, Is sexual inexperience a turn off
171 Advice for an indecisive man, Advice for a teacher, Delusional friends
172 On air session, Dating a salesman
173 Being cheap, Loaning money, Alcoholic husband, Influencing others
174 Does casual mating doom pair bond chances, Evo psych and spiritual experience
175 Ben Franklin effect, Burying feelings, Bottling up emotions, Internet trolls
176 Behavioral Genetics, Hiding w status loss, getting ignored in class
177 Does seeking validation hinder happiness, Role of evolutionary mismatch
178 Stress of decision making, Esteem choices
179 Money and Esteem, Casual mating friends, Communication manipulation, LDRs
180 Subjective experiences, Downsides of overshooting evolutionary advantage
181 Showing weakness, Dominance Hierarchy, Sharing Evopsych, Ego Trap
182 Enlightenment and Ego Trap, Trading w a Toddler, Keeping kids innocent
183 Do rewards improve motivation, Can parents toughen up their kids
184 Male Female Dynamics with Dr Lisle and Dr Jen Howk
185 Is effective health care possible, Sharing health info w sick friends
186 Male Female dynamics Part 2 with Drs Doug Lisle and Jen Howk
187 Stuck in a stagnant rut, Mirror emotions, More detail on agreeableness
188 Couchsurfing as a woman, Resilience vs coddling, Jealousy after a breakup
189 Introducing Dr Jen Howk
190 Minimizing distortions, Worth it to disagree
191 Impostor Syndrome, Parenting a mischievous son, Boyfriend went to stripclub
192 Group therapy, Plomian curse, Enlightenment trap, Being less critical
193 (replay of episode 64)
194 Evo psych of punishment and revenge, Fairness in male female dynamics
195 Pleasure Trap, Making yourself proud, Social cost of eating healthy
196 Attraction patterns, Control freak, Emotional blackmail
197 Myelin sheath and child development, Are private ppl missing out, Measuring genes
198 Earning attraction, IQ discrepancy, Market limiting cues in dating profiles
199 Attraction tiers, Bluffing conscientiousness, Jimmy the guitar player
200 Episode 200
201 Accessing the subconscious, Depression from illness, Brain maturity
202 Leaving an unhappy marriage, Flirting, Toxic parents, Needy friends
203 New Year's resolutions, Pleasure Trap, Health questions
204 Do emotions trigger relapses, How to prevent or minimize addictive relapse
205 Moderation vs fanaticism in life pursuits, Social media as pleasure trap
206 Depression, Why does mad girlfriend ignore, 25 year relationship no sex
207 Calibrating to the market, Showing off genes in the cold, Finding a mate
208 Arrogant or cocky people, Epidemic of anxiety, Evo psych of suicide
209 Susceptibility to addiction, Dealing w family bullies, Attraction CB
210 Well meaning organization getting off course, Personality cancer
211 Neuroticism and IQ, Creating habits, Saving a post affair marriage
212 Being a therapist, Overcoming fears and anxieties
213 Coronavirus 2020
214 Coronavirus 2020 Part 2
215 Coronavirus with Dr Lisle and Dr Howk
216 Coronavirus Loneliness, Economy, Revolution, Bell Curves and Stereotypes
217 Coronavirus Part 5, Math clarification
218 New data, Coronarivus Part 6
219 Increasing your self esteem and escaping the pleasure trap during Lockdown
220 Tension w friends, Dealing with conflict, Mass hysteria, Self esteem
221 Lockdown changes and annoyance, Dealing w Burn out, How to Help a friend
222 Stats Update Coronavirus
223 Food vs drugs, Longevity, Dating market while aging, Is Lust a trap
224 Current events, Growth mindset v Genes, Coronavirus compliance, Inheritance
225 AGEs, evolution and diet, self esteem during recovery, finding your coalition
226 Irritated compliance, getting people to listen, break ups, marriage hesitation
227 Genes for disease vs personality, parental influence, environmental genes
228 Selfish Gene and Blueprint, faking orgasms, low mood stay at home mom
229 Changing political views, dealing with grief, current division in the world
230 Repeat exposure, scrambled eggs, pair bond dating success, online dating
231 Post-corona dating calibration, pushing our kids, controlling others
232 Sugar babies, appearance and personality, unconditional love, homelessness
233 Helping friends, aliens, PMS, anger management, reducing anxiety
234 Covid update, psychology of war, why high expectations
235 Underdogs, lazy husband, genetic politics, disagreeable vs confrontational
236 Read receipts, low sex desire, weight, high school skills, silly animals
237 Desire to change others, sibling concerns, step-dad harsh with stepson
238 Calorie budget, baby vs adult talk, russian women, heritability, corporate jargon
239 Down arrow, Education policy, Epigenetics, Trauma induced behavioral change
240 Dealing with Narcissism, Socializing with unconventional views
241 Spouse is Great but Unhealthy, Blamed for Childs Behavior, Feel vs act
242 Election 2020
243 Erectile Dysfunction, Pleasure Trap, Ego Trap, Opposite Blame
244 Washed up Jimmy, Lazy Millenials, Covid mandates, New normal
245 Maximizing freedom, Are pets a supernormal family stimuli
246 2020 Recap show
247 Govt and Pleasure trap, Ego trap, Evo psych over 60, Social needs of seniors
248 Earning esteem, feeling pride, and self improvement
249 Washed Up Jimmy is Offended, Do Friends and Business mix
250 Owing parents, Childs pleasure trap sabotages moms goals, Is mom disagreeable or am I too sensitive
251 Am I with Mr Right for the wrong reasons
252 Periodic State of the Unions, Pair bonds, Disingenuous friend
253 Vaccine passports, Social credit system
254 Economics, cryptocurrency, and job searching
255 Perception meets reality, Sense of Awe
256 Placebo effect, Frustrated at societal costs, Living with distortions
257 Current Events May 2021
258 Current events
259 Standoff with Son, Lazy partner Wont Move Out, Evil Son, Problems with MIL
260 Shaking the Jimmy Gene, Less productive after having a mate
261 Current events 07 26 2021
262 Kid blames parents for low self esteem, High ambition but low action, Being productive w tasks
263 Consilience in Evo Psych, Does the Rooster Settle Hens, Cancel culture
264 Current Events 09 10 2021
265 Porn in a relationship, GF has a past, Is a marriage contract natural
266 Going mad, nervous breakdowns, Getting over small slights
267 Sentimental objects, Birth control, Getting over the victim mentality, covid depressed
268 Evo Psych Diet, Retiring Early, Stressed in the Stone Age, Covid Tantrums
269 Epiphanies, Acting different around diff people, Self destructive behavior
270 Polyamory, Unvaxxed dating, Sharing mate with needy sibling, Bonding w mate w surrogate child
271 Raising a child, Psychology of obese, Sleep, Disagreeable distance, Politics, Paranoia
272 Work evaluation, AbandonmentRejection issues, Life after psych meds
273 Why is that guy into the promiscuous woman, Is my Bf just a jerk, Low emotional stability partner
274 Can therapy trigger a victim mentality From food addiction to impulsive shopping, 10 paid dates
275 Sex frequency issue, Cheating on Horace, Current Events
276 Jealousy and posessive behavior, crystal clear, deception in dating
277 Do ppl marry out of necessity, Assessing happiness, Contribution Anxiety
278 Sexual disgust, Meaningful and authentic esteem dynamic in a pair bond
279 BFs career, Women abusing men, Video games, Afraid to talk to opp sex, gender theory
280 Lazy husband, Painful sex, Bf might wander, High T and agreeable
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