Motherhood Until Yesterday with Elena Bridgers

Hunter-Gatherer Moms Nurse All Night and Still Sleep Well, with Dr. Alyssa Crittenden

Today, I have a very special guest, Alyssa Crittenden, a biological anthropologist and professor at the University of Nevada, who has spent more than two decades studying

Multi-Age Playgroups, Birth Spacing, and the Limits of Hunter-Gatherer Research with Dr. Abigail Page

Dr. Abigail Page is a biological anthropologist at Brunel University London who spent a lot of time researching the Agta hunter-gatherers of the Philippines. She has publ

The Inner Lives of Aka Women with Professor Bonnie Hewlett

Bonnie is a professor of cultural anthropology at Washington State University who spent years living in forest camps with the Aka of the Central African Republic — the sa

Testosterone, Fatherhood and Modern Marriage with Dr. Darby Saxbe

My guest in this episode is Dr. Darby Saxbe, clinical psychologist and professor at USC, whose new book Dad Brain is out now. Darby runs a lab studying the neurobiology o

Michaeleen Doucleff is Back to Bust The Biggest Myth About Screen Time and Junk Food

Michaeleen Doucleff, author of the New York Times bestseller Hunt, Gather, Parent, is back! And this time, we are talking screen time, junk food, and how dopamine works i

Mothers Evolved to Rely on LOTS of Help, with Dr. Nikhil Chaudhary

Dr. Nikhil Choudhury is a lecturer at University of Cambridge in human evolution and behavioral ecology. His research explores the evolution of social behavior and cooper

On Mom Rage with Minna Dubin

New episode coming in hot with Minna Dubin, the author of MOM RAGE: The Everyday Crisis of Modern Motherhood. In this episode we are digging into the taboo topic of mom r

On Valuing Care Work with Elissa Strauss

I am so pleased to finally be releasing this wonderful interview with Elissa Strauss, author of When You Care: The Unexpected Magic of Caring for Others. In this episode,

How Ancient Cultures Parent Better, with Michaeleen Doucleff

I am so excited for you to listen to this episode, an interview with Michaeleen Doucleff, author of the New York Times bestseller Hunt, Gather, Parent. Hunt, Gather, Pare

On Maternity Leave and Gender Inequity with Cindy DiTiberio

Today’s guest is Cindy DiTiberio, writer and mom behind the popular Substack newsletter The Mother Lode. In this episode we are discussing how maternity leave without pat

On Urban Planning for Community with Kiri Crossland

Kiri is an urban planner from New Zealand and in this episode we are discussing all of the ways in which the physical layout of our towns, cities and neighborhoods affect

Evolution of the Female Body with Cat Bohannon

This week I sat down with Cat Bohannon, author of the New York Times Bestseller, Eve: How the Female Body Drove 200 Million Years of Evolution. In this episode, Cat and I

On Respecting Maternal Instinct and Getting More Sleep, with Tiffany Belanger

Tiffany Belanger is the mom and safe co-sleeping influencer behind the popular Instagram account cosleepy. In this episode, Tiffany and I talk about the evolution of mate

On Ambition and Motherhood, with Stefanie Rodriguez

Stefanie Rodriguez is a mother, writer, journalist and podcaster covering topics related to women’s relationship with money, power and ambition. In this podcast episode,

On Raising Boys and Gender Wars with Ruth Whippman, Author of Boy Mom

Ruth and I talk about our inner conflict around raising boys in the post-Me-Too era.

On Evolutionary Mismatch , Communal Living, and Discomfort with Steven Crane

Steven is a Behavior Design Researcher at Stanford School of Medicine and shares my obsession with evolutionary mismatch as a framework for understanding human flourishin

On Maternal Power with Nightbitch author Rachel Yoder

Rachel Yoder is the author of Nightbitch, her debut novel, named book of the year by Esquire and Vulture in 2021 and now a feature film written and directed by Marielle H