Displaying 2 items of Two Psychologists Four Beers with the tag "anthropology".
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Episode 132: If You're So Smart, Why Aren't You Rich? (with Paul Bloom)
August 1st, 2026 | 1 hr 21 mins
anthropology, internet controversy, psychology, the odyssey
Paul and Yoel talk about whether it's a problem that psychologists seem to be no better than laypeople at predicting behavior. We also cover a recent controversy in anthropology.
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Episode 54: Being WEIRD (with Joe Henrich)
September 23rd, 2020 | 1 hr 28 mins
anthropology, culture, economics, evolution, religion, theory crisis, weird people problem
Yoel and Mickey host Harvard University polymath Joe Henrich on the podcast to talk about his new book on why the west has become so prosperous, the secret of human's success, and the cognitive science of religion.