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    <title>Two Psychologists Four Beers - Episodes Tagged with “Covid 19”</title>
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  <title>Episode 44: Psychology in the Time of COVID-19</title>
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  <itunes:subtitle>Yoel and Mickey discuss how their lives have have been impacted by the global pandemic and then ask what role psychology should play, if any, in informing the public discussion about COVID-19.</itunes:subtitle>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Yoel and Mickey spend the first half of the episode discussing how thier lives have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. How has the pademic affected those with and without children? How has the pandemic impacted our various relationships? For the second half of the episode, they discuss what to make of the rush of psychology research on COVID-19. Given psychology's noted problems with replication, generalizability, and standards of evidence, should psychologists be trying to shape public policy? What actionable advice can psychology offer?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bonus: Mickey finally says what he truly think of the Very Bad Wizards crew. &lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Yoel and Mickey spend the first half of the episode discussing how thier lives have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. How has the pademic affected those with and without children? How has the pandemic impacted our various relationships? For the second half of the episode, they discuss what to make of the rush of psychology research on COVID-19. Given psychology&#39;s noted problems with replication, generalizability, and standards of evidence, should psychologists be trying to shape public policy? What actionable advice can psychology offer?</p>

<p>Bonus: Mickey finally says what he truly think of the Very Bad Wizards crew.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/BEERS">The Great Courses Plus</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/BEERS">The Great Courses Plus is a Video-On-Demand service brought to you by The Great Courses – the leading global media brand for lifelong learning and personal enrichment. With thousands of in-depth videos taught by the world’s greatest professors, you’ll always have something fascinating to learn about.</a> Promo Code: BEERS</li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Canuck Pale Ale - Great Lakes Brewery" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.greatlakesbeer.com/Beer/canuck-pale-ale/">Canuck Pale Ale - Great Lakes Brewery</a></li><li><a title="Home - Welcome on the Chimay beers and cheeses website - Chimay" rel="nofollow" href="https://chimay.com/en/">Home - Welcome on the Chimay beers and cheeses website - Chimay</a></li><li><a title="Cat Lady – Bellwoods Brewery" rel="nofollow" href="https://bellwoodsbrewery.myshopify.com/products/cat-lady">Cat Lady – Bellwoods Brewery</a></li><li><a title="Don’t trust the psychologists on coronavirus - UnHerd" rel="nofollow" href="https://unherd.com/2020/03/dont-trust-the-psychologists-on-coronavirus/">Don’t trust the psychologists on coronavirus - UnHerd</a></li><li><a title="Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response" rel="nofollow" href="https://psyarxiv.com/y38m9">Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Yoel and Mickey spend the first half of the episode discussing how thier lives have been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. How has the pademic affected those with and without children? How has the pandemic impacted our various relationships? For the second half of the episode, they discuss what to make of the rush of psychology research on COVID-19. Given psychology&#39;s noted problems with replication, generalizability, and standards of evidence, should psychologists be trying to shape public policy? What actionable advice can psychology offer?</p>

<p>Bonus: Mickey finally says what he truly think of the Very Bad Wizards crew.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/BEERS">The Great Courses Plus</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/BEERS">The Great Courses Plus is a Video-On-Demand service brought to you by The Great Courses – the leading global media brand for lifelong learning and personal enrichment. With thousands of in-depth videos taught by the world’s greatest professors, you’ll always have something fascinating to learn about.</a> Promo Code: BEERS</li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Canuck Pale Ale - Great Lakes Brewery" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.greatlakesbeer.com/Beer/canuck-pale-ale/">Canuck Pale Ale - Great Lakes Brewery</a></li><li><a title="Home - Welcome on the Chimay beers and cheeses website - Chimay" rel="nofollow" href="https://chimay.com/en/">Home - Welcome on the Chimay beers and cheeses website - Chimay</a></li><li><a title="Cat Lady – Bellwoods Brewery" rel="nofollow" href="https://bellwoodsbrewery.myshopify.com/products/cat-lady">Cat Lady – Bellwoods Brewery</a></li><li><a title="Don’t trust the psychologists on coronavirus - UnHerd" rel="nofollow" href="https://unherd.com/2020/03/dont-trust-the-psychologists-on-coronavirus/">Don’t trust the psychologists on coronavirus - UnHerd</a></li><li><a title="Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response" rel="nofollow" href="https://psyarxiv.com/y38m9">Using social and behavioural science to support COVID-19 pandemic response</a></li></ul>]]>
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  <title>Episode 42: The Plague (with Joshua Tybur)</title>
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  <itunes:author>Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett</itunes:author>
  <itunes:subtitle>Joshua Tybur joins the show to discuss COVID-19, pathogen avoidance, disgust, measurement, evolutionary psychology, and baldness.</itunes:subtitle>
  <itunes:duration>1:16:55</itunes:duration>
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  <description>&lt;p&gt;Yoel and Mickey welcome evolutionary psychologist Joshua Tybur to the podcast to discuss COVID-19 and the function of disgust as part of the behavioral immune system. What is the relationship between disgust sensitivity and political orientation? Can the theory of evolutionary act as a meta-theory for the study of human psychology? Why is evolutionary psychology so controversial and polarizing?&lt;/p&gt;

&lt;p&gt;Bonus: Would Mickey inflate a new unlubricated condom with his mouth? Special Guest: Joshua Tybur.&lt;/p&gt;
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    <![CDATA[<p>Yoel and Mickey welcome evolutionary psychologist Joshua Tybur to the podcast to discuss COVID-19 and the function of disgust as part of the behavioral immune system. What is the relationship between disgust sensitivity and political orientation? Can the theory of evolutionary act as a meta-theory for the study of human psychology? Why is evolutionary psychology so controversial and polarizing?</p>

<p>Bonus: Would Mickey inflate a new unlubricated condom with his mouth?</p><p>Special Guest: Joshua Tybur.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/BEERS">The Great Courses Plus</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/BEERS">The Great Courses Plus is a Video-On-Demand service brought to you by The Great Courses – the leading global media brand for lifelong learning and personal enrichment. With thousands of in-depth videos taught by the world’s greatest professors, you’ll always have something fascinating to learn about.</a> Promo Code: BEERS</li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Moosehead Radler | Blog | Moosehead Breweries" rel="nofollow" href="https://moosehead.ca/brands/moosehead-radler">Moosehead Radler | Blog | Moosehead Breweries</a></li><li><a title="Home - Jopenkerk Haarlem" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jopenkerk.nl/haarlem/en/">Home - Jopenkerk Haarlem</a></li><li><a title="How Coronavirus Bypasses Our Behavioral Immune System (And What We Can Do About It) – The Evolution Institute" rel="nofollow" href="https://evolution-institute.org/how-coronavirus-bypasses-our-behavioral-immune-system-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/">How Coronavirus Bypasses Our Behavioral Immune System (And What We Can Do About It) – The Evolution Institute</a></li><li><a title="Is the relationship between pathogen avoidance and ideological conservatism explained by sexual strategies? - ScienceDirect" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513815000173">Is the relationship between pathogen avoidance and ideological conservatism explained by sexual strategies? - ScienceDirect</a></li><li><a title="Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations | PNAS" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.pnas.org/content/113/44/12408.full">Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations | PNAS</a></li><li><a title="Why do people vary in disgust? | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences" rel="nofollow" href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2017.0204">Why do people vary in disgust? | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences</a></li><li><a title="Testing the Controversy | SpringerLink" rel="nofollow" href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12110-007-9024-y">Testing the Controversy | SpringerLink</a></li><li><a title="When theory trumps ideology: Lessons from evolutionary psychology | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/when-theory-trumps-ideology-lessons-from-evolutionary-psychology/0C3EFD547C6DAC3A0968E889BBBEFE89">When theory trumps ideology: Lessons from evolutionary psychology | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core</a></li><li><a title="Frontiers | Why isn&#39;t everyone an evolutionary psychologist? | Psychology" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00910/full">Frontiers | Why isn't everyone an evolutionary psychologist? | Psychology</a></li><li><a title="Do social psychologists have an ideological aversion to evolutionary psychology? – Research Digest" rel="nofollow" href="https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/11/27/many-social-psychologists-are-impeded-by-their-ideological-aversion-to-evolutionary-psychology/">Do social psychologists have an ideological aversion to evolutionary psychology? – Research Digest</a></li><li><a title="Cue masking and cultural signals: Testing context-specific preferences for bald(ing) leaders - ScienceDirect" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103119300551">Cue masking and cultural signals: Testing context-specific preferences for bald(ing) leaders - ScienceDirect</a></li></ul>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p>Yoel and Mickey welcome evolutionary psychologist Joshua Tybur to the podcast to discuss COVID-19 and the function of disgust as part of the behavioral immune system. What is the relationship between disgust sensitivity and political orientation? Can the theory of evolutionary act as a meta-theory for the study of human psychology? Why is evolutionary psychology so controversial and polarizing?</p>

<p>Bonus: Would Mickey inflate a new unlubricated condom with his mouth?</p><p>Special Guest: Joshua Tybur.</p><p>Sponsored By:</p><ul><li><a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/BEERS">The Great Courses Plus</a>: <a rel="nofollow" href="https://www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/BEERS">The Great Courses Plus is a Video-On-Demand service brought to you by The Great Courses – the leading global media brand for lifelong learning and personal enrichment. With thousands of in-depth videos taught by the world’s greatest professors, you’ll always have something fascinating to learn about.</a> Promo Code: BEERS</li></ul><p>Links:</p><ul><li><a title="Moosehead Radler | Blog | Moosehead Breweries" rel="nofollow" href="https://moosehead.ca/brands/moosehead-radler">Moosehead Radler | Blog | Moosehead Breweries</a></li><li><a title="Home - Jopenkerk Haarlem" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.jopenkerk.nl/haarlem/en/">Home - Jopenkerk Haarlem</a></li><li><a title="How Coronavirus Bypasses Our Behavioral Immune System (And What We Can Do About It) – The Evolution Institute" rel="nofollow" href="https://evolution-institute.org/how-coronavirus-bypasses-our-behavioral-immune-system-and-what-we-can-do-about-it/">How Coronavirus Bypasses Our Behavioral Immune System (And What We Can Do About It) – The Evolution Institute</a></li><li><a title="Is the relationship between pathogen avoidance and ideological conservatism explained by sexual strategies? - ScienceDirect" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S1090513815000173">Is the relationship between pathogen avoidance and ideological conservatism explained by sexual strategies? - ScienceDirect</a></li><li><a title="Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations | PNAS" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.pnas.org/content/113/44/12408.full">Parasite stress and pathogen avoidance relate to distinct dimensions of political ideology across 30 nations | PNAS</a></li><li><a title="Why do people vary in disgust? | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences" rel="nofollow" href="https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/full/10.1098/rstb.2017.0204">Why do people vary in disgust? | Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B: Biological Sciences</a></li><li><a title="Testing the Controversy | SpringerLink" rel="nofollow" href="https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s12110-007-9024-y">Testing the Controversy | SpringerLink</a></li><li><a title="When theory trumps ideology: Lessons from evolutionary psychology | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/behavioral-and-brain-sciences/article/when-theory-trumps-ideology-lessons-from-evolutionary-psychology/0C3EFD547C6DAC3A0968E889BBBEFE89">When theory trumps ideology: Lessons from evolutionary psychology | Behavioral and Brain Sciences | Cambridge Core</a></li><li><a title="Frontiers | Why isn&#39;t everyone an evolutionary psychologist? | Psychology" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpsyg.2014.00910/full">Frontiers | Why isn't everyone an evolutionary psychologist? | Psychology</a></li><li><a title="Do social psychologists have an ideological aversion to evolutionary psychology? – Research Digest" rel="nofollow" href="https://digest.bps.org.uk/2018/11/27/many-social-psychologists-are-impeded-by-their-ideological-aversion-to-evolutionary-psychology/">Do social psychologists have an ideological aversion to evolutionary psychology? – Research Digest</a></li><li><a title="Cue masking and cultural signals: Testing context-specific preferences for bald(ing) leaders - ScienceDirect" rel="nofollow" href="https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0022103119300551">Cue masking and cultural signals: Testing context-specific preferences for bald(ing) leaders - ScienceDirect</a></li></ul>]]>
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