web02.fireside.fm Wed, 15 Apr 2026 22:38:14 -0500 Fireside (https://fireside.fm) Two Psychologists Four Beers - Episodes Tagged with “Disgust” https://www.fourbeers.com/tags/disgust Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:00:00 -0400 Two psychologists endeavor to drink four beers while discussing news and controversies in science, academia, and beyond. en-us episodic Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett Two psychologists endeavor to drink four beers while discussing news and controversies in science, academia, and beyond. yes psychology, beer, academia, science, controversy Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett fourbeerspod@gmail.com Episode 118: Do We Have a Purity Problem? (with David Pizarro) https://www.fourbeers.com/118 134dd942-8d4e-47cf-b50b-06eb7c1c0fa7 Tue, 01 Apr 2025 08:00:00 -0400 Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett 118 Do We Have a Purity Problem? (with David Pizarro) full Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett Moral psychologist David Pizarro joins the show to talk about "purity." When moral psychologists ask people about their judgments of sex with chickens, smearing yourself with cat feces, and sibling incest, what are we learning? Is it possible that "purity" isn't a coherent concept at all, or is there an underlying method to the madness? 1:12:53 yes Arguably, the last 25 years of moral psychology have been about people's judgments of "purity violations"--ostensibly harmless acts that "are disgusting or degrading to one’s spiritual nature." From sex with (dead) chickens to pet-eating to baby Jesus buttplugs, moral psychologists have been fascinated by purity transgressions. Moral psychologist and purity expert David Pizarro joins the show to talk about the concept of purity and recent critiques arguing that it's a concept too broad to be useful. Along the way, we also discuss how often to shower, getting into bed in your outside clothes, and ritualistically washing your dad's feet. Special Guest: David Pizarro. purity, disgust, moral psychology, chicken sex, baby Jesus buttplugs Arguably, the last 25 years of moral psychology have been about people's judgments of "purity violations"--ostensibly harmless acts that "are disgusting or degrading to one’s spiritual nature." From sex with (dead) chickens to pet-eating to baby Jesus buttplugs, moral psychologists have been fascinated by purity transgressions. Moral psychologist and purity expert David Pizarro joins the show to talk about the concept of purity and recent critiques arguing that it's a concept too broad to be useful. Along the way, we also discuss how often to shower, getting into bed in your outside clothes, and ritualistically washing your dad's feet.

Special Guest: David Pizarro.

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]]> Arguably, the last 25 years of moral psychology have been about people's judgments of "purity violations"--ostensibly harmless acts that "are disgusting or degrading to one’s spiritual nature." From sex with (dead) chickens to pet-eating to baby Jesus buttplugs, moral psychologists have been fascinated by purity transgressions. Moral psychologist and purity expert David Pizarro joins the show to talk about the concept of purity and recent critiques arguing that it's a concept too broad to be useful. Along the way, we also discuss how often to shower, getting into bed in your outside clothes, and ritualistically washing your dad's feet.

Special Guest: David Pizarro.

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]]> Episode 43: Penumbral Fuzz (with Nina Strohminger) https://www.fourbeers.com/43 66fb49fd-6ec5-4274-8610-984f8a612198 Wed, 15 Apr 2020 05:00:00 -0400 Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett 43 Penumbral Fuzz (with Nina Strohminger) full Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett Nina Strohminger joins the show to talk about disgust, morality, the true self, death, academia, humor, and errant flatuses. 1:11:16 yes Yoel and Mickey welcome Nina Strohminger, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics at the Wharton School of Business, to the show. Nina delivers entertaining takes on digust and morality, the true self, adventures in academia, and writing heroic book reviews. Do incidental emotions reliably impact decision making? What aspect of mind is at the core of one's identity? Which neurodegenerative diseases are the most difficult for caregivers to cope with? What does Nina really think about Colin McGinn's book, The Meaning of Disgust? Bonus: What is worse: pop-psychology or pop-philosophy? Special Guest: Nina Strohminger. disgust, emotion, true self, academia, book reviews, neurodegeneration, penis-gazing blowhards Yoel and Mickey welcome Nina Strohminger, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics at the Wharton School of Business, to the show. Nina delivers entertaining takes on digust and morality, the true self, adventures in academia, and writing heroic book reviews. Do incidental emotions reliably impact decision making? What aspect of mind is at the core of one's identity? Which neurodegenerative diseases are the most difficult for caregivers to cope with? What does Nina really think about Colin McGinn's book, The Meaning of Disgust?

Bonus: What is worse: pop-psychology or pop-philosophy?

Special Guest: Nina Strohminger.

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]]> Yoel and Mickey welcome Nina Strohminger, Assistant Professor of Legal Studies & Business Ethics at the Wharton School of Business, to the show. Nina delivers entertaining takes on digust and morality, the true self, adventures in academia, and writing heroic book reviews. Do incidental emotions reliably impact decision making? What aspect of mind is at the core of one's identity? Which neurodegenerative diseases are the most difficult for caregivers to cope with? What does Nina really think about Colin McGinn's book, The Meaning of Disgust?

Bonus: What is worse: pop-psychology or pop-philosophy?

Special Guest: Nina Strohminger.

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]]> Episode 42: The Plague (with Joshua Tybur) https://www.fourbeers.com/42 c2561abf-63c8-4e6f-bd0e-4307a9998f2d Wed, 01 Apr 2020 05:00:00 -0400 Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett 42 The Plague (with Joshua Tybur) full Yoel Inbar, Michael Inzlicht, and Alexa Tullett Joshua Tybur joins the show to discuss COVID-19, pathogen avoidance, disgust, measurement, evolutionary psychology, and baldness. 1:16:55 yes 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? Bonus: Would Mickey inflate a new unlubricated condom with his mouth? Special Guest: Joshua Tybur. COVID-19, pathogen avoidance, disgust, measurement, evolutionary psychology, politics, controversy 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?

Bonus: Would Mickey inflate a new unlubricated condom with his mouth?

Special Guest: Joshua Tybur.

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]]> 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?

Bonus: Would Mickey inflate a new unlubricated condom with his mouth?

Special Guest: Joshua Tybur.

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