The Prehistory of Compassion and the Search for Human Happiness

Posted in , , History, Podcast, Storytelling, Culture, Society, Anthropology, Psychology, Social Science, Science, Indigenous, Learning, Biology, Study, Survival Stories, Exploration, Survival, Discovery, Journey, Travel, World History, Paleolithic, Ice Age, Fear, Analysis, Prehistory, Prehistoric, Ice Age Predators, Evolution, Archaeology, Archaeological Digs, Excavation, Grave on May 13th, 2020 Comments

This week we travel back in time 430,000 years to find some of the first examples of compassion in the fossil record. This time we fuse psychology and science with history as we discuss why compassion exists, its potential health benefits, the consequences of stress, fight or flight, and what that all has to do with human happiness. This one packs a scientific punch as we turn up the nerd level to 11.

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The Lost Voyage of Shackleton: The Edge of Human Endurance Part 3 of 5

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In Part 3 of Shackleton's Lost Voyage, we join the stranded crew of the Imperial Trans-Antarctic Expedition of 1914, who have been stranded on the ice now for well over a year. Their ship has been crushed, starvation and madness have begun to set in, and they've been trapped by the ice and sea with no way out. In this episode, we watch as they make a desperate escape attempt while the ice splits beneath them, before heading out towards the unknown on the open sea.

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The First Monsters

Posted in , , , , , History, Animals, Podcast, History Podcast, Storytelling, Culture, Society, Anthropology, Psychology, Social Science, Science, Indigenous, Education, Learning, Biology, Survival Stories, Exploration, Survival, Discovery, Journey, Literature, Travel, Halloween, Monsters, Religion, Mythology, Folklore, Folktales, World History, Paleolithic, Megalithic, Ice Age, Lascaux, Chauvet, Cave Art, Ancient Art, Fear, Analysis, Prehistory, Prehistoric, Neanderthals, Painting, Art, Pictograph, Pictogram, Ice Age Predators, Evolution, Scary, Archaeology, Kraken, Psychoanalysis on Oct 16th, 2019 Comments

In this episode we explore history's first monsters. From the prehistoric beasts that stalked our ancestors to the first mythological oral traditions, then to the first ancient written accounts through the modern day; this is the history of what scares us. What were the first monsters, why do we fear them, and why do we need them? Let's find out and examine the first things that appeared from the darkness.