The Nature & Nurture Podcast

Nature & Nurture #163: Nicholas Wade - The Origin of Politics

October 26, 2025·59 min
Episode Description from the Publisher

Nicholas Wade is the author of several books on human evolution, and has served as staff writer and editor for Nature, Science, and the science section of The New York Times.In this episode, we discuss Nicholas’ latest book The Origins of Politics on the evolutionary psychology of social cognition, tribalism, altruism, aggression, and other psychological factors relevant to understanding modern politics.

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