Food is social technology, and the holiday feast is one of humanity’s oldest rituals. Armand and co-host Roberta Maria Atti trace the evolutionary and cultural logic of feasting, from the politics of salt to the symbolism of abundance, and close with practical comfort for people facing the holidays alone.
Testosterone levels shape how competitive you are, and your finger length reveals which hormones dominated your development. Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Atti break down three types of competitors, explore how social and sexual dominance often diverge, and connect hormone science to career choice and attraction.
What makes people care about right and wrong, and where does that impulse come from? Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Atti open with a striking story of a heavily medicated psychiatric patient who offered comfort to his own doctor, then trace morality from biology and genetics through religion, sexuality, taxes, and the tension between inner conviction and externally imposed rules.
Our closest genetic relative isn’t the violent, male-dominated chimpanzee but the bonobo, a peaceable ape in which females run the group and sex defuses conflict. Armand DiMele and co-host Roberta Maria Atti draw out what this means for human assumptions about aggression, gender, and our own nature.
