What's happening people? Welcome back to the show. My guest today is Tony Volk. He's

a psychologist, a professor of evolutionary psychology at Brock University, a researcher,

and an author. Almost everyone will encounter bullying at some point in our lives. If

it in school, sports, or even at the workplace, there seems to be no shortage of individuals

ready to pray on others. But why does bullying exist? Why is it so ubiquitous? And what are

the adaptive reasons why people engage in it?

Expect to learn whether bullying actually serves any purpose in society, whether bullying

is heritable from parents, what factors can predict whether you will be a bully, whether

broken homes make bullying kids, which people are most likely to be victims, whether bullying

has gotten worse over time, what to do if you're the parent of a bully or a victim,

and much more. This breakdown is absolutely awesome. I love finding researchers like

Tony who is massive in his field and publicly in the space of sort of science communication

podcast, bro stuff hasn't really been broken yet. And this is an absolutely awesome episode.

So many great insights, loads of interesting ways to reminisce and reflect on your time

in school, interacting with the politics of young kids and growing up. It's so great.

Finding this adaptive lens, looking at things, using this evolutionary perspective is so

interesting to me and I really, really hope that you take tons away from today and that

it's hopefully going to nudge your future and the future of your kids in the right direction.

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