Fatherhood

Origin Stories

Meredith Johnson

Natural Sciences, Science, Life Sciences

4.8 • 554 Ratings

🗓️ 26 September 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Humans invest enormous amounts of time and energy into bringing up our babies. This unique investment is a fundamental part of what it means to be human. In this episode, the second in a three-part series on family relationships, researchers Lee Gettler, Stacy Rosenbaum, and Sonny Bechayda explore how our species' approach to fatherhood may have shaped some of the most important traits that set us apart from other mammals.

Leo Hornak produced this episode. Sound design by Ray Pang. Host and executive producer, Meredith Johnson. Our editor is Audrey Quinn. Theme music by Henry Nagle, additional music by Lee Roservere and Blue Dot Sessions. Sounds effects provided by Kevin Luce by way of freesound dot org

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0:00.0	This is Origin Stories, the Leaky Foundation podcast. I'm Meredith Johnson.
0:13.0	Today, we're continuing our mini-series, exploring what makes human families unique and how we came to be this way.
0:21.8	In this episode, we're digging deeper into dads.
0:25.8	Origin Stories contributor Leo Hornack looks at how new research is transforming our understanding
0:31.5	of what it means to be a father. This happens pretty much every weekday morning.
0:40.3	Oh!
0:41.3	Hats, where's your hat?
0:43.3	Oh!
0:44.3	Oh no!
0:45.3	Oh no!
0:46.3	We're walking to the childminder, which if you're American you might know as daycare.
0:51.3	My nearly two-year-old son is in his stroller and is just getting the idea
0:56.6	that every object in the street he sees has a name. What's this? Car, car. There's a lorry. There's a lorry.
1:07.8	A lorry is a British word for a truck.
1:12.2	He's a big fan.
1:13.3	It feels kind of obvious to say that kids gain something from this kind of time spent together,
1:19.1	that it helps them develop, learn about our world and form bonds with family,
1:24.2	and gives them the space to shout to traffic.
1:36.3	But maybe it's not just my son who's being changed by our morning commutes. It might be that our shared journeys are also having effects on the way my own mind and body work,
1:42.3	transforming how I understand and interact with the world
1:46.0	in ways that science is only just beginning to understand. In this episode of Origin Stories,
1:53.2	the evolution of the human dad. Wow. You find the microphone interesting? You're not supposed to eat the microphone.
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