Genetics + Environment + Politics

Here We Are

Shane Mauss

Science

4.8 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 December 2019

⏱️ 60 minutes

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This week, Shane is joined by special guest host Sophia Rokhlin talking with Leland J. and Dorothy H. Olsen Chair of Political Science from The University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Kevin B Smith. They dive deep into personality research and how genetics and environment influence political beliefs. Charity Of The Week - Center For People In Need http://www.cfpin.org The Chaikuni Institute https://chaikuni.org/support-us/ Please visit our sponsors: The Great Courses www.thegreatcoursesplus.com/hereweare Libro.fm is the first audiobook company to make it possible for you to buy audiobooks directly through your local bookstore. Offer code: hereweare for 3 months for the price of one. https://libro.fm/redeem/HEREWEARE Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Sky Pines and Again.
0:02.0	Are we?
0:04.0	Yes. Where are we? Here.
0:06.0	Why are we here? Not entirely clear.
0:09.0	We are misfits, thrust into existence
0:12.0	by random chance with no hints at all as to how we're supposed to make sense of it all
0:18.2	It's immensely bizarre here we are
0:27.0	Hello everybody and welcome to the Here We Are Podcast. Today is a special episode to celebrate the launch of the new Head Talks Tour.
0:32.0	I actually have the person joining me on the initial part of
0:36.9	the Head Talks tour co-hosting today. Sophia Rocklin is joining us, author of One's Dream. Go back and check out her episode if you're
0:46.6	unfamiliar and I have with me we are interviewing today. He is the Leland and Dorothy Olson chair of political science
0:56.1	at the University of Nebraska Lincoln Kevin Smith is joining me.
1:03.0	Thanks for having me on, Shane.
1:04.3	And thanks for doing stand-up science back in,
1:06.5	when was that?
1:07.9	Was that, uh, that wasn't that long ago.
1:10.1	That was a lot of fun.
1:11.2	Yeah, yeah, that was a great show. It was a lot of fun. Yeah, yeah, that was a great show.
1:13.4	It was a little, you must get this.
1:16.6	I couldn't have been the only person, but it was a little awkward having a half comedy, half science
1:21.8	show and then people seeing the name Kevin Smith.
1:25.6	Yeah.
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