What Makes a Dad a Dad

the goop podcast

Gwyneth Paltrow

Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Society & Culture, Education

4.3 • 7.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 March 2019

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

“Dads saved the human race,” says Anna Machin, evolutionary anthropologist and author of The Life of Dad. In this conversation with goop CCO Elise Loehnen, Machin calls us to reimagine the role of the modern father, think differently about sex and gender as they relate to parenthood, and explore what it means to be a family, to be social, to form long-lasting relationships. Machin’s research on the anthropological roots of fatherhood and how fathers evolved to be parent figures has an equally extraordinary impact on men, women, and children—and the potential to change what our communities look like well into the future. (For more, see The goop Podcast hub.) To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I'm Gwyneth Paltrow and you're listening to the Goop podcast.
0:10.8	Welcome and thank you for tuning in today.
0:13.8	This podcast is a real passion project for us at Goop.
0:17.1	Twice a week we sit down with a guest who has the potential to change the way we look
0:20.9	at the world.
0:22.3	You'll hear a lot from my chief content officer, Elise Loonon, who's incredibly curious
0:27.4	and brilliant.
0:28.7	And you'll hear from me of course.
0:30.7	Today Elise is talking with Anna Machen.
0:34.0	Anna Machen is an evolutionary anthropologist, broadcaster and writer known for changing
0:39.1	the conversation around fatherhood and family.
0:42.5	Her work has had a huge impact on both men and women and how we think about gender and
0:46.9	parenthood.
0:48.6	In many ways Anna is reimagining the role of the modern father.
0:53.2	Her work allows us to explore what it means to be a family, to be social, to form long
0:58.8	lasting relationships.
1:01.1	I think you're going to find Anna and Elise's conversation equal parts in powering and
1:04.9	enlightening.
1:05.9	We see the culture of fathering change because if that father has a son and that son sees
1:11.4	dads in the domestic world, dads sharing all these roles with mum, then when he has
1:15.6	his own children it's normal.
1:17.3	That's how you parent.
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