Mating Matters Podcast

Ever wonder why people get sexually aroused by kind of strange things? Could there be an evolutionary reasons? 

We have the widest range of sexual behaviors than any primate. Evolution wired us with very little rules except the big one, don’t have sex with your sibling.  Ew! So why does it happen sometimes? We are talking accidental incest. We look at the psychological phenomenon that can override mother nature’s programed aversion to incest and even draw brothers and sisters together. Let’s talk genetic sexual attraction.

Laughter is good for our health but is this why a sense of humor evolved in humans? Could it be that humor is really good for our mating lives. Let’s look at humor in humans and it’s role in courtship. 

Laughter is good for our health but is this why a sense of humor evolved in humans? Could it be that humor is really good for our mating lives. Let’s look at humor in humans and it’s role in courtship. 

Love and attachment may come in stages, phases, and flavors.  The order of these stages is changing. Millennials are showing us how our anthropological ancestors sampled from the shmorgishborg of human relationships all in the name of good reproductive choices. In this episode we are talking to renowned Biological Anthropologist of the Kinsey Institute, Dr. Helen Fisher about a mating trend she calls slow love.

Who are these couples that last a lifetime or a large portion of their lifetime? Most of us feel like we are barely holding it together. What is their secret? We are talking Super Attachers and their secrets!

Why do women have sex? Most of the sex people engage in is not for reproductive purposes. Women have a host of psychological reasons to be turned on by you. We are talking 12 reasons women have sex.

Sexual assault is a painful topic. We must study it in order to understand how to prevent it. Is it true that any man could be a rapist? Let’s talk Rape a Love Story.

Is rape natural? Why did it evolve? What does it feel like emotionally for a victim or even an offender?  We are talking the dark side of human mating.

Many humans struggle with monogamy. It makes me wonder is monogamy natural? Is the growing trend of Polyamory part of evolution? In Poly Wants a Cracker, we break it down!