<p>Spencer and Razib discuss current events in the context of cultural evolution. The history of decline, the American "Empire", and Peter Turchin's thoughts on social disorder <a href= "http://peterturchin.com/cliodynamica/the_2020/">http://peterturchin.com/cliodynamica/the_2020/</a></p>

Psychiatry and genes

Where did we come from?  One of humanity's most basic questions, the answer is fascinating.  Weaving together insights from the fields of genetics, archaeology, linguistics, and paleoanthropology, hosts Spencer Wells and Razib Khan take us on a grand tour of human history.  Scientific storytelling at its best.