22 - Heather Heying - Seeing Ourselves as Part of Nature

You can follow Heather on Twitter @HeatherEHeying. You can find a copy of Heather’s book "Antipode: Seasons with the Extraordinary Wildlife and Culture of Madagascar" here: https://www.amazon.com/Antipode-Seasons-Extraordinary-Wildlife-Madagascar/dp/0312281528. 2:15 How and why Heather developed a passion for evolutionary biology 9:20 Why Heather chose a teaching-centred career over research 12:07 Iona reads a passage from Heather’s book Antipode 14:14 More about Madagascar 17:30 Higher education and teaching 20:00 The experience of teaching at Evergreen 22:45 The importance of exposing young people to adventure—how to cultivate resilience 30:00 Postmodernity, the hegemony of the virtual 33:59 The importance of doing something that gives you clear physical feedback 38:49 Motivation 40:00 The problem with having a geographically narrow point of view 47:09 How an evolutionary perspective can help us lead happier, more productive lives today 50:50 Diet, starch, keto and paleo 57:40 The importance of remembering we are animals For more on the Evergreen drama, see Mike Nayna’s video series on YouTube. The first part is here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH2WeWgcSMk. For more on Lenore Skenazy and Let Grow, see https://letgrow.org/. Daniel Pink’s book Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us can be found here: https://www.amazon.com/Drive-Surprising-Truth-About-Motivates/dp/1594484805 For more on anti-Muslim feeling in India, see episode 15 with Rohini Mohan & Rohit Chopra & the shownotes there. The Reuters poll on the 10 most dangerous places in the world for women: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-women-dangerous-poll-factbox/factbox-which-are-the-worlds-10-most-dangerous-countries-for-women-idUSKBN1JM01Z