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Sara Pascoe uses theories of evolutionary psychology to make sense of our modern day emotions – such as jealousy. From 2018.

How does our monkey past influence our modern lives and how come we can still get emotionally hijacked by our primitive emotions?

Sara Pascoe investigates an emotion that we don't often like to admit to - Jealousy.

It's unattractive but in evolutionary terms, it's a survival tactic - it's good to be competitive for resources.

But in the modern world, are we just hairless apes comparing ourselves on social media? And what can we do about it?

Recorded on location at The Foundling Museum in London.

Written by and starring Sara Pascoe.

Producer: Alexandra Smith

A BBC Studios production for BBC Radio 4, first broadcast in February 2018.

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30 minutes

Last on

Sun 13 Apr 202522:00

Credits

RoleContributor
PerformerSara Pascoe
ProducerAlexandra Smith
WriterSara Pascoe

Broadcasts

  • Tue 27 Feb 201818:30
  • Tue 6 Mar 201807:30
  • Tue 6 Mar 201817:30
  • Tue 6 Mar 201822:00
  • Wed 7 Mar 201805:30
  • Sat 31 Jul 202123:00
  • Thu 9 Feb 202307:30
  • Thu 9 Feb 202312:30
  • Thu 9 Feb 202317:30
  • Fri 10 Feb 202302:30
  • Sun 13 Apr 202522:00

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