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The Human Zoo

The Human Zoo explores the foibles, quirks and behaviour of that most fascinating of species - us

Radio 4,38 episodes

Episodes

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Series 8
As a matter of fact...
Michael Blastland look at facts and the EU referendum.
14 Jun 2016,28 mins
Series 8
Short Cuts to the Simple Life
Michael Blastland explores how humans think, behave and make decisions.
21 Jun 2016,28 mins
Series 8
That Post-Referendum Feeling
Michael Blastland explores the quirky ways in which we think, behave and make decisions.
28 Jun 2016,28 mins
Series 8
Trust me... I'm an expert
Michael Blastland explores the quirky ways in which we think, behave and make decisions.
05 Jul 2016,28 mins
Series 8
Democracy and the Wisdom of Crowds
Michael Blastland looks at current events through the lens of psychology.
12 Jul 2016,28 mins
Series 8
Disruption
Michael Blastland explores the quirky ways in which we think, behave and make decisions.
19 Jul 2016,28 mins
Series 8
News of an Atrocity: The Psychology of Rare Events
Michael Blastland explores the quirky ways in which we think, behave and make decisions.
26 Jul 2016,28 mins
Series 8
The Olympics: Why We're Hardwired To Watch
Michael Blastland explores the quirky ways in which we think, behave and make decisions.
02 Aug 2016,28 mins
Series 7
The Strangeness of Tradition
Michael Blastland examines current events through the lens of psychology.
22 Dec 2015,28 mins
Series 7
The Lives of Things
Michael Blastland on why people treat objects and other entities as if they are alive.
15 Dec 2015,28 mins
Series 7
The Other
Michael Blastland examines the psychology of us and them and perceptions of 'the other'.
08 Dec 2015,28 mins
Series 6
Morals and Norms
How do we know about the unwritten rules that govern us? Michael Blastland investigates.
23 Jun 2015,28 mins
Series 6
The Improvising Mind
Michael considers whether we often just make up what we think on the spot.
30 Jun 2015,28 mins
Series 6
Perfect People
Is what is expected of us as citizens psychologically absurd?
07 Jul 2015,28 mins
Series 6
A Word of Advice
Michael Blastland explores how we react to advice.
14 Jul 2015,28 mins
Election Special
Michael Blastland unravels how human psychology shapes the way we vote.
08 Apr 2015,45 mins
Series 5
Declinism
Michael Blastland and the team explore the psychology of thinking that things get worse.
13 Jan 2015,28 mins
Series 5
Hindsight Bias
Michael and the Zoo team put the 'I knew it all along' effect under the microscope.
20 Jan 2015,28 mins
Series 5
Information
Michael Blastland and the Zoo team explore information avoidance and denial.
27 Jan 2015,28 mins
Series 5
Changing One's Mind
Michael Blastland and the Zoo team look ahead to the general election.
03 Feb 2015,28 mins
Series 4
Episode 1
Michael Blastland invites us to discover the way people think, behave and make decisions.
24 Jun 2014,28 mins
Series 4
Episode 2
Choose your battles carefully.
01 Jul 2014,28 mins
Series 4
Episode 3
Michael Blastland explores how what we do with our bodies can influence our thoughts.
08 Jul 2014,28 mins
Series 4
Episode 4
The power of repetition. The power of repetition.
15 Jul 2014,28 mins
Series 3
Can we control our behaviour?
Michael Blastland explores human foibles. Can we really control our own behaviour?
14 Jan 2014,28 mins
Series 3
The stories we use
Michael Blastland explores the stories we use to explain our world to ourselves.
21 Jan 2014,28 mins
Series 3
What is fairness?
What is fairness and are we naturally fair to each other? Michael Blastland investigates.
28 Jan 2014,28 mins
Series 3
The psychology of negotiation
Every day we complete a myriad of tiny negotiations, only noticing when they go wrong.
04 Feb 2014,28 mins
Series 2
Episode 1
Michael Blastland invites us to discover the way we think, behave and make decisions.
02 Jul 2013,28 mins
Series 2
Episode 2
Michael Blastland explores how our very human foibles can lead us into scandal.
09 Jul 2013,28 mins