Tanner Browning is a filmmaker who made a short film on 16mm after receiving a Big Sky Film Grant from the Montana Department of Commerce.

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Today’s guest is Dr. Todd Shackelford. Dr. Shackelford is an Evolutionary Psychologist. He’s a distinguished professor at Oakland University in Michigan where he is currently serving as chair. He’s an APA fellow and the editor in chief of the academic journals Evolutionary Psychology and Evolutionary Psychology Science. His research focuses on sexual psychology and behavior with a special focus on sexual conflict between men and women. Today we talk about the testability of evolutionary hypotheses. We talk about sex differences in the work force, in school, and in society more generally. We talk about whether he thinks we evolved to be monogamous. We talk about the male gaze and the female display. We talk about mate preferences. And a bunch of other stuff, it was a lot of fun. So, here is Dr. Shackelford.

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This is episode two of the John Evans podcast where we talk about philosophy, psychology, movies, and other stuff. Today’s guest is Matt Strohl.

Matt received his PhD in Philosophy from Princeton University and is a professor at the University of Montana where he teaches ethics, ancient philosophy, and aesthetics. He’s also a cinephile and he’s written two books, the first being WHY IT’S OKAY TO LOVE BAD MOVIES and the second is called HARD TO WATCH: HOW TO FALL IN LOVE WITH DIFFICULT MOVIES.

We talk about his books, mostly focusing on bad movies and why they’re great. We also talk about directors’ late work and if he perceives a drop in quality as directors get older, we talk about woke movies and anti-woke critics. We talk about violence against women in film and any ethical implications. And other stuff.

Thank you Matt for being on the show. You can find Matt’s work at strohltopia.com and you can also find him blogging about movies and art on aestheticsforbirds.com.

Nothing is dull with Matt Strohl.

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