# lisle (audio feeds) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 1 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover lisle. Page: Feed: --- ## [388: Why Can't I Let Go When He Sends Me Mixed Messages?](https://eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d.libsyn.com/why-cant-i-let-go-when-he-sends-me-mixed-messages) _2026-08-12 · Beat Your Genes Podcast_ A listener has spent a year chasing a high-profile CEO who disappears for weeks, resurfaces warmly, and never quite commits. She knows the math doesn't add up, so why can't she walk away? Dr. Doug Lisle breaks down the evolutionary psychology behind why women will take a small percentage of a high-value man's time and resources over the full attention of an average one, using the "big fish" and… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d/BYG_388_audio.mp3?dest-id=3904317) ## [387: The Black Sheep of a Genius Family](https://eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d.libsyn.com/387-the-black-sheep-of-a-genius-family) _2026-07-22 · Beat Your Genes Podcast_ She grew up in a family of surgeons, a Google computer scientist, and a NASA astrophysicist, and she became a flight attendant who wanted to be a housewife. Now her genius-level family calls her the failure. Dr. Doug Lisle breaks down why esteem, not intelligence, is the real currency of human life, why some families are simply too disagreeable to invest in, and why you may need to build your own… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d/BYG_387_Audio.mp3?dest-id=3904317) ## [386: How to Handle Bad Advice Without a Fight](https://eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d.libsyn.com/386-how-to-handle-bad-advice-without-a-fight) _2026-07-10 · Beat Your Genes Podcast_ What do you say when a friend or family member recommends horse-assisted coaching, family constellations therapy, or the latest protein fix for your problems? Evolutionary psychologist Dr. Doug Lisle explains why arguing back is like trying to pee up Niagara Falls, and what to do instead. Dr. Lisle breaks down the hidden motivations behind unsolicited advice, why every one of these exchanges is… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d/BYG_386_Audio.mp3?dest-id=3904317) ## [385: It's Not the Men. It's Who You Keep Choosing.](https://eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d.libsyn.com/e385-its-not-the-men-its-who-you-keep-choosing) _2026-06-26 · Beat Your Genes Podcast_ A listener who knows evolutionary psychology well asks Dr. Doug Lisle a painful question. If men seem satisfied once they have food and sex, and never care about her inner life, is she fighting a losing battle against biology? His answer flips it. The problem was never the men. It was who she kept choosing. In this episode of the Beat Your Genes Podcast, evolutionary psychologist Dr. Doug Lisle… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d/385_Audio.mp3?dest-id=3904317) ## [384: What Looks Like a Flaw Is Actually a Strategy](https://eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d.libsyn.com/384-what-looks-like-a-flaw-is-actually-a-strategy) _2026-06-10 · Beat Your Genes Podcast_ Why do some people freeze when they try to speak up in a group, while others jump in without a second thought? Dr. Doug Lisle says it is not shyness or a confidence problem you can train away. It is your nervous system running a cost benefit analysis on where you sit in a dominance hierarchy. In this episode of the Beat Your Genes Podcast, co-hosts Dr. Doug Lisle, PhD and Nathan Gershfeld, DC take… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d/BYG_Audio_384.mp3?dest-id=3904317) ## [Why Your Bad Moods Are Never Random](https://eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d.libsyn.com/why-your-bad-moods-are-never-random) _2026-06-03 · Beat Your Genes Podcast_ A listener noticed their kid gets dissatisfied after too much screen time and asked Dr. Lisle a deeper question: when your mood feels off, is it always worth analyzing, or are some bad moods just random? Dr. Lisle's answer is blunt. Moods are never random. Every one is your brain running a cost-benefit calculus on your relationship to your environment, and the cause is always there, even when it… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d/BYG_383_Audio.mp3?dest-id=3904317) ## [Perfect on Paper, But Not for Me - Mate Value, Attraction, and the Disagreeable Personality](https://eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d.libsyn.com/perfect-on-paper-but-not-for-me-mate-value-attraction-and-the-disagreeable-personality) _2026-05-13 · Beat Your Genes Podcast_ Most people assume mate value is a fixed, rankable number and that attraction follows logically from it. Dr. Lisle says that is the wrong model entirely. Mate value has deep objectivity across a population, but your personal experience of any given partner is completely subjective - and those two truths are not in conflict. The confusion between them is costing people real answers about their own… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d/BYG_382_Audio.mp3?dest-id=3904317) ## [When the Marriage Is Over, but the Mortgage Isn't](https://eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d.libsyn.com/when-the-marriage-is-over-but-the-mortgage-isnt) _2026-04-29 · Beat Your Genes Podcast_ Most people think a marriage in trouble can be downgraded into a business arrangement to protect the house. Dr. Lisle says that is the previous investment trap talking, not your judgment. The four walls are not where the happiness lives, and the asset you are protecting is far less valuable than the years you would spend chained to a dead relationship to keep it. In this episode, Dr. Doug Lisle… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d/BYG_381_Audio.mp3?dest-id=3904317) ## [380: You're Not Overreacting About Your Partner (Here's why)](https://eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d.libsyn.com/e380-youre-not-overreacting-about-your-partner-heres-why) _2026-04-15 · Beat Your Genes Podcast_ Your partner's habits are driving you crazy and asking nicely isn't working. The common advice is to be more patient, communicate better, or just accept your partner as they are. Dr. Lisle says that's not a solution it's a non-answer. What feels like a simple annoyance is actually a specific set of social and biological costs your nervous system is calculating in real time, and trying to Jedi mind… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d/BYG_380_Audio.mp3?dest-id=3904317) ## [Unlimited Mobile Internet, One V-SIM (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/kJq2UG7ncgku) _2026-04-15 · **Sponsored**_ Automatically switches across T-Mobile, AT&T and Verizon; no throttling, no contract. ## [379: Why Your Partner Stopped Trying (It's Not What You Think)](https://eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d.libsyn.com/379-why-your-partner-stopped-trying-its-not-what-you-think) _2026-04-02 · Beat Your Genes Podcast_ Most people assume that whoever cares less in a relationship holds the power. In this episode, Dr. Doug Lisle explains why that framing gets it completely backwards. What people call the "care gap" isn't a power move at all. It's a signal about what's actually happening in the competitive marketplace both partners are operating in. Whether you're feeling the gap or causing it, the real question… [Listen](https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/eac5122b-64de-4568-a1e6-e7d246a15c9d/BYG_379_Audio.mp3?dest-id=3904317)