{"podcast":{"title":"Clear the air","slug":"clear-the-air-6093986","podcast_index_feed_id":6093986,"rss_url":"https://www.spreaker.com/show/5351553/episodes/feed","website_url":"http://myclearhead.com/","image_url":"https://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/a8a39a15155660597c8d029390648902.jpg","author":"Clearhead","episode_count":47,"summary":"Hosted by Dr Angela Lim, Clearhead co-founder and medical doctor, Clear the Air is a mental health and wellbeing podcast covering those experiences in your life or questions you have that you feel too vulnerable to share with those around you. We speak with experts to share the science behind what you’re experiencing and explore the answers to those questions. Together we get real and raw on the existential questions covering mental health and wellbeing that have puzzled humans for millennia. Follow the podcast to get notified as we drop new episodes monthly. Clearhead is an innovative employee wellbeing platform with a social mission to ensure personalised mental health and wellbeing support is accessible to everyone. Making it easier for you to build self-awareness and be guided to either digital self-help tools or book therapy on the Clearhead platform when and where you need it. Have a burning question about mental health that you want us to answer? Email us at contact@myclearhead.com, or visit our website: www.myclearhead.com","last_synced_at":null,"page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-the-air-6093986"},"episode":{"title":"39 - The Social Paradox: Connection vs Autonomy with Professor Bill Von Hippel","slug":"39-the-social-paradox-connection-vs-autonomy-with-professor-bill-von-hippel","published_at":"2025-12-16T21:12:26+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-the-air-6093986/39-the-social-paradox-connection-vs-autonomy-with-professor-bill-von-hippel","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-the-air-6093986","url":"https://www.spreaker.com/episode/39-the-social-paradox-connection-vs-autonomy-with-professor-bill-von-hippel--69083582","audio_url":"https://api.spreaker.com/download/episode/69083582/clear_the_air_webinar_44_bill_von_hippel_audio.mp3","summary":"Despite living in a world filled with freedom, convenience, and choice, many of us still feel unhappy, lonely, and unfulfilled. Why is that, and what can evolutionary psychology teach us about who we are, where we come from, and what makes us happy? This episode explores how our most basic psychological needs, for connection and for autonomy, shape the way we think, feel, and relate to others. In today’s world, these two needs can sometimes conflict with each other, and this social paradox can have a real impact on our wellbeing.We’ll also discuss how the “social leap” our distant ancestors made from the rainforest to the savannah created a new kind of social intelligence, and how they coped with stressful situations. By understanding how our history plays out in the modern environment, we can shape our lives in ways that help us feel more content, more connected, and better able to manage negative emotions. Bill's biography: Our guest today is Bill Von Hippel. After a three-decade career as a psychology professor in the United States and Australia, Bill now writes books and conducts research, publishing over 150 academic articles across a range of psychological topics. His work has been cited over fifteen thousand times in academic literature and widely reported in the media, including The New York Times ‘100 Ideas of the Year’, The Economist, The Australian and more. Bill has been a guest on numerous podcasts, including The Joe Rogan Experience, Diary of a CEO, and Modern Wisdom with Chris Williamson. Bill’s first book, The Social Leap, has been translated into a dozen different languages and received the annual Book Prize from the world’s foremost social psychology society. 00:00 - Intro 02:40 - How Bill became an expert in evolutionary psychology. 03:50 - Evolution…","meta_description":"Despite living in a world filled with freedom, convenience, and choice, many of us still feel unhappy, lonely, and unfulfilled. Why is that, and what can…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3613,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/clear-the-air-6093986/episodes/39-the-social-paradox-connection-vs-autonomy-with-professor-bill-von-hippel/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/clear-the-air-6093986/39-the-social-paradox-connection-vs-autonomy-with-professor-bill-von-hippel.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}