{"podcast":{"title":"The Dissenter","slug":"the-dissenter-1161217","podcast_index_feed_id":1161217,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/822ba20/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://www.thedissenter.net/","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/production/podcast_uploaded/1264936/1264936-1545566388129-6694711205af.jpg","author":"Ricardo Lopes","episode_count":1272,"summary":"My name is Ricardo Lopes, and I’m from Portugal. Thank you for visiting my podcast. Over the past few years, I have conducted and released more than 900 interviews and talks with experts and academics from a variety of areas and disciplines, ranging from the Arts and Philosophy to the Social Sciences and Biology. You will certainly find a subject of your interest covered here. New interviews are released on Mondays, Thursdays, and Fridays.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-14T08:18:50.276160+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dissenter-1161217"},"episode":{"title":"#1231 Michael Gurven - Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer","slug":"1231-michael-gurven-seven-decades-how-we-evolved-to-live-longer","published_at":"2026-03-23T19:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dissenter-1161217/1231-michael-gurven-seven-decades-how-we-evolved-to-live-longer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dissenter-1161217","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/thedissenter/episodes/1231-Michael-Gurven---Seven-Decades-How-We-Evolved-to-Live-Longer-e3cgl3q","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/822ba20/podcast/play/112792122/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2025-11-17%2F83eb1e82-1529-c931-7a7f-6e52b13a2f71.m4a","summary":"******Support the channel****** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl.com/yb3acuuy PayPal Subscription 3 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ybn6bg9l PayPal Subscription 5 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/ycmr9gpz PayPal Subscription 10 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y9r3fc9m PayPal Subscription 20 Dollars: https://tinyurl.com/y95uvkao ******Follow me on****** Website: https://www.thedissenter.net/ The Dissenter Goodreads list: https://shorturl.at/7BMoB Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thedissenteryt/ Twitter: https://x.com/TheDissenterYT This show is sponsored by Enlites, Learning & Development done differently. Check the website here: http://enlites.com/ Dr. Michael Gurven is a Professor at the Department of Anthropology at the University of California, Santa Barbara, chair of the Integrative Anthropological Sciences Unit, and also head of the Evolutionary Anthropology and Biodemography Research Group. He is an evolutionary anthropologist aiming to explain behavior and physiological systems as adaptive solutions to competing demands of limited resource allocation. He is the author of Seven Decades: How We Evolved to Live Longer. In this episode, we focus on Seven Decades. We talk about longevity and aging from an anthropological perspective. We discuss what we can learn from supercentenarians and traditional societies. We talk about an evolutionary perspective on aging and lifespan. We discuss postreproductive lifespan, and when old people become a burden. We talk about physical and cognitive changes that occur with age. We discuss whether people are healthier in traditional or industrialized societies. We talk about evolutionary mismatches, late-age contentment, and the effects of retireme…","meta_description":"******Support the channel****** Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thedissenter PayPal: paypal.me/thedissenter PayPal Subscription 1 Dollar: https://tinyurl…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":8166,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-dissenter-1161217/episodes/1231-michael-gurven-seven-decades-how-we-evolved-to-live-longer/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-dissenter-1161217/1231-michael-gurven-seven-decades-how-we-evolved-to-live-longer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}