{"podcast":{"title":"Think from KERA","slug":"think-from-kera-875208","podcast_index_feed_id":875208,"rss_url":"http://feeds.kera.org/KERA-Think","website_url":"http://www.kera.org/think","image_url":"https://f.prxu.org/140/images/54881abf-408a-4274-9485-3386b9bda683/1121_Think_1400x1400_gradient.jpg","author":"KERA (Maggie.Gourville@prx.org)","episode_count":100,"summary":"Think is a daily, topic-driven interview and call-in program hosted by Krys Boyd covering a wide variety of topics ranging from history, politics, current events, science, technology and emerging trends to food and wine, travel, adventure, and entertainment.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-28T08:17:04.044955+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/think-from-kera-875208"},"episode":{"title":"Did we evolve to be selfish ?","slug":"did-we-evolve-to-be-selfish","published_at":"2026-06-16T17:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/think-from-kera-875208/did-we-evolve-to-be-selfish","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/think-from-kera-875208","url":"https://play.prx.org/listen?ge=prx_140_e42b9534-c002-43e2-9f13-596bfdd1ea26&uf=https%3A%2F%2Fpublicfeeds.net%2Ff%2F140%2Ffeed-rss.xml","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/tracking.swap.fm/track/sblTq32fyWAjsHzze2LG/dovetail.prxu.org/_/140/e42b9534-c002-43e2-9f13-596bfdd1ea26/standard.mp3","summary":"The common evolutionary question centers around nature vs. nurture, but maybe we should be asking if we are designed to cooperate or compete? Jonathan R. Goodman is a social scientist based at the Wellcome Sanger Institute and the University of Cambridge and is the author of “ Invisible Rivals : How We Evolved to Compete in a Cooperative World.” He joins host Krys Boyd to discuss Darwinian survival vs. species interdependence, what makes us either selfless or selfish and how humans respond in real-world situations that test these theories. His article in Aeon is “ How selfish are we ?” Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices","meta_description":"The common evolutionary question centers around nature vs. nurture, but maybe we should be asking if we are designed to cooperate or compete? Jonathan R.…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2742,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/think-from-kera-875208/episodes/did-we-evolve-to-be-selfish/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/think-from-kera-875208/did-we-evolve-to-be-selfish.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}