Summary

Dr. Cara Ocobock of Notre Dame joins the show to discuss human energetics in high-latitude populations, and the potential downstream health consequences of a changing environment. (Learn why reindeer herders are rad!) She also shares insights on science communication and how we can do it better. (Learn how to talk to your science-averse relatives today!)

Recommendations

• What you can read to learn more:
  • Cara Ocobock’s website
  • Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Rewarding by Daniel Lieberman (Vintage, 2021)
  • Story of the Human Body: Evolution, Health, and Disease by Daniel Lieberman (Vintage, 2014)
  • Burn: New Research Blows the Lid Off How We Really Burn Calories, Lose Weight, and Stay Healthy by Herman Pontzer (Avery, 2021)
  • On Fertile Ground: A Natural History of Human Reproduction by Peter Ellison (Harvard University Press, 2003)
• What she’s reading for work right now:
  • Exercised: Why Something We Never Evolved to Do Is Rewarding by Daniel Lieberman
  • Woman the Gatherer edited by Frances Dahlberg
  • Anthropology of sports literature
  • Sarah Blaffer Hrdy
• What she’s consuming for fun:
  • Dust Bowl Girls: The Inspiring Story of the Team that Barnstormed Its Way to Basketball Glory by Lydia Reeder