The Intimate Animal
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Hi, I’m Dax Shepard, and I love talking to people. I am endlessly fascinated by the messiness of being human, and I find people who are vulnerable and honest about their struggles and shortcomings to be incredibly sexy. I invite you to join me as I explore other people’s stories. We will celebrate,...
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Sexual Behavior in the Human Female by Alfred C Kinsey (1998-05-01)
Alfred C. Kinsey
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Justin Garcia (on the science of sex)
Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
Alfred C. Kinsey
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Justin Garcia (on the science of sex)
The Spider and the Fly
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Guinness World Records 2026
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You and Your Adult Child
How to Grow Together in Challenging Times
The episode highlighted this new release as a helpful guide for parents of adult children, noting it had just come out that year.
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a wonderful new book by Lawrence Steinberg, who is the professor who's written all the books on adolescence. Oh, great. He's got books and popular books. And he has one now called You and Your...
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The episode highlighted this new release as a helpful guide for parents of adult children, noting it had just come out that year.
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a wonderful new book by Lawrence Steinberg, who is the professor who's written all the books on adolescence. Oh, great. He's got books and popular books. And he has one now called You and Your Adult Child came out this year.
Your One-Year-Old
The Fun-Loving, Fussy 12-to-24-Month-Old
The book was referenced as part of a series from the Gazelle Institute covering child development at different ages.
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There are books by the Gazelle Institute in New Haven called Your One-Year-Old, Your Two-Year-Old, Your Three-Year-Old. And he took the book, Your Seven-Year-Old, off the shelf. And i...
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Episode: Wendy Mogel
The book was referenced as part of a series from the Gazelle Institute covering child development at different ages.
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There are books by the Gazelle Institute in New Haven called Your One-Year-Old, Your Two-Year-Old, Your Three-Year-Old. And he took the book, Your Seven-Year-Old, off the shelf. And it was called Your Seven-Year-Old, Life in a Minor Key.
BraveTart
Iconic American Desserts
The cookbook was praised during the conversation, and the hosts noted it as Stella Parks' recent title.
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It's from Stella Parks and the cookbook is called Brave Tart. It's really good.
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Episode: Wendy Mogel
The cookbook was praised during the conversation, and the hosts noted it as Stella Parks' recent title.
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It's from Stella Parks and the cookbook is called Brave Tart. It's really good.
The Book of Alchemy
A Creative Practice for an Inspired Life
Dax suggested reading Alchemy, noting that it discusses marketing strategies and the tradeoffs between safe and risky approaches.
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Have you read the book Alchemy? No. It's written by Rory Sutherland. It talks a lot about different strategies for marketing and how there's kind of the obvious way to do things.
— Episode: Peter Attia (on longevity)
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Episode: Peter Attia (on longevity)
Dax suggested reading Alchemy, noting that it discusses marketing strategies and the tradeoffs between safe and risky approaches.
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Have you read the book Alchemy? No. It's written by Rory Sutherland. It talks a lot about different strategies for marketing and how there's kind of the obvious way to do things.
The Intimate Animal
The Science of Sex, Fidelity, and Why We Live and Die for Love
Dax praised it as a phenomenal and eyeopening read that explores the science of sex, fidelity, and why we live and die for love.
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he has a book out now called The Intimate Animal, The Science of Sex, Fidelity, and Why We Live and Die for Love, which is a phenomenal read and very eyeopening.
— Episode: Justin Garcia (on the science of sex)
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Dax praised it as a phenomenal and eyeopening read that explores the science of sex, fidelity, and why we live and die for love.
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he has a book out now called The Intimate Animal, The Science of Sex, Fidelity, and Why We Live and Die for Love, which is a phenomenal read and very eyeopening.
Sexual Behavior in the Human Female by Alfred C Kinsey (1998-05-01)
The hosts noted it was the first Kinsey volume, a huge bestseller that revealed unprecedented data on male sexuality.
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the first book comes out, Sexual Behavior of the Human Male, Huge bestseller.
— Episode: Justin Garcia (on the science of sex)
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Episode: Justin Garcia (on the science of sex)
The hosts noted it was the first Kinsey volume, a huge bestseller that revealed unprecedented data on male sexuality.
"
the first book comes out, Sexual Behavior of the Human Male, Huge bestseller.
Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
They mentioned it followed the male volume, also becoming a bestseller despite controversy and book burnings.
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five years later, Sexual Behavior of the Human Female came out.
— Episode: Justin Garcia (on the science of sex)
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Episode: Justin Garcia (on the science of sex)
They mentioned it followed the male volume, also becoming a bestseller despite controversy and book burnings.
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five years later, Sexual Behavior of the Human Female came out.
The Intimate Animal
The Science of Sex, Fidelity, and Why We Live and Die for Love
It was described as a phenomenal and eyeopening read that explores the science of sex, fidelity, and why we live and die for love.
"
He has a book out now called The Intimate Animal, The Science of Sex, Fidelity, and Why We Live and Die for Love, which is a phenomenal read and very eyeopening.
— Episode: Justin Garcia (on the science of sex)
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Episode: Justin Garcia (on the science of sex)
It was described as a phenomenal and eyeopening read that explores the science of sex, fidelity, and why we live and die for love.
"
He has a book out now called The Intimate Animal, The Science of Sex, Fidelity, and Why We Live and Die for Love, which is a phenomenal read and very eyeopening.
Sexual Behavior in the Human Female by Alfred C Kinsey (1998-05-01)
It was highlighted as the first Kinsey volume, released in 1948, that became a huge bestseller and launched a new era of sex research.
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the first book comes out, Sexual Behavior of the Human Male. Huge bestseller. Kinsey's lecturing all over the world.
— Episode: Justin Garcia (on the science of sex)
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Episode: Justin Garcia (on the science of sex)
It was highlighted as the first Kinsey volume, released in 1948, that became a huge bestseller and launched a new era of sex research.
"
the first book comes out, Sexual Behavior of the Human Male. Huge bestseller. Kinsey's lecturing all over the world.
Sexual Behavior in the Human Female
It was noted as the followup volume released five years later, also a bestseller that faced bookburnings yet solidified Kinsey's impact on female sexuality research.
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And then to your point, five years later, Sexual Behavior of the Human Female came out. Actually, a much more theoretical book. It was interesting because they had... The female book was also a bestse...
— Episode: Justin Garcia (on the science of sex)
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Episode: Justin Garcia (on the science of sex)
It was noted as the followup volume released five years later, also a bestseller that faced bookburnings yet solidified Kinsey's impact on female sexuality research.
"
And then to your point, five years later, Sexual Behavior of the Human Female came out. Actually, a much more theoretical book. It was interesting because they had... The female book was also a bestseller, but there were book burnings all over the country, but you had to buy it to burn it.
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