The History of Being Human

By: Noel Armstrong
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  • History, anatomy and physiology, philosophy, psychology, anthropology. The podcast that attempts to resurrect sense and meaning from the dust of a billion factoids.

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  • HBH 58: The Death of John Allen Chau

    HBH 58: The Death of John Allen Chau
    Sep 3 2024
    Today we go in depth about the death of John Allen Chau in 2018, including a complete reading of his own personal diary of the terrifying, disturbing events around North Sentinel Island. Events that he willingly waded into.

    Was he a hero or a villain? Selfless or Narcissistic? Chances are very high the verdict you render will depend greatly on your own temperament, backgorund, and beliefs. In other words, your opinion of John will depend on which tribe you are a member of.

    Art by Ian Armstrong

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    53 mins
  • HBH 57: Extreme Tribalism -- The North Sentinelese and the Death of John Allen Chau

    HBH 57: Extreme Tribalism -- The North Sentinelese and the Death of John Allen Chau
    Jul 22 2024
    Part 1: The most tribal of tribes, the Sentinelese of North Sentinel Island

    We don't know much about them. We don't know what they call themselves, what they think the world or universe is like, what they believe about the rest of humanity.

    We don't know how they are organized, what they worship, how they see right and wrong.

    What we do know is that the North Sentinelese are the most tribal of tribes -- hostile to outsiders, uninterested in changing or developing along 'Western' lines, and unwilling to extend any moral status to vistors.

    In 2018 a young American Christian missionary, John Allen Chau, was killed by these people. Was it murder of an innocent or defense against an invader? Sadism or self-preservation?

    To understand what happened, we will first look into the history of interactions between the people of North Sentinel Island and outsiders, contacts that went occasionally acceptably, but usually very badly, for one party ot the other.

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    38 mins
  • HBH 56: The Psychopathography of Adolf Hitler

    HBH 56: The Psychopathography of Adolf Hitler
    Apr 17 2024
    Hitler was a failure who achieved the opposite of nearly all of his stated intentions.

    But was he insane as well?

    His life and legacy might argue he was, but what do the experts say?

    If he was insane, what was the diagnosis? And if he was not insane, how do you account for his actions?

    Was he a meth head, dragon chaser, narcissist, psychopath, schizophrenic, oedipal conflicted anal regressive, or what?

    In this episode we explore the body of literature devoted to explaining the motivations and actions of Adolf Hitler, and ask the question of whether he should be explained at all.

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    38 mins
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