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Sara Pascoe: The Modern Monkey

By: Sara Pascoe
Narrated by: Sara Pascoe
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About this listen

Sara Pascoe explores our modern social world though theories of evolutionary psychology and more.

In a brand new stand up show recorded in front of live audiences in museums, Sara asks how our past influences our modern lives, and how come we can still get emotionally hijacked by our primitive emotions?

Sara says: "I've been obsessing about the ape behaviours visible in our 'civilised' human interactions for nearly as long as I've been plotting to get a Radio 4 series. I'm thrilled that I've been given the opportunity to use the latter to explore the former - I'm off to eat lice out of friends' fur to celebrate."

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Critic reviews

"Always clever and sometimes exquisite." (The Independent)

"Pascoe's lively mind teases out big questions with intelligence, silliness and self-deprecation to make a near-perfect show." (The Guardian)
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This was a super entertaining Pascoe version of anthropology. I enjoyed it even more that I expected to. I plan to listen again some time.

Excellent

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Both hilarious and interesting, you’ll learn with laughter through this fun and educational BBC radio 4 broadcast!

A wonderful blend of comedy and psychology!

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Nice voice, thoughtful and funny content. Had me laughing aloud at some points and contemplating at others.

Very entertaining

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Pascoe was witty, astute and informative in this short radio series, 5/5 stars, Only let down by poor editing

witty, astute and informative

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those post recording inserts were unnecessary. but overall very good, well done. thank you. bye xx

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