389: Dr. Lisle's New Book: Sherlock Holmes and the Secret of Life Interview Part 1 of 3

Dr. Doug Lisle announces his new book, Sherlock Holmes and the Secret of Life, more than a decade in the making. In the first of a three-part series, Dr. Lisle traces the book's twisting 12-year path: the early collaboration with Jen Howk (a former guest) and why she ultimately left to write her own book, the dozens of discarded titles and false starts, and the moment in 2014 when the book's true voice finally clicked. He also shares the personal story behind his own evolutionary psychology awakening, from discovering Richard Dawkins' The Selfish Gene to reading Carl Sagan as a teenager, and explains why understanding evolution is the key to making the most of your one life.

Sherlock Holmes and the Secret of Life is available for pre-order now at https://www.SherlockSecret.com, with copies expected to ship in mid-December.  Use code BYG20 to get 20% off.

00:00 Intro clips

00:41 Welcome back after a month off

02:12 Working with Jen Howk, and why she left to write her own book

09:17 Reading the book's original opening: "Mystery"

12:04 Why Sherlock Holmes, and who Dilbert Peabody is

13:35 Twelve years in the making: evolutionary psychology, behavior genetics, and clinical psychology

14:18 Discovering The Selfish Gene in 1990

15:03 The thinkers featured in the book: Dawkins, Trivers, Tooby, Cosmides, Hamilton, and Maslow

16:15 Human history in evolutionary perspective

20:14 Dr. Lisle's own awakening: discovering Carl Sagan in high school