If you strip away the layers of culture, do you reach a core human nature that’s the same everywhere? In this episode, Joseph Shaules and Ishita Ray argue that the answer is no—human nature is cultural to the core. We learn what the science says and hear the story of Vico Giambattista, one of the first thinkers who explored this idea. We learn that foreign experiences are a powerful way to discover our cultural nature, with personal stories from Sanne Bosma, Torhild Liane Haars Skarnes, Yuto Aki, Jessica Janda and Grasiella Harb.

Episode 72 – Human Nature: Radically Cultural

Episode 71 – (Rerun) Who Needs Intercultural Education?

Episode 70 – On the Shoulders of Hobbits: Culture and Collective Intelligence

Episode 69 – Cultural Chameleons

Episode 68 – Humor Across Cultures

Episode 67 – Rerun: Ethnocentrism

Episode 66 – Third Culture Kids: Superheroes or Lost Toys?

Episode 65 – Culture and Leadership

Episode 64 – Are you a native speaker?

Episode 63 – (Rerun) Gender and Culture: Expectations

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Joseph Shaules (@jshaules)

A webinar series that explores the psychological impact of intercultural experiences, informed by the sciences of brain, culture and mind. We look at the personal growth that can come from—travel, working and living abroad, immigrating, learning a foreign language—and the challenges of bridging different cultural worlds.

Japan Intercultural Institute

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