How Humans Communicate

Brendan Middleton
  • 5.0 (5)
  • SOCIAL SCIENCES

How Humans Communicate explores the topic of human communication in all its countless forms — from the earliest cave paintings to the latest technology tools. In each bite-sized episode, communications consultant and history nerd Brendan Middleton takes listeners on a fact-filled journey into humanity's past, present, and future ... as we continue our endless quest to be understood.

Episodes

  1. 05/27/2022

    Ep 2: Laughter

    Did you know that fewer than 20 percent of giggles and guffaws in everyday conversation are in response to humor? Or that nervous tittering is an instinctive reaction to a perceived threat? In this episode, we probe the deep and ancient mysteries of laughter, a “universal part of the human vocabulary,” and explore its many roles in human communication.

    12 min

  2. 03/30/2022

    Ep 1: Early Humans

    How long ago did humans begin speaking to one another — was it fifty thousand years, or maybe more? Were stone-age cave paintings created by female shamans, summoning a connection to the spirit world? In this inaugural episode, we look back on a forgotten time to explore the earliest roots of human communication.

    12 min
  • 2 Episodes

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How Humans Communicate explores the topic of human communication in all its countless forms — from the earliest cave paintings to the latest technology tools. In each bite-sized episode, communications consultant and history nerd Brendan Middleton takes listeners on a fact-filled journey into humanity's past, present, and future ... as we continue our endless quest to be understood.

Information

  • Creator
    Brendan Middleton
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    2
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Brendan Middleton
  • Show Website
    How Humans Communicate