CIIS Public Programs

This is a podcast for people who are curious about the world and themselves featuring talks and conversations presented by the Public Programs department of California Institute of Integral Studies, a non-profit university in San Francisco. Listen here or on your favorite podcast app to a diverse array of visionaries, artists, and scholars sharing compelling experiences, offering new perspectives, and expanding creative horizons.

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Episodes (394)

Thursday Dr. Justin Garcia: On the Intimate Animal
Jun 18th Cindy Shearer: On Sustaining Your Creative Life
Jun 4th Lorena Saavedra Smith: Awakening Your Roots with the Medicine of Nature

CIIS Public Programs

Jul 2, 2026
1½ hours
75 MB

Why do we love who we love? Why do we stay in unfulfilling relationships, and stray from rewarding ones? Is it ever a good idea to open a relationship? And why do some long-time couples crash and burn while others stay madly in love? Evolutionary biologist, author, and Executive Director of the world-renowned Kinsey Institute, Dr. Justin Garcia examines these questions and more in this conversation on modern mating. * In this episode Dr. Garcia is joined by Dr. Christopher Walling, chair of the Research Psychology program at CIIS, for an illuminating conversation on the science of love and sex. They...

CIIS Public Programs

Dr. Justin Garcia: On the Intimate Animal

CIIS Public Programs

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