Justin Garcia (on the science of sex)
Armchair Expert with Dax Shepard
- Published
- February 11, 2026
- Duration
- 2h 20m
- Summary source
- description
- Last updated
- Apr 17, 2026
Discusses comedy, music, tv, film.
Summary
Justin Garcia (The Intimate Animal: The Science of Sex, Fidelity, and Why We Live and Die for Love) is an evolutionary biologist, researcher on sex and relationships, and Executive Director of the Kinsey Institute. Justin joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the unique quality that human sex is so tied to our social behavior, the physiological constraints…
Show notes
Justin Garcia (The Intimate Animal: The Science of Sex, Fidelity, and Why We Live and Die for Love) is an evolutionary biologist, researcher on sex and relationships, and Executive Director of the Kinsey Institute. Justin joins the Armchair Expert to discuss the unique quality that human sex is so tied to our social behavior, the physiological constraints on mating in other animals, and how sexually we are like magpies. Justin and Dax talk about why gorillas have really small testes, how the pan
Themes
- comedy
- music
- tv
- film