Gad Saad
PersonHeard in 1 episode across 1 show since May 2026
Gad Saad is an evolutionary psychologist and scholar at the Declaration of Independence Center for the Study of American Institutions. He is a prominent public intellectual, author, and frequent guest on major platforms like The Joe Rogan Experience.
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What Gad Saad has said on podcasts
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Hairworms cause wood crickets to enter water, enabling the parasite’s reproduction.
“The hairworm needs the wood cricket to happily and merrily commit suicide by jumping into the water, because that's the only way that the hairworm is. Can complete its reproductive cycle.”
Open the episode · #2497 - Gad SaadListen at 5:01
Hyperactive or misdirected empathy can produce harmful “suicidal empathy.”
“If it's hyperactive, if it is invoked in the wrong situations toward the wrong targets, you end up with suicidal empathy.”
Open the episode · #2497 - Gad SaadListen at 7:57
People are born with differing proclivities toward crime, athletic achievement, and intellectual achievement.
“there are individual differences that people are born with different proclivities, eventually of committing crimes, or of being NBA players, or of being the next Einstein.”
Open the episode · #2497 - Gad SaadListen at 12:25
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1 episode featuring Gad Saad, newest first
