Sapiens

How do you tell the entire history of humanity in a single book? Whatever you do, do not open a browser window. Thanks to Dorsa Amir , Duncan Stibbard Hawkes and David Perry for help researching and fact-checking this episode! Where to find us: Our Patreon Our merch! Peter's newsletter Peter's other podcast, 5-4 Mike's other podcast, Maintenance Phase Sources: A Response to Yuval Harari Yuval Noah Harari’s History of Everyone, Ever How Humankind Conquered the World The revolution that wasn't Advances In The Study Of The Origin Of Humanness 21 Lessons for the 21st Century is a banal and risible self-help book Are Human Rights Western? Bonaparte in Egypt Ship of Fools The Dangerous Populist Science of Yuval Noah Harari A Reductionist History of Humankind Harari, Sapiens and historical accuracy The Broad Spectrum Revolution at 40 The Neolithic Revolution in the Middle East Was the Agricultural Revolution a Terrible Mistake? The Darker Side of the "Original Affluent Society" Harari's world history Compassion with Justice: Harari’s Assault on Human Rights Reconsidering the link between past material culture and cognition Thanks to Mindseye for our theme song!

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Sapiens is an episode from If Books Could Kill by Michael Hobbes & Peter Shamshiri.

This episode is 98:17 long.

This episode was published on Nov 20, 2025.

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