. >>> in his latest book "drunk", edward slingerland looks at the roll alcohol has played in history.alcohol makes it harder to lie. you paralyze the prefontal cortex it is harder to lie. and also, it makes us better at detecting lies. humans when we are focusing on detecting lies we don't do a good job it. but when we relax and take in a variety of cues we do a better job. i am arguing alcohol in the same way that when we meet we shake hands to show we are not holding a weapon in our right hand. alcohol at treaties meetings as a cognitive disarmament. >> edward slingerland, on c-span's q and a. listen to q and a as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. >> earlier today and the senate education committee had >>> college and university officials testified on how they

in his latest book, edward slingerland, professor looks at the evolutionary purpose of intoxication and the role drinking has played throughout history. then the british prime minister answers questions from members of the house of commons. on landmark cases, case of giddy on who went on trail for petty crimes but was denied a court-appointed lawyer. ♪ host: edward slingerland, your new book entitled drunk, how we stumbled our way through civilization has an eye-popping opening. people like to masturbate. they like to get drunk and eat twinkies. not typically at the same time but that is a matter

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. ♪ host: edward slingerland, your new book entitled drunk, how we stumbled our way through civilizationas an eye-popping opening. people like to masturbate. they like to get drunk and eat twinkies. not typically at the same time but that is a matter of personal preference. from a scientific perspective, we have told that these all have one thing in common. they are evolutionary mistakes. sneaky ways that humans have figured out to get something for nothing. you have been researching why people drink. the scientists right or wrong? guest: they are wrong. that is my argument. for a variety of reasons. if alcohol is a mistake, it is a costly mistake. unlike masturbation which is relatively harmless. evolution will not get too worried about people and other species gaming the system so getting a pleasure reward for no good reason or something for. in the case of twinkies, it is more serious because it leads to diabetes, all these problems but it is a really recent problem. the taste for sugar and fat that drives us to eat twinkies is a relatively recent problem. it is a modern industrial so

. >> edward slingerland, on c-span's q and a. listen to q and a as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. >> earlier today and the senate education committee had >>> college and university officials testified on how they plan to bring students back to campus safely after the coronavirus pandemic. members of the senate health labor and pensions committee asked about requiing vaccinations, tracking on campus and the cost of online education. >> good morning. the senate health education labor pensions committee will please come to order. today we are holding a hearing on supporting the needs of students in higher education during covid-19 and safely returning to campus. ranking member burr and i will each have a an opening statement. then we will introduce today's witnesses. after the witnesses give their testimony, senators will each have five minutes for a rounds of questions. while we remain unable to have the hearing fully open to the public or media for in-person attendance, live video is available on our committee website a

man, does it all by himself young man, put your pride on the shelf ♪ >> in his latest book, edward slingerlandrld that drinking did in history. >> alcoholics it harder to live. it is harder to make up a life. also may be more surprising, it makes it -- makes is better at detecting lies. if we just relax and take in a variety of cues, we do better. when we meet, we shake hands to show that we're not holding a weapon in our right hand. cultures use intoxicants that treaty meetings or business meetings, anything where potentially hostile people need to figure out a way to cooperate as a kind of disarmament. >> tonight at 8:00 eastern on c-span's "q&a." you can listen to q&a also as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. ♪ >> c-span landmark cases explores the stars and cause additional -- desk stories and cause additional drama behind significant supreme court decisions. tonight, watch gideon v. wainwright. the supreme court ruled that under the sixth amendment, the accused must be afforded a lawyer if they cannot afford one, or have an opportunity to defend themselves. watch tonight at 9:00 p

. >>> in his latest book, drunk, edward slingerland looks at the roll drinking has played throughout history. >> alcohol makes it harder to lie. if you paralyze the prefrontal cortex it is harder to make up a lie. also, it makes us better at detecting lies. humans when we are focusing consciously on detecting lies we don't do a good job of it. but if we relax and take in a variety of cues we do a better job. i am organizing alcohol n the same way that when we meet when shake hands to show that we are not holding a weapon in our right hand. cultures use intoxicants at treaty meetings, or business meetings, anywhere where potentially hostile people need to figure out a way to cooperate as a cognitive disarmament. >> sunday night at 8:00 eastern on c-span's q and a. you can also listen to q and a as a podcast wherever you get your podcasts. >>> next, a conversation about presidential election integrity. voting law. and ways to improve the administration of elections. the american enterprise institute hosted the discussion. >> welcome to this american enterprise institution event on elec