This week's podcast guest is Dr. Hector Garcia. He is a clinical, and evolutionary psychologist. He spent his early career as a frontline PTSD-treatment specialty provider working primarily with combat veterans, and has worked treating patients with anxiety disorders and depression. His prior research has focused on masculine psychology and treatment utilization, the evolutionary psychology of warfare and reintegration, and occupational burnout among mental health providers.

His research program is focused on evolutionary psychology. One of his current projects is investigating the evolutionary roots of occupational burnout. In particular, his lab is examining how our ancient social instincts misalign with the modern-day workplace to produce burnout.

Dr. Garcia is also the author of two books in the field of evolutionary psychology--Alpha God: The Psychology of Religious Violence and Oppression. His second book, which we will discuss today is titled Sex, Power, and Partisanship: How Evolutionary Science Makes Sense of Our Political Divide. His work has been featured on CPAN, PBS and he has an excellent Ted Talk dealing with Veterans & PTSD. His Ted Talk promotes the idea that we train our soldiers for war. Let's train them to come home.