Nature or nurture: can genes make us behave ‘badly’? – podcast
Ian Sample talks to Kathryn Paige Harden, a behavioural geneticist and professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin. In her book Original Sin she explores how nature and nurture combine to influence our likelihood of committing crimes, and asks whether the ‘cause’ of our actions matters for how we think about culpability
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Science WeeklyScienceNature or nurture: can genes make us behave ‘badly’? – podcastMore ways to listenApple podcastsSpotifyRSS FeedDownloadPresented by Ian Sample, sound design by Ross Burns, the executive producer was Ellie BuryFri 26 Jun 2026 03.45 EDTFirst published on Thu 25 Jun 2026 00.00 EDTShare00:00:0000:00:00How much do our genes determine about our lives, and could they influence traits like risk-taking, antisocial behaviour or even violence? Ian Sample talks to Kathryn Paige Harden, a behavioural geneticist and professor of psychology at the University of Texas at Austin who studies how genetic factors shape human behaviour.
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