The Human Element with Joe Massey
The Human Element is an investigation into the patterns of our past and the potential of our future. From the ruins of Ancient Egypt to the cutting edge of CRISPR and the minds of elite performers—we interview world-class experts to uncover the "Golden Threads" that connect us all.
The Human Element with Joe Massey
Latest Episodes
#28 - The Scouse Scientist: Medicine’s Biggest Shift, Preventing Disease Instead of Treating It.
Is genetics "playing God"? A clinical scientist in the NHS explains what DNA testing really does, where the ethical lines are, and why the dark history of eugenics still shapes how people feel about it.This week I'm joined by Holly Elli...
#27 - Dr Julia Troche: Time Capsule to Ancient Egypt
The ancient Egyptians believed you die twice. The first death is when your body goes into the grave. The second is the last time anyone says your name.In this episode, I sit down with Egyptologist Professor Julia Troche to time-travel 3...
#26 - Tim Doyle: Rebranding Your Identity, Faith, and the Discipline of Sitting With Pain
For 100 episodes, this show was called The Outworker. In this episode, host Tim Doyle explains why he changed the name to Soulture and why the hardest part of any transformation isn't finding a new name, it's staying with a decision long enough...
#25 - Dr Erica Canela: The Radical Origins of the Quakers: A 17th Century Revolution
England, the 1650s. A country torn apart by civil war, and into that chaos steps a movement that shouldn't have survived its first decade, let alone three centuries. Historian Dr. Erica Canela joins me to unpack the real story of ea...
#25: Darcy ThePastTimes - How Chaos and Charisma Built Adolf Hitler
How did an aspiring artist from Austria transform into the architect of history’s most brutal regime? In this episode, I sit down with guest Darcy Lee of ThePastTimes to break down the psychological, social, and political mechanics...