After Peter Pan is a podcast hosted by Pat Tenneriello that dives into the journey of growing up and discovering purpose.
Inspired by Pat's own experience of leaving behind a "Peter Pan" lifestyle—one focused on chasing fun and avoiding responsibility—the podcast speaks to anyone on their path of personal growth. Whether you're looking to live a healthier life, further develop your growth mindset, or seek closer alignment with your sense of purpose, this show is for you.
Each episode features an in-depth conversation with a special guest who shares their own story of transformation. Through these interviews, you'll gain insights, practical tools, and wisdom to help navigate your own path to self-realization. From overcoming obstacles to embracing change, After Peter Pan explores what it really means to grow—on your own terms.
New episodes drop every two weeks. Join the community and start growing with purpose.
After Peter Pan is a podcast hosted by Pat Tenneriello that dives into the journey of growing up and discovering purpose.
Inspired by Pat's own experience of leaving behind a "Peter Pan" lifestyle—one focused on chasing fun and avoiding responsibility—the podcast speaks to anyone on their path of personal growth. Whether you're looking to live a healthier life, further develop your growth mindset, or seek closer alignment with your sense of purpose, this show is for you.
Each episode features an in-depth conversation with a special guest who shares their own story of transformation. Through these interviews, you'll gain insights, practical tools, and wisdom to help navigate your own path to self-realization. From overcoming obstacles to embracing change, After Peter Pan explores what it really means to grow—on your own terms.
New episodes drop every two weeks. Join the community and start growing with purpose.
Episode Description
In this episode of After Peter Pan, host Pat Tenneriello sits down with Mads Larsen, a researcher and author who studies the evolution of love, and pair bonding. Together, they explore one of the most uncomfortable questions of our time: What happens when modern dating stops working—and what does that mean for our future?
Mads unpacks the history of human mating, from the rise of monogamy to the Tinder era, explaining how technology, freedom, and shifting gender dynamics have created the perfect storm for a global fertility collapse. The conversation dives deep into how men and women are adapting (or failing to), why we may have become too smart for our own survival, and whether society can find balance between individual freedom and collective continuation.
What You’ll Learn:
How modern dating apps and social trends are reshaping human pair bonding.
Why declining fertility rates could represent a deeper cultural crisis.
The evolutionary roots of attraction, love, and family formation.
How women’s liberation and technological progress changed mating forever.
What it might take to rebuild connection in an age of hyper-freedom.
Mads Larsen:
Photo Credit for Mads: Photo by Øivind Haugen