Birds chirp and monkeys chatter, but only humans possess the extraordinary power to tell stories and offer explanations, to explain and persuade, to use the baffle and bullshit we call language. How come?

Michael’s book takes on God and Chomsky to solve perhaps the hardest problem in all of science.

Professor Emeritus Michael Corballis is chaired by Max Cryer (Hons Eng. Lit. and Etymology) to reveal to us the answer to this fascinating question.