Episode list

What are the big personality traits that we all have more or less of and how crucial is our growing up environment? This is what the psychiatrist and author Anders Hansen wants to find out. He meets the one-egg twins Tom and Steven who grew up in each direction without knowing about each other's existence and he gets a basic course in personality by the world's most prominent expert on the subject, Brian Little.

Does our personality change through life and if so how? Author David Lagercrantz talks about his neurotic personality and actress Marianne Mörck about her introverted page. Anders meets the world-leading geneticist Robert Plomin and learns that our personalities are shaped in a completely different way than many might think.

Anders takes a closer look at the dark part of our personality - narcissism and psychopathy. In the United States he meets the lawyer M.E. Thomas, who is diagnosed with psychopathy, and finds out what it is like to live with such a personality. And at home in Sweden he meets a woman who is a narcissist and the psychologist who helps her work better.

Environmental activist Greta Thunberg talks about how her autism affects her and master chef Adam Thulin opens up about her ADHD. Anders is traveling to Kenya to fulfill one of the greatest dreams of his life - finally he will be allowed to spend time with a group of hunter-collectors on the savannah who lives as we humans made 99 percent of our history.