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#178 – Lance Armstrong: The rise, fall, and growth of a cycling legend
“That guy needed to die and a new guy needed to come around.” —Lance Armstrong
How should we do drugs now?; searching for a Bob Ross painting
A few things worth checking out: 08/22/2021
#172 – Esther Perel: The effects of trauma, the role of narratives in shaping our worldview, and why we need to accept uncomfortable emotions
“I don’t fundamentally believe that one can know oneself without knowing oneself in relationship to others.” —Esther Perel
Alternative perspectives on drug use and addiction
Considerations for drug use and treatment
#168 – Hugh Jackman: Reflections on acting, identity, personal transformation, and the significance of being Wolverine
“The world will always need people who are going to do what they love. But know when enough is enough. More is not always better in terms of consuming or just achievement. Be disciplined about doing less.” —Hugh Jackman
#164 – Amanda Smith, M.D.: Diagnosing, preventing, and treating Alzheimer’s disease, and what we can all learn from patients with dementia
“At the end of the day, it really has to do with how people see themselves, how people interact with the world, what kind of relationships they have, how able they are to let go of things that they’ve lost and how able they are to focus on the positive.” —Amanda Smith
#154 – Steve Levitt, Ph.D.: A rogue economist’s view on climate change, mental health, the ethics of experiments, and more
“What economists do now is they’re asked not just to estimate parameters really well, but to embed those parameters into models, which then have enough degrees of freedom that you can start to imagine: if I turn this dial to that dial, what would happen?” —Steve Levitt
Promise and challenges for psilocybin and MDMA use in treatment
What lies ahead before FDA approval
#146 – Guy Winch, Ph.D.: Emotional first aid and how to treat psychological injuries
“We have a choice in the stories we tell ourselves. We don’t have choice about the facts, we have choice about our organization, our perspective, and the narrative we create around them.” —Guy Winch
#142 – Robert Abbott: The Bobby Knight story—a cautionary tale of unchecked anger, ego, and winning at all costs
“That’s the genius of Coach Knight—how well read was, how he can motivate people. But ultimately, like Icarus, he didn’t understand his flaw and he flew too close to the sun. He couldn’t control his temper.” —Robert Abbott