One of the millions of millennials given prescription stimulants to treat ADHD decides to quit. And afterwards wonders -- how did these drugs becomes so popular, so fast? This week, the story of amphetamine's birth, life, death, and rebirth in America. (Methylphenidates, too.)
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Nov 12
An Anthropology of Gooners
A reporter spends a year diving into a subculture of young men online who unite around their extreme commitment to constant, unadulterated porn consumption. Why are they doing this, what is it doing to them, and what does their existence tell us about the internet we’re all stuck ... Show More
47m 4s
Aug 2022
Gwyneth Paltrow x Michael Pollan: On Drugs
“All societies have drugs that they’re okay with and they draw these lines and they draw them in ways that can seem very arbitrary,” says Michael Pollan, New York Times–bestselling author of This Is Your Mind on Your Plants and host of the new Netflix series, How to Change Your M ... Show More
55m 10s
Oct 2023
Pregnant And Out Of Control: Will The Baby Be Born Addicted Pt. 1
Kristin says she’s desperate for an intervention for daughter, Sara, 18, seven months pregnant who admits to smoking cigarettes and marijuana daily and using cocaine and heroin. Drug test results, plus Dr. Phil uncovers shocking childhood details. Part 1
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43m 35s
Jan 2019
Detox without Deprivation
Deanna Minich, PhD, highlights why our health should be a joy, not deprivation and how her detox focuses on what we can add back in to really nourish the body, mind and spirit. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-po ... Show More
34m 9s