Sometimes there’s a very thin line between friendship and love. You spend time with someone, you’ve got things in common, you make each other laugh.Things can easily get blurry. Imagine you’ve recently met someone and really hit it off; you’re at each other’s places all the time, maybe you’ve even kissed once or twice on a night out. Maybe it’s gone further ... Show More
Today
Can I get health benefits from masturbation?
Masturbation tends to be somewhat of a taboo topic in society, often down to religious or spiritual beliefs. You’ve probably also heard some of the common myths about it leading to blindness, erectile dysfunction or infertility. Needless to say, these are false. And the air of sh ... Show More
4m 29s
Yesterday
Why is yawning contagious?
We all yawn regularly, without giving it much thought most of the time. Harvard Health Publishing says that people yawn between 5 and 20 times per day on average. Indeed, it’s a completely involuntary reflex which sets in very early on in our existence, as fetuses in our mother’s ... Show More
4m 48s
Dec 2021
Michael Pollan On Mind-Altering Plants, A Second Pandemic Winter. December 10, 2021, Part 1
<p>How America Is Preparing For Another Pandemic Winter</p>
<p>The weather is getting colder, the days are getting shorter, and the world is approaching the two year anniversary of the COVID-19 pandemic. Like last year, experts are wary that a winter surge in cases could happen a ... Show More
47m 6s
Dec 2023
The Truth About Ketamine: Depression Cure, Health Fad, or Placebo?
One week ago, Matthew Perry’s autopsy report came back, finding that the ‘Friends’ actor died from the acute effects of ketamine overdose. His death has sharpened focus on the popular and controversial drug. Ketamine has been hailed as a miracle cure for depression and anxiety, c ... Show More
43m 52s
Feb 2024
Episode 85: “Narcoterrorism” is just another forever war lie with Oswaldo Zavala
<p>If you only get your international drug policy history from Netflix, you might think that the drug traffickers in Mexico are a smart, coordinated system of violent sociopaths that control the government. They are cartels. Therefore they have leadership, and hierarchies and tan ... Show More
1h 9m
Aug 2017
8/2/17 - The Hamburglar's Return, A Revamped Hotel of Doom, Gore Tops Himself (Again)
-Why is the Hamburglar not in prison for life? And what on earth is Grimace?
-A crackdown on legal immigration could be on the horizon for the Trump Administration. You read that right.
-Could the opioid epidemic be abating? If so, that's bad news for Jeffy.
-Al Gore con ... Show More
1h 32m
Apr 2017
TAP 204 - Robert Whitaker on The Facts And Myths About Antidepressants
<p><strong>Summary:</strong></p> <p id="yui_3_17_2_1_1492473141798_19394">This week we chat with Robert Whitaker about the myths and science behind psychiatric drugs. Robert is the author of five books. In 2010, his <em>Anatomy of an Epidemic: Magic Bullets, Psychiatric Drugs, an ... Show More
1h 10m
Jun 2025
Marines Deployed to LA, CDC Vaccine Board Ousted, Overdose Deaths Drop
For the fourth straight night, people in Los Angeles took to the streets to protest ICE immigration raids. Secretary of Health Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is removing all 17 members of a key vaccine committee that advises the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And, after a dec ... Show More
12m 49s