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dot me slash TFTS. There's no difference between the physiological response to something that you're

excited about and something that you're nervous about

or that you're dreading. And I guess if people are going to take away anything from our conversation

today, it's that despite these responses being automatic, there are direct control points

through which we can control the autonomic nervous system, meaning that we can dial down the level of

alertness or increase the level of calmness.

That was Stanford neuroscientist Andrew Huberman. And I'm Matt Abrahams and welcome to think fast, talk smart.

When we were looking at episodes to include in our best of series, we found that the number one episode listeners just like you kept coming

back to was this one about managing speaking anxiety. Clearly, this is a challenge we are all

facing as we transition back to more face-to-face in-person communication. Many of us are

really feeling nervous. Let me bring in Jenny Luna, our executive producer, to

introduce this episode more fully. Hey, Matt. This episode with Andrew is actually our most downloaded

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