#73: The New Anti-Depressant

Arnold's Pump Club

Health & Fitness, Fitness

4.9 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 18 September 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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In this episode, Arnold turns back the clock 55 years to discuss one of the most transformational experiences of his life. And he explains why his experiences when he first came to American shaped the person he is today. You'll also learn about new research about a powerful anti-depressant that could be even more effective than traditional treatments.

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0:00.0	Welcome back to another episode of Arnold's Pump Club.
0:04.0	This weekend, I celebrated the 40th anniversary of the day
0:09.2	I raised my right hand and became a citizen of this fantastic country.
0:14.0	On one of the podcasts for my book, I talked about the culture shock
0:18.1	of becoming an American. I arrived in America 55 years ago.
0:23.2	In 1968, it seemed like everything was happening at once in America
0:27.7	and it was completely out of control.
0:30.4	Robert F. Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Jr. were assassinated.
0:35.8	American men and boys were being sent off to fight a war
0:39.2	that we shouldn't have even been in on the other side of the world in Vietnam.
0:43.7	A war protest at the 1968 Democratic Convention
0:47.9	became a riot with cops beating protesters on national television.
0:52.7	Hippies were just lying around hate ashburn in San Francisco smoking pot,
0:58.3	including me. You can imagine that for a 21-year-old
1:02.4	fresh off the plain immigrant. This was a lot to take in.
1:06.8	It was a major shock, but there were good surprises too.
1:10.5	I had never seen anything like the generosity of the American people.
1:15.3	When I moved into my apartment, people from the gym showed up one after the other.
1:21.4	One brought a little TV set, one brought dishes and utensils, one brought the chair.
1:28.3	It was unbelievable. I had no money, but it didn't matter because everyone was there for me.
1:34.4	Hell, I wouldn't have understood all of the crazy news on my TV if my new friend Artisella hadn't
1:39.6	sat with me almost every night to translate the evening news for me.
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