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"Biohacking" Your Diet and a Meta Criticism on the Art of Apology | Damage Control

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4.43.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2019

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Many prominent people in Silicon Valley use extreme dieting in order to maximize their productivity; where's the line between "biohacking" and disordered eating (1:57)? Joe Biden's nonapology for unwanted touching drew a round of criticism from people on Twitter; when did we all become experts on the art of apology (20:03)? Hosts: Kate Knibbs and Justin Charity Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey, it's Liz Kelly and welcome to the Ringer Podcast Network.

0:03.6

Season 8 of Game of Thrones begins this Sunday, which means

0:06.7

Binge Mode Game of Thrones makes its long-awaited return,

0:09.8

with your resident experts Mallory Rubin and Jason Concepcion guiding you through each episode.

0:15.3

And to get your fix every Sunday night, Chris Ryan joins Mallory and Jason on Talk the Thrones,

0:20.0

a Twitter after show recapping each episode throughout the season.

0:23.6

So make sure you check out the Binge Mode podcast on Apple or Spotify,

0:27.2

talk the Thrones on Twitter, and for even more Thrones coverage, you can head to theRinger.com.

0:45.0

I'm Justin Charity.

0:46.3

I'm Kate Nibbs.

0:47.2

Welcome to Damage Control on the channel 33 Network, a podcast where we unpack what

0:51.7

Obsessed Excites and Divides us.

0:54.2

So this week we're going to talk about the modern obsession with public apologies

0:57.9

from celebrities and other public figures, the latest apology coming from Joe Biden.

1:03.1

But first we're going to discuss a fascinating trend in the tech and business world.

1:08.4

A surprising number of Silicon Valley types are obsessed with extreme dieting,

1:12.8

including Twitter founder Jack Dorsey.

1:15.4

He recently talked about his diet to the media and really shocked a lot of people.

1:22.0

Which led to the question, is there a difference between biohacking and just disorder eating?

1:32.2

During the day I feel so much more focused.

1:36.1

I think it's just this very ancestral looking for where the food is.

1:44.5

You have this very focused point of mind in terms of this drive.

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