Decoding the Bliss Gene

The Gist

Peach Fish Productions

News, Daily News

4.5 • 3.7K Ratings

🗓️ 14 May 2019

⏱️ 30 minutes

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On The Gist, groans over Game of Thrones. In the interview, Maria Konnikova is back for another round of "Is That Bullshit?" Because Mike experiences less anxiety than most, he has often wondered if he has higher levels of anandamide—a neurotransmitter associated with regulating anxiety and stress—caused by a specific genetic variation. Maria walks him through the complicated biology, the research, and explains why even if it might be real, Mike's self-diagnosis is unreliable. In the Spiel, Joe Biden's "gaffes." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The following recording may contain explicit language.
0:02.8	I can't get more explicit than May.
0:05.6	Let's just say it may.
0:06.8	["Made a Little Thing"]
0:10.4	It's Monday, May 13, 2019, from Slate.
0:13.2	It's the GIST I'm Mike Pesca.
0:15.6	You know, I don't think the lady on top of that dragon
0:18.0	would have acted like that.
0:19.5	You know, the dragon-flying lady, I mean.
0:22.1	The dragon-flying lady, I know, she seems a lot nicer.
0:26.3	You know, the dragon-flying lady, the one who said this
0:28.5	a couple years ago.
0:29.7	I will crucify the masters.
0:31.7	I will set their fleets afire.
0:33.6	Kill every last one of their soldiers
0:35.4	and return their cities to the dirt.
0:37.0	See, she's not the kind of person
0:39.8	who would turn a city into Sinder, am I right?
0:43.1	Oh, also you should know that insanity runs
0:45.0	at 50% of her family.
0:46.6	But just turning her so cruel, so suddenly.
0:49.5	You know, I sometimes think that the writers of this show
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