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The Michael Steele Podcast

Dopamine and Political Dopes with guest Michael Long

The Michael Steele Podcast

The Bulwark

Politics, Government, History, News

4.83.1K Ratings

🗓️ 1 March 2019

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

How does dopamine affect our political viewpoints? Our smartphone addiction? Our sex lives? Michael speaks with Mike Long about these and many other questions. Michael Long is an accomplished writer, speechwriter, educator, and award-winning screenwriter and playwright. His new book, co-written with Daniel Z. Lieberman, MD is The Molecule of More.

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0:00.0

Will interest rates change again?

0:02.0

What's new where I live?

0:04.0

Whatever the question, Google helps people in the UK access reliable news on a wide range of stories.

0:11.0

Learn more at g.co-supportingnews-uk

0:16.0

And hey folks, hey folks, it's Michael Steel welcome to the Michael Steel podcast, yes it's me yeah, you know folks have been throwing a few rocks at me the last week because I think I passed some people off but you know that's what I do.

0:37.0

That's what I do. What can I say? You can find us on Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, Tune in or wherever you get your podcast on. We love it when you download us so make sure you do that.

0:48.0

You can find me on Twitter at Michael Steel and you know that's what we do so just go there and let's have some fun.

0:56.0

But before you do all that, I want to spend a little bit of time with this next brother who I think you guys are really going to enjoy.

1:04.0

We were just talking a little bit and realized it's been 10 plus years since we've been knowing each other and working together.

1:13.0

He is really one of the more insightful conservative slash libertarians I know out there and I don't know if that's in this day and age you got to be careful when you start putting people in box.

1:25.0

He runs the gamut of thought he really thinks stuff out and I think you're going to hear that and be pleasantly surprised by how he draws you and his name is Michael Long.

1:37.0

He's an accomplished writer, speech writer, educator and award-winning screenwriter and playwright.

1:42.0

Stuff that you know when I first met him I was like really I just thought you did comedy but no. He does a lot.

1:50.0

His career as a writer began while he was a graduate student in physics. He started writing as a graduate student in physics.

1:58.0

Who does that? Yeah he does at Vanderbilt University when he started performing comedy.

2:04.0

Now I guess that was the stress reliever right Mikey decided okay I can't deal with the inclined parabola anymore so I'm going to go.

2:15.0

I got to have something but eventually he became a house MC for one of the oldest comedy clubs in America which one was that by the way?

2:25.0

A Zany's and now coming up.

2:27.0

Coming on something like 40 something years now they've been there maybe maybe more than that.

2:32.0

Well he was the house MC for Zany's. His first job as a writer off stage was soul speech writer to one of America's highest profile senators.

2:41.0

First along is written remarks from members of Congress, US cabinet secretary's governors diplomats, businessmen and women, CEOs, presidential candidates and a few lieutenant governors that I know.

2:53.0

His new book co-written with Daniel Z. Libberman MD is the molecule of more. It's a great book we're going to get into that folks you won't believe where they've gone with this book and why it's not only exciting folks here in the US but globally.

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