E107. Johann Hari Thinks We Need Addiction Policies That Are As Complex As Addiction Itself

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🗓️ 3 December 2020

⏱️ 209 minutes

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Johann Hari (Chasing the Scream, Lost Connections) sits down with Bridget to discuss the rise in depression, anxiety and addiction in society, particularly during Covid, and what that means about their underlying causes. Through extensive traveling and research for his books, Johann has explored the idea that the roots of all three are not just biological, but also psychological and social, and that we need a more complex approach to treatment in order to address all three aspects of these ailments. In a deep and wide-ranging conversation, they discuss loneliness, tribalism, how Portugal solved its heroin crisis, how Cambodians treat depression, the rising wealth disparity in our society, how junk values have taken over our lives, homelessness, competitive victimhood, and why social media is to having a social life what porn is to having sex.

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0:00.0	Thank you for listening to this Podcast One production.
0:02.4	Now available on Apple Podcasts.
0:04.1	Podcasts, Spotify, and anywhere else you get your podcasts.
0:08.0	This is Walk-In's Welcome with Bridget Fetticy.
0:10.9	I'm Bridget Fettie, and you are welcome. You know the drill.
0:25.0	the drill.
0:27.0	Please subscribe, rate, comment, share, reach out, tell your friends, send smoke signals,
0:32.0	whatever. We love your feedback and we want to hear from you.
0:35.0	This week, I'm very excited to sit down with Johann Hari.
0:39.5	Johann is author of New York Times Best Selling books Lost Connections and Chasing the Scream.
0:45.1	You've probably seen one of his TED Talks.
0:47.0	They've been viewed by millions of people or heard him on Rogan.
0:50.8	But Johann is amazing and just a wonderful person to sit down and talk to on the heels of these
0:57.5	lockdowns, the effects they're having on depression, addiction, and all of these areas of his expertise.
1:04.6	Johann has an enormous amount of compassion,
1:07.2	so I hope you enjoy this.
1:08.2	It's a long one, so buckle up.
1:11.0	I'm with Johann Hari everybody.
1:13.2	Welcome.
1:14.2	Hey Bridget.
1:14.8	I'm so happy to see you.
1:15.8	I know I'm happy to see you too.
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