Ep. 124 – JOHANN HARI - A Conversation With… – INTERVIEW SPECIAL

The Lovejoy Hour

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Society & Culture, Football, Sports

4.6 • 767 Ratings

🗓️ 28 April 2019

⏱️ 129 minutes

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Summary

This week Tim Lovejoy talks to writer and journalist Johann Hari. Whilst discussing Johann’s new book ‘Lost Connections’, Tim and Johann talk about the causes of and solutions to addiction, how decriminalizing drugs has worked in other countries and what Elton John said when Johann asked him to sing at his funeral.

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0:00.0	Welcome to the Dear Lovejoy podcast, sponsored by cooker, spelt quicker, pronounced cooker, giving you 100 degree boiling hot water directly from your kitchen tap.
0:11.6	Today, we have another special. Today's guest is Johann Hari, who's, he's an author who's written two amazing books, one called Chasing the Scream, which is about addiction, the search for the truth about addiction.
0:24.9	The other one is Lost Connections, Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope.
0:29.9	I've got him on the podcast to discuss lost connections about depression.
0:34.1	The book is brilliant.
0:35.4	Really made me think.
0:36.6	However, we decided just to touch on
0:39.5	chasing the scream at the beginning the truth about addiction but it went on for a very long time
0:45.2	because he's very interesting and i have a lot of questions for him so it's a long one however i think
0:52.4	it's worth it i think if you enjoy um enjoy, I think you'll thoroughly enjoy listening to everything he has to say. Do you agree, Mark?
1:00.0	Absolutely. It was one of my very favourites we've done.
1:03.3	Okay. I think you'll learn a lot. I think it might make you rethink some things in your life and, well, sorry, in the world.
1:09.7	But let's get straight on with it then because it is a long one.
1:12.9	This is Johann Hari.
1:14.5	This is just a guide to modern life.
1:19.2	Modern life is hard to get just right.
1:23.2	It can frustrate you and annoy it.
1:27.0	And if it does, write into dear love joy
1:35.0	yeah I'm welcome to my kitchen oh I've got your present like I get everyone I didn't know what to get you really because I know you've written books on addiction I don't know whether you are addicted to anything. So I bought you, I thought I'd go safe, and I bought you a bottle of olive oil.
1:49.4	No way.
1:50.1	That's so nice.
1:51.0	Do you cook?
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