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Welcome to Dedicated. I'm your host, Doug Brunt. Today we're with Professor Gad Sad. He teaches a marketing course at Concordia University that applies theories of

evolutionary psychology. He's also the host of the show The Sad Truth, an extremely popular

and thought-provoking show on YouTube. And he's the best-selling author of five books. The show, The Sad Truth, an extremely popular and thought-provoking show on YouTube.

And he's the best-selling author of five books. The latest is The Sad Truth About Happiness.

He has become a treasured public intellectual and therapist to the world. And we're lucky he's

with us today. Gad, welcome. Oh, thank you so much. So good to be with you.

Now, your drink selection today is Bailey's over a few ice cubes, which I'm excited.

It feels kind of like dessertish, very relaxing, warming drink.

Right.

So I'm going to get a little ice going.

The only reason I'm not joining you, number one, I'm a bit sick, so forgive the coughs if I cough in your ears,

listeners. Number two, I keep a very assiduous count of my calories, and I don't want to waste

100 or 120 calories on alcohol, notwithstanding that I would love to be joining you. So forgive

me if I only join you in spirit. Do you ever drink? I do, but very rarely. In other words,

I just don't have the innate pension for alcohol. As I think I mentioned in our email exchanges,

I love Bailey's Irish cream. I typically have it when I'm flying. I don't know why, for whatever

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