Reality: Stories about one's perception of real life

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4.4 • 818 Ratings

🗓️ 24 November 2023

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Everyone thinks they know the difference between fantasy and reality. But do we? In this week’s episode, our storytellers struggle to keep a firm grasp on the real world. Part 1: Shawn Musgrave's seizures make him feel like he's experiencing deja vu. Part 2: Shane Mauss’ bipolar disorder causes him to lose his sense of reality. Shawn Musgrave is a lawyer, journalist, lawyer-who-represents-journalists, and recent transplant to New York. His work has appeared in POLITICO, The Verge, VICE, The Intercept, and the Boston Globe, among other publications, as well as in the Netflix docuseries "How to Fix a Drug Scandal." Shane Mauss is an award-winning comedian recognized for his appearances on late-night shows and popular comedy podcasts. He is also a science communicator who has interviewed over 400 scientists as the host of the "Here We Are" podcast. Shane is also a psychedelic adventurer whose psychedelic-themed comedy tours inspired Comedy Central's animated series "Tales From The Trip" and the Amazon Prime documentary "Psychonautics: A Comic's Exploration of Psychedelics." Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	A science story, huh?
0:04.0	Is NYU a scientist the...
0:07.0	I felt...
0:08.0	I was so...
0:09.0	And I just thought, well...
0:10.0	It was that golden moment.
0:13.0	Because science was on my side.
0:15.0	Hey, everyone. Hey everyone, welcome to the story clatter.
0:26.7	Where true personal stories about science help us to discover how weird and wonderful it is to exist in this world and be human.
0:33.7	I'm your host, Mishayevsky.
0:35.2	And this week, our stories are all about reality and perception and the doors of perception and how we never know if this is real life or just a fantasy. Stop me before I include any more classic rock references. Up first, Sean Musgraves. Sean knows a little about questioning reality.
0:54.5	He's a lawyer, journalist, and lawyer who represents journalists.
0:57.9	His work has appeared in Politico, The Verge, Vice, the Intercept, the Boston Globe, as well as the Netflix docu series, How to Fix a Drug Scandal.
1:06.1	His story was recorded at Smitty's Bar in Washington, D.C. in April this year.
1:11.5	In Sean's story,
1:17.1	he can't figure out why it always feels like he's experiencing deja vu. A true mystery worth investigating. Here's Sean. So my whole life, I've been the smart kid.
1:33.5	That was essentially my entire personality.
1:36.0	In high school, I was obsessed with cramming for timed tests and my SAT scores, my AP scores,
1:42.4	ask any of my high school friends.
1:43.9	I was so obnoxious. My greatest
1:46.7	asset was my smart kid brain. Now, fast forward from high school to December 2012. This smart
1:55.6	kid that stands before you has finished college and finally accepted that I'm queer and had been dating a guy named
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