Salugenology (WHY HUMANS REQUIRE HOBBIES) Part 2 with Julia Hotz

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Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

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🗓️ 30 April 2025

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

It’s Part 2 of how to fix your life with hobbies! Pretty much. Journalist/author of “The Connection Cure” Julia Hotz explains the science behind forest bathing, how privilege affects accessibility to hobbies and what to do about it, how to figure out what lights you up, how to schedule time for hobbies if you have no time to do hobbies, why I used to call my old job at newspaper Club Karoshi, what if social interaction gives you the willies, what if depression keeps you from doing the things that lift depression, being social without having to spend money or get wasted, why volunteering is such an antidepressant, why rehabs use social prescribing, if protesting is a good hobby, and why you should go take a walk. Also: did I go to the ukulele meeting or chicken out?

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0:00.0	Oh, hey, it's still the guy at the falafel truck who gives you extra hummus, Allie Ward.
0:04.1	And here is part two of one of my favorite episodes we've ever done.
0:08.8	Here we are.
0:09.4	This is science-based advice on how to balance your work with your real life, how to get your
0:14.1	little sparkle back, even when the world is raining turds.
0:18.2	It's hobbies, pastimes, community.
0:20.6	And according to this guest, the author of
0:22.6	the book, The Connection Cure, it's the prescriptive power of movement, nature, art, service, and
0:29.1	belonging. And I couldn't put that whole thing in the subtitle. And if I just wrote social
0:34.3	prescribing, you're like, I don't know what that is. So that's why it's why humans
0:37.8	need hobbies. That's very much in a nutshell. Anyway, to hear all the foundations, including the
0:43.0	etymology and the history of this field, so many examples and papers, and why this guest doesn't
0:48.7	like the title of her own book, you just hop your beautiful butt back to part one. Okay, start there. Come meet us back here,
0:55.5	part two. So let's get to part two. But first, thank you patrons for supporting the show for as
0:59.4	little as $1 a month and submitting your questions. We couldn't do the show without you. Thanks to
1:04.1	everyone walking around in Ologies merch. We have some summer stuff like hats and even bathing suits
1:09.8	you can wear. Also, we have Smologis episodes for free in their own feed, wherever you get podcasts. If you're looking for shorter, swear-free episodes that are suitable for classrooms and people sensitive to swearing, those Smologies episodes linked in the show notes tell everyone also for free
1:28.4	thank you for supporting ologies by leaving reviews they really matter i read them all and then i pick
1:32.9	one to spotlight as proof and this week live lw called ologies your favorite scientists favorite
1:39.5	science podcast which means the world to me and they said this is the science podcast that all my
1:43.8	fellow grad students listen to i love love the enthusiasm, the humor, the heartfelt moments, and you know
1:49.3	I'm listening to those spooktober episodes all year long. Thank you for that. LW, it means a lot.
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