Selects: How Dopamine Works

Stuff You Should Know

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🗓️ 28 February 2026

⏱️ 46 minutes

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Dopamine is perhaps the most talked-about, most misunderstood biochemical in our bodies. It’s linked to not only addiction and depravity, but also focus, motivation, and living a productive life. How can one molecule be so many things to so many people? Find out all about it in this classic episode.

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0:00.0	This is an I-Heart podcast.
0:02.6	Guaranteed Human.
0:04.8	Hey, everybody.
0:05.9	Happy Saturday.
0:07.6	Chuck here with a curated Selects episode in which we bring out a classic from
0:13.1	Dusted Off from the old Dustbin.
0:15.2	So you can give it a listen.
0:16.2	This one is called How Dopamine Works.
0:18.4	And it's one of, obviously, one of our more sciencey episodes.
0:20.7	And I managed to struggle to get through it because you know I'm not good at these. is called How Dopamine Works. And it's one of, obviously, one of our more sciencey episodes.
0:23.5	And I managed to struggle to get through it.
0:25.0	Because you know I'm not good at these.
0:26.5	But it was a great episode.
0:27.6	So I hope you like it.
0:35.3	Welcome to Stuff You Should Know, a production of IHeart Radio Hey and welcome to the podcast.
0:42.9	I'm Josh and there's Chuck and Jerry's here to
0:45.1	the three amigos back together again after some massively triumphant live shows.
0:52.6	Yeah.
0:53.9	We did our little northeast spring swing.
0:57.4	Yeah.
0:58.4	And it was great.
0:59.5	This is a good show.
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