Nervous Habits With Ricky Rosen
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Join neurotic hyper-caffeinated host Ricky Rosen on a harrowing, spastic journey through the pitfalls of society.If you've ever been at the check-out aisle of the supermarket when you remembered that you left the bathroom light on, this show is absolutely for you.
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Nervous Habits - Episode 71: Law School Wrap-Up with Austin Lowe and Ezra Louvis
06/05/2022 Duración: 01h57minNervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by his law school classmates Austin Lowe and Ezra Louvis to recap their law school experiences on the eve of their graduation.
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Nervous Habits - Episode 70: The Museum of Broken Relationships, The Minister of Loneliness, and a Pill for Heartbreak with Journalist Florence Williams
08/04/2022 Duración: 01h55minNervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by journalist Florence Williams. Florence and I explore issues including… —How a molecular analysis of your blood sample can show whether you have the cells of a lonely person… —The ways in which heartbreak impacts the immune system, and whether you can literally die from a broken heart… —Roughly how much time it takes for one’s emotional and physical health to return to baseline after a break-up… —Why you should consider sending artifacts from your exes to the Museum of Broken Relationships, and finally… —Why rebounding after a relationship might actually be good for your health.
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Nervous Habits - Episode 69: Funhouse of Impressions ft. Joe Biden, Donald Trump, Jeff Bezos and More (with Comedian Austin Nasso)
25/03/2022 Duración: 59minNervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by President Joe Biden, former President Donald Trump, former Governor Andrew Cuomo, Founder and CEO of Amazon Jeffrey Bezos, and political commentator Ben Shapiro - all voiced by the immensely talented comedian and impressionist Austin Nasso.
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Nervous Habits - Episode 68: WTF Is In Our Food? The Dangers of Artificial Sweeteners, Fat-Replacers, and Vitamins with Journalist and Author of the End of Craving, Mark Schatzker
11/03/2022 Duración: 01h56minNervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by Author and Journalist Mark Schatzker. Mark and I explore issues including… —Why the rate in obesity in Northern Italy is more than five times lower than in America, despite the fact that Northern Italians indulge in pastas, fried cheeses, fatty meats, and rich desserts… —Why every diet only works for a set amount of time, then our body reverts to a set point… —Why satiation, the feeling of being full, only happens if food is swallowed, and if food is spat out, your hunger persists… —How artificial sweeteners, vitamins, and fat replacers in our processed foods are a major contributing factor to the obesity epidemic in America, and finally… —Whether seeing the amount of calories next to a menu item actually lowers the amount that people eat.
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Nervous Habits - Episode 67: Planet-Killing Asteroids, Cataclysmic Climate Change, and Other Existential Threats: The Science Behind “Don’t Look Up” with Aerospace Engineer Stefanos Axios
25/02/2022 Duración: 01h10minNervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by longtime friend and aerospace engineer Stefanos Axios. Stefanos and I explore issues including… —The likelihood that an asteroid like the one featured in Don’t Look Up will collide with the earth in our lifetimes, and what could be done in that scenario to prevent an extinction event... —How exactly you would die from an asteroid collision, and finally… —Why Don’t Look Up is arguably the most powerful allegory for climate change depicted in any movie.
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Nervous Habits - Episode 66: Nothing We Do Really Means Anything, But That’s Okay: A Theory of Sunny Nihilism With Journalist Wendy Syfret
11/02/2022 Duración: 01h23minNervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by journalist Wendy Syfret. Wendy and I explore issues including… —How a belief in nihilism can free you from many of the struggles in your daily life… —Why the humor of Gen Z is so “dark and weird”… —How the hopelessness of the climate change crisis, the corrosive divide in our politics, and the never-ending pandemic are making young people consider becoming nihilists… —Whether it is possible for people who believe in nihilism to fall in love, and finally… —Why you don’t have to surrender your belief in God to be a nihilist.
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Nervous Habits - Episode 65: “How Was Your Weekend?” Being Your Whole Self At Your Job, with Founder and Executive Chairman of ClassPass, Payal Kadakia
28/01/2022 Duración: 01h14minNervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by author, founder, and executive chairman of ClassPass, Payal Kadakia, to explore issues including: —The importance of not compartmentalizing your identities and being able to be your full self at work, —How someone stuck at a dead-end job might be able to discover what lights them up, —How Payal turned an idea formulated on a red-eye flight into a billion dollar business, and finally… —How you can stand out in a sea of millions of LinkedIn requests and networking emails to find a mentor and grow your network.
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Nervous Habits - Episode 64: Sitting, Stress, and Social Isolation Will Kill You with Orthopedic Surgeon Dr. David Hanscom
31/12/2021 Duración: 01h13minNervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by orthopedic surgeon, Dr. David Hanscom. Dr. Hanscom and I explore issues including… —The dangers of sitting for too long… —Why the best solution for chronic pain isn’t medication or treatment but is instead just time… —The business of medicine, and how the modern medical field incentivizes practitioners to be dishonest with patients, and finally… —Why social isolation is so hazardous to your health.
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Nervous Habits - Episode 63: QAnon, Injecting Cleaning Disinfectant, and Holocaust Denial: The Dark Side of Free Speech with Professor of History and Education Dr. Jonathan Zimmerman
03/12/2021 Duración: 01h26minNervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by professor of history, and professor of education, Dr. Jonathan Zimmerman. Dr. Zimmerman and I explore issues including… —The limitations on speech in totalitarian regimes around the world, —How to balance the necessity for free speech with the importance of limiting the spread of misinformation online, —Whether the government has a duty to regulate social media platforms, and finally… —Why the “fake news” problem on the Internet is not so much a free speech problem as it is an educational problem.
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Nervous Habits - Episode 62: Brain Waves, Chronostasis, and Out-of-Body Experiences: The Wrinkles in Time with Researcher Lisa Broderick
19/11/2021 Duración: 01h04minNervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by researcher and the author of All the Time in the World, Lisa Broderick, to explore issues including…. —The most commonly studied brainwave frequencies and how they alter our perception of time… —How we can slow down time using chronostasis… —The role of selective attention in how we experience time, and finally… —Why people in life-threatening emergencies experience the slowing down of time.
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Nervous Habits - Episode 61: Electroconvulsive Shock Therapy, Cauterization, and Ice Cold Showers: The Pursuit of Pain with Professor of Psychiatry Dr. Anna Lembke
05/11/2021 Duración: 01h30minNervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by professor of psychiatry at Stanford University School of Medicine and chief of the Stanford Addiction Medicine Dual Diagnosis Clinic, Dr. Anna Lembke. Dr. Lembke and I explore issues including… —Why moderate exposure to pain can inadvertently lead to pleasure… —How electroconvulsive shock therapy works to “reset” the brain… —How euphoric recall reinforces chemical dependency, and finally… —Why it might be better to tolerate pain or discomfort rather than popping a pill.
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Nervous Habits - Episode 60: An Alternate History of Silicon Valley with Journalist Max Chafkin
22/10/2021 Duración: 02h03minNervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by journalist and author of The Contrarian: Peter Thiel and Silicon Valley’s Pursuit of Power, Max Chafkin, to explore issues including…. —Some of the most powerful criticisms of billionaire investor and entrepreneur Peter Thiel, and why exactly he is such a polarizing figure, —Peter Thiel’s rivalry with Elon Musk and his mentorship of Mark Zuckerberg, —Peter Thiel’s behind-the-scenes machinations in the 2016 presidential election and his financial support of a half-dozen Senatorial campaigns, and finally… —How Peter Thiel’s anti-establishment mindset has shaped the culture of Silicon Valley over the last two and a half decades.
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Nervous Habits - Episode 59: Our Lives Are Driven By Dopamine: How A Single Chemical In Your Brain Explains Every Decision You’ve Ever Made with Professor Daniel Lieberman
25/06/2021 Duración: 01h12minNervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by the Best-Selling Author of “The Molecule of More” and Professor and Vice Chair for clinical affairs in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at George Washington University, Dr. Daniel Lieberman to explore issues including…. —How dopamine explains why we only want things until we get them, and then we don’t want them anymore… —Why the key to happiness involves a transition from future-oriented dopamine to present-oriented neurotransmitters like serotonin… —How to tell if someone has a dopaminergic (dopamine-driven) personality… —Why we tend to go through life always at the same base level of happiness, and finally… —How to manipulate the dopamine circuits in your brain to solve your problems through dream incubation.