Brian Resnick is science correspondent at Vox, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss why new GLP-1 drugs such as Ozempic and Wegovy seem to target appetite but actually work with brain chemistry.
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What counts as sober today?
Ernesto Londoño, a New York Times reporter, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss the changing views of sobriety, why some in the medical community feel like total abstinence is unrealistic, and how this is changing addiction treatment.
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She got addicted to quitting
Freda Love Smith, a writer who teaches at Northwestern University, joins host Krys Boyd to discuss her approach to quitting alcohol, sugar, caffeine, cannabis and social media.
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There IS such a thing as too much pleasure
Dr. Anna Lembke, a medical director of Stanford Addiction Medicine, joins us to discuss the neuroscience of pleasure, why our bodies crave it, and the consequences of overconsumption.
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Could a brain implant treat addiction?
Zachary Siegel of Harper’s Magazine discusses the details of deep brain stimulation, an experimental treatment for addiction. Plus, a special blog post from the show!
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Even the ancient Greeks suffered from addiction
Carl Erik Fisher discusses his own struggle with alcoholism and his search to find answers in the policies, people and treatments of both the recent and distant past.
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There IS such a thing as too much pleasure
Dr. Anna Lembke, a medical director of Stanford Addiction Medicine, joins us to discuss the neuroscience of pleasure, why our bodies crave it, and the consequences of overconsumption.
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Nature Is Our Nurturer
Lucy Jones joins us to talk about her story of overcoming addiction by forming a deep connection with the beauty of nature, and the biological reasons humans need to be outside.
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How to keep drug users alive long enough to recover
Maia Szalavitz joins us to discuss a new approach to drug treatment created by drug users and public health experts ready to think outside the box.
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Why Is It So Difficult To Treat Pain
Travis Rieder joins us to talk about how his addiction to pain medication taught him about how we address the current opioid crisis.
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Portraits Of Opioid Addiction
Paul Moakley, deputy director of photography at Time, joins us to talk about what he learned from documenting the opioid epidemic.
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Hooked: Understanding Addiction
This hour on Think, we explore the topic of addiction with a former heroin addict, a historian who writes about America’s relationship with alcohol and a neuroscientist who studies the brains of addicts.
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