Why Rational People Believe Irrational Things: Dan Ariely on PYP 575
Why do smart, well-educated people fall for insane conspiracy theories? And once caught in their web, can we make them see reason?
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Fasting vs Long COVID: Roger Talbott on PYP 558
What’s it like to suffer from Long COVID in one’s 70s? And can water fasting bring about healing?
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How COVID Has Changed: Michael Rothberg, MD, on PYP 528
COVID-19 is a very different disease that it was in early 2020. How should our behaviors and policies shift to reflect the new reality?
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Mind Hacks for Getting Through a Pandemic: Josh LaJaunie on PYP 440
Josh LaJaunie returns to talk about his strategies for staying sane, strong, and fit during the pandemic.
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Embracing Discomfort When You’re Already in Over Your Head: Glenn Murphy on PYP 434
Glenn Murphy returns to talk about the importance of embracing physical discomfort, even when we’re already stressed out mentally and emotionally. He offers some tips about how to do so without burning out, and shares a 10-minute guided visualization exercise to help us get back in touch with our bodies and spirits.
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What We Know About COVID-19: The Science: Michael Rothberg, MD on PYP 423
Michael Rothberg, MD, returns to Plant Yourself to share the latest actual scientific understanding of COVID-19. We spoke first in mid-March, when we didn’t know much. Fast forward five months, and we now know a lot, but in the US at least, we’re ignoring most of the science and suffering for it.
I’ve been as confused as anyone else, daunted by epidemiological models I can’t evaluate for accuracy, overwhelmed by social media fights about masks and free speech and hydroxychloroquine and vaccines and government overreach that have riven the plant-based community, and befuddled by competing claims of conferred immunity and how long it might last.
So I got Michael on the Zoom and peppered him with my questions.
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Broccoli alone won’t get you to 100: Marta Zaraska on PYP 418
For the last 7 years, I’ve worked to improve human health and wellbeing by focusing on better nutrition, vigorous physical activity, sleep hygiene, and stress management.
Turns out I may have been missing the most important determinants of health – the social ones.
Marta Zaraska has written a book that is fun, fascinating, scientifically sound, and socially revolutionary. In Growing Young, she argues that eating well and exercising are all well and good, but spending time with friends, cultivating a positive attitude, and helping others are far more powerful (and enjoyable!) determinants of health.
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Empathy is Stronger than Fear: Glenn Murphy on PYP 416
Glenn Murphy returns to Plant Yourself to talk about how we can self-regulate our emotions and actions during a time of great societal upheaval and division.
We talk about our own impulses to “fight” with others, and where there’s a messy intertwining of good intentions and unresolved psychological issues.
We discuss the physiology of the stress response, particularly as it relates to the shame and guilt that accompanies some of our attempts to right wrongs and redress injustices.
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The Practice of Compassionate Self-Care During Times of Crisis: Bojana Jankovic Weatherly, MD on PYP 411
Dr Bojana Jankovic Weatherly is one of my favorite physicians, double board certified in internal and integrative medicine. She has also trained in functional medicine, nutrition and mindfulness.
Dr Jankovic Weatherly is a real stickler for evidence of efficacy, whatever modality she’s exploring or recommending. Which makes her a very reliable podcast guest, especially when talking about topics not fully embraced by mainstream medical practice.
And, she’s a mom struggling to homeschool two children in a New York apartment while working full time from home.
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The Magic of Fiber with Will Bulsiewicz: PYP 405
What’s the most important dietary rule? Is raw better than cooked food? Why shouldn’t I always avoid foods that give me an upset stomach? This conversation with Dr Will Bulsiewicz, author of the just-published Fiber Fueled, will make you rethink everything you know about the link between diet and health.
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