In Episode 99, Quinn & Brian, with help from Inverse.com, ask: how are YOU feeling?
Our guest is: Ali Pattillo, a health and science reporter at Inverse.com (https://www.inverse.com/profile/ali-pattillo-19621088) and co-producer of The Abstract (https://pod.link/1512027319) podcast. Supplements, metabolism boosters, miracle cures: Ali covers just about anything that can be put on or in your body and makes any health-based claims. In other words, she debunks all of the things that Brian buys online instead of reading books.
There are few journalists who do a better job at not just reporting on science news but explaining it in a way that is digestible, understandable, and practical for idiots like the two of us. And this is a service that really can’t be undervalued. You don’t have to go very far on your timeline to find someone jumping to conclusions or misinterpreting facts — and that can have dire consequences when it comes to your health, especially in the virus-assisted end times that we’re living through. Our conversation focuses on the mental health side of things and how 2020 has catalyzed a staggering epidemic of depression, but on the bright side, magic mushrooms might be part of the solution.
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Important Book Club:
• "Let My People Go Surfing: The Education of a Reluctant Businessman" (https://bookshop.org/shop/importantnotimportant) by Yvon Chouinard
Links:
• Read Ali’s work at Inverse.com (https://www.inverse.com/profile/ali-pattillo-19621088)
• Listen: The Abstract (https://pod.link/1512027319)
• Instagram: instagram.com/alipattillo (https://www.instagram.com/alipattillo/)
• Twitter: twitter.com/alipattillo (https://twitter.com/alipattillo)
• “Wildland Firefighters Are Burning Out” (https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/wildland-firefighters-are-burning-out)
• “Cold Comfort” (https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/goop-wim-hof-method-tested) (Wim Hof Method)
• “Cancer Patients Say Psilocybin Can Be Both Therapy And 'a Beautiful Experience'” (https://www.inverse.com/mind-body/cancer-patients-psilocybin-psychedelic-therapy)
• Alex's Lemonade Stand (https://www.alexslemonade.org/)
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