The Most Important Question

#99: How You Doin’?


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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 and co-producer of The Abstract 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" by Yvon Chouinard

Links:

  • Read Ali’s work at Inverse.com

  • Listen: The Abstract

  • Instagram: instagram.com/alipattillo

  • Twitter: twitter.com/alipattillo

  • “Wildland Firefighters Are Burning Out”

  • “Cold Comfort” (Wim Hof Method)

  • “Cancer Patients Say Psilocybin Can Be Both Therapy And 'a Beautiful Experience'”

  • Alex's Lemonade Stand

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    • Intro/outro by Tim Blane: timblane.com

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