Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen addresses those issues that are keeping you awake at night, including:

—Why far fewer Americans identify as vegetarians compared to most other industrialized nations…

—From an evolutionary biology perspective, whether human beings were designed to eat other animals to begin with…

—The impact of Americans’ swelling appetite for meat on animal welfare and the environment…

—Whether diverse schools of philosophical thought might argue for or against the practice of eating meat…

—The conditions to which pigs, chickens, and cows are subjected in factory farms in America, and finally…

—What the growing demand for “meatless meat” and the expansion of companies like Impossible Foods and Beyond Meats tells us about the future of meat consumption in America.

Where To Go To Get More Information:

1. Rates of Vegetarianism by Country

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vegetarianism_by_country

2. American Vegetarian Population

https://news.gallup.com/poll/238328/snapshot-few-americans-vegetarian-vegan.aspx

3. Food, Inc. (2008)

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1286537/

4. Impact of Meat-Eating on Water Supply

https://www.businessinsider.com/nestle-water-scarcity-meat-consumption-cable-2016-4

5. Utilitarianism

https://www.iep.utm.edu/util-a-r/

6. In Defense of Animals, by Peter Singer

7. Risk of Heart Disease, Meat-Eaters vs. Vegetarians

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/255644.php

8. Are Humans Supposed to Eat Meat?

https://www.peta.org/features/are-humans-supposed-to-eat-meat/

9. Animal Liberation, by Peter Singer

10. Reducing Animal Suffering

https://reducing-suffering.org/

11. The Omnivore’s Dilemma, by Michael Pollan

12. Mad Cow Disease

https://www.centerforfoodsafety.org/issues/1040/mad-cow-disease/about-mad-cow-disease

13. Beyond Meats’ Market Cap

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/07/26/beyond-meats-13point4-billion-market-cap-is-beyond-ridiculous-investor.html

14. Impossible Foods Sold in Stores

https://gizmodo.com/the-fda-has-finally-approved-the-impossible-burger-to-b-1836880448

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen addresses those pressing issues that are keeping you awake at night, including:

—Why dining alone is the most uncomfortably thrilling experience you can have while traveling…

—How you can take advantage of favorable exchange rates to make your money go further while on vacation…

—Why it is better to travel to an international destination by yourself than with friends…

—How traveling to a foreign country broadens your perspective and teaches you to be grateful for your life at home, and finally…

—The ways in which life in Western Europe differs from the day to day in America.

Where to Go to Get More Information:

1. Americans’ Cigarette Smoking Habits

https://www.heart.org/en/news/2018/08/29/smoking-in-america-why-more-americans-are-kicking-the-habit

https://www.npr.org/templates/transcript/transcript.php?storyId=5382924

2. Countries with Favorable Exchange Rates for the American Dollar

https://www.smartertravel.com/9-countries-where-the-u-s-dollar-is-strongest-in-2019/

3. The 4-Hour Workweek, by Tim Ferris

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen addresses those pressing issues that are keeping you awake at night, including:

—Why in the last one to two years, young people have been increasingly more concerned about the amount of time they spend “screen-sucking”…

—The psychology behind why excessive social media use makes us anxious and depressed…

—How Facebook knowingly engineered moderate behavioral addictions into their platform, including the same strategy that casinos use to keep you playing their slot machines…

—Why turning off your notifications, deleting addictive apps, or even taking a digital sabbath will not remedy cell phone addiction…

—Why you should pledge to stop hitting the like button on social media, and finally…

—How to be more intentional with your phone use, and get back some of that autonomy that has been taken away from you.

Where to Go to Get More Information:

1. Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in A Noisy World, by Cal Newport

2. “Phantom Vibration Syndrome Among Cell Phone Users”

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/phantom-vibration-syndrome-common-in-cellphone-users/

3. Steve Jobs Introducing the Original iPhone: January 9, 2007 Keynote Address

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7qPAY9JqE4

4. Tristan Harris, Facebook Whistleblower on How Technology Hijacks Our Brains

https://www.vox.com/technology/2018/2/19/17020310/tristan-harris-facebook-twitter-humane-tech-time

https://www.wired.com/story/our-minds-have-been-hijacked-by-our-phones-tristan-harris-wants-to-rescue-them/

5. Jaron Lanier on Why You Should Delete Your Social Media Accounts

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2018/may/30/ten-arguments-deleting-your-social-media-accounts-right-now-jaron-lanier

6. Sean Parker, Facebook’s Founding President on the Dangers of Facebook

https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2017/11/09/facebooks-first-president-on-facebook-god-only-knows-what-its-doing-to-our-childrens-brains/

7. Roger McNamee, Mentor to Mark Zuckerberg, on Why He Wished He Never Mentored Zuckerberg

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/i-mentored-mark-zuckerberg-heres-my-road-map-for-fixing-facebook/2018/01/14/0f976dea-f71b-11e7-b34a-b85626af34ef_story.html?utm_term=.75d18d2b8ca3

https://time.com/5505441/mark-zuckerberg-mentor-facebook-downfall/

8. About the Light Phone

https://www.thelightphone.com/

In honor of Father's Day this past weekend, Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by his dad, Jay, the former radio broadcasting sensation, wrestling referee and a whole lot more. Ricky and Jay have an elaborate discussion, addressing issues including...

--The most glaring differences between growing up in the 1960s/70s and growing up today...

--How carrying around a flip phone and staying off of Google influences the way that my father views the world...

--Why starting his own exterminating company was more appealing to my dad than attending college...

--What life lessons my father has drawn from his work as an Animal Cruelty Prevention Officer...

--Why it is critical to experiment with various careers in your lifetime, and finally...

--Why human connections and maintaining a robust reputation are the keys to a secure and satisfying livelihood.

Where to Go to Get More Information:

1. American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (A.S.P.C.A.)

https://www.aspca.org/

2. Professional Wrestling in the 1970s and 1980s

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Professional_wrestling_in_the_United_States

3. Premium Shopping Guide Magazine

https://www.facebook.com/squirepublishing/

http://kingsparkli.com/business-directory/3433/squire-publishing-corp-premium-shopping-guide/

4. How To Win Friends and Influence People, by Dale Carnegie

5. "Extreme Couponing" with Jay Rosen

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXR-BNxPano

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen is joined by long-time friend and aerospace engineer, Stefanos Axios.  They have a spirited and comprehensive discussion, spanning issues including:

--Why life seems to go by more quickly as you get older...

--How "free radicals" and "anti-oxidants" can protect you from aging..

--Why we should stop treating people when they're sick and start treating them when they're healthy...

--How you can predict someone's age just by looking at their hand...

--Why we should continue investing trillions of dollars in exploring the observable universe...

--Whether we should be worried about Earth becoming uninhabitable within our lifetimes...

--What exactly is keeping us from sending people to colonize Mars today...

--What makes the United States Federal Reserve arguably the most powerful body in the world...

--Why Americans should care about our country's insurmountable national debt...

--Whether middle-class Americans should be concerned about a recession or depression in their lifetimes, and finally...

--How you are losing money by keeping all of your savings squared away in a bank account.

Segments:

Aging: 3:45

Space Exploration: 29:21

Money: 1:03:43

Where to Go to Get More Information:

1. Life Expectancy Trends Over Time

https://ourworldindata.org/life-expectancy

2. Leading Causes of Death in the U.S. in 2019

https://www.healthline.com/health/leading-causes-of-death

3. Free Radicals and Anti-Oxidants

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3249911/

4. Resveratrol in Wine

https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/0540/525760cf05d3a245d0b8468fc49f8a3e7bce.pdf

5. The Human Longevity Project (Peter Diamandis)

https://www.humanlongevity.com/

6. Homo Deus, by Yuval Noah Harari

7. Nano-Tech in Our Bloodstreams

https://interestingengineering.com/nanobots-will-flowing-body-2030

8. Intermittent Fasting and Aging

https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321690.php

9. NASA's Annual Budget

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budget_of_NASA

10. "The Uninhabitable Earth," by David Wallace Wells

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/2017/07/climate-change-earth-too-hot-for-humans.html?gtm=bottom

11. Mars Colonization Timeline

https://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-spacex-mars-plan-timeline-2018-10

12. Elon Musk: SpaceX, Tesla, and the Quest for A Fantastic Future, by Ashlee Vance

13. About Mars One

https://www.mars-one.com/

14. NASA Study Comparing Astronaut to His Twin on Earth (Mark and Scott Kelly)

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/11/science/scott-mark-kelly-twins-space-nasa.html

15. Hyperinflation in Germany, 1922-1923

https://mashable.com/2016/07/27/german-hyperinflation/

16. Different Forms of Currency Worldwide (World Atlas)

https://www.worldatlas.com/articles/how-many-currencies-are-in-the-world.html

17. About The Federal Reserve

https://www.federalreserve.gov/

18. U.S. National Debt in Real-Time

https://www.usdebtclock.org/

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen addresses those pressing issues that are keeping you awake at night, including:

--How technology and blue light from cell phones have caused children's eyesight to worsen at younger ages...

--Why doctors do not hesitate to write patients a prescription - even when they feel perfectly fine....

--Which doctors you should prioritize visiting once (or more) throughout the year...

--Why rest is the most important component of an effective work-out plan, and finally...

--Why meal prepping is the answer to all your problems.

Segments:

Doctors' Visits: 11:21

Building A Work-Out Regimen: 36:33

Meal Prep: 1:04:30

Where to Go to Get More Information:

1. Statistics on Physician Visits in America (Center for Disease Control)

https://www.cdc.gov/nchs/fastats/physician-visits.htm

2. Do You Really Need A Yearly Physical? (Harvard Medical)

https://www.health.harvard.edu/blog/a-checkup-for-the-checkup-do-you-really-need-a-yearly-physical-201510238473

3. How Often Should You See Primary Care Doctor? (US News & Health)

https://health.usnews.com/health-news/patient-advice/articles/how-often-should-you-see-the-doctor

4. Skin Cancer Prevention (American Association of Dermatology)

https://www.aad.org/media/stats/conditions/skin-cancer

5. Skin Cancer Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment (MayoClinic)

https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/skin-cancer/diagnosis-treatment/drc-20377608

6. Importance of Dental Visits (American Dental Association)

https://www.mouthhealthy.org/en/top-reasons-to-visit-dentist

7. Kids' Eyesight Getting Worse At Younger Ages (American Optometric Association)

https://www.aoa.org/newsroom/the-21st-century-child-increased-technology-use-may-lead-to-future-eye-health-and-vision-issues

https://www.thestar.com/life/health_wellness/2016/11/14/kids-eyesight-getting-worse-at-younger-ages-study.html

8. Blue Light (American Optometric Association)

https://www.aao.org/eye-health/tips-prevention/should-you-be-worried-about-blue-light

9. The Importance of Rest in Working Out

https://www.active.com/fitness/articles/the-importance-of-rest-in-a-workout-program

10. Sample Work-Out Routines and Programs

https://www.mensjournal.com/health-fitness/how-build-workout-routine/

https://www.muscleandstrength.com/workout-routines

https://www.bodybuilding.com/content/5-best-bodybuilding-programs-to-pack-on-serious-muscle.html

11. How Long Will Leftovers Stay Good in the Fridge?

https://www.fsis.usda.gov/shared/PDF/Refrigeration_and_Food_Safety.pdf

12. Learned / Conditioned Taste Aversion in Humans

https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/neuroscience/taste-aversion

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen addresses those pressing issues that are keeping you awake at night, including:

--Whether a society in which all relationships have known 'expiration dates' would be worthwhile...

--How one relationship expert can predict the divorce of any couple with 90% accuracy...

--Why knowing your love language can make a significant difference in your relationships...

--Why an earpiece that would allow you understand any spoken language isn't as promising as it sounds...

 --How your personality changes when you speak in a foreign language through the principle of linguistic relativity...

--How learning a new language can help you cope with rejection and earn more money at your job, and finally...

--The 50 movies that you absolutely need to see before you die.

Segments:

Learning Languages: 2:41

The Keys to a Successful Relationship: 37:22

Must-Watch Movies: 1:19:19

Corrections & Clarifications from the Podcast:

1. I stated on the podcast that the film Taxi Driver was 90 minutes long; it is actually 1 hour and 54 minutes long.

2. I stated on the podcast that Alfred Hitchcock's films were created in the 1960's and 1970's; they were actually predominantly released in the 1950's, with the exception of Psycho, which was released in the year 1960.

3. I stated on the podcast that Birdman was nominated for Best Picture at the Academy Awards; it actually won the Best Picture award in 2014.

Where to Go to Get More Information:

1. DuoLingo - Learn A New Language

https://www.duolingo.com/

2. Benefits of Learning a New Language

https://etoninstitute.com/blog/top-10-benefits-of-learning-a-foreign-language

3. Linguistic Relativity

https://www.oxfordhandbooks.com/view/10.1093/oxfordhb/9780199738632.001.0001/oxfordhb-9780199738632-e-38

4. Ziah Fazah, World Record Holder for Language Ability

https://thelinguistblogger.wordpress.com/2008/05/25/the-many-languages-of-ziad-fazah/

5. 500 Days of DuoLingo - What You Can (and Can't) Learn from a Language App

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/05/04/smarter-living/500-days-of-duolingo-what-you-can-and-cant-learn-from-a-language-app.html

6. Modern Romance by Aziz Ansari and Eric Klinenberg

7. Blink, by Malcolm Gladwell

8. The Five Love Languages

https://www.5lovelanguages.com/

9. Netflix's Black Mirror, Season 4, Episode 4: "Hang the DJ"

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5710978

10. American Film Institute's 100 Greatest American Movies of All Time

https://www.afi.com/100Years/movies.aspx

Nervous Habits host Ricky Rosen addresses those pressing issues that are keeping you awake at night, including:

--How one university's "Bias-Free Language Guide" took politically correct terminology too far...

--Why a comedian getting kicked off-stage at a university performance epitomizes the perils of 'call-out culture'...

--Why, though the overwhelming majority of people find fault with 'PC culture', it continues to infect American society...

--The multitude of unexpected ways that owning a pet can affect your health...

--How giving a senior a plant to take care of can actually extend his or her life...

--How the exotic pet trade is leading to the endangerment of some of your favorite pet species...

--Why you should be wary of the "natural flavors" hiding in all of the processed food in your pantry, and finally...

--Why eating genetically modified foods is not as scary as it sounds.

Where to Go to Get More Information:

1. Pet Ownership Statistics Worldwide

https://www.petfoodindustry.com/articles/5845-infographic-most-of-world-owns-pets-dogs-are-tops

2. Exotic Pets That Are Illegal to Keep

https://www.cheatsheet.com/culture/exotic-pets-that-are-illegal-in-the-us.html/

3. Parrot Intelligence

https://www.forbes.com/sites/grrlscientist/2018/07/12/what-makes-parrots-so-intelligent/#5ef28eb434e6

4. "Perceived Control" Studies in Elders

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23723436

5. Health Benefits of Owning Pets

https://www.cdc.gov/healthypets/health-benefits/index.html

6. Code of Federal Regulations - Food and Drug Administration (FDA)

https://www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/cdrh/cfdocs/cfcfr/cfrsearch.cfm?fr=501.22

7. Research on Genetically Engineered Crops and Outcomes

https://www.nap.edu/read/23395/chapter/1

8. Are Natural Flavors Really Natural?

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/01/well/eat/are-natural-flavors-really-natural.html?login=smartlock&auth=login-smartlock

9. American Attitudes on Political Correctness

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/10/large-majorities-dislike-political-correctness/572581/

10. University of New Hampshire's "Bias-Free Language Guide"

https://www.girardatlarge.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Bias-Free-Language-Guide-Inclusive-Excellence-073015.pd

11. President Barack Obama Speaking on 'PC Culture'

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVZVCbW63lc

12. List of Disinvited Speakers at Colleges

https://www.businessinsider.com/list-of-disinvited-speakers-at-colleges-2016-7

13. The Coddling of the American Mind: How Good Intentions and Bad Ideas Are Setting Up a Generation for Failure by Greg Lukianoff and Jonathan Haidt

14. Nimesh Patel, Comedian, Kicked Off-Stage at Columbia University

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/07/opinion/columbia-nimesh-patel-comedian-kicked-offstage.html

15. Bill Burr Speaking on PC Culture on the Joe Rogan Experience Podcast

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJhl0tLxflc