SIO455: This Is Your Brain on Drugs, With Dr. Jenessa Seymour
Release Date: 08/29/2024
SIO460: Actual Experts Debunk the Cass Review
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In 2020, the United Kingdom’s (NHS) commissioned an inquiry to provide recommendations for the healthcare of transgender adolescents. It was overseen by a pediatrician named Dr. Hillary Cass and was completed in April 2024. It became known as the , and it has since been used to justify depriving a lot of people of the healthcare they badly need. But is it good science? Obviously not. Yale's Integrity Project gathered several actual experts in the field to conduct their own review of the review. The results are not pretty. They published an excellent report entitled "." Three of these...
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SIO459: Understanding CRISPR with Dr. Eric Jaffe
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In this episode, Dr. Eric Jaffe walks us through the history of CRISPR, how it works, how it's being used currently, and how it could be applied in the future. How quickly will we be able to eradicate mosquitoes? I say let's just do it, but Dr. Jaffe has some concerns. Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? ! Please please pretty please ! You get ad free episodes, early episodes, and other bonus content!
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SIO458: How Eye Color Reveals the Complexity of Genetics
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Dr. Eric Jaffe is back! This time, he's going to teach us about CRISPR. But, in order to do that, he first needs to lay a foundation about genetics more broadly, and how complex it actually is. Why is it that mapping the human genome didn't instantly give us the ability to change whatever we want about ourselves? Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? ! Please please pretty please ! You get ad free episodes, early episodes, and other bonus content!
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SIO457: Facilitated Communication is Fake, with Kelly Burke
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Kelly Burke joins the pod again, this time to break down Facilitated Communication. A documentary recently came out on Netflix that explored this, and Kelly tells us why it's not just nonsense but also harmful, and how she and other experts in this field actually help people learn real communication techniques. Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? !
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SIO456: Are You a Good Drug or a Bad Drug?
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Part 2! Dr. Jenessa Seymour continues to walk us through our drug journey with a brief stop to cover why it's impossible to get ADHD medication. PSA: Narcan is over the counter and (last we checked) less than $50 for two doses. Please consider buying some to have on hand so you can help save a life. Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? !
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SIO455: This Is Your Brain on Drugs, With Dr. Jenessa Seymour
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Dr. Jenessa Seymour is here to do drugs. I mean, discuss drugs. How exactly do they work in your brain? What is addiction? I learned so much in this fascinating two-parter. This is Part 1 of 2! Part 2 is out early for patrons. In it, Jenessa talks about solutions: what works and what definitely doesn't. Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? !
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SIO454: Bret Weinstein's Incredibly Curious PhD Thesis
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(Well, I spaced on posting part 2 of this, so I'm posting the patron cut of parts 2-3 together to make it up to yous. Sorry about the delay!) Dr. Eric Jaffe was so appalled by Bret Weinstein's idiotic takes on matters of basic biology surrounding COVID and the vaccines, that he wondered how Bret could possibly have the PhD that he does. Well, what Eric found was... weird. For patrons, I'm putting 454 and 455 together as one for convenience. The next post will just be for charge purposes. Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? ! Please please pretty please ! You...
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SIO453: How Could Bret Weinstein Have Been So Wrong About COVID?
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Dr. Eric Jaffe (like me) used to watch Bill Maher. One night in early 2021, Bret Weinstein and Heather Heying And because Eric cares about intellectual integrity, he's included some of his thoughts while listening to the unedited episode. We also cover this interview specifically. Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? ! Please please pretty please ! You get ad free episodes, early episodes, and other bonus content!
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SIO452: Ambivalent Attitudes Promote Support for Extreme Political Actions
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Dr. Joe Siev from SIO429 is back with us to discuss a new he's published regarding political behavior among those who hold ambivalent attitudes. This one is very subtle and trickier to grasp fully than you might think. I talk more after the interview about how I've come to understand what this study means. Additionally, that makes it easier. Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? !
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SIO451: IUD Insertion Videos on TikTok - 0/10 Do Not Recommend
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The New York Times had a recent discussing the United States' absence of effective pain management for IUD insertion procedures, but it doesn't have to be that way. joins the show to tell us about how her influenced her practice and the approach she now takes with patients seeking pain relief, and what she believes we can look forward to with the next generation of providers. Also, Lydia regales us with her personal IUD trauma. Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? !
info_outlineDr. Jenessa Seymour is here to do drugs. I mean, discuss drugs. How exactly do they work in your brain? What is addiction? I learned so much in this fascinating two-parter.
This is Part 1 of 2! Part 2 is out early for patrons. In it, Jenessa talks about solutions: what works and what definitely doesn't.
Are you an expert in something and want to be on the show? Apply here!