Hi! I’ve been in the hospital with pneumonia! But enjoy this banger of an encore about: Serotonin! Dopamine! Norepinephrine! Neurotransmitters: what's their deal? Dr. Crystal Dilworth, aka Dr. Brain, stops by to have a spirited discussion about how chemical messengers change our moods and behaviors. We chat about depression, anxiety, what chemicals drive us to get off the couch, how antidepressants work, ADHD, addiction, the microbiome, new habits, quitting smoking, starting meditation, Oreos vs. cocaine, SSRIs vs. SNRIs, what it's like to hold a human brain in your hands and if she would donate hers to science. Also: what's up with "lizard brains?"
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Editing by Mercedes Maitland of Maitland Audio Productions, Jarrett Sleeper of MindJam Media, and Steven Ray Morris
Transcripts by Emily White of The Wordary
Website by Kelly R. Dwyer
Theme song by Nick Thorburn
Black Hole Theory Cosmology (WHAT ARE BLACK HOLES?!) Part 1 with Ronald Gamble, Jr.
Smologies #38: CARNIVORES with Rae Wynn-Grant
Hydrochoerology (CAPYBARAS) with Elizabeth Congdon
Theoretical & Creative Ecology (SCIENCE & ECOPOETRY) with Madhur Anand
Smologies #37: PROTEINS + DNA with Raven “The Science Maven” Baxter
Evolutionary Anthropology (METABOLISM) with Herman Pontzer
Carcinology (CRABS) Part 2 with Adam Wall
Smologies #36: FEATHERS with Allison Shultz
Carcinology (CRABS) Part 1 with Adam Wall
Ethnoecology (ETHNOBOTANY/NATIVE PLANTS) with Leigh Joseph
Smologies #35: COMPUTER PROGRAMMING with Iddris Sandu
Alieology (YOUR HOST): an Ask-Me-Anything Goofy Hang
Smologies #34: PENGUINS with Tom Hart
Lemurology (LEMURS) with Lydia Greene
Quasithanatology (NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCES) with Bruce Greyson
Smologies #33: SCORPIONS with Lauren Esposito
Syndesiology (CONNECTIONS) with James Burke
Audiobook Mixtape 3: Gift Ideas from the Ologists’ Brains
Smologies #32: CLOUDS with Rachel Storer
Abstract Mathematology (UH, IS MATH REAL?) with Eugenia Cheng
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