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Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

361 - Johann Hari (Author: Chasing the Scream)

Tangentially Speaking with Christopher Ryan

Chris Ryan

Society & Culture, Arts

4.82.3K Ratings

🗓️ 17 January 2019

⏱️ 84 minutes

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Summary

Johann is a journalist, columnist, and the author of Chasing the Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs, and Lost Connections. His TED talk on addiction has been seen over 9 million times. His mind goes a mile a minute, so strap in for this one!

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Music: “Brightside of the Sun,” by Basin and Range; “Minor Swing: For Django,” by Children of the Revolution; “Smoke Alarm,” by Carsie Blanton.



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0:00.0

If you create a society where people psychological needs are not being met,

0:05.2

where their basic needs as human beings are not being fulfilled,

0:08.9

they will behave in increasingly erratic and bizarro.

0:30.0

Hey Chris, this is Riley. I'm driving through the wild jungle of Los Angeles, California.

0:46.4

We almost got to the next accident right now. Hi, I'm Karen.

0:49.6

Just try to cut me off, but thinking of you, positivity and...

0:54.8

Kutta!

0:56.0

Sometimes you just gotta do what you gotta do to get in the lane, you know what I'm saying?

0:58.8

Thank you for all your podcasts. We love it.

1:01.9

And we just wanted to say, hey, bye.

1:06.5

Hi Chris. Chris, I hear it's a few days after my 47th birthday.

1:12.3

I'm sitting on my porch in Carlisle, Ontario, Canada.

1:17.6

I just want to say I really appreciate the fact that you get to do the best job in the world or one

1:24.2

of them and we get to listen to it. If you introduce me to a lot of interesting people,

1:29.1

and as I sit here listening to your podcast on a beautiful Saturday night,

1:33.7

unseasonably warm, nice rainy evening, the dogs in the background. Thank you.

1:41.8

Um, Swiss DS2. That's a little phrase I learned from my buddy Simon Rex.

1:50.5

It's Bolognese and it has something to do with a greeting, honoring a person.

1:57.4

It's a phrase that I've used on the street a few times and it always makes people smile, laugh.

2:04.1

Doesn't take much to make people laugh and smile in Bali. I found

2:09.7

whatever beautiful things you've heard about this place. They're true, apparently.

2:15.2

Um, I've spent a lot of time in Southeast Asia.

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