Fearology Pt. 1 (FEAR) with Mary Poffenroth -- Encore Presentation

Ologies with Alie Ward

Alie Ward

Comedy, Science, Society & Culture

4.9 • 23.8K Ratings

🗓️ 24 December 2019

⏱️ 73 minutes

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Summary

Every day, your brain tries to save your life by being terrified. Thanks, brain! Also, calm the f*ck down, brain. In 2018, Alie hunted down Mary Poffenroth, an expert in the biological and sociological causes/effects of fear -- and it is riveting. This December, Time Magazine named Ologies a top podcast and recommended this episode specifically. Plus it just so happens that there was an administrative snafu with the podcast network and we're not supposed to have new episodes for two weeks, so enjoy this encore of a truly life changing episode. This actual FEAROLOGIST (which is a real word) talks about how fear is literally killing you, the difference between stress and fear, how to get along with your co-workers, friends, or partner better, and how to talk to your brain when it has needlessly pulled the fire alarm. Part 1 of a 2-part series that will honestly change your life.

Transcript

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0:00.0	Oh hey, it's your weird old dog hiding behind the couch because I ate from the garbage.
0:04.9	AW, alleyward right here. Oh man. Okay, so this week and next week's episode originally aired in
0:11.6	April 2018. It's a listener favorite. It's one episode people go back to for a relic in when
0:16.9	times are tough and they need a pep talk and a life coach and a brain scientist all in one for free.
0:23.0	Also this week Time Magazine named all of you is one of their top 50 podcasts which freaked me out
0:28.8	in the best way and also made me Google how many podcasts are there and there's 700,000 out there.
0:34.0	So this honor is not lost on me. Thank you Time Magazine. They shouted out this two-part episode
0:39.2	in particular is a great intro and I decided for that reason to rerun it so new folks could
0:45.3	easily find it and also it's smack dab in the thick of the holidays this week. So if you've already
0:50.7	listened, listen again. Also do you want to hear something bananas that is forcing me to take a
0:55.6	two-week break to get ahead on January's episode? Okay, I'll tell you. This is like the secret at the
0:59.8	end of the episode that's coming in the beginning. So my podcast network that I work with, I'm contracted
1:04.8	for 50 episodes a year and so they didn't have any slated for this week or next week. They were like,
1:10.2	oh, you're putting out episodes and I'm like, yeah, I'm working on them and they were like, we didn't
1:14.3	think you were having them. Anyway, so there was some sort of administrative error where I'm not
1:18.6	supposed to have episodes up this week. So the ones I was working on for this week are going to
1:22.6	start airing January 7th. And so for this week and next week, that's another reason why I'm putting
1:27.2	up this encore is because it's a great episode. Time magazine just shouted it out and I'm not supposed
1:32.4	to be running episodes this week. Oops. So make sure you're subscribed now so you get those and then
1:36.9	come back next week to hear part two of this episode. Honestly, there's no better way to start the
1:41.5	new year than having a refresher course on kicking your fears in the dick metaphorically. Okay, so fear.
1:48.4	One was the last time he felt it. There might be a slim percentage of tough boys being like,
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