131. Commusings: The Rona

Andrew Huberman has talked about it. Joe Rogan uses it. Nicotine for focus has become one of the loudest trends in optimization culture, marketed as a clean stimulant for your prefrontal cortex. In this episode, the "Is This Right for Me?" series separates the real pharmacology f ...  Afficher plus

The early years of parenthood are spent almost entirely in bed — and almost never asleep. In this episode, Jeff revisits the co-sleeping years: a toddler who slept sideways, turning three bodies into a capital "H" and pushing both parents to the far edges of a California King; th ...  Afficher plus

This week we talk about the only thing there is to talk about right now — the Coronavirus crisis. We look back over the past few weeks to see how our thinking about the virus has changed, and we try and figure out how to get ourselves to emotionally care about things that are dis ...  Afficher plus

This week in the Quar, Dr. Dave reminds us to make sure we don’t avoid seeing a doctor just out of fear of the virus. Plus Jerry O’Connell has had just about enough of this quarantine business. Plus more really gross “Would You Rathers” submitted by pint-sized listeners.See Priva ...  Afficher plus

In which we discuss covid developments, euphoria characters, depression, and the feminine urge to be insane 

This week Connor and Dan dive head first into the very topical issue of refugees and totalitarian states. Though they get there through a real roundabout way via Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben and his books Homo Sacer and State Of Exception. Spoiler alert: this sh ...