E178 | Our Idiot Brains, Happiness & Antidepressants (w/ Dr. Dean Burnett)
Episode 1 hr 4 min

E178 | Our Idiot Brains, Happiness & Antidepressants (w/ Dr. Dean Burnett)

Today Dr. Alex is joined by neuroscientist and author Dr Dean Burnett for a wide-ranging conversation about the strange, flawed and fascinating human brain. Dr Dean Burnett is the author of The Idiot Brain, The Happy Brain and several other books exploring neuroscience, psychology and the weird ways our brains shape our lives. They discuss why the brain is not the perfect machine we often imagine it to be, why intrusive thoughts don’t define who you are, why anxiety and self-sabotage are ofte...

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