Episode 165
#165 - What is Dopamine Nation? (book club review)
Published on:
29th April, 2025
This is a book club episode where Kyle, Doug, and Scott review Dopamine Nation by Anna Lembke.
Further episodes to dive deeper into topics discussed here are:
- #164 - Why do we struggle?
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Intro/outro music: Fly Away by Mountaineer
Timestamps:
- [00:17] Conversation primer
- [05:45] The bodega ritual
- [08:23] Book introduction
- [10:53] Addiction, pain, and pleasure
- [16:23] Access to porn and dopamine
- [19:33] Phone addiction and social media
- [26:10] Reading as an antidote
- [30:49] Smut, violence, arousal, and struggling
- [39:08] General takeaways
- [46:25] Our next book?
- [49:19] Outro