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to protect you from any type of contamination because, with both of those drugs, they can actually seep through your skin with skin-to-skin contact, and you can overdose yourself." In this story, Jasmine Pierce, an overdose response coordinator for the Anne Arundel County Department of Health, says that county officials "provide gloves inside of the kits. We'll try to understand the complex risk/benefit calculations involved in opioid use, and why there's still so much we're struggling to understand about addiction. This week on Hidden Brain, we talk with users, families, and researchers about risky drug use. Public health researchers say these findings are based on flawed data and analyses. Their controversial and hotly-debated findings suggest naloxone not only increases risky drug use but may actually cause more deaths than it saves. The possibility that naloxone might lead to greater risk taking among drug users prompted two economists to study the issue. Tiffany says she has one friend who assumes that "if he overdoses, someone will come give him Narcan and bring him back."īut would her friend stop using heroin if he didn't have Narcan? Tiffany and James say naloxone has not changed the way they think about heroin, but both have friends who treat naloxone like a safety net. "I've got five or six nasal spray Narcans up in my room, so if someone else falls out around me, when you shoot it up their nose, not even ten, fifteen seconds later, they are back," he says. If you enjoy podcasts and, well, just learning about humans, then Hidden Brain is a must-watch.Twenty-four-year-old Tiffany - whose last name is being withheld to protect her privacy - owes her life to naloxone.Įach time she overdosed, Tiffany was revived with naloxone.Īnother heroin user, James, says he has also been brought back with naloxone, and that he's used the drug on friends who "fall out," or lose consciousness. “What’s Not On The Test” is just one example of the great episodes that Hidden Brain has to offer.Īlthough there are some episodes that aren’t always able to keep my attention for the whole time, I always find that I learn something new and find a deeper aspect of understanding of human nature. This example, as well as others, elucidate how this is a great podcast that changed my perspective of the education system. Vedantam found a great story about a program meant to change lives, and it was eye-opening to listen to how an increase of intentionality in preschooling changed the trajectory of impoverished children.
Over 12 years of education is meant to prepare us for life and success this episode looks into the actualization of that goal. ” This episode has great insight into the important aspects of education and how America’s education has shifted throughout history, both in positive and negative aspects.
However, my favorite episode I’ve listened to is “ What’s Not On The Test: The Overlooked Factors That Determine Success. His questions are eloquent yet easy to grasp, especially if there is relevant background information.Ī few of my favorite episodes include: “ I Buy, Therefore I Am: How Brands Become Part Of Who We Are ,” “ More Divided Than Ever? Excavating the Roots Of Our Political Landscape ” and “ What Twins Can Tell Us About Who We Are. Vedantam brings incredible insight and curiosity to each topic.
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The series is a collection of 20 to 40 minute in-depths of “unconscious patterns that drive human behavior, shape our choices and direct our relationships,” according to NPR’s website. But there is one podcast that I never seem to be disappointed in, and that is NPR’s Hidden Brain series by journalist Shankar Vedantam.
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