Johann Hari - Lost Connections

00:00 | Trailer
03:34 | Brian’s thoughts on the episode
05:30 | Brian’s introduction
06:03 | Personal questioning motivated research for Chasing the Scream and Lost Connections
16:26 | Why Johann travels in search of answers rather than undertake scientific research in a laboratory
21:12 | The core of addiction is not wanting to be present in your life because your life is too painful a place to be
29:58 | “It was the heroin that kept me from killing myself
41:40 | How can the medical health establishment be persuaded to change treatment practices
44:07 | The role of the internet, social media and mobile devises in contributing to social isolation
1:00:48 | Our battle with extrinsic values versus intrinsic values
1:17:08 | Social conditioning can move us in the wrong direction
1:26:19 | A democratic workplace is just one social change that would decrease levels of depression
1:28:46 | The depressed and addicted need opportunity to talk about what they may be suppressing
1:42:33 | We call four walls home, but it is connection to the community around that it makes it feel home
1:54:34 | What Johann does when he becomes aware of negative thoughts coming into his mind
2:00:25 | What it is like to be in the public eye
2:01:36 | The amazing group of people who have endorsed his book
2:11:37 | Johann’s next projects
2:13:05 | The challenging art of journalistic interviewing
2:17:39 | Johann is such an evangelist for America
2:22:32 | What is Johann’s super power
2:25:46 | Daily habit that has changed his game
2:29:18 | What scares Johann
2:31:33 | Best and worst days of his life
2:34:03 | What keeps him awake at night
2:35:10 | Longer term worries
2:38:14 | Phone call to the 20-year old Johann Hari
2:39:25 | Success secrets
2:39:54 | Why he is fundamentally optimistic about a lot of the things he writes about in Lost Connections
2:44:54 | Brian’s summing up.