E82: Johann Hari - Everything You Think You Know About Meaning & Happiness Is Wrong

Published: May 31, 2021, 3:30 a.m.

b'This podcast is a real treat and a podcast that you cannot miss! Johann has come back and what honour it was to record. He has to be my all-time favourite guest ever! His book \\u2018Lost Connections\\u2019 had such a positive, transformative impact on my life and truly changed my perspective on how I viewed depression & addiction. I am sure that the information shared today will be valuable and important topics that our society needs to hear.\\xa0Johann is a very successful and inspirational British-Swiss writer and journalist with 2 books hitting The New York Times best sellers list. Born in Glasgow Scotland then relocated to London when he was young, Johann experienced some childhood trauma having suffered from being physically abused as child and his mother suffering from an illness. Starting his career as a journalist he won many awards such as Journalist of the year and was named by the Daily Telegraph as one of the most influential people. Johann then went to onto being an author writing the worldwide known \\u201cLost Connections\\u201d and \\u201cChasing the Scream\\u201d. He also released a TED talk back in 2015 \\u201cEverything you think you know about addiction is wrong\\u201d which has now over 17 million views. This honest conversation lasted around 2 hours and we even went on into the evening off air. I genuinely think that this might be the most important podcast you choose to ignore.\\xa0I\\u2019m not giving much away, but you will thank me after. Topics: Why do you like writing books?\\xa0Rat Park Working from home, living through screens\\xa0Finding meaning within the machine Are we struggling to form meaningful connections\\xa0How good are you at making connections Psychedelics\\xa0Is Social media helping us rally together\\xa0Your new book & your writing style Social media Johann: https://www.instagram.com/johann.hari/\\xa0https://twitter.com/johannhari101\\xa0VOTE FOR US FOR BEST BRITISH PODCAST: https://www.britishpodcastawards.com/vote?utm_source=emailoctopus&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=Nominated\\xa0Sponsor: uk.huel.com/\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices'