The Truth About Hollywood’s Favorite Anxiety Drug | Really? no, Really?

The Truth About Hollywood’s Favorite Anxiety Drug | Really? no, Really?

Hollywood’s latest “anxiety hack” isn’t a new miracle drug — it’s an old medication with a new spotlight. Jason Alexander and Peter Tilden dig into the celebrity buzz around beta blockers with Dr. Nasser Ghaemi, an academic psychiatrist and professor of psychiatry at Tufts University. They break down what beta blockers (like propranolol) actually do, why actors and musicians use them for performance anxiety, and the big catch: they can reduce symptoms without addressing the root cause. Dr. Ghaemi explains when “situational” use can make sense — and when it can backfire with side effects like low blood pressure, cognitive dulling, or added risk for people with asthma or diabetes. Along the way, Jason and Peter riff on Hollywood nerves, guest-star pressure on Seinfeld, and a wild story about “anxiety drugs in rivers” making salmon bolder — because of course it does. The episode lands on a bigger debate: quick-fix culture, rising anxiety in young people, and why AI therapy can’t replace a human clinician (yet). Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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America’s Funniest Science Author on Orgasms, Cadavers & Space Travel

America’s Funniest Science Author on Orgasms, Cadavers & Space Travel

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Florida Has a Python Problem…Our Guest is the Solution

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It’s an understatement calling it adventure tourism, at minimum its extreme travel, more accurately it’s insanely dangerous. Diving to crushing depths to glimpse the Titanic, sightseeing hostile dicta...

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The Shocking Truth of Holiday Returns - Where Your “Stuff” Really Ends Up!

The Shocking Truth of Holiday Returns - Where Your “Stuff” Really Ends Up!

The Eco-Consequences, Why We Overconsume and Deceptive Costs! If you’ve returned holiday gifts or things you bought but didn’t need or the pants you bought in multiple sizes that didn’t fit…you are p...

16 Tammi 202440min

The Secrets of Scent Marketing – How Smells are Manipulating Your Behavior

The Secrets of Scent Marketing – How Smells are Manipulating Your Behavior

Disneyland has “smellitizers” that stealthily blow aromas to intensify visitor’s sensory experiences and create lasting memories! And Disney isn’t alone in this over 40-billion-dollar mechanization of...

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Bryan Cranston on Retirement + That Time he was Wanted for Murder

Bryan Cranston on Retirement + That Time he was Wanted for Murder

When Jason and Peter read that actor, producer, director, author, philanthropist, and entrepreneur Bryan Cranston was retiring to spend more time with his family, in France, or something like that…the...

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Feeding Frenzy: Buffets, Consumerism + the Allure of Overabundance!

Feeding Frenzy: Buffets, Consumerism + the Allure of Overabundance!

COVID killed the all-you-can-eat buffet, right? With fogged sneeze guards, giant shared tongs and serving spoons, communal cheese boards, bread baskets and chocolate fountains, buffet line etiquette i...

26 Joulu 202337min

The REAL Festivus with Seinfeld Writer Dan O’Keefe + Why Families Create Bizarre Holiday Customs

The REAL Festivus with Seinfeld Writer Dan O’Keefe + Why Families Create Bizarre Holiday Customs

Jason will forever be associated with the 166th episode of Seinfeld, which featured Festivus…the holiday where families express their disappointment in each other, then demonstrate feats of strength a...

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