The Social Exchange

Today’s guest is my sister Molly Rhoads, AKA "Sharktooth"—    we’ll explain that later.   Molly is passionate about hiking; hiking in this context doesn’t mean taking a walk. . . . Hiking is her life. In 2019 she hiked the Appalachian Trail— something she’d been longing to do for quite some time. The Appalachian trail is 2200 miles long, and crosses 14 states. It took her over 5 months of living o...

0:00 - 1:55:   Intro  1:55 - 3:40 :  Thank you to Patreon Subscribers!  3:40 - 42:13:  Regular Interview  Bonus Content -- To hear a conversation about Ben's book, "Original Gangsters" go to Patreon.com/thesocialexchange and become a sustaining member for $2.00 or more)  - - - - - - - - - -  Today's guest Ben Westhoff. Westhoff is an award-winning investigative journalist who writes about culture,...

Every Thursday we will share an audio clip from one or more folks working at the Life Process Program.  This will offer valuable addiction-related content and will give you a window into what we're up to with our program, and where we stand on the addiction-related issues that you care about.  For free resources (articles, blogs, Q&A, videos, podcasts) about addiction concepts and solutions-- and...

10 years ago, Professor Peter Singer published the book, The Life You Can Save: Acting Now To End World Poverty. In this book, Singer argues that people in affluent countries have an ethical obligation to (at least make an effort to) save some of the poorest people in the world who are dying from totally preventable causes each day-- many of them under 5 years-old. Today, Singer tells Zach Rhoads...

Many have asked me when the audiobook version of, Outgrowing Addiction: With Common Sense Instead of "Disease" Therapy, will be released.  I'm not sure about an exact date, but we're working on it now-- I'll be narrating the book.  Here is a preview.  0:00 - 1:25 -- Title pages, acknowledgements, and dedication 1:25 - 3:25-- Foreword (by Tom Horvath Ph. D.; ABPP) 3:25 - 12:23-- Introduction * * *...

This is Part 2 of a 2-part conversation with Dr. Terri A. Lewis. You can listen to Part 1 here: https://thesocialexchange.libsyn.com/terri-a-lewis-part-1-wicked-problems-and-systems-thinking - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  I n 2019, virtually countless  cities, counties, and states filed lawsuits against major drug companies-- a sociopolitical trend with no signs of slowing down. The basi...

In this 5-minute clip, Zach gives a "Steelman" interpretation of the disease model of addiction and explains why he disagrees with the model.  This is an excerpt from an interview in which  Dr. Rick Barnett interviewed Zach about his book with Stanton Peele, Outgrowing Addiction: With Common Sense Instead of "Disease" Therapy.    Watch the full interview here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q4_d6...

Welcome to episode 47!  Today Zach Rhoads speaks with Dr. Robert Schwebel about his latest book,  Leap of Power ( available now).  Robert Schwebel is a clinical psychologist who developed  The Seven Challenges Program:  holistic life counseling for people with alcohol and other drug problems. This program is widely used for adolescents across the United States in hundreds of organizations (Learn m...

This is a 10-min clip from a conversation between Zach Rhoads and Harry Nelson on the podcast, "FSDP Presents" Listen to the full interview here : http://fsdpfamilies.libsyn.com/websit... - - - - - - - - - - Listen to episodes of "The Social Exchange Podcast" here : https://thesocialexchange.libsyn.com/ - - - - - - - - - -  Support The Social Exchange (and FSDP) here:  http://patreon.com/thesocial...

This is part one of a two-part episode with guest Dr. Terri A. Lewis Part 1: Wicked Problems and Systems Thinking Part 2: Civil Suits Against Big Pharma  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  I n 2019, virtually countless  cities, counties, and states filed lawsuits against major drug companies-- a sociopolitical trend with no signs of slowing dow...

Bruce Alexander, the man behind the famous "Rat Park" experiment, explains that addiction is a social phenomenon-- not  a biomedical condition.  This is a clip of Zach Rhoads and Bruce Alexander speaking on The Young Justice Podcast (circa 2017).  The full episode (and other archival episodes) will soon be available to Patreon subscribers only. Become a Patron   http://patreon.com/thesocialexchang...

Dr. Sandy Steingard is author of the book,  Critical Psychiatry and is the Chief Medical Officer at The Howard Center in Vermont.  In this 6-minute clip, Dr. Steingard explains the difference between a drug centered and a disease centered approach in psychiatry.  Listen to the full interview here:  https://thesocialexchange.libsyn.com/episode-46-dr-sandy-steingard-critical-psychiatry  

Today's guests are Dr. Michael Edelstein and Dr. David Ramsay Steele-- co authors of the book,   Three Minute Therapy   Three Minute Therapy is based on the pioneering writings and therapy practice of Dr. Albert Ellis, father of Rational Emotive Behavior Therapy (REBT), Cognitive Behavior Therapy (CBT), and Cognitive Therapy (CT).  The book shows you how to be your own therapist. Master simple yet...

Dr. Steingard is Chief Medical Officer at Howard Center in Vermont and author of the book, Critical Psychiatry.  She is also a blogger for Mad in America-- an online magazine founded by Robert Whitaker.  She and Zach engage in a critical and constructive conversation about American Psychiatry:  The marketing of psychiatric drugs  The outcomes of widespread prescribing of these drugs Problems with...

Welcome to episode 45! Today's guest is Dr. Jeffrey Singer. Dr. Singer is a Senior Fellow at the Cato Institute and works in the Department of Health Policy Studies. He is principal and founder of Valley Surgical Clinics, Ltd., the largest and oldest group private surgical practice in Arizona.  He writes and speaks extensively on regional and national public policy, with a specific focus on the ar...

Welcome to Episode 44 ! Today's guest is Seth Fitzgerald. Seth is the founder, producer, and host behind the very successful educational YouTube Channel, "The Drug Classroom" (TDC).  TDC provides education about drugs, drug policy, and related topics. Usually drug education is limited to a handful of popular substances and it rarely teaches harm reduction. TDC's goal is to offer a more comprehensi...

Will Godfrey is the Executive Director and the Editor in Chief of Filter Magazine .  Filter, is an online publication whose mission is to advocate, through journalism for rational and compassionate approaches to drug use, drug policy and human rights. Will and I discussed these concepts as he told the genesis story of Filter Magazine. We also had a direct and critical conversation about Harm Reduc...

Today's guest is journalist and best-selling author, Robert Whitaker. Robert is the author of the books, "Mad in America" and "Anatomy of an Epidemic", both of which take a critical view of American Psychiatry and call into question our standard story about mental illnesses, their origins, and the medicines we use to treat them. Robert speaks with Zach about the field of psychiatry, as told in his...

Community Medical Services (CMS) is the Nation's first medication-assisted-treatment (MAT) clinic with 24/7 availability. Today's guest, John Koch, works is the CMS Community Impact Manager. John tells Zach a deeply personal story about developing-- and later overcoming-- an opioid addiction; how/ he began working at CMS; and the impact CMS has had on his  life.  Zach traveled to the clinic-- in P...

Dr. Peter Grinspoon is a physician at Massachusetts General Hospital and teaches at Harvard Medical School. He is an expert in addiction medicine and cannabis respectively. Peter is also the author of the book Free Refills: A Doctor Confronts His Addiction, which is a memoirs detailing his experience with opiate addiction as well as his subsequent recovery.  We talked about his book as well as MAT...

Johann Hari is a British Journalist and two-time NYT Best-Selling Author! His two books,  Chasing The Scream: The First and Last Days of the War on Drugs  and  Lost Connections: Why You're Depressed and How to Find Hope  form the basis of today's conversation. Zach and Johann talk about what it means to overcome adversity. . . and how to do it.  Check Out Johann's Books:   Chasing The Scream   htt...

David Pizarro is a Psychology Professor at Cornell University. He is also co host (with Tamler Sommers) of "Very Bad Wizards"-- one of our favorite podcasts!  In this episode, David and Zach discussed moral judgement and decision-making (from personal decisions to widespread policies). They also explored mental shortcuts called "heuristics"--  how they can be tremendously helpful or quite harmful,...

WELCOME TO SEASON 4! Zach speaks with Mark Scheeren. Mark is an addiction expert. He is the coauthor (with Steven Slate and Michelle Dunbar) of "The Freedom Model For Addictions" and the founder of The Freedom Model Retreats. He is also founder of The Baldwin Research Institute.  Today we talk about the utility as well as the limitations of Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT).  Mark says there is...

This is a rebroadcast of Zach's 2016 interview with Dr. Marc Lewis. Marc is a neuroscientist and the author of two New York Times best selling books,  Memoirs of an Addicted Brain  and  The Biology of Desire.  Zach and Marc discuss the limitations of the disease model of addiction. This is the end of season 3 and the last of our "From-The-Archives" series. Stay tuned for season 4, starting next we...

Charles Murray responds to Zach's questions about IQ, ethnicity, and race-- as told in "The Bell Curve"-- and expresses his frustration at the mischaracterization of the book's message.     ****** Visit http://ModesOfExchange.org  for multimedia educational content about addiction, human development, and a range of sociopolitical issues.   ****** Buy a copy of Zach Rhoads and Stanton Peele's book,...