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Podcast #1,112: You’ve Been Pooping Wrong — Here’s How to Do It Better
Apr 7Tap to summarizePooping. Everybody does it, but a lot of people are embarrassed to talk about it. That’s a shame, my guest says, not only because your digestive health is incredibly linked to your overall health, but simply for the fact that there is much happiness to be found in an easy, worry-free constitutional. Harvard gastroenterologist Dr. Trisha Pasricha is the author of You’ve Been Pooping All Wrong: How to Make Your Bowel Movements a Joy. Today on the show, Trisha and I have a fun and frank conversation about the art and science of bowel movements, including the color of healthy stools, how often you should be pooping, if laxatives are safe to use, the food to eat that’s even better than prunes for getting things going, why you feel the urge to go poop at Barnes and Noble, the wonders of the bidet, the danger of using your smartphone on the toilet, how to get more comfortable pooping in a public restroom, and more. Resources Related to the Podcast AoM Article: The Top 10 Toilet Books AoM Article: Be a “Regular” Guy — Tips for Improving Your Daily Constitutional The Squatty Potty “Mariko Aoki phenomenon” — where individuals feel an urgent need to use the bathroom when entering a bookstore AoM Article: You Need to Eat More Fiber Connect With Trisha Pasricha Trisha’s website Trisha on IG Listen to the Podcast! (And don’t forget to leave us a review!) Listen to the episode on a separate page Download this episode Subscribe to the podcast in the media player of your choice Transcript Brett McKay: Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the AoM podcast. Pooping: everybody does it, but a lot of people are embarrassed to talk about it. That’s a shame, my guest says. Not only because your digestive health is incredibly linked to your overall health, but simply for the fact that there’s much happiness to be found in an easy, worry-free constitutional. Harvard gastroenterologist, Dr. Trisha Pasricha, the author of You’ve Been Pooping All Wrong: How to Make Your Bowel Movements a Joy. Today on the show, Trisha and I have a fun and frank conversation about the art and science of bowel movements, including the color of healthy stools, how often you should be pooping, if laxatives are safe to use, the food to eat that’s even better than prunes for getting things going, why you feel the urge to go poop at Barnes and Noble, the wonders of the bidet, the danger of using your smartphone on the toilet, how to get more comfortable pooping in a public restroom, and more. After the show’s over, check out our show notes at aom.is/poop. All right, Dr. Trisha Pasricha, welcome to the show. Dr. Trisha Pasricha: Thank you so much for having me, Brett. Glad to be here. Brett McKay: So you are a medical professor of gastroenterology. That’s a hard word to say. I had to look up how to pronounce it. You specialize in gut health and a big part of your work involves researching and talking a lot about poop. How’d you end up doing what you do? Dr. Trisha Pasricha: Well, I am a second generation gastroenterologist. I grew up as the daughter of a gastroenterologist. When you grow up like that, you think that talking about poop every day is perfectly normal and you think that that’s what everyone else is doing. It was delightful. My father was, and still is a gastroenterologist, but he was also a researcher. He was just so excited to tell me and my siblings about the cool stuff he was discovering in his lab every day after he came home from work and he was describing how colonoscopies worked and all of this. I know now that sounds really bizarre, but at the time it was just what we talked about at the dinner table and how cool science was and specifically when it came to our gut. So I loved it and it was kind of what I grew up thinking was the coolest thing in the world. So I knew I wanted to be a gastroenterologist since I was a little girl. I had never imagined wanting to be anything else. But then when I came to medical school and then I started doing my own training, I really started to realize what a weird gap there was between what other people seem to have learned about poop and their bowel movements and how their gut works and what I learned. And people, for the most part, it seems like, didn’t really talk about their guts and their poop after they turned three or four, and it was something everyone just stopped bringing up at the dinner table. And so I kind of went on this mission and it just started with me talking to my patients about trying to normalize these conversations and having them out loud. And ultimately that led to writing the book. But I really do think that people need to have conversations more loudly because 40% of Americans are suffering from bowel habits that disrupt their daily lives. But you wouldn’t know that because we’re so quiet about them. Brett McKay:<...
Transcribe →Podcast #1,111: The Mystery of Courage
Mar 31Tap to summarizeCourage is one of our most prized and celebrated virtues. But once you really start exploring it, the nature of courage is surprisingly hard to pin down. Here to help us explore the fascinating complications of courage is William Ian Miller, a historian, professor of law, and the author of The Mystery of Courage. Today on the show, Bill explains how centuries of philosophers, soldiers, and storytellers have approached courage and the hard-to-answer questions its manifestations raise. We discuss why courage has long been ranked among the highest virtues, the relationship between fear and courage, the fuzzy line between courage and cowardice, the association of courage and manhood, whether or not courage is domain specific, the difference between offensive and defensive courage, whether martyrs are courageous, whether deeds with evil ends are courageous, how fear, shame, and honor shape brave action, and more. Resources Related to the Podcast The Road to Richmond: The Civil War Memoirs of Maj. Abner R. Small If I Die in a Combat Zone: Box Me Up and Ship Me Home by Tim O’Brien Good-Bye to All That by Robert Graves The Personal Memoirs of Ulysses S. Grant AoM Article: Developing Manly Courage AoM Article: 9 Ways to Become More Courageous AoM Article: Courage Vs. Boldness — How to Live With Spartan Bravery AoM Podcast #380: How to Increase Your Courage and Bravery AoM Article: The 54 Best Quotes on Courage AoM Article: The Cardinal Virtues — Courage AoM Podcast #763: The Perils and Powers of Cowardice AoM series on honor Connect With William Ian Miller Bill’s faculty page Version 1.0.0 Thanks to This Week’s Podcast Sponsor Incogni. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code MANLINESS at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/manliness Listen to the Podcast! (And don’t forget to leave us a review!) Listen to the episode on a separate page Download this episode Subscribe to the podcast in the media player of your choice Transcript Brett McKay: Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the AoM podcast. Courage is one of our most prized and celebrated virtues, but once you really start exploring it, the nature of courage is surprisingly hard to pin down. Here to help us explore the fascinating complications of courage is William Ian Miller, a historian, professor of law, and the author of The Mystery of Courage. Today on the show Bill explains how centuries of philosophers,...
Transcribe →Podcast #1,110: The Mental Skills for Becoming an Everyday Genius
Mar 24Tap to summarizeWe tend to think of genius as something you’re born with — a rare trait possessed by the Einsteins and Teslas of the world. But what if many of the abilities we associate with genius — a great memory, quick problem-solving, mental math, creative insight — are actually trainable skills? My guest today says that’s exactly the case. His name is Nelson Dellis, and he’s a six-time USA Memory Champion and the author of the book Everyday Genius. In our conversation, Nelson explains why memory is the foundation of thinking well and why having information stored in your head still matters in the age of ChatGPT. He shares a practical technique for improving your memory, how to read with greater focus and retention, and how to study to actually make information stick. We then talk about the importance of developing “number sense” and how to convert imperial measurements to metric in your head, strategies for solving problems more effectively, and even how to gain an edge in the games of Monopoly and Connect Four. At the end of the conversation, we get into more esoteric territory, including intuition, dreams, and the idea of remote viewing. Resources Related to the Podcast Nelson’s previous appearance on the AoM podcast: Episode #546 — How to Get a Memory Like a Steel Trap AoM Article: 10 Ways to Improve Your Memory AoM Article: How to Speed Read Like Theodore Roosevelt AoM Podcast #385: Learning How to Learn AoM Article: Study Tactics of the Successful Gentleman Scholar The CIA’s remote viewing program Connect With Nelson Dellis Nelson’s website Nelson on YouTube Thanks to This Week’s Podcast Sponsor Incogni. Take your personal data back with Incogni! Use code MANLINESS at the link below and get 60% off an annual plan: https://incogni.com/manliness Listen to the Podcast! (And don’t forget to leave us a review!) Listen to the episode on a separate page Download this episode Subscribe to the podcast in the media player of your choice Transcript Brett McKay: Brett McKay here and welcome to another edition of the AoM podcast. We tend to think of genius as something you’re born with; a rare trait possessed by the Einsteins and Teslas of the world. But what if many of the abilities we associate with genius — a great memory, quick problem solving, mental math, creative insight — are actually trainable skills. My guest today says that’s exactly the case. His name is Nelson Dellis and he’s a six time USA memory champion and the author of the book, Everyday Genius. In our conversation, Nelson explains why memory is the foundation of thinking well and why having information stored in your head still matters. In the age of ChatGPT, he shares a practical technique for improving your memory, how to read with greater focus and retention and how to study to actually make information stick. We then talk about the importance of developing number sense and how to convert imperial measurements to metric in your head, strategies for solving problems more effectively and even how to gain an edge in the games of Monopoly and Connect Four. At the end of our conversation, we get into more esoteric territory, including intuition, dreams, and the idea of remote viewing. After the show’s over, check out our show notes at aom.is/genius. All right, Nelson Dellis, welcome back to the show. Nelson Dellis: Thank you for having me. How you been? Brett McKay: I’ve been great. Thank you for asking. It has been a while. We had you on the podcast way back in 2019 to talk about memory sport because you are a USA memory champion and we talked about what that involves and how we can improve our memories. For those who aren’t familiar with memory competitions and they haven’t listened to that episode we did, what do they typically look like? What sorts of events do you encounter as a memory athlete? Nelson Dellis: Yeah, it’s a super fascinating competition. When I first saw it, I couldn’t believe what I was seeing people do and it definitely wasn’t something I thought, Hey, I could do that. I had to lear...
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