Gina Turrigiano
Neuroscientist and MacArthur Fellow specializing in brain plasticity and sleep, appearing as the episode's expert guest to discuss biological perspectives on addiction.
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Mar 26, 2026 • 47min
167* Addiction with Gina Turrigiano (EF, JP)
Gina Turrigiano, a Brandeis neuroscientist known for work on brain plasticity and sleep, joins to explore addiction through neuroscience, anthropology, and literature. They compare everyday habits to severe addiction. They discuss brain ruts, tolerance and withdrawal, social context and supply, and how different books illuminate desire, pleasure, and the opioid crisis.
Mar 26, 2026 • 47min
167* Addiction with Gina Turrigiano (EF, JP)
Gina Turrigiano, neuroscientist and MacArthur Fellow who studies brain plasticity and sleep, joins to explore addiction from biological, anthropological, and literary angles. Short takes cover whether addiction is a habit or disease. They discuss neural ruts and recovery, how drugs fill social and emotional voids, shared brain reward pathways across behaviors, and distinctions between dependence and compulsion.
