Erik Vance (@erikvance) is an award-winning science writer
based in California and Mexico City. After working as a scientist
on research projects dealing with dolphin intelligence and
coastal ecology, he became an educator and then an environmental
consultant. In 2005, he attended UC Santa Cruz's famed Science
Communication Program and discovered a passion for journalism.
Since then, he has built his career around science-based profiles
of inspiring or controversial figures. His work has appeared in
Harper's Magazine, The New York Times, The Utne Reader,
Scientific American, and National Geographic. He is also a
contributing editor at Discover Magazine. His latest book is
Suggestible You: The Curious Science of Your Brain's Ability to
Deceive, Transform, and Heal. This riveting narrative explores
the world of placebos, hypnosis, false memories, and neurology to
reveal the groundbreaking science of our suggestible minds. Could
the secrets to personal health lie within our own
brains? Erik's firsthand dispatches will change the way you
think -- and feel. In this episode, we cover many topics -- with
equal amounts of the profound, actionable, and hilarious: The
power of placebo, and how you can increase the odds of it working
for you (if you choose). Which conditions respond well to
placebo, and which do not. How the mind, religion, bedside
manner, and peer pressure can influence medical outcomes.
Catching porcupines in South Africa. This story alone will make
you laugh out loud and is worth the episode. Finding and studying
a pig shit sommelier. Why he got electrocuted for half an hour at
the NIH laboratories in Bethesda, Maryland. The story of why he
chose to be cursed by a witch doctor in Mexico City. Please
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