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The Pitt: What We Get Wrong About Addiction with Erin Calipari

Dr. Erin Calipari thinks we're getting a lot wrong about addiction, so she and her lab are working to change that by conducting research that could save lives and destigmatize unhelpful narratives. In this episode, we dig into The Pitt's portrayal of high-functioning addiction and what it gets right that most TV gets wrong.  We sit down with Dr. Erin Calipari to unpack what addiction actually is at the molecular level, and why so much of what society believes about it is not just wrong, but harmful. From the brain's hijacked learning systems to the gender-specific realities of addiction, Dr. Calipari breaks down the gap between cutting-edge science and the policies, stigmas, and drug wars shaping real lives. Things we mentioned in this episode: Follow Erin! [https://www.instagram.com/theerincalipari/] Euphoria on HBO [https://www.hbomax.com/shows/euphoria/4ffd33c9-e0d6-4cd6-bd13-34c266c79be0] Slow Horses on Apple TV [https://tv.apple.com/us/show/slow-horses/umc.cmc.2szz3fdt71tl1ulnbp8utgq5o] Flight of Passage by Rinker Buck [https://amzn.to/4tDsOiB] Down the Drain by Julia Fox [https://amzn.to/4djMhjE] The Handmaid's Tale on Hulu [https://www.hulu.com/series/the-handmaids-tale-565d8976-9d26-4e63-866c-40f8a137ce5f] The Pitt on HBO [https://www.hbomax.com/shows/pitt-2024/e6e7bad9-d48d-4434-b334-7c651ffc4bdf] Follow The Subtext: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thesubtextshow/] | Threads [https://www.threads.com/@thesubtextshow] | X [https://x.com/thesubtextshow/] | YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@SubtextShow] | TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@thesubtextshow] Follow Lee: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/leeccamp/] | Twitter [https://twitter.com/leeccamp] | Lee's Newsletter [https://www.nosmallendeavor.com/newsletter] Follow Savannah: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/savannah_locke/] | Substack [https://savannahlocke.substack.com/] Join our Email List: nosmallendeavor.com [https://nosmallendeavor.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

America Reads the Bible

What happens when the Bible becomes a stage prop for national identity instead of a text that interrogates it? This episode explores “America Reads the Bible,” a high-profile event where political leaders, actors, and influencers recited Scripture from the nation’s capital, and, drawing on Bonhoeffer’s warning about reading the Bible for ourselves instead of against ourselves, Savannah and Lee examine how the same text is used to fuel both nationalism and its critique, alongside debates like Tennessee’s Ten Commandments bill. Things we mentioned in this episode: Endurance by Alfred Lansing [https://amzn.to/4exagNf] The Wright Brothers by David McCullough [https://amzn.to/49DNEqS] Flight of Passage: A Memoir by Rinker Buck [https://amzn.to/4eBpReC] The Congruent Life by C.E. Jarnagin [https://amzn.to/4d8RuJz] Running Point on Netflix [https://www.netflix.com/title/81483318] Slow Horses on Apple TV [https://tv.apple.com/us/show/slow-horses/umc.cmc.2szz3fdt71tl1ulnbp8utgq5o] Eboo Patel on No Small Endeavor [https://www.nosmallendeavor.com/eboo-patel-diverse-democracy] AJ Levine on No Small Endeavor Live [https://youtu.be/rn_GpV5dbFc?t=60] Follow The Subtext: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thesubtextshow/] | Threads [https://www.threads.com/@thesubtextshow] | X [https://x.com/thesubtextshow/] | YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@SubtextShow] | TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@thesubtextshow] Follow Lee: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/leeccamp/] | Twitter [https://twitter.com/leeccamp] | Lee's Newsletter [https://www.nosmallendeavor.com/newsletter] Follow Savannah: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/savannah_locke/] | Substack [https://savannahlocke.substack.com/] Join our Email List: nosmallendeavor.com [https://nosmallendeavor.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Noah Kahan's New Record Will Make You Go to Therapy Again

Noah Kahan’s The Great Divide is a brutally honest soundtrack to growing up, drifting away, and figuring out how to make peace with the place you come from. This episode dives into The Great Divide, the latest record from Noah Kahan, and unpacks its themes of home, relationships, love, and friendship. In it, they explore their own connections to their hometowns, Wendell Berry’s hot take about automobiles, and Kahan’s own eschatology (that he may or may not know about). Things we mentioned in this episode: The Great Divide album by Noah Kahan [https://open.spotify.com/album/2fnkyn9EybagIoFJ7a13oz] The Frozen River by Ariel Lawhon [https://amzn.to/4tkMdoz] Alabama I Am Bound by Walker Burroughs [https://open.spotify.com/track/7njBYMBOk4H79BogNHc9by?si=1d6f49a716f04187] Out of Your Car, Off Your Horse by Wendell Berry [https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/1991/02/out-your-car-your-horse/309159/] Against the Machine by Paul Kingsnorth [https://amzn.to/3ON3wAp] Center Church by Tim Keller [https://amzn.to/42OodiB] Follow The Subtext: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thesubtextshow/] | Threads [https://www.threads.com/@thesubtextshow] | X [https://x.com/thesubtextshow/] | YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@SubtextShow] | TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@thesubtextshow] Follow Lee: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/leeccamp/] | Twitter [https://twitter.com/leeccamp] | Lee's Newsletter [https://www.nosmallendeavor.com/newsletter] Follow Savannah: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/savannah_locke/] | Substack [https://savannahlocke.substack.com/] Join our Email List: nosmallendeavor.com [https://nosmallendeavor.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

Netflix is Boring Because of Our Short Atten—

Are our shrinking attention spans rewriting the rules of storytelling? This week on The Subtext, we dig into the claim that streaming platforms like Netflix are deliberately dumbing down storytelling to accommodate distracted viewers. What is being lost when stories are engineered for half-watching? Are we shaping content around distraction, or training ourselves to expect it? And in a world where story is increasingly reduced to “content,” what does it mean to tell something true, meaningful, and worth paying attention to? Things we mentioned in this episode: Trust Me on Netflix [https://www.netflix.com/title/81758532] Waiting for God by Simone Weil [https://amzn.to/4cYNbla] Jefferson Fisher on Diary of a CEO [https://youtu.be/ZPVdK9v0CK8?si=kt3iSO63AC_RZKb5] Follow The Subtext: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thesubtextshow/] | Threads [https://www.threads.com/@thesubtextshow] | X [https://x.com/thesubtextshow/] | YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@SubtextShow] | TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@thesubtextshow] Follow Lee: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/leeccamp/] | Twitter [https://twitter.com/leeccamp] | Lee's Newsletter [https://www.nosmallendeavor.com/newsletter] Follow Savannah: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/savannah_locke/] | Substack [https://savannahlocke.substack.com/] Join our Email List: nosmallendeavor.com [https://nosmallendeavor.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]

God Had a Big Week in Pop Culture

From a Gen Z grunge pop artist’s critique of Bible interpretation to politics to the Artemis II mission, God had a big week in pop culture. This week on The Subtext, we unpack a wave of God-talk across pop culture, from Sofia Isella’s haunting critique of biblical “context,” to Paula White-Cain’s eyebrow-raising comparison of Trump to Jesus, to Perez Hilton’s post-near-death approach to scripture. We also zoom out (literally!) with a powerful Easter message from the Artemis II crew that reframes faith, humanity, and our place in the universe. Things we mentioned in this episode: Endurance by Alfred Lansing [https://amzn.to/47ZJqcz] The Wright Brothers by David McCullough [https://amzn.to/4sATjot] The Monkey Wrench Gang by Edward Abbey [https://amzn.to/41Aq89Y] Desert Solitaire by Edward Abbey  [https://amzn.to/4mr5ORQ] There There by Tommy Orange [https://amzn.to/4sPYdy9] Cross Vision by Gregory A. Boyd  [https://amzn.to/4mBFwMZ] Jesus was a Feminist by Leonard Swidler  [https://amzn.to/42ecZDH] Follow The Subtext: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/thesubtextshow/] | Threads [https://www.threads.com/@thesubtextshow] | X [https://x.com/thesubtextshow/] | YouTube [https://www.youtube.com/@SubtextShow] | TikTok [https://www.tiktok.com/@thesubtextshow] Follow Lee: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/leeccamp/] | Twitter [https://twitter.com/leeccamp] | Lee's Newsletter [https://www.nosmallendeavor.com/newsletter] Follow Savannah: Instagram [https://www.instagram.com/savannah_locke/] | Substack [https://savannahlocke.substack.com/] Join our Email List: nosmallendeavor.com [https://nosmallendeavor.com/] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices [https://megaphone.fm/adchoices]