Foreign correspondent Tony Five starts the show with: SPCA seeks Montrealers willing to foster baby squirrels; and Stolen California gas station dinosaur returned with an apology note. Psychiatrist Dr. Benjamin Lewis explains how clinical trials of psilocybin-assisted group therapy help reduce depression and burnout among healthcare workers. Astrophysicist Dr. Jesse Rogerson covers science news stories: Junk food can scramble memory in just four days; Strange rogue planet spotted guzzling matter like a star; and Scientists learn that rare bacterium plays dead to survive. (⁠Check out Jesse's book Daydreaming in the Solar System here⁠.) On Therapy Thursdays on a Wednesday, Gary Direnfeld and David discuss the difficulties of friendship in a digital age. Social psychology researcher Helena Qin describes the shift between life as a single person and life coupled up. Experimental psychology researcher ⁠Sarah Mohammadi⁠ explains ⁠why karma feels good after being unfairly excluded⁠.

Segments:

• (00:00) Introduction
• (01:43) Tony Five
• (10:00) Dr. Benjamin Lewis
• (20:00) Dr. Jesse Rogerson pt. 1
• (30:00) Dr. Jesse Rogerson pt. 2
• (39:50) Gary Direnfeld pt. 1
• (49:50) Gary Direnfeld pt. 2
• (59:50) Helena Qin
• (1:09:50) Sarah Mohammadi
• (1:19:21) Sign-off

Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices