# Bruce Alexander

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If you were a lab rat, you’d do the same thing

In this episode of TraumaTies, Bridgette Stumpf and Lindsey Silverberg explore how behavior is shaped by environment, experience, and survival. Through famous studies on addiction, learned helplessness, and hope, they challenge the idea that behaviors like avoidance, substance use, or shutting down…

Lax Class 402 - Bruce Alexander

#StayClassified with EP402 of the Lacrosse Classified podcast. The SrA playoff match ups are set and the final series are underway in JrA. We have have a ton to talk about! So lets begin Lax Class! Period #1 First up, Lax Class Report Cards. Jumbo and Henhawk hand out their letter grades for this …

Episode 3: Building a Bigger Park

A 1970s rat experiment revealed that addiction isn't about weak willpower — it's about a lack of connection. This week, KC walks through Bruce Alexander's famous "Rat Park" experiment from the 1970s, which challenged everything we thought we knew about addiction. Rats isolated in bare cages chose …

S2E10 Rich Jones on Connection and Options in Recovery

A note before you listen... This episode includes frank discussion of substance use, overdose, and family loss, and contains explicit language. We often think the opposite of addiction is sobriety. Rich Jones makes the case that it's connection. Rich grew up in Ligonier, about an hour east of Pitts…

Detective Galbraith: The King of Diamonds & The Midas Touch Audiobook by Robert Barr

Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: Detective Galbraith: The King of Diamonds & The Midas TouchSubtitle: 2 BBC Radio Crime DramasSeries: #1-2 in Detective GalbraithCategories: Crime, Crime Fiction, Mystery, Private InvestigatorAuthor: Robert BarrNarrator: Kevork Ma…

Shirleymander (BBC Radio 4: Friday Play) Audiobook by Gregory Evans

Listen to full audiobook for free : https://litupbook.com/free Title: Shirleymander (BBC Radio 4: Friday Play)Categories: EntertainmentAuthor: Gregory EvansNarrator: Tracy-Ann Oberman, Joseph Cohen-Cole, Maggie SteedPublisher: BBC AudioRelease date: 07-05-2011Language: EnglishSummary:A BBC Radio 4 …

Episode 395: How Culture Shapes the Way We See Addiction: Stigma, Willpower and Why Environment Matters with Dr. Maria Cichosz

Maybe you've watched someone you love do something that makes no sense, something that's clearly hurting them and everyone around them, and you've asked, "Why would anyone choose this?" Or maybe you've asked that question about yourself. It's such a human question. And the answers we come up with, …

What Modern Psychiatry Gets Wrong About Addiction and Depression - Dr. Rodrigo Nardi, MD

Dr. Rodrigo Nardi, MD, joins Andrew Heacock on The Lucid Interval to challenge the foundational dogmas of modern psychiatry. Drawing from psychology, medicine, and evolutionary theory, Dr. Nardi explains why treating mental suffering as a pure "chemical imbalance" misses the mark—and why depression…