036 You're A Miracle (and a Pain in the Ass) by Mike McHargue

This episode has been archived. But never fear! You can still access all of our original episodes from our baby podcaster days on our Buy Me a Coffee Page. Just push the big gray button!

Julia and Victoria have not stopped talking this book since it came out in April, so they decided to put their ongoing conversation on tape. In You’re a Miracle (and a Pain in the Ass), science expert, empathetic public speaker, and hard-core nerd Mike McHargue (known professionally as Science Mike) dives into the core of what it means to be a human in the twenty-first century. Starting with the essential question, “Why do I do things I don’t want to do?,” this book covers everything from the ways technology and pizza are shaping social justice movements, to how an understanding of brain structure and core emotions can lead us into radical self-love and acceptance. An essential read for any human being who feels feelings and thinks thoughts.

Random tidbits mentioned in this episode:

• Buzzfeed article on Black Lives Matter Foundation

• Official Black Lives Matter website

• Guidestar

• Hilary McBride

• Rachel Held Evans

• Austin Channing Brown

• Pete Holmes, You Made It Weird

• Finding God in the Waves

• Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT)

• AEDP behavioral therapy model

Recommendations:

• This Is Your Brain on Birth Control by Dr. Sarah E Hill

• Rabbit Hole podcast

• Brene Brown, Unlocking Us podcast

• RTJ4

• Ask Science Mike episode "This Feels Hard"

• Disclosure documentary

Read ahead and join us for our future episodes:

• Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire

• Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe