The Dr. Drew Podcast

Drew welcomes Dilbert creator and expert on persuasion Scott Adams to today's Dr. Drew Podcast and they dive right in talking about Scott's experience as a trained hypnotist, his long running history of correctly predicting US Presidential elections and his expert level knowledge is the art of persuasion. You can pre-order Scott's new book 'Win Bigly: Persuasion in a World Where Facts Don't Matter' now on amazon, releasing this October.

UC Berkeley Professor of Psychology Dr. Stephen Hinshaw joins Dr. Drew for an in-depth conversation on phsychology and mental illness.

Dr. Janina Scarlet calls in to talk about Superhero Therapy and geek culture. Wes Chapman also joins the show to further investigate more evidence based treatments and the effects of a hero's journey through acceptance. After the break, Dr. Drew talks to Tim Ryan, founder of A Man In Recovery Foundation.

Wes Chapman returns to the show to delve even further into his fascinating story that he introduced on episode 275.

Drew opens today's show speaking about some of the recertification tests he has been taking recently and the changes that have been made to them over the years. He then turns to the phones and speaks to callers on a variety of topics including 'Trump Anxiety', complications arising from sarcoma, HPV and more.

Adam and Drew open the show hitting on the Oppositional Defiance Disorder they discussed yesterday and Drew observes that Adam is surrounded by so many of those kinds of people that it must be that he is attracted to them. They then turn to speaking about Adam's relationship with his father and how Adam has had to evolve that relationship over the years. Later they turn to the phones and speak to a caller who lost a sibling to a heart defect and a caller wondering what's going on with Drew's shoulder.

Radio host and documentary filmmaker Dennis Prager joins Dr. Drew today to discuss his upcoming project he's making in concert with Adam Carolla titled 'No Safe Spaces'. Drew and Dennis have an in depth conversation about the state of college campuses today and how the next generation of college students are being prepared to enter the world.

Drew goes solo on this podcast and takes your listener phone calls including calls about sobriety in general, one wondering how to deal with the tricky subject of teen drinking, another worried about refugees pouring into her home state and many many more. He also comments on Steve-O's latest interview with Joe Rogan.