The Curious Introvert

A weekly podcast covering societal taboos & cultural blind spots. Join host Meredith Hackwith Edwards as she deep dives with curiosity & nuance into philosophy, society & culture with expert guests. Episodes frequently feature philosophers, researchers, historians & journalists.

The Curious Introvert is a society podcast hosted by Meredith Hackwith Edwards, with 357 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Meredith Hackwith Edwards hosts The Curious Introvert, a society show with 357 episodes published.

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  Episode #357

  Ep. 357: Nutritional Psychiatry? Stopping Symptoms Through Eating! [REMASTERED]

  Aug 17, 202649 minS1

  What if your "chemical imbalance" was never actually in your brain — but on your plate? Dr. Georgia Ede is a Harvard trained psychiatrist who began to experience a host of mystery symptoms in her 40s, including fibromyalgia, migraines, chronic fatigue syndrome, and IBS. When she got relief after experimenting with her diet, she began her path of nutritional studies & later became a nutritional psychiatrist. In this episode, she covers questionnaire collecting vs research, a warning about experimenting on yourself, chemical imbalances vs inflammation & 3 tests you can do at home. This episode originally aired on July 8, 2024. If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 251: FOOD ADDICTION: CHARACTER FLAW OR REAL DEPENDENCE? [REMASTERED] Guest: https://www.instagram.com/georgiaedemd/ https://twitter.com/GeorgiaEdeMD https://www.diagnosisdiet.com/ https://www.facebook.com/GeorgiaEdeMd https://www.linkedin.com/in/georgiaedemd/ Sponsors: https://www.historicpensacola.org/about-us/ 1:31 Skeptical Psychiatrist's Turning Point 3:11 Why Nutrition Studies Lie 5:38 Rethinking Chemical Imbalances 7:10 Metabolic vs Nutritional Psychiatry 8:52 Two Diets, Two Goals 11:12 Testing Diets in Prisons? 12:04 How Fast Results Come 14:05 Special Forces Eat Keto 15:00 Is Inflammation to Blame? 18:14 Try 30 Carbs a Day 21:02 Self-Experimenting Without a Doctor 24:25 Test Your Insulin at Home 28:58 Does Red Dye Cause ADHD? 31:06 The Chocolate Craving Mystery 34:00 Inside Food Addiction Research 39:32 Escape the Glucose Rollercoaster 42:11 Her 90-Year-Old Mom's Keto Win 46:08 Hope Is on the Menu Request to join my private Facebook Group, MFR Curious Insiders: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1BAt3bpwJC/ Follow me in all the places: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ https://www.instagram.com/the_curiousintrovert/ meredith@meredithforreal.com https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal https://www.facebook.com/curiousintrovert

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  Episode #356

  Ep. 356 If Aliens are Real, Why Does No One Care? [REMASTERED]

  Aug 10, 202647 minS1

  What happened to ontological shock? Michael Glawson, PhD, is a philosopher of science and technology with a background in theology. He’s also the host of the podcast Anomalous Review & the UAP Studies Podcast. In this video, we cover the public’s love affair with cryptids, why new information is unlikely to smash our world view, ancient aliens, data vs entertainment & how the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies collects data. This episode originally aired on April 14, 2025. If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 276: ARE ALIENS HUMANS FROM THE FUTURE? [REMASTERED] Guest: https://www.explorescu.org/podcast https://www.instagram.com/michaelglawson/ michaelglawson@me.com https://www.facebook.com/michaelglawson https://www.linkedin.com/in/gmglawson/ https://x.com/MichaelGlawson Sponsors: https://www.historicpensacola.org/about-us/ 2:14 UFOs as "the cryptid we're bored with" 3:24 The double-talk that primed us 5:56 Diana Pasulka and denominations of belief 8:00 The "aliens are demons" camp 9:19 The Alien Resistance Christian group 10:28 Why nothing smashes a worldview 12:24 Michael's personal crisis moment 13:57 Inside the Scientific Coalition for UAP Studies 15:16 MUFON, NUFORC, and the data problem 16:53 300 best cases and emerging patterns 19:44 The missing taxonomy for non-human intelligence 21:09 The career risk of studying this openly 23:04 Defending the "petty" reputation concern 25:38 Philosophy vs. data as competing lenses 28:12 Why doesn't the public care? 28:40 Could disclosure hurt our "galactic reputation"? 29:22 The nuclear weapons parallel 30:39 The game theory of disclosure 33:48 UAP apathy vs. religious apathy 35:27 Kahneman's fast and slow thinking 36:23 Economic survival crowds out big questions 37:35 Why the NJ drones felt different 38:23 Michael's anatomy of the NJ drone panic 40:33 The Iran mothership claim debunked 41:07 The germanium-68 "missing nuclear material" myth 42:45 Thousands of unexplained military incursions ignored 44:35 If you could interview an alien Request to join my private Facebook Group, MFR Curious Insiders: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1BAt3bpwJC/ Follow me in all the places: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ https://www.instagram.com/the_curiousintrovert/ meredith@meredithforreal.com https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal https://www.facebook.com/curiousintrovert

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  Episode #355

  Ep. 355: Should We be Protected from Uninformed Voters? [REMASTERED]

  Aug 3, 202640 minS1

  Should voters have to prove their competence? How do balance ethics & efficacy in the world of politics? Dr. Jason Brennan is a Flanigan Family professor at Georgetown Business School who agrees that democracies outperform most historical alternatives, but suggests that some form of Epistocracy (meaning the rule of the knowledgeable) could be worth experimenting with. In other words, the more of an informed voter you are, the more weight your vote carries. He covers why democracy may not be as bullet proof as we believe, what the practical applications of epistocracy could look like, education’s disappointing impact on informed voting & the right and wrong way to become a more informed voter. This episode originally aired on April 15, 2024 If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 136: VIRTUE SIGNALING. CAN WE MAKE IT STOP? NACHOS & NARCISSISM Guest: https://a.co/d/3INKj7z Sponsors: https://www.historicpensacola.org/about-us/ 3:05 What is epistocracy? 7:25 Is a "statistically informed" vote really informed? 8:52 When IQ tests get weaponized 11:00 Let citizens write the test 12:52 Why civic education backfires 13:37 The forgetting curve of civics class 15:47 Voting as a collective action problem 19:38 Do you have a duty to vote? 22:05 Reproductive rights and the bottle-in-the-ocean problem 23:45 Lottocracy: voting by lottery 25:50 Should we vote on issues, not parties? 26:41 Politics as tribal signaling 28:55 Your brain on politics 29:41 More parties, less tribalism 30:50 Duverger's Law and the two-party trap 34:28 How the electoral college shapes campaigns 36:09 Finding trustworthy information Request to join my private Facebook Group, MFR Curious Insiders: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1BAt3bpwJC/ Follow me in all the places: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ https://www.instagram.com/the_curiousintrovert/ meredith@meredithforreal.com https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal https://www.facebook.com/curiousintrovert

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  Episode #354

  Ep. 354: Is Your Cortisol Lying to You? Burnout, “Normal” Labs & Vagus Nerve

  Jul 27, 202658 minS1

  What if the villain isn't high cortisol, but low? Does the idea of relaxing make you cringe? Erin Kinney, ND, is a Naturopathic Doctor who specializes in helping type A patients use cortisol as a currency to generate energy, handle stress, heal, & perform. She is also the author of The Cortisol Cure: The Secret to Resetting Your Stress Response, Boosting Energy & Feeling Better Than Ever. In this episode, she describes two patients with wacked out cortisol (is this YOU?), the relationship of burnout & cortisol, how to understand your HRV, if your fasting & exercise could be making your stress worse, when stress is GOOD, free tips to rebalance your stress hormones & how to find the right doctor to work with you If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 61: REDUCING STRESS THROUGH BREATHING: HACKS FOR THE NON-HIPPY Guest: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-dr-kinney-show/id1547023817 https://a.co/d/06TmZ6hw https://www.thekinneyclinic.com/about-dr-erin-kinney https://www.instagram.com/TheKinneyClinic https://www.facebook.com/TheKinneyClinic Sponsors: https://www.historicpensacola.org/about-us/ 4:20 What your labs should say 6:58 The cortisol bank account 9:06 The real ideal numbers 11:34 Introvert vs extrovert stress 14:28 CGM spikes as a clue 16:10 What HRV is really telling you 23:51 Two muscles: stress and rest 25:21 Mold, trauma, and fight or flight 27:14 The 90/10 rule 31:15 Is burnout just low cortisol? 31:51 The top 3 culprits 37:29 Meditation and the off switch 39:31 The compressed vagus nerve 43:30 Why exercise isn't relaxing 44:30 Are you overtraining? 45:17 Fasting: his vs hers 47:22 Alcohol, weed, and your bank account 48:57 Free tips you can use today 53:24 Finding the right doctor Request to join my private Facebook Group, MFR Curious Insiders: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1BAt3bpwJC/ Follow me in all the places: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ https://www.instagram.com/the_curiousintrovert/ meredith@meredithforreal.com https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal https://www.facebook.com/curiousintrovert

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  Episode #353

  Ep. 353: Recycling: Have We been SCAMMED?!

  Jul 20, 202657 minS1

  Who convinced us that the fate of the world rests on our personal recycling habits? Does it even make a difference? Melissa Valliant serves as the communications director at Beyond Plastics, a nationwide environmental advocacy group. In this episode, Melissa shares how recycling isn't just imperfect, but a decades-old PR strategy engineered by the same fossil fuel, petrochemical, and consumer goods giants that profit from plastic production. You’ll hear the war origins of the plastics boom, who quietly bankrolled the Keep America Beautiful campaign & the logistical reasons that only 5-6% of everything you carefully sort actually makes it to recycling. She also covers the real bottom line on what will move the needle as well as how to keep your family healthy from the chemicals leaching from plastic. If you liked this episode, you’ll also like episode 140: CAN HAIR SAVE THE WORLD? OIL, OTTERS & HAIR MATS Guest: https://www.beyondplastics.org/act https://a.co/d/00KBkQjw https://www.instagram.com/beyondplastics/ https://www.facebook.com/beyondplasticsaction Sponsors: https://www.historicpensacola.org/about-us/ 2:17 – Plastic's Wartime Origins 6:56 – Keep America Beautiful's Secret Founders 8:35 – Only 6% Actually Gets Recycled 11:48 – The Chasing Arrows Con 12:48 – The Gar-Barge That Woke Us Up 14:29 – Deconstructing a Recycling Religion 17:39 – Are Bottle Caps Recyclable 19:01 – Wish-Cycling and Corporate Gaslighting 21:11 – California's Plastic Bag Loophole 23:02 – When Companies Fake Caring 26:55 – Busting Starbucks' Recycling Claims 29:07 – Advanced Recycling Isn't Advanced 31:06 – Proving Environmental Racism 33:06 – Exxon Sued Over Recycling Lies 34:38 – Would Banning Plastic Backfire 38:18 – Industry-Funded Studies Exposed 42:56 – The Human Health Turn 45:24 – Kicking Plastic Out of Schools 46:37 – The Secret Fourth R 47:55 – Rotisserie Chickens and Leaching Heat 50:34 – Real Swaps for Your Kitchen 53:57 – How to Deprogram Yourself Request to join my private Facebook Group, MFR Curious Insiders: https://www.facebook.com/share/g/1BAt3bpwJC/ Follow me in all the places: https://www.meredithforreal.com/ https://www.instagram.com/the_curiousintrovert/ meredith@meredithforreal.com https://www.youtube.com/meredithforreal https://www.facebook.com/curiousintrovert

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