BetterHelp's State of Stigma report surveyed 2,000 Americans and found 85% believe therapy is wise, yet 74% say society still discourages people from seeking it.
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Rogan and Dillon acknowledge that immigration has had positive impacts on America and Britain, and that it's easy to understand why people in third-world countries want to leave. But the episode's central argument comes into focus: societies are more fragile than people in the West previously understood. A pandemic and a few years of dysfunction transformed downtown America. The Iran War proved military campaigns can now be inconclusive. And rapid demographic change — something that historically took wars or generations — is being compressed into years. The economic argument is examined from both sides: cosmopolitan city-dwellers benefit from immigration (food delivery, diverse services, cultural variety); suburban communities in stagnant economies bear costs they don't connect to benefits. Sweden's crime spike and Ireland's riots are offered as evidence that speed and scale matter enormously.
A company offering big podcast ad money operated out of Dubai and London, kept its identities shrouded, and immediately pulled the offer when Tim Dillon asked for an in-person meeting. His read: the intelligence world, crypto world, and international crime syndicates all share the same ecosystem.
Sweden's crime rate has skyrocketed following large-scale migration, with drug selling by newly arrived populations cited as a primary driver.
Mental health challenges are nearly universal — BetterHelp's own research found the majority of Americans experiencing symptoms right now.
When applying for Medicaid to cover nursing home costs, there is a 5-year look-back period that can disqualify applicants who gave away or spent down assets.
A broken pipe filled the Bad Friends studio with what the hosts identified as hydrogen sulfide — microscopic fecal aeroparticles — that the crew denied smelling.
Fei-Fei Li's father's liver surgery performed by a da Vinci robot resulted in 10 times less blood loss than a typical open liver surgery, thanks to laparoscopic precision.
Approximately 115 million adults in the US currently have prediabetes, most of whom are unaware, according to the Lingo sponsor segment.
Drug overdose deaths in the US fell from 110,000 to 80,000 in 2024, and then to roughly 70,000 — the largest single-year drop the CDC has ever recorded.
Men's overdose death rate fell 27% in a single year, outpacing the 23% drop for women.
The steepest decline in overdose deaths was among 15–24-year-olds, whose rate fell 37%.
Fei-Fei Li observed that on a given hospital shift, nurses walk miles just to fetch medicine and supplies, illustrating a clear use case for assistive robotics in healthcare.
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