In episode 1539, Jack and guest host Katie Goldin are joined by co-host of Bigfeets and author of Zoey Is Too Drunk For This Dystopia, Jason Pargin, to discuss… How Placebo Effect Helped Me Understand the Havana Syndrome, Placebo Works For Certain Things Like Pain, The Brain Is It’s Own Best Pharmacy, Chinese Astrology Kills People and more!

1. Was It an Invisible Attack on U.S. Diplomats, or Something Stranger?
2. Frequency of Adverse Events in the Placebo Arms of COVID-19 Vaccine Trials: A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
3. IBS and Serotonin: The Brain-Stomach Link
4. Lessons learned from placebo groups in antidepressant trials
5. How to Prescribe Information: Health Education Without Health Anxiety and Nocebo Effects
6. The Power of Nothing
7. 4: Explanatory mechanisms for placebo effects: cultural influences and the meaning response

LISTEN: Times It By Two by Annie Tracy