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Nora Volkow

Nora Volkow

Director of the National Institute on Drug AbuseWikipedia

Search complete. 9 mentions across 6 episodes found for "Nora Volkow".

Oct 17, 2026

Another Side of Midnight with Lionel

Another Side of Midnight with Lionel

Another Side of Midnight With Lionel - Capitalism, Socialism, and Modern Day AI Technology

Oct 17 · 1 Mention

Lynn ShawGUEST
50:50
This summit, and I'm, uh, I'm really happy HHS is starting to really get into the mental health of kids, the solutions.
Lynn ShawGUEST
50:58
This summit will have scientists there, one of your favorites, right? Nora Volkow.
Lynn ShawGUEST
51:03
She will be there with the brain-
LionelHOST
51:04
Oh, wonderful
Another Side of Midnight with Lionel

Another Side of Midnight with Lionel

Another Side of Midnight With Lionel - Capitalism, Socialism, and Modern Day AI Technology

Oct 17 · 1 Mention

Lynn ShawGUEST
48:53
But not only to just, we keep talking about this, this summit, and I'm, uh, I'm really happy HHS is starting to really get into the mental health of kids, the solutions.
Lynn ShawGUEST
49:03
This summit will have- scientist there, one of your favorites, right? Nora Volkow.
Lynn ShawGUEST
49:08
She will be there with the brain-
LionelHOST
49:10
Oh, wonderful

Unknown podcast

Pornography Effects on the Male Brain: The Dopamine Architecture Behind Escalation and Tolerance, the Wanting-Liking Split, and the 90-Day Neural Rewire Protocol for Real Self-Command (EP37)

Oct 6 · 1 Mention

speaker_0HOST
8:36
To understand what's happening to you, you need to understand how the system works underneath.
speaker_0HOST
8:41
Nora Volkow directs the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and she spent decades documenting how addiction reshapes the brain's motivational architecture.
speaker_0HOST
8:50
Her work establishes something important.
speaker_0HOST
8:52
Addiction, regardless of the specific substance or behavior involved, follows one conserved neural pathway, and it's running in you right now whether or not you've ever thought about it in these terms.

Unknown podcast

Addictive Behaviours(WJEC A-Level)

Oct 1 · 1 Mention

speaker_0HOST
5:05
One strength is that the biological explanation is well-supported by neuroscientific research.
speaker_0HOST
5:10
Volkow and colleagues used PET scanning to demonstrate reduced dopamine D2 receptor availability in the striatum of cocaine users compared to non-users, providing objective empirical support.
speaker_0HOST
5:21
However, and this is a critical evaluation point, the biological explanation is reductionist, and here's the key.
speaker_0HOST
5:28
Don't just say it's reductionist.
The Secret Teachings

The Secret Teachings

Chicken Chokers: Yum Kippur & A Side of Bris are Hand Rubbing Good w. Frankie Stockes (September 24,2026)

Sep 24 · 4 Mentions

Frankie StockesGUEST
59:51
You have people like Irving Kristol, who was a follower of Trotsky, but not just that.
Frankie StockesGUEST
59:56
You've got Nora Volkow, the granddaughter of Trotsky, who was a key figure in the neocon movement.
Frankie StockesGUEST
60:03
Nora Volkow was, who was hired by George W. Bush to run counter-drug addiction measures in the United States.
Frankie StockesGUEST
60:10
She's still in the U.S. government today.
Frankie StockesGUEST
60:12
She's appeared in the Oval Office with Donald Trump multiple times, and she's just so happened to be in charge of being anti-drug abuse as this country has gone through massive opiate crises, whether prescription or street drugs or lab-made fentanyl.
Frankie StockesGUEST
62:00
She's connected to Stanford.
Frankie StockesGUEST
62:01
She was actually born in Mexico, where Trotsky fled to Mexico, and then his followers trickled into the U.S. and really took over the Republican Party.
Frankie StockesGUEST
62:10
But this Nora Volkow, his great-granddaughter, born in Mexico, goes up through the Stanford system, and at some point is linked in with the rest of the neocons and hired by George Bush.

Unknown podcast

Phone Addiction and the Dopamine Trap: Why You Can't Focus, Why Dopamine Detoxes Fail, What Doomscrolling Costs You, and the 30-Day Dopamine Reset for Men Who Start Things and Finish Nothing (EP25)

Sep 24 · 1 Mention

speaker_0HOST
59:01
There's one physiological factor that amplifies or undermines every single element of the dopamine recalibration protocol, and it's the one most men dismiss as unrelated to any of this, sleep.
speaker_0HOST
59:15
Research published by Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse, and colleagues in the Journal of Neuroscience, demonstrated something specific.
speaker_0HOST
59:25
A single night of sleep deprivation produces measurable downregulation of dopamine D2 receptors in your ventral striatum.
speaker_0HOST
59:34
One night.

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