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While plenty of entertaining books have been written about the history of alcohol and other intoxicants, none have offered a comprehensive, convincing answer to the basic question of why humans want to get high in the first place. Drunk elegantly cuts through the tangle of urban legends and anecdotal impressions that surround our notions of intoxication to provide the first rigorous, scientifically grounded explanation for our love of alcohol.

The Alcohol Problem Podcast aims to explore the nature of problem drinking with Dr James Morris and a range of guests.One to one support for your drinking is available with Dr James Morris at www.drjamesmorris.com

In this book, Rob Arnold reveals how innovative whiskey producers are recapturing a sense of place to create distinctive, nuanced flavors. He takes listeners on a world tour of whiskey and the science of flavor, stopping along the way at distilleries in Kentucky, New York, Texas, Ireland, and Scotland. Arnold puts the spotlight on a new generation of distillers, plant breeders, and local farmers who are bringing back long-forgotten grain flavors and creating new ones in pursuit of terroir.

Produced for Fetal Alcohol Nova Scotia (FANS), this podcast series will get the listener savvy with all things related to the FASD (fetal alcohol spectrum disorder) world. With interviews with experts on FASD as well as folks living with FASD, whether on the spectrum or supporting someone living on the spectrum, as well as informational presentations to highlight particular challenges and wins from the FASD world, the "Understanding and Living With FASD" podcast series hopes to give hope where it is needed. And also, in the process, present some tools and stories to help us all deal with FASD...