{"podcast":{"title":"The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad","slug":"the-saad-truth-with-dr-saad-1252140","podcast_index_feed_id":1252140,"rss_url":"https://feed.podbean.com/thesaadtruthwithdrsaad/feed.xml","website_url":"https://thesaadtruthwithdrsaad.podbean.com","image_url":"https://pbcdn1.podbean.com/imglogo/image-logo/8635096/Gad_Saad_Photo_9d1u3.jpg","author":"thesaadtruthwithdrsaad","episode_count":400,"summary":"Tackling a broad range of important issues using science, reason, logic, and common sense.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-23T08:19:09.081507+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-saad-truth-with-dr-saad-1252140"},"episode":{"title":"Lionel Shriver - Author of \"A Better Life\" (The Saad Truth with Dr. Saad_989)","slug":"lionel-shriver-author-of-a-better-life-the-saad-truth-with-dr-saad-989","published_at":"2026-05-02T13:40:31+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-saad-truth-with-dr-saad-1252140/lionel-shriver-author-of-a-better-life-the-saad-truth-with-dr-saad-989","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-saad-truth-with-dr-saad-1252140","url":"https://thesaadtruthwithdrsaad.podbean.com/e/lionel-shriver-author-of-a-better-life-the-saad-truth-with-dr-saad_989/","audio_url":"https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/kcxyhp8nqzqrttev/Lionel_Shriver_-_Author_of_A_Better_Life_The_Saad_Truth_with_Dr_Saad_989_98ui3.mp3","summary":"To order Lionel's book: https://www.amazon.com/Better-Life-Novel-Lionel-Shriver/dp/0063482142 _______________________________________ Pre-order Suicidal Empathy: https://lnk.to/SuicidalEmpathy Pre-order signed copy of Suicidal Empathy: https://squarebooks.com/book/9780063446533s _______________________________________ If you appreciate my work and would like to support it: https://subscribestar.com/the-saad-truth https://patreon.com/GadSaad https://paypal.me/GadSaad To subscribe to my exclusive content on X, please visit my bio at https://x.com/GadSaad _______________________________________ This clip was posted on May 2, 2026 on my YouTube channel as THE SAAD TRUTH_2022: https://youtu.be/xtRD3OmYcWw _______________________________________ Please visit my website gadsaad.com, and sign up for alerts. If you appreciate my content, click on the \"Support My Work\" button. I count on my fans to support my efforts. You can donate via Patreon, PayPal, and/or SubscribeStar. _______________________________________ Dr. Gad Saad is a professor, evolutionary behavioral scientist, and author who pioneered the use of evolutionary psychology in marketing and consumer behavior. In addition to his scientific work, Dr. Saad is a leading public intellectual who often writes and speaks about idea pathogens that are destroying logic, science, reason, and common sense. _______________________________________","meta_description":"To order Lionel's book: https://www.amazon.com/Better-Life-Novel-Lionel-Shriver/dp/0063482142 _______________________________________ Pre-order Suicidal E…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2604,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-saad-truth-with-dr-saad-1252140/episodes/lionel-shriver-author-of-a-better-life-the-saad-truth-with-dr-saad-989/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-saad-truth-with-dr-saad-1252140/lionel-shriver-author-of-a-better-life-the-saad-truth-with-dr-saad-989.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}