{"podcast":{"title":"Why Isn't Everyone Doing This? with Emily Fletcher","slug":"why-isn-t-everyone-doing-this-with-emily-fletcher-6365708","podcast_index_feed_id":6365708,"rss_url":"https://feeds.megaphone.fm/CAAAC6898069501","website_url":"https://sites.libsyn.com/472572","image_url":"https://megaphone.imgix.net/podcasts/919cd0f6-b956-11ee-a16f-fbfd3f706811/image/Final_-_Podcast_Art.jpg?ixlib=rails-4.3.1&max-w=3000&max-h=3000&fit=crop&auto=format,compress","author":"Emily Fletcher","episode_count":153,"summary":"Welcome to Why Isn't Everyone Doing This with Emily Fletcher. Each week we’ll explore some of the most spine-tingling, potent modalities that can give you the kind of bliss and pleasure that is your birthright. No topic is off limits: We’ll dive into everything from breathwork to psychedelics, from meditation to BDSM. Join Emily in conversation with scientists, doctors, healers, and innovative thinkers to reveal the tools that have radically changed their lives, and that very well may change yours, too. We can’t wait to hear which one has you asking, “Why isn’t everyone doing this?”","last_synced_at":"2026-07-30T08:17:41.152569+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-isn-t-everyone-doing-this-with-emily-fletcher-6365708"},"episode":{"title":"124. Why Isn't Everyone Using Their Pleasure Consciously? with Jeremy Lipkowitz","slug":"124-why-isn-t-everyone-using-their-pleasure-consciously-with-jeremy-lipkowitz","published_at":"2026-05-26T22:26:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-isn-t-everyone-doing-this-with-emily-fletcher-6365708/124-why-isn-t-everyone-using-their-pleasure-consciously-with-jeremy-lipkowitz","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-isn-t-everyone-doing-this-with-emily-fletcher-6365708","url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CAAAC4742374295.mp3","audio_url":"https://traffic.megaphone.fm/CAAAC4742374295.mp3","summary":"Why Isn't Everyone Using Their Pleasure Consciously? with Jeremy Lipkowitz What if the thing quietly hijacking your focus, your relationships, and your capacity for joy isn't a character flaw, but a billion-dollar industry deliberately engineering your addiction? In this episode, Emily Fletcher sits down with Jeremy Lipkowitz, Duke-trained researcher, former Buddhist monk, and founder of Unhooked Academy, where he helps men break free from porn addiction and reclaim their inner freedom. Jeremy's story begins at age six and escalates through the rise of high-speed internet until, by college, the habit had become a one-to-two-hour nightly ritual - despite him being a high-achieving student with what looked, from the outside, like a genuinely good life. That gap between the outer and the inner is exactly what this conversation explores. They trace the neurological pathway from innocent curiosity to compulsive behavior, unpack the precise distinction between lust and desire, and name the Viktor Frankl principle at the heart of all addiction recovery. Emily offers the Ziva lens: why you cannot manifest from a nervous system still running on craving and lack, and how meditation is the prerequisite for desire that is truly intuitive rather than compulsive. In this episode, they explore: – The three A's of porn addiction: affordability, accessibility, and anonymity – How repeated porn use hardwires dissatisfaction and chronic lack into the brain – Lust vs. desire — and why you need a spiritual practice to tell them apart – \"Pleasure is inevitable. Happiness is optional.\" What that reframe changes – The Viktor Frankl principle: between stimulus and response is where freedom lives – Why porn addiction is a microcosm of every modern addiction – The two-step exercise Jeremy uses w…","meta_description":"Why Isn't Everyone Using Their Pleasure Consciously? with Jeremy Lipkowitz What if the thing quietly hijacking your focus, your relationships, and your ca…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3916,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/why-isn-t-everyone-doing-this-with-emily-fletcher-6365708/episodes/124-why-isn-t-everyone-using-their-pleasure-consciously-with-jeremy-lipkowitz/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/why-isn-t-everyone-doing-this-with-emily-fletcher-6365708/124-why-isn-t-everyone-using-their-pleasure-consciously-with-jeremy-lipkowitz.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}