In this July 2024 episode of the Stuff You Should Know podcast, co-hosts Chuck Bryant and Josh Clark explain what dopamine is, how it works, and what we commonly misunderstand about it.

For a neurochemical that we don't fully understand, dopamine gets a lot of attention.

Some people talk about things like 'dopamine fasting' or going on a 'dopamine detox' as if dopamine is behind all our bad behaviors.

In reality, dopamine helps our brains and bodies function in many important ways.

Co-hosted by Chuck Bryant and Josh Clark since 2008, the Stuff You Should Know podcast is an educational platform about the things that make up our world.

In this episode from July 2024, Bryant and Clark debunk some of the most common misconceptions about dopamine and explain how it actually works.