He has appeared on NPR’s All Thing Considered, HBO’s Realtime With Bill Maher, The Joe Rogan Podcast, the BBC’s Question Time, and many other popular shows. He has written over the past decade for some of the world’s leading newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Guardian, Politico and many more. The second is entitled ‘ This Could Be Why You Are Depressed or Anxious’. The first is named ‘ Everything You Think You Know About Addiction is Wrong’. Johann’s TED talks have been viewed more than 80 million times. I first came across Johann’s work when I read his, ‘ Lost Connections: Uncovering The Real Causes of Depression – and the Unexpected Solutions ’ Johann’s first book, ‘ Chasing the Scream: the First and Last Days of the War on Drugs’, was adapted into the Oscar-nominated film ‘ The United States Vs Billie Holiday’.
His latest book, ‘ Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention’, was published in January 2022, and received rave reviews everywhere from the Washington Post to the Irish Times to the Sydney Morning Herald. His books have been translated into 38 languages, and been praised by a broad range of people, from Oprah to Noam Chomsky, from Elton John to Naomi Klein. Johann Hari is the author of three New York Times best-selling books, and the Executive Producer of an Oscar-nominated movie and an eight-part TV series, The Fix, starring Samuel L. We spent the day together discussing a range of topics – from cruel optimism to the privatization of mindfulness as the new neoliberal, capitalist spirituality. I was fortunate enough to have met Johann in September 2019 when he was writing this book.
I spoke with Johann Hari – whose new book, Stolen Focus: Why You Can’t Pay Attention – and How to Think Deeply Again – is already a New York Times best-seller.
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