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Chasing the Scream
- Author
- Johann Hari
- Narrator
- Johann Hari
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Publish Date
- 24 January 2023
- Run Time
- 13 hours 9 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
Revised and Updated
The New York Times Bestseller
What if everything you think you know about addiction is wrong? Johann Hari’s journey into the heart of the war on drugs led him to ask this question—and to write the book that gave rise to his viral TED talk, viewed more than 62 million times, and inspired the feature film The United States vs. Billie Holiday and the documentary series The Fix.
One of Johann Hari’s earliest memories is of trying to wake up one of his relatives and not being able to. As he grew older, he realized he had addiction in his family. Confused, not knowing what to do, he set out and traveled over 30,000 miles over three years to discover what really causes addiction—and what really solves it.
He uncovered a range of remarkable human stories—of how the war on drugs began with Billie Holiday, the great jazz singer, being stalked and killed by a racist policeman; of the scientist who discovered the surprising key to addiction; and of the countries that ended their own war on drugs—with extraordinary results.
Chasing the Scream is the story of a life-changing journey that transformed the addiction debate internationally—and showed the world that the opposite of addiction is connection.
Critics Review
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Superb journalism and thrilling story-telling.
Naomi Klein
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An absolutely stunning book.
Elton John
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A terrific book.
Bill Maher
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A wonderful book . . . I hope everyone will read it.
Sam Harris
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Amazing and bracing and smart. It’s really revolutionary.
Dan Savage
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One of the world's most important and most enlightening thinkers and social critics.
Glenn Greenwald, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
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Incredibly insightful and provocative.
B.J. Novak, creator of THE OFFICE
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A testament to Hari's skill as a writer.
The New York Times
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Details
- Author
- Johann Hari
- Narrator
- Johann Hari
- Duration
- 13 hours 9 minutes
- Release Date
- 24 January 2023
- ISBN
- 9781635578676
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing
- Genre
- Drugs trade / drug trafficking, Drugs and alcohol: social aspects, Sociology, Reportage, journalism or collected columns
Synopsis
Bloomsbury presents Chasing the Scream written and read by Johann Hari.Revised and Updated The New York Times BestsellerWhat if everything you think you know about addiction is wrong? Johann Hari’s journey into the heart of the war on drugs led him to ask this question—and to write the book that gave rise to his viral TED talk, viewed more than 62 million times, and inspired the feature film The United States vs. Billie Holiday and the documentary series The Fix. One of Johann Hari’s earliest memories is of trying to wake up one of his relatives and not being able to. As he grew older, he realized he had addiction in his family. Confused, not knowing what to do, he set out and traveled over 30,000 miles over three years to discover what really causes addiction—and what really solves it. He uncovered a range of remarkable human stories—of how the war on drugs began with Billie Holiday, the great jazz singer, being stalked and killed by a racist policeman; of the scientist who discovered the surprising key to addiction; and of the countries that ended their own war on drugs—with extraordinary results. Chasing the Scream is the story of a life-changing journey that transformed the addiction debate internationally—and showed the world that the opposite of addiction is connection.
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