In conversation with Leslie Jamison at Harvard Book Store
Harvard Book Store
Harvard Book Store's virtual event series welcomes celebrated addiction physician and bioethicist CARL ERIK FISHER for a discussion of his book The Urge: Our History of Addiction. He will be joined in conversation by LESLIE JAMISON, acclaimed author of The Empathy Exams and The Recovering: Intoxication and Its Aftermath.
'The Urge' says calling addiction a disease is misleading
NPR Morning Edition
Just after graduating from medical school, Carl Erik Fisher was on top of the world. He was winning awards and working day and night. But a lot of that frantic activity was really covering up his problems with addiction.
In conversation with Beth Macy at Politics and Prose
Politics and Prose
Even after a decades-long opioid overdose crisis, intense controversy still rages over the fundamental nature of addiction and the best way to treat it. With uncommon empathy and erudition, Carl Erik Fisher draws on his own experience as a clinician, researcher, and alcoholic in recovery as he traces the history of a phenomenon that, centuries on, we hardly appear closer to understanding--let alone addressing effectively.
The Astral Hustle with Cory Allen
Astral Hustle
Carl Erik Fisher is an addiction psychiatrist, bioethics scholar, and Columbia University professor. In this episode, we talk about the history of addiction, dopamine misconceptions, and his new book The Urge.
It’s Misleading to Call Addiction a Disease
New York Times
In 2010, a little more than a year after graduating from medical school, I was admitted to a psychiatric ward at Bellevue Hospital after a drinking and Adderall binge.
Lit Hub’s Most Anticipated Books of 2022
LitHub
And just like that . . . 2021 is over. Like any year, it had its share of disappointments, triumphs, and scandals. There were some good books published and some good literary adaptations to watch. There were great book covers, great book reviews, and even (if we do say so ourselves) a few great pieces published in this very space.