Dr. Fred Hanna on Radio Show of January 7, 2025

[admin]

Our featured guest tonight is Dr. Fred Hanna. Fred is a well-known pipe collector, author, and speaker at pipe shows. He has a PhD. in psychology and teaches the same at the Chicago Campus at Adler University. He has also done extensive research on nicotine, and that will be the focus of the discussion tonight. Nicotine has often been cast as a villain, but it is not really harmful. It naturally occurs in the nightshade family of plants, which includes tomatoes, potatoes, and eggplants. At the top of the show, Brian will talk more about the Sutliff/McBaren/STG situation that has the serious pipe smoker segment of the market furious.

The show airs every Tuesday at 8:00pm eastern US time, and can be found at PipesMagazine.com and all podcast apps.

 

[JoburgB2]

Sounds good. Looking forward to it!

 

[Squatch347]

Fantastic episode. The first book my wife bought me was Dr. Hannah's In Search of Pipe Dreams which referenced some of these nicotinic effects. I'm not sure what the overlap is between this show and Andrew Huberman's (neurobiologist) podcast, but he has several episodes that reference the beneficial effects nicotine has on neuroplasticity (learning, memory), depression, etc. He even references a Nobel Prize-winning neurobiologist who chews nicotine gum while reading and writing to enhance his mental clarity.

 

[PaulRVA]

Great episode.
Thank you for having it !

 

[HammerandPipe]

Great episode. Would be sweet just to hear him go on about smoking and its benefits or even just factoids.

 

[greeneyes]

Great episode. Would be sweet just to hear him go on about smoking and its benefits or even just factoids.

He gave a lecture about it at the Chicago Pipe Show ... was it last year? Year before last? I wonder if anyone filmed it.

 

[lordofthepiperings]

Always fun to hear from Dr Fred Hanna. Some really interesting new facts since the last time he was on the show. Everything is good in moderation… except pipe collecting, that’s meant to be done in excess.

 

[popeofpiping]

I could listen to Fred pontificate about pipes, nicotine, or just about anything. Fascinatingly well researched and entertaining.

 

[AroEnglish]

Love the rapport you guys have together. I found myself laughing a lot during the interview. It's also fun to hear Fred talk seriously one moment then start bantering or dropping expletives the next. Hope he comes back on the show soon

 

[geoffs]

Agree with the comments here, great discussion. Looking forward to part 2, I'm waiting to hear his theory about the smoke!