Johann Hari is a New York Times bestselling author whose five books have sold more than two million copies in 40 languages. His acclaimed works include Stolen Focus, Lost Connections, Chasing the Scream and Magic Pill, exploring issues ranging from attention and mental health to addiction and obesity. His TED Talks have been viewed more than 93 million times, and Chasing the Scream was adapted into the Oscar-nominated film The United States vs. Billie Holiday. Hari also served as Executive Producer of an eight-part television series with Samuel L. Jackson. His work has been praised by figures including Oprah Winfrey, Noam Chomsky, Elton John and Naomi Klein. A former journalist, Johann has written for many of the world’s leading publications, including The New York Times, The Guardian, The Los Angeles Times, Politico, The Spectator and Le Monde Diplomatique. He has appeared on major broadcast and podcast platforms including NPR’s All Things Considered, HBO’s Real Time with Bill Maher, The Joe Rogan Experience and the BBC’s Question Time. Johann has twice been named National Newspaper Journalist of the Year by Amnesty International and has also received Comment Awards for Cultural Commentator of the Year and Environmental Commentator of the Year.
Johann Hari is our guest in episode 587 of My Time Capsule and he chats to Michael Fenton Stevens about the five things he’d like to put in a time capsule; four he’d like to preserve and one he’d like to bury and never have to think about again .
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