The Brain's Molotov Cocktail | Fate & Biology | 1

You ever get in a fight? I did. Once. Wearing my Red Sox hat at Yankee Stadium. Me (and two Yankees fans) were basically high on an aggressive cocktail of brain chemicals that forced our collective hand. Stupid, pointless violence with strangers that almost cost me an eye.

This episode’s fugue will describe the experience, followed by Inner Voice and I doing a post-fugue analysis. Together we’ll review the ingredients of a lethal cocktail that drove me into a dangerous, seemingly unavoidable situation.

This is Part 1 of a three-part series about fate and biology, sharing the experience of situations that find us “stuck in time,” unable to avoid fate.

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Credits:

Written and produced by Gabriel Berezin.

Original music and sound design by Grant Zubritsky

Opening and closing music by Monuments (featuring Grant Zubritsky (bass), Robby Sinclair (drums) and Bryan Murray (saxophone), Gabriel Berezin (guitar))

Editorial insight by Melissa "Monty" Montan

Logo design by Justin Montan

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References:

• Study on GABA, serotonin and dopamine and its relation to aggressive behavior
• (And another study)
• Pic of my eye post-fight
• Slaughterhouse Five (the novel by Kurt Vonnegut Jr.)
• Sneaky Spirits Social Club (website) (instagram)