{"id":1797,"date":"2010-06-05T22:06:09","date_gmt":"2010-06-06T03:06:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/?p=1797"},"modified":"2013-12-19T19:12:43","modified_gmt":"2013-12-20T00:12:43","slug":"is-addiction-a-choice-harvards-gene-heyman-says-yes-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thoughtcast.org\/is-addiction-a-choice-harvards-gene-heyman-says-yes-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Is Addiction a Choice? Harvard&#8217;s Gene Heyman says yes!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Note: This interview was broadcast on WGBH radio, Boston&#8217;s NPR station for news and culture, on April 17, 2011!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/player.vimeo.com\/video\/12686742?title=0&amp;byline=0&amp;portrait=0\" width=\"450\" height=\"332\" frameborder=\"0\" webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.extension.harvard.edu\/hub\/topic\/faculty-insight\" target=\"_blank\">Faculty Insight<\/a> is produced in partnership with ThoughtCast and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.extension.harvard.edu\/\" target=\"_blank\">Harvard University Extension School<\/a>. This first interview of the series is with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.geneheyman.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Gene Heyman<\/a>, a faculty member at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.extension.harvard.edu\/courses\/addiction\" target=\"_blank\">Extension School<\/a> and a lecturer on psychology at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mclean.harvard.edu\/about\/bios\/detail.php?username=gheyman\" target=\"_blank\">Harvard Medical School<\/a>. Professor Heyman&#8217;s controversial new book, called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hup.harvard.edu\/catalog.php?isbn=9780674057272\" target=\"_blank\">Addiction: A Disorder of Choice<\/a>, asks if addiction is a disease, and anwers: no!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Note: This interview was broadcast on WGBH radio, Boston&#8217;s NPR station for news and culture, on April 17, 2011! Faculty Insight is produced in partnership with ThoughtCast and Harvard University Extension School. 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