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Thriving with Addiction is a podcast about addiction, recovery, and mental health hosted by addiction psychiatrist Dr. Jonathan Avery. Through conversations with leading experts, people in recovery, families affected by addiction, and clinicians on the front lines, the show explores how individuals and families can better understand addiction and move toward lasting healing.
Topics include addiction and recovery, mental health, the brain and behavior, treatment and healing, the impact of addiction on families, and the evolving science of recovery and wellbeing.
Through his podcast, writing, and clinical work, Dr. Avery helps individuals struggling with substances, their families, and the clinicians who care for them move toward hope and healing.
Dr. Jonathan Avery is the Vice Chair for Addiction Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine and the Medical Director of the NBA’s Anti-Drug Program. His work focuses on improving how healthcare professionals, patients, and families understand substance use disorders and respond with effective treatment, compassion, and evidence-based care.
His expertise has been featured in The New York Times, Time Magazine, and on Next Question with Katie Couric. His upcoming book, Thriving with Addiction: A New Roadmap for Lasting Recovery and Health (Prometheus Books, Fall 2026), is now available for preorder.
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Lindsey Metselaar is a native New Yorker and host of We Met At Acme podcast, which has amassed over 10 million downloads since its creation in 2017. We Met At Acme is a dating podcast that delves into sex, relationships, and vulnerability, with some hilarious anecdotes along the way. Lindsey also has a food blog called Don't Expect Salads (@dontexpectsalads) with over 100,000 followers. Since creating We Met At Acme, Lindsey has expanded to touring over the country and also continues to host ...
Kenneth Paul Rosenberg, MD is a general and addiction psychiatrist in Manhattan, specializing in sexual compulsivity and is the co-editor of the text Behavioral Addictions (2014, Elsevier Press). He is the author of two books for the public, Infidelity: Why Men and Women Cheat (2018, publisher Hachette) and Bedlam (2019, publisher Penguin Random House). Dr. Rosenberg teaches at Weill Cornell Medical Center where he has been a voluntary faculty member for the past 40 years. He is also a ...
Jared Gordon is an American mixed martial artist who competes in the UFC’s lightweight division. A New York native, he began wrestling as a child and transitioned to MMA after a standout amateur career. Known for his durability, high pace, and well-rounded skill set, he is widely respected for his work ethic, resilience, and longevity in one of the sport’s deepest weight classes. He is also open about his recovery journey and has become an outspoken advocate for mental health, using his platf...
Tim Requarth is the author of the newsletter The Third Hemisphere, a neuroscientist’s field notes on how AI is (or isn’t) rewiring our brains. A contributing writer at Slate and a columnist at The Transmitter, his work has also appeared in The New York Times, The Nation, The New Republic, Foreign Policy, and Scientific American, among others. He received his PhD in neuroscience from Columbia University, and for nine years he directed NeuWrite, an international network of workshops for scienti...
Lauren Sisler is an ESPN and SEC Network sideline reporter, host of SEC Nation, and an Emmy-winning sports journalist known as much for her authenticity as her on-air presence. Behind the scenes, Lauren carries a deeply personal story: as a college freshman, she lost both of her parents within hours to prescription drug overdoses. In her 2024 memoir, Shatterproof: How I Overcame the Shame of Losing My Parents to Opioid Addiction (and Found My Sideline Shimmy), Lauren writes candidly about gri...
Ben Westhoff is an award-winning investigative reporter whose books are taught around the country and have been translated around the world, including Fentanyl, Inc.: How Rogue Chemists Created the Deadliest Wave of the Opioid Epidemic, the bombshell first book about the fentanyl epidemic. He has advised officials at the top levels of government about the opioid crisis, and been interviewed as an expert commentator on CNN, NPR, and CSPAN, and on full, dedicated episodes of Fresh Air and the J...
Montee Ball Jr. is one of the most accomplished running backs in college football history whose life ultimately became defined not just by records, but by recovery. A dominant high school and University of Wisconsin star, Ball set NCAA records for career touchdowns, earned multiple All-American honors, won the Doak Walker Award, and finished fourth in Heisman Trophy voting. Drafted in the second round by the Denver Broncos in 2013, his NFL career was cut short as injuries took their toll. Aft...
Dr. Andrea Temkin-Yu is an Assistant Professor of Psychology in Clinical Psychiatry at Weill Cornell Medicine. With training in evidence-based treatments for youth and young adult mental health, Dr. Temkin-Yu is an expert in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy and parent focused interventions. The author of the new book, Supporting Your Teen’s Mental Health: Science-based Parenting Strategies for Repairing Relationships and Helping Young People Thrive, she is passionate about increasing community ed...
Actor, writer and producer David Koechner is well-known for his roles as Todd Packer on “The Office” and Champ Kind from “Anchorman” and “Anchorman 2: The Legend Continues.” He recently appeared on ABC’s “The Goldbergs,” ABC’s “Bless This Mess,” CBS's "Superior Donuts," ShowTime's "Twin Peaks," Comedy Central’s “Another Period” IFC's "Stan Against Evil" and co-hosted A&E’s “America’s Top Dog.” Koechner voices reoccurring characters on FOX’s “American Dad” and Ne_lix’s “F is for Family” and ...
Dr. Joseph J. Avery is an Assistant Professor at the Miami Herbert Business School. He has additional appointments in Miami’s Department of Psychology and its Institute for Data Science and Computing, and he is an Affiliated Fellow at Yale Law School’s Information Society Project. Dr. Avery’s research interests are at the intersection of business, law, and artificial intelligence. His scholarship has been published in leading peer-reviewed journals as well as top law reviews. Prior to joining...
During his time in Congress, Patrick J. Kennedy was the lead author of the landmark Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act (Federal Parity Law), which requires insurers to cover treatment for mental health and substance use disorders no more restrictively than treatment for illnesses of the body, such as diabetes and cancer. In 2013, he founded The Kennedy Forum, a nonprofit that unites advocates, business leaders, and government agencies to advance evidence-based practices, policies, ...
Robin Kellner and John Sicher have dedicated their lives to advocacy and community service after long and varied careers. Robin built and sold a successful recruitment business, and after the loss of her daughter Zoe in 2007, she partnered with NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell to fight stigma around mental health and substance use and to promote harm reduction. John’s career was in corporate law and publishing, and since selling his business he has worked with Robin to support NewYork-P...
Holly Whitaker is a New York Times bestselling author of Quit Like a Woman, creator of the audio guide 30 Days to a New Relationship with Alcohol, and founder of Tempest, Inc. (acquired by Monument in 2022). A writer, researcher, and person in long-term recovery, she believes individual healing is the foundation for collective liberation, and that equity, social justice, and love ethic are inseparable from addiction recovery. Holly is currently writing her third book. She writes the Substack ...
Welcome to Thriving with Addiction with Dr. Jonathan Avery — a new podcast coming in 2026 that reimagines recovery from substance use through science, connection, and courage. In this trailer episode, Dr. Avery introduces the mission of the show: to break down stigma, expand understanding, and help listeners build real-world pathways to healing. Follow Thriving with Addiction: www.thrivingwithaddiction.com www.instagram.com/jonathanaverymd x.com/jonathanaverymd www.linkedin.com/in/jonathan-av...
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