Hyperfocus with Rae Jacobson
Hosted by Rae Jacobson · Rae Jacobson, Understood.org
4.8from 59 ratings
- 58
- Episodes
- 12
- Transcribed
- 59
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2024
- First episode
About Hyperfocus with Rae Jacobson
Hyperfocus is a show that zeroes in on what fascinates us about ADHD, mental health, and learning. Big questions like, “Does ADHD make you more likely to have postpartum depression?” Little nitpicks (TikTok was wrong about something?!), and personal conversations with everyone from old bosses and hilarious comedians, to leading researchers. Because on this show, hyperfocus isn’t the distraction — it’s the assignment.
- Publisher
- Rae Jacobson, Understood.org
- Category
- education · health & fitness · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- No
- First episode
- 4 Oct 2024
- Latest episode
- 8 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
12 of 58 episodes have a transcript.
8 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
The fawn response: The survival instinct behind people-pleasing
1 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
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24 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
PJ Vogt’s decades-long quest to understand his own brain
Inside a recent episode
The fawn response: The survival instinct behind people-pleasing
Published 8 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And one that many, many people with ADHD have definitely experienced. When our body is detecting some sort of threat, whether it's real, there's an abuser, there's a tangible threat in front of us. or perceived like your boss is being kind of weird and cold and you're like, oh gosh, did I do something wrong? Are they upset with me? We appease the threat. We go into impressing mode. We ask if everything's okay. We try to butter them up to really just go back to a place of feeling liked once again. And once we know we're liked by them, we can feel safe. And sometimes we need this. I think this is a really important nuance. […]
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- Meg Josephson
- Beth Gellman-Beer
- Anya Kamenetz
- PJ Vogt
- Cate Osborn
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- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 4.8 / 5
- 39 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.8 / 5
- 20 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 23 / 100
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- Quality
- 26
- Social presence
- 0
- YouTube
- 0
- Engagement
- 51
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