Dr. Gabor Maté: Full Interview with George Stroumboulopoulos

The Strombo’s Lit book club joined George and Dr. Gabor Maté to hear his fascinating take on a trauma, creativity and our toxic world.

After two decades as a family physician and seven years working in palliative care, Gabor Maté spent 12 years as a staff physician at a supportive housing facility in Vancouver’s downtown eastside.

Today, Gabor is internationally renowned for his compassionate and subversive expertise on addiction, trauma and stress. He’s distilled his thoughts in three internationally-renowned books on stress, ADHD and the root causes of addiction.

In his fourth book, The Myth of Normal, co-written with his son Daniel Maté, he says humanity’s tendency to exploit and extract is a coping response to an oppressive system where capital drives us toward an aimless, unsustainable future. Without a seismic shift, Maté expects our crises only to get worse. But yet he remains optimistic.

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Edited by ‪@NathanSing‬

From the 1-2-3-4 to the 808's and beyond. Radio, television and digital. For over two decades, George Stroumboulopoulos has been playing the best records in the best order. Finding those songs that'll get you through the night. Interviews, intimate sessions and out-of-its-mind full-blown house concerts. The Strombo Show and House of Strombo reflect the beautiful and the badass of Canada's diverse cultural landscape. There are no boundaries, with the gamut running from Aretha Franklin to Slayer and everything in between.

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