Hard Knox with Amanda Knox
Knox Robinson Productions
You don't have to be stuck in a prison cell to feel trapped in your own life, but we can all turn adversity into insight, and no one knows this better than Amanda Knox. With a focus on resilience and post-traumatic growth, Amanda and her guests explore the ideas that help us navigate the hardest parts of being human, so we can emerge from our traumas stronger, happier, and better equipped to live a fulfilling life. Each week, subscribers also have a chance to Ask Amanda Anything. Amanda is here to answer your questions, about her, about you, about how to lead a more fulfilling life. And nothing is off the table!To submit your questions and comments, subscribe at www.amandaknox.substack.com, where you’ll also gain access to ad-free and bonus episodes, subscriber-only essays, and more.www.amandaknox.comTwitter: @amandaknoxIG: @amamaknoxBluesky: @amandaknox.com.bsky.social
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Jan 5, 2022 • 48min
#39 - The Fungus Effect Part 4: Sacred Plants (Bia Labate)
In 1955, a Mazatec shaman introduced a westerner to sacred mushrooms. That event has had tremendous ripple effects. In part 4 of our miniseries, we speak with Dr. Bia Labate about the deep indigenous roots of the psychedelic renaissance and what is missing from the western biomedical narrative around these powerful substances. (Artwork by Karina Muscarina for Chacruna Institute).Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 29, 2021 • 51min
#38 - The Fungus Effect Part 3: Mental Health, Politics, & Mushrooms (Eckert & Chapman)
In 2020, Oregon didn't just decriminalize drugs, it legalized a framework for safe and equitable psilocybin therapy. In part three of our miniseries, we look at the politics of psychedelics and the activists who, in the midst of celebrating this unexpected political triumph, were met with personal tragedy.Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 22, 2021 • 48min
#37 - The Fungus Effect Part 2: Shaking the Snow Globe (Robin Carhart-Harris)
There's growing evidence that psychedelics can be useful tools for mental health and wellbeing. In part 2 of our miniseries, neuroscientist Robin Carhart-Harris takes us on a tour of the pioneering research into how psychedelics affect the brain, and what it may mean for society if more of us are able to shake up our snow globes.Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Dec 15, 2021 • 55min
#36 - The Fungus Effect Part 1: Down the Rabbit Hole (Michael Pollan)
The psychedelic renaissance is here, but will it last? In this 7-part series, Amanda and Chris deep dive into the history, neuroscience, politics, and power of psilocybin mushrooms, along with their relationship with mindfulness and the fabric of life on earth. Michael Pollan, author of How to Change Your Mind, and This is Your Mind on Plants, gives us the lay of the land, from the dangers of therapy abuse to the potential for personal and societal transformation.Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 30, 2021 • 25min
BONUS - WHO'S RIGHT? - Can you remake yourself?
Every other week, Amanda and Chris debate an ethical question, from suicide and abortion to whether it's okay to trap your cat in the laundry hamper! These Who's Right? debates are usually only available to Patreon subscribers but this episode is free for all Labyrinths listeners!Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 22, 2021 • 60min
#35 - 280 Days Part 3: 3rd Trimester (Emily Oster)
Hang onto your hats! Third trimester is a wild ride with an early rush to the hospital and fears of dying in childbirth. Emily Oster, author of the Family Firm, helps Amanda and Chris through their anxieties about the physical trauma of birth and its mental aftermath. If you haven't been in a delivery room since the day you were born, you're in a for an intimate experience. This is part 3 of 3.Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 19, 2021 • 39min
#34 - 280 Days Part 2: 2nd Trimester (Emily Oster)
As Amanda and Chris enter their second trimester, they face anxieties about the genetic testing of their fetus, and Amanda is feeling less like a Goddess and more like "The Incubator." As before, Dr. Emily Oster, author of Crib Sheet, helps them sift through these worries and emotions. This is Part 2 of 3.Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 18, 2021 • 47min
#33 - 280 Days Part 1: 1st Trimester (Emily Oster)
After an early miscarriage, Amanda and Chris began their journey into parenthood anxious to understand the data about their actual risks so they could make informed choices. Dr. Emily Oster, author of Expecting Better, helps them sift through all the conflicting pregnancy advice, while Amanda and Chris offer an intimate view into their unexpected emotional reality. This is Part 1 of 3.Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 14, 2021 • 45min
#32 - Fan Fiction (Brent Spiner)
Brent Spiner is not the android Data from Star Trek: The Next Generation, but so many seem to want him to be that fictional character. Contending with a doppelganger version of yourself is something Amanda knows well, and if you have any online existence, you too will be implicated by the questions Brent Spiner explores in his new book, Fan Fiction, a mem-noir thriller about the nature of identity, celebrity, and how we form our sense of self in relation to the avatars that represent us and that we inhabit. https://bit.ly/3j1pwo0Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 2, 2021 • 51min
#31 - Killer Looks (Zara Stone)
What role does beauty play in criminal justice? Why was everyone so fixated on Amanda's eyes while she was on trial for murder? Can beauty be a privilege and a curse? Amanda and Chris unpack these questions with Zara Stone, author of Killer Looks, a book that reveals the forgotten history of plastic surgery in prisons. Find Killer Looks at: https://bookshop.org/books/killer-looks-the-forgotten-history-of-plastic-surgery-in-prisons/9781633886728Get early access to ad-free episodes, bonus content, and more by supporting Labyrinths on patreon.www.patreon.com/knoxrobinsonwww.knoxrobinson.comTwitter: @amandaknox | @manunderbridgeIG: @amamaknox | @emceecarbon Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
