Take Your Pills
What would you take to be the best?
87 mins
In a hypercompetitive world, drugs like Adderall offer students, athletes, coders and others a way to do more -- faster and better. But at what cost?
Eben Britton
Self - Former NFL Player (as Eben)
Dr. Wendy Brown
Self - Political Theorist, UC Berkeley
Ariana
Self - College Sophomore
Delaney
Self - College Junior
Jasper Holt-Teza
Self - College Senior (as Jasper)
Leigh
Self - College Senior
Anjan Chatterjee
Self - Chair of Neurology, University of Pennsylvania
Alan Schwarz
Self - Journalist, Author - ADHD Nation
Nicholas Rasmussen
Self - Author, On Speed
Nathanael
Self - Software Engineer
Sheila Britt
Self - Eben's Wife (as Brit)
Martha Farah
Self - Cognitive Neuroscientist, University of Pennsylvania
Carl Hart
Self - Chair of Psychology, Columbia University
Lawrence Diller
Self - Pediatrician, Author - Running on Ritalin
Steve Hinshaw
Self - Psychologist, Author - The ADHD Explosion
Blue Williams
Self - Artist Management (as Blue)
Bianka
Self - Leigh's Roommate
Liz Jorgensen
Self - Psychotherapist
Peter
Self - Financial Analyst
Regina Holt-Teza
Self - Jasper's Mom (as Regina)
Bill Holt
Self - Jasper's Dad (as Bill)
Maxine
Self - Blue's Mom
Keith Conner
Self - Conducted First Controlled Ritalin Study
Corey Hebert
Self - Pediatrician
Rahiem
Self - High School Student
Sherry
Self - Rahiem's Mom
Jesse Lawler
Self - Podcast Host, Smart Drug Smarts
Lucas Siegel
Self - Co-Founder, AlternaScript (as Lucas)
Matthew Piskorz
Self - Co-Founder, AlternaScript (as Matthew)
Lily
Self - Startup Publicist
Dr. James Fadiman
Self - Psychedelic Researcher
Gordon Alles
Self (archive footage)
Max Jacobson
Self (archive footage)
Carla Panganiban
Elementary Student (as Karla Panganiban)
Julia Liu
Director of Photography
Jennifer Fineran
Editor
Adam Del Deo
Executive Producer
Christopher Clements
Producer
Ilan Isakov
Original Music Composer
Lisa Nishimura
Executive Producer
Carolyn Hepburn
Producer
Tom Deis
Original Music Composer
Steph Ching
Assistant Editor
Daniel Ming
Co-Producer
Marissa Ericson
Associate Producer
Kate Osborn
Producer
Keith Heyward
"B" Camera Operator