{"slug": "jordan-peterson-to-air-recorded-lectures-amid-neurological-disorder-battle", "title": "Jordan Peterson to air recorded lectures amid neurological disorder battle", "summary": "Canadian podcaster Dr. Jordan Peterson announced he will release recorded lectures on Sundays while battling akathisia, a neurological disorder caused by a depressant medication. The 64-year-old author and provocateur said his health prevents him from returning to podcasting or public lecturing.", "body_md": "**Getting your**\n\n[Trinity Audio](//trinityaudio.ai)player ready...Canadian podcaster Dr. Jordan Peterson is broadcasting old lectures on Sundays while battling health issues.\n\nThe 64-year-old author and provocateur [announced on social media](https://x.com/jordanbpeterson/status/2068790819239452687) that he’ll release weekly recorded orations every week until further notice.\n\n**RELATED: Tucker Carlson claims there’s ‘no chance’ he votes Republican**\n\n“This allows me to do something interesting and useful while I’m otherwise incapacitated,” he explained. “My health is such at the moment that I can’t really return to podcasting or public lecturing.”\n\nPeterson’s daughter Mikhaila Fuller said in April that her father was [suffering from akathisia](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o9bzpDogoeo) due to [a depressant](https://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/clonazepam-oral-route/description/drg-20072102) that caused him neurological damage. The National Institutes of Health [describe akathisia](https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK519543/) as “a neuropsychiatric syndrome that can occur as an adverse effect of antipsychotic medications and manifests as psychomotor restlessness.”\n\nPeterson said on X this week that the lectures he’ll release every Sunday were recorded with the intention of someday reaching a wider audience online. That’s the plan while he’s on the mend. He hopes his fans will find the videos useful.\n\n“I’m as happy as I can be under the current circumstances, given my ill health, to be participating in this process and to have these lectures prepared for release,” he explained.\n\n[Despite being labeled a “classical liberal”](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DcA5TotAkhs) by some supporters, Peterson — a staunch advocate of [red meat diets](https://www.instagram.com/reels/CwA1fXjNzX5/) — is often associated with the MAGA movement due to [his appearances](https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/feb/07/how-dangerous-is-jordan-b-peterson-the-rightwing-professor-who-hit-a-hornets-nest) on shows hosted by right-wing influencers like Tucker Carlson [and Joe Rogan.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QBEZhjnZTks)\n\nHe was literally [brought to tears](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1612L2FMHo) in 2023 after filmmaker Olivia Wilde [described him](https://www.interviewmagazine.com/film/olivia-wilde-needs-to-be-in-charge) as a “pseudo intellectual hero to the incel community” who inspired a key character in her 2022 film “Don’t Worry Darling.”\n\nHe accepted that designation during a subsequent interview with Piers Morgan.\n\n“Sure, why not?” Peterson said when asked about Wilde’s characterization.", "url": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jordan-peterson-to-air-recorded-lectures-amid-neurological-disorder-battle", "canonical_source": "https://www.mercurynews.com/2026/06/25/dr-jordan-peterson-ill-akathasia-nerve-disorder/", "published_at": "2026-06-25 12:31:51+00:00", "updated_at": "2026-06-25 12:46:00.696728+00:00", "lang": "en", "topics": ["ai-safety"], "entities": ["Jordan Peterson", "Mikhaila Fuller", "Tucker Carlson", "Joe Rogan", "Olivia Wilde", "Piers Morgan", "National Institutes of Health"], "alternates": {"html": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jordan-peterson-to-air-recorded-lectures-amid-neurological-disorder-battle", "markdown": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jordan-peterson-to-air-recorded-lectures-amid-neurological-disorder-battle.md", "text": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jordan-peterson-to-air-recorded-lectures-amid-neurological-disorder-battle.txt", "jsonld": "https://wpnews.pro/news/jordan-peterson-to-air-recorded-lectures-amid-neurological-disorder-battle.jsonld"}}