Episode 129: David Hirohama on Counseling Predators
The 3rd generation Japanese-American psychologist shares his experience and observations counseling sexual predators (rapists and child molesters) at Coalinga, a lockdown mental hospital in central Ca...
30 Elo 20132h 1min
Episode 128: Alison Baziak
The 31 year-old listener ponders her low self-esteem, food issues, history of self-mutilation, compulsive spending and suicide attempts when her parents were "nothing but supportive". See omnystudio.c...
23 Elo 20131h 52min
Episode 127: Offspring of Holocaust Survivors
Two sons of Holocaust survivors, Michael Rozbruch and Amir Tiles sit down with psychotherapist Joel Schwartz whose grandparents are also survivors and they discuss the ripples of PTSD still felt today...
16 Elo 20131h 48min
Episode 126: Therapist Susan Hagen Helps Paul & Listeners
The therapist who is also in recovery helps Paul and some listeners (via surveys) navigate their discomfort and confusion about their current issues. They discuss the cliched but effective tools of ...
9 Elo 20132h 12min
Episode 125: Vietnam Vet Randy Olea
A father/brother figure to Paul, the high-school teacher reflects on his Mexican heritage, violent upbringing, tour in Vietnam, stints as a bouncer at a Hell's Angels bar, and a Club Med guide, his ge...
2 Elo 20132h 5min
Episode 124: Amber Tozer
The comedian (Last Comic Standing, Twitwits) talks her own alcoholism, her dad's awkward foray into lingerie photography, craving her mother's acceptance and understanding her own fluid sexuality. See...
26 Heinä 20131h 48min
Episode 123: Baron Vaughn
The actor/comedian (Conan, Jimmy Fallon, Comedy Central) talks about his struggle to feel "authentically black" without betraying who he is, the state of comedy in the black community, honing his arti...
19 Heinä 20132h 11min
Episode 122: Giving Up Her Baby - Valerie
Valerie, a listener talks about the painful decision she made to give her only son up for adoption years ago when she was 18 and living with her Catholic, divorced mother. See omnystudio.com/listener ...
12 Heinä 20131h 51min
