Joel Kim Booster Is In A Pit
It’s tempting to try to look for a reason why Joel Kim Booster, ordinarily a very funny and engaging person, feels dead inside, trapped in a persistent depressive state. His father recently died of CO...
7 Mar 202250min
Patty Schemel Was Introduced to Bacardi and The Clash in the Same Moment
Drummers have different styles. Patty Schemel’s drumming has always been tight and precise but she plays hard and heavy, big thick beats that powered songs like “Miss World” and “Violet”. Her substanc...
28 Feb 202258min
When Home DNA Tests Blow Up Everything You Thought You Knew
It used to be a lot easier to keep family secrets about issues of paternity. That was before companies like Ancestry.com and 23 & Me came along and offered genetic testing for a small fee and some spi...
21 Feb 202245min
Shelley Had Dissociative Identity Disorder. You Have Multiple Personalities.
Dissociative identity disorder (DID), a condition formerly referred to as multiple personality disorder, is very rare almost everywhere in the world except for one place: Hollywood. Not among actual p...
14 Feb 20221h 3min
Drew Magary on a Mysterious Traumatic Brain Injury, a Coma, an Intolerable Personality, and a Recovery
As if sustaining a traumatic brain injury and being in a coma for a few weeks wasn’t bad enough - and it certainly was - Drew Magary had the added complication of becoming a real asshole. Which was un...
7 Feb 202249min
Jen Kirkman on Anxiety, Epiphanies, and How to be an Unacceptable Airline Passenger
Anxiety has cost Jen Kirkman several things over the course of her life, including, as she explains in our conversation, a study abroad program in Amsterdam, an effective outcome of a fear of flying c...
31 Jan 20221h 1min
The Sex Episode
NOTE: Not a great episode to listen to with your kids in the room. Everyone would be uncomfortable.Sexual health is part of health. Mental health is also part of health. This week, we talk about the r...
24 Jan 20221h 6min
Amanda Knox on the Difference Between Exoneration and Freedom
You can find plenty of articles online about Amanda Knox and her Italian court case, some from more reputable publications than others. Amanda was convicted twice and cleared twice of murdering her ro...
17 Jan 20221h
