A Regular Guy, Managing Trauma, Who Happens to Be Paul Scheer
Trauma and comedy wouldn’t seem to have a lot in common but they do have one thing: Paul Scheer. You may know Paul from TV shows like the comedy The League or from his podcasts like How Did This Get M...
30 Des 202456min
Cory Richards on Climbing Mountains, Wrestling with Mental Health, Owning Up to His Past
Writing is not what Cory Richards is best known for. No, that would be feats like being the first American to climb one of the 14 peaks in the world measuring over 8000 meters. He’s also known for his...
23 Des 202454min
Lead in Gasoline Has Damaged Your Mental Health and IQ, with Dr. Aaron Reuben
Lead was added to car fuel back in the twenties and wasn’t phased out in America until 1996. By then, according to neuropsychologist and researcher Dr Aaron Reuben, the damage had very much been done....
16 Des 202445min
Richard Sarvate’s Mom Had Problematic Schizophrenia but Made Some Mean Chapatis
Home for Richard Sarvate wasn’t anything like the home lives of his friends. Unlike his friends, his mom was convinced Richard was trying to kill her and that Bill Clinton was sending her secret messa...
9 Des 202441min
Comedian Ellie Hino and Her Later-In-Life ADHD Diagnosis
Twin Cities comic Ellie Hino was wondering if her young son might have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder or ADHD, so she looked into the symptoms. What she found was a pretty good rundown on pr...
2 Des 202443min
David Shaw of The Revivalists Finds His Heart Mode
David Shaw’s anxiety was more than just a feeling in his mind, it was in his ears as well. The frontman of the popular rock band The Revivalists found himself dealing with hyperacusis, a condition of ...
25 Nov 202440min
LISTENER’S CHOICE: Adventures in the Army with the Bipolar General
During a decades long career in the United States Army, Gregg Martin just kept on succeeding. Star cadet at West Point, getting promoted up to two-start General, earning PhD degrees along the way, and...
18 Nov 202453min
Comedian Youngmi Mayer on Cultural Dissonance, Depression, Anxiety, Trauma, and Barry Gibb
Youngmi Mayer says she hates doing research but, in our conversation and in her new memoir I’m Laughing Because I’m Crying, she does a lot of digging into the events of her life and what they all mean...
11 Nov 202444min
