“Hey, Topics! You’re Not So Tough! Wait! Ow! Yes You Are!” with Anna Sale
It’s much easier to talk about the weather than it is about mental health. We all know this. Because it’s a lot easier to face the idea of a rainy day than the idea of a mental disorder that might las...
12 Jul 202145min
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...
5 Jul 202150min
Eating Disorders, What We Knew Before and What We Know Now, with Alexandra Paul
Alexandra Paul wasn’t allowed sugar as a kid but she snuck it anyway, not for the taste but for the comfort it provided. As a teen, Alexandra’s modeling and acting careers were going great. Her relati...
28 Jun 20211h
Grief Feels Like You’re Losing Your Mind. But ARE You?
When a loved one dies, the world can become chaos. Everything has changed. The way you drive a car, the way food tastes, the way you even talk to people can feel different and wrong and weird. It feel...
21 Jun 202149min
Stephanie Wittels Wachs and the Pain and Frustration of Watching Addiction Happen
Hi, folks. John Moe here. I knew about Stephanie Wittels Wachs for quite a while before I met her but correctly figured I’d get to know her one of these days. That’s because our stories have an awful ...
14 Jun 202153min
Bipolar 101: What It Is and What It Isn’t with Ana Marie Cox & Dr. Ken Duckworth
No, bipolar disorder doesn’t mean that you’re kind of cheerful one day and a little bit glum the next. Those are just moods. That’s not a disorder. The Mayo Clinic says of bipolar, “When you become de...
7 Jun 202145min
Pretty Sure Allison Raskin Knows More About OCD Than Khloé Kardashian
Allison Raskin has been attempting to manage her obsessive compulsive disorder for most of her life. It’s meant knowing when she can be home to take a shower during the day. It’s meant not being able ...
31 Mai 202144min
Jarrett Hill and the Quest for the Therapist Who Knows What You’re Talking About
Before he was a podcast host, radio personality, or a journalist breaking major political news, Jarrett Hill was a kid growing up gay in a religiously conservative environment. So when it was time to ...
24 Mai 202155min
