Financial Therapy: Struggling To Trust Again
Financial therapist Amanda Clayman gave a couple we're calling Cora and Garrett an assignment at the end of their first session—talk together about your strengths and weaknesses when it comes to money...
11 Aug 202146min
Financial Therapy: A Secret Gambling Addiction
We first heard from a listener we're calling Cora late last year. "My husband and I recently hit a pretty intense rough patch regarding our financial life, mental health, and the trust in our relation...
4 Aug 202131min
When Grief Doesn't Move In Stages
Radiolab producer Rachael Cusick's mother died when Rachael was six years old. Her grandmother, Marilyn Ryland, stepped in as a parental figure for Rachael, and while they didn't talk directly about g...
23 Jul 202132min
Doree Shafrir On The Out Of Control IVF Train
For a long time, writer and podcaster Doree Shafrir didn’t know if she wanted kids. “It wasn’t a future that I fantasized about or necessarily saw myself doing,” she told me. But when Doree entered he...
14 Jul 202141min
When Indie Rockers Become Full-Time Caregivers
In 2010, Johnny Solomon's band, Communist Daughter, was on the rise. But behind the scenes, Johnny was struggling—he was drinking heavily, and abusing meth to the tune of $600 a week. "People see it f...
7 Jul 202128min
A Teen Musician Is Ready For His Solo. His Mom Is Not.
This week, I speak with Miguel Llapa, who is 18 and just graduating from high school. Miguel is a percussionist, and a soon-to-be college student, with congenital scoliosis — an abnormality of the spi...
23 Jun 202132min
"The Lying Stops Now": Your Hardest Conversations
Hard conversations often spark a change. Whether they shift something in a relationship, or a situation, or inside you, there is often a definitive "before" and "after" a hard conversation. When we a...
16 Jun 202127min
