Empathy, Compassion, and Trying To Read the News with Megan Devine
There is a lot to grieve in the world right now. We can look to the horrific events in the Middle East. We can look to other hot spots around the world where there is no shortage of death and sufferin...
29 Jan 202444min
Devendra Banhart Is Sick of the Persistent Negative Internal Voice
Devendra Banhart thinks it would be easier if the nagging, negative, self-critical voice he keeps hearing in his mind was actually angry, actually yelled at him. Then he could dismiss it easier. As it...
22 Jan 202454min
So You Want To Be a Therapist? Interesting. Let’s Talk About That.
If you’ve ever been in a therapist’s office, you may have had the thought, “What if it was me sitting in that other chair? What if I was the therapist?”And then you might have wondered what that would...
15 Jan 202447min
Susan Cain on Reaching a Quiet Life
Introverts around the world celebrated, quietly, when Susan Cain’s book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, became a #1 best-seller back in 2012. Her next book, Bitters...
8 Jan 202440min
Samantha Irby is Very Nervous About the Driver Behind Her
Samantha Irby has visualized a lot of scenarios that get more than a little unnerving. The driver behind her gets so impatient with her driving that he runs her off the road, drags her out of her car,...
1 Jan 202455min
Noah Kahan’s Mental Health Is In His Songs
You don’t have to listen all that deeply into the song catalog of singer-songwriter Noah Kahan to hear mention of mental health themes. It’s an important topic for Noah in his own life, which has invo...
25 Des 202342min
Seasonal Affective Disorder and Why It Sucks So Bad
When we went looking for information on the condition known as seasonal affective disorder, or SAD, one of the first things we noticed was that some people aren’t even calling it that anymore. The web...
18 Des 202341min
The Best, Most Depressing Songs
There is no shortage of sad music in the world. Just reference most love songs, a substantial chunk of country music, and the entire genre known as “the blues”. But there’s sad and then there’s DEPRES...
11 Des 202351min
