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
Connor Franta’s Struggles With Identity, Sexuality, and Mental Health Are Available on YouTube
Most people have pictures of themselves at a younger age, maybe even a couple moderately embarrassing home videos kicking around. In Connor Franta’s case, he has a vast library of often deeply persona...
10 Jan 202256min
The View From Inside ADHD with Carolina Hidalgo and Dave Holmes
Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder can wreak havoc in a person’s life, especially when you don’t know you have it and especially when you have to deal with a lot of people who don’t understand i...
3 Jan 202252min
It’s Not You, It’s The World: Covid, Mental Health, and What Comes Next
There is plenty of information coming out of the CDC about COVID that has nothing to do with actual viruses in droplets. America’s mental health condition is not really good right now, with rates of a...
27 Dec 202139min
Our Wildly Speculative and Totally Unqualified Psychological Analysis of Major Christmas Characters
Sure, we know Santa Claus flies around the world delivering presents, but doesn’t that seem awfully compulsive? And what’s with the meticulous list of judgments he keeps? And why is he fixated on ever...
20 Dec 20211h 1min
