#59 - It Only Takes One Person to Change (Jennifer Lovely)
Jennifer felt trapped--her two sons were addicted to drugs, in and out of jail and rehab, and living on the streets. What had she done wrong as a mother? How could she save them? Was trying to save th...
21 Dec 202248min
#58 - Dark Side of the Moon (Christian)
When our guest today, Christian, was checked into a psych ward in the midst of a manic episode a few years ago, he had no prior history of mental illness. He'd certainly never had delusions of the kin...
7 Dec 20221h 2min
#57 - There's Other Ways to Do the Things (Lee Turnbull)
Few people can say that they have remade themselves as completely as Lee Turnbull. He went from being a violent young man in London to being a happy, well-adjusted soccer coach in the States. Getting ...
23 Nov 202247min
#56 - Before Evil (Brandon Gauthier)
Before Adolf Hitler was a genocidal autocrat, he was a young art student who loved his mother. Before Vladimir Lenin was a Marxist revolutionary, he was the privileged son of loving parents, radicaliz...
9 Nov 202251min
#55 - If This Doesn't Fix You, Nothing Will (Molly Bloom)
You may have heard Molly Bloom's name from tabloid headlines about a "poker princess" or from the 2017 movie, Molly's Game. But Molly has a deeper story to tell. Though her life has taken an unusual n...
26 Okt 202237min
#54 - Acknowledging the No (Chris Ballew)
Chris Ballew never expected or even particularly wanted mainstream success. But when his band, the Presidents of the United States of America, hit it big, he had to reckon with what success meant to h...
12 Okt 202259min
#53 - Pet Theft (Bobby Kumparak)
Before Bobby Kumparak adopted Lucy, a French bulldog, he had never thought of a dog as a member of his family. But Lucy was different. The bond Bobby and his wife, Angela, shared with Lucy was more th...
29 Sep 202254min
#52 - The Point of No Return (Roz Savage)
Twenty years ago, Roz Savage was a management consultant living in London with her husband. From the outside, it looked like a good life, but Roz was miserable. Until she blew up that life and found a...
14 Sep 202250min
