S2: Happyish Holidays: The Last Christmas (feat. Alyssa Limperis)
We're back with our third annual Happyish Holidays episode! This year, comedian Alyssa Limperis shares with us the holiday letter she wrote the year her dad died from brain cancer. We talk with Jay Ma...
21 Nov 202454min
S2: Happyish Holidays: Dead Brother, Dead Mother
Lauren’s brother died at Thanksgiving. Her mother died at Christmas. So … this time of year is not exactly joyous for her. And it’s not all that fun for a lot of other people, too. The holidays can re...
14 Nov 202453min
S2: Happyish Holidays: The Worst Thanksgiving Ever?
Two days after Nora’s husband Aaron died, she celebrated Thanksgiving with her family. Well... maybe not “celebrated.” Every year, millions of people do the same thing during the holidays. In this ep...
14 Nov 202456min
S2: AITA: Happyish Holidays Edition
If the holidays make you want to tear your hair out or cry on the bathroom floor, YOU ARE NOT ALONE. It's a hard time for a lot of people, and still we have to force a smile and say through gritted te...
14 Nov 202459min
S1: The Ending Matters- Stop Calling It "Assisted Suicide"(Stories of Suicide & Survival)
In 2014, Brittany Maynard exercised her right to an assisted death under Oregon's Death With Dignity Act. She'd been diagnosed with terminal brain cancer less than a year earlier. Her death at age 29...
17 Okt 202446min
S1: Claire Has a Secret- Post Secret Girl Who Wrote in Her On-Suicide Notes(Stories of Suicide & Survival)
When Claire was a teenager, she held a lot of big, difficult feelings, and for a while, she saw only one solution for them. Though Claire decides to not act on those feelings, her story gets shared an...
10 Okt 202451min
S1: Army Wife- Husband Was Failed by the Army, Military, Abuse, PTSD(Stories of Suicide & Survival)
Death by suicide has long been a problem within the U.S. military, and not just among veterans: In 2020, suicide rates among active duty service members hit a six-year high. On August 28th, 2015, Hea...
3 Okt 202450min
S1: In Absentia- When Things Are Not What You Thought They Were(Stories of Suicide & Survival)
Olivia is 7 years old when her dad moves out of state to take a new job … and is never heard from again. In high school, a manilla envelope appears in Olivia’s mailbox letting her know the reason she ...
26 Sep 202452min
