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Back to SearchEmma Swift Had a Complete Mental Breakdown. Found Health. Made Music About It.
Episode 228
While the acclaimed musician Emma Swift had experienced painful periods of depression in the past, fed by grief or the first Trump presidency, her psychotic break and mental breakdown in 2023 was new…
Published on 8 hours ago
Sycophantic Chatbots and Alarming Cases of “AI Psychosis”
Episode 227
Are ChatGPT and other AI chatbots inducing psychosis? Or exacerbating it? Are people being hospitalized or even killed because the bots seem too human, too understanding, too lifelike? To be clear, t…
Published on 1 week ago
Alex Edelman on ADHD, Grief, Infiltrating White Nationalists, and The Paper
Episode 226
Alex Edelman loves going to concerts but admits that he usually goes solo. That’s because his ADHD leads Alex to show up pretty late to the show and he often spends part of it on the stairs writing s…
Published on 2 weeks ago
Better Home Design for Better Mental Health with Dr. Beverly Walpole
Episode 225
If you’re looking for a calm mind, do you love a room with little or nothing in it? Or do you need to be wall-to-ceiling with mementos and objects and stuff to give you a sense of peace? We take a lo…
Published on 3 weeks ago
Denise Winkelman: Comedian/Trans Woman/Former Pro Wrestler/Chronic Pain Sufferer
Episode 224
When she was growing up in conservative, evangelical rural Minnesota, she knew. When she was excelling at sports, giving and receiving body slams and folding chair hits as a pro wrestler, she knew. E…
Published on 4 weeks ago
Ashly Burch Delivers Mental Health Insight Using Puppets and Swear Words
Episode 223
There are plenty of places online to get very serious information on mental health, delivered in tones that are somber, sober, or very dry. Ashly Burch goes a different route on her new YouTube show,…
Published on 1 month ago
Author/Comedian Tiffany Jenkins on Anxiety, Addiction, Felonies, Success, and Not Wanting to Exist
Episode 222
Because she racks up millions and millions of views for her viral comedy videos on social media, because she’s written two books including the new best-seller A Clean Mess: A Memoir of Sobriety After…
Published on 1 month, 1 week ago
We Have Two Guests This Week: Comedian Aaron Foster and His Depression
Episode 221
If you’ve dealt with depression, you know that it’s a disorder that speaks to you, firing off insults and terrible idea, often right in the middle of a conversation. Barges in to tear you down. We al…
Published on 1 month, 2 weeks ago
Nurse Blake on Gay Conversion Therapy, Panic Attacks, and, Well, Nursing
Episode 220
To blow off steam from an incredibly stressful profession, professional nurse Blake Lynch started putting together little comedy videos on social media as “Nurse Blake”. The clips went viral and he s…
Published on 1 month, 3 weeks ago
Gavin Rossdale of Bush on Loss, Xanax, and New Emotional Landscapes
Episode 219
Bush lead singer Gavin Rossdale has a lot of memories from growing up as a kid who excelled at sports but also treasured his Lou Reed records. He is also keenly aware of who left during those years: …
Published on 2 months ago