Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchKevin Drew on Making Beautiful Music Out of Grief and Aging
Episode 133
Originally, Kevin Drew set out to put together some songs, maybe even an album, of children’s music, featuring songs about stuff like not being afrai…
2 years, 5 months ago
Making Friends, Losing Friends, Anxiety, and Laughs
Episode 132
At 30, comedian Gabe Mollica realized he didn’t have friends. He only had bros, dudes with whom he could hang out in a kind of shallow way. He hadn’t…
2 years, 5 months ago
You’re Doing Self-Care All Wrong
Episode 131
It’s not that Dr. Pooja Lakshmin has something against scented candles. In fact, she thinks they can be quite pleasant. It’s just that purchasing can…
2 years, 5 months ago
Podcaster Jane Marie hires professional help for a life turned difficult
Episode 130
Listeners to the podcast The Dream know that the show’s creator and host, Jane Marie, has a knack for exploring and explaining complicated worlds. Pr…
2 years, 6 months ago
What is Anxiety Really Like? Author Jason Pargin Will Tell You.
Episode 129
You know that feeling when you wake up knowing that you slept through your alarm? Or you forgot to set your alarm? So you’re in a state of panic and …
2 years, 6 months ago
Managing Your Mind When the Music Fades
Episode 128
Memoirist John Cotter describes his partial loss of hearing through a series of anecdotes. Running along the Massachusetts coastline, he found he cou…
2 years, 6 months ago
Parker Molloy on Depression, Anxiety, and Being Trans in America Today
Episode 127
Trans people are under attack in the United States, both literally, through violence and threats of violence, and figuratively, in the form of anti-t…
2 years, 6 months ago
Felicia Day on Depression, Anxiety, Achievement, Burnout, and Failed Prodigies
Episode 126
It would take an entire section of show notes here to list all the things Felicia Day has accomplished in her career. Here’s an attempt at making tha…
2 years, 6 months ago
Comedian Aparna Nancherla is Neither Perfect Nor an Impostor
Episode 125
Aparna Nancherla’s new book, Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Impostor Syndrome, covers a lot of mental health territory, much of which she talks…
2 years, 7 months ago
Investigating Your Family, Uncovering Shame and Secrecy
Episode 124
Investigative reporter and Columbia University journalism professor Meg Kissinger has, for many years, specialized in uncovering the catastrophic sta…
2 years, 7 months ago