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Back to SearchFelicia 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, 11 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, 11 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, 11 months ago
Lydia Loveless Keeps Laughing and Writing About Suicidal Ideation
Episode 123
“Every time I’m on the sidewalk, I want to step into the road,” sings Lydia Loveless on her new song “Runaway.”
“Let this Kia flatten me cause I don’t…
2 years, 11 months ago
Sure, Maria Bamford Will Join Your Cult
Episode 122
When the comedian, actor, and author Maria Bamford has something to say about mental health, it’s a pretty good idea to give a listen. For one reason…
3 years ago
Actor Patrick Page Knows How to Get to the Dark Places
Episode 121
Patrick Page has earned a reputation as one of the top classical actors in America today and one of the best at playing villains. He’s played Iago in…
3 years ago
The Misnomer That is Impostor Syndrome
Episode 120
Have you ever felt like an impostor? Some of you, the listeners, wrote in to answer this question. According to Dr. Valerie Young from the Impostor S…
3 years ago
Jamie Lee Curtis: Self-Professed Dope Fiend of Show-off Business (Aired August 1, 2022)
This episode originally aired on August 1, 2022.
Getting Jamie Lee Curtis to open about her many years spent addicted to Vicodin is, frankly, not very…
3 years ago
Sasheer Zamata on SNL, Buzz Lightyear, and Panic Attacks
Episode 119
Before she was a cast member on Saturday Night Live, Sasheer Zamata was a cast member at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida, where she would climb…
3 years, 1 month ago
Bethany Cosentino On Inner Child Work, ADHD, and Making Sense of the World
Episode 118
Bethany Cosentino describes her new album as “a coming-of-age story about a 36-year-old woman reclaiming her life and what matters against the landsc…
3 years, 1 month ago