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Back to SearchJoel Kim Booster Is In A Pit
Episode 16
It’s tempting to try to look for a reason why Joel Kim Booster, ordinarily a very funny and engaging person, feels dead inside, trapped in a persiste…
5 years, 1 month ago
Eating Disorders, What We Knew Before and What We Know Now, with Alexandra Paul
Episode 15
Alexandra Paul wasn’t allowed sugar as a kid but she snuck it anyway, not for the taste but for the comfort it provided. As a teen, Alexandra’s model…
5 years, 2 months ago
Grief Feels Like You’re Losing Your Mind. But ARE You?
Episode 14
When a loved one dies, the world can become chaos. Everything has changed. The way you drive a car, the way food tastes, the way you even talk to peo…
5 years, 2 months ago
Stephanie Wittels Wachs and the Pain and Frustration of Watching Addiction Happen
Episode 13
Hi, folks. John Moe here. I knew about Stephanie Wittels Wachs for quite a while before I met her but correctly figured I’d get to know her one of th…
5 years, 2 months ago
Bipolar 101: What It Is and What It Isn’t with Ana Marie Cox & Dr. Ken Duckworth
Episode 12
No, bipolar disorder doesn’t mean that you’re kind of cheerful one day and a little bit glum the next. Those are just moods. That’s not a disorder. T…
5 years, 2 months ago
Pretty Sure Allison Raskin Knows More About OCD Than Khloé Kardashian
Episode 11
Allison Raskin has been attempting to manage her obsessive compulsive disorder for most of her life. It’s meant knowing when she can be home to take …
5 years, 3 months ago
Jarrett Hill and the Quest for the Therapist Who Knows What You’re Talking About
Episode 10
Before he was a podcast host, radio personality, or a journalist breaking major political news, Jarrett Hill was a kid growing up gay in a religiousl…
5 years, 3 months ago
Mental Health Care is On Screens For Good Now, Let’s Get Ready
Episode 9
The American mental health care system has had some very fundamental problems for a while now: there are too few therapists, way too few psychiatrist…
5 years, 3 months ago
Zach Kornfeld of The Try Guys, Ira Glass, and Rhett Miller Separately But Related By a Theme
Episode 8
Yeah, this became a pretty big show. Just kept filling up with more guests. It started with a conversation with Zach Kornfeld of The Try Guys, a YouT…
5 years, 3 months ago
Peter Sagal Has These New People In His House
Episode 7
Peter Sagal always sounds chipper and fun on the hit NPR quiz show Wait Wait Don't Tell Me but that's always been just one part of his personality. I…
5 years, 3 months ago