Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchStephanie Foo on Complex PTSD, Finding Recovery, and This American Life
Episode 244
It was several years into her talk therapy sessions that Stephanie Foo was offered a diagnosis: complex post-traumatic stress disorder, or C-PTSD. Re…
7 months, 1 week ago
A.J. Daulerio on Bipolar, Substances, Depression, Suicide, and the Psychic Weight of Hulk Hogan
Episode 243
A.J. Daulerio exists as a caricature to a lot of people because he was the guy who published a clip from a Hulk Hogan sex tape on Gawker, got sued by…
7 months, 2 weeks ago
Two Truths To Make 2026 a Better Mental Health Year
Episode 242
We live in complicated times and, for a whole lot of us, we do so with complicated minds. A billion people worldwide are living with some form of men…
7 months, 3 weeks ago
Mike Doughty Was Recently Hospitalized for Depression Twice. It Helped.
Episode 241
It was two years into a vicious cycle of depression and Mike Doughty was falling apart. He was taking more Ambien than he had been prescribed, import…
8 months ago
Tom Johnson Advised LBJ, Ran CNN, and Drove Himself to Severe Depression
Episode 240
The intriguing memoir Tom Johnson recently released is called Driven: A Life in Public Service from LBJ to CNN and it’s full of amazing anecdotes. To…
8 months, 1 week ago
Anger: Let’s Talk About It, Learn About It, Not Fear It, Use It For Good
Episode 239
Anger can be a scary topic for a lot of people. It usually doesn’t feel good when you’re experiencing it and it can be associated with behaviors that…
8 months, 2 weeks ago
Unemployment Hurts Mental Health, Horror Movies Might Help It. Really!
Episode 238
It’s very easy to associate your job with your own sense of self. So it makes that it can be traumatic to be one of the scores of people being laid o…
8 months, 3 weeks ago
Maureen Johnson Became Friends with Her Anxiety Monster
Episode 237
Maureen Johnson loves mysteries. Loves reading classic detective fiction and loves writing mystery stories, which young readers have been gobbling up…
8 months, 4 weeks ago
A Holiday Family Survival Mini-sode
Yes, the holidays are upon us. Getting together with family can be a wonderful, loving experience. It can also be a lot. There can be old grudges, ch…
9 months ago
Esmé Weijun Wang’s Mind Convinced Her She Was Dead and In the Afterlife
Episode 236
Cotard’s delusion, also known as Cotard’s syndrome, is an extremely rare condition where the patient believes that they are actually dead. For the be…
9 months, 1 week ago