Podcast Episodes

We Need to Go Back to the Beginning

Of all the things that break my heart in this country - and there are many - our unwillingness to pass sane gun control legislation and keep our children safe at school is at the very top of the list…

Published on 2 months, 1 week ago

Covfefe, the Musical

This week’s essay (and therefore this podcast episode) is about things that are a matter of opinion - like whether scrambled eggs with ketchup on the side is the way to go -

(I vote yes and so does M…

Published on 2 months, 2 weeks ago

You Do Not "Owe" Your Husband Sex

Sometimes I feel like I’m in one of those action movies where there are those six random people who somehow know the world is ending - you know the ones. They have eleven hours to get the word out, a…

Published on 2 months, 3 weeks ago

The Dark Side of the Moon

There are so many things in life that can be debilitating. We really aren’t built for sustained stress, we’re built for short bursts of it - and I’m talking physiologically here. We’re meant to be ab…

Published on 3 months ago

The Source Code is the Same

Friends, you cannot talk about Epstein without talking about depravity. If you are a survivor of abuse, please decide whether this is an episode that makes sense for you. This was a rough week for th…

Published on 3 months ago

Some Kind of Liminal Space

This is a conversation about love and loss, about death and dying, about family cycles and family secrets. It’s about the power of coming together to honor someone’s life, the way it helps to mourn w…

Published on 3 months, 1 week ago

I'll Be Waving Forever

This is a talk about losing people we love with our entire hearts. It’s so painful, but we don’t last forever, and neither does anyone else. When we lose people who have loved us unconditionally, the…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

Watch Your Head

This week’s episode is about the things we can protect our children against and the things we cannot. I want to tell you that I cried more in this episode than any other, there was nothing I could do…

Published on 3 months, 3 weeks ago

The Leopard Will Always Eat Your Face

This week’s essay and this podcast episode are about the Reconciliation Budget Bill that was just signed into law by the president, and all the painful repercussions we’ll be dealing with as a result…

Published on 4 months ago

Catch and Release Part 2

There are so many unfathomable events happening in the United States every week, no one news story receives the attention it deserves. I genuinely wonder how historians will look back on this time, a…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago