Cat Grief is Real. So is Human Grief. We’re Underestimating and Misunderstanding Both.
Bay Area journalist s.e. smith thinks the high school goths were right: we should be talking about death all the time. It’s underdiscussed for something that will literally affect us all. And in that ...
24 Aug 1h 4min
Oh, It’s Autism, Mary H.K. Choi Learned at 43. Okay, She Thought, That Explains a Lot.
Mary H.K. Choi compares living with her brain to just not understanding the operating system on a computer. She didn’t know if this was a result of trauma and neglect in her childhood, the experience ...
17 Aug 1h 7min
Margaret Glaspy Ends Her Instagram Addiction and Sings From Her Original Thought
Margaret Glaspy compares the experience she was having on Instagram to being lightly punched in the gut, over and over, for a very long time. Like it’s not like being hit hard, just a little tap of so...
10 Aug 1h 2min
Depression, Loneliness, and Memory Problems Are Worse In Middle Age, But Only in America
For most of the world, the advent of middle age does not make depression, loneliness, and memory issues more of a problem than earlier in life. In some countries, things actually get better. The only ...
3 Aug 49min
Codependency and Covid on a Tiny Boat in the Middle of the Ocean, with Angela Harger-Thompson
Angela Harger-Thompson had moved to Hollywood to make it big in showbiz but soon fell victim to a devastating assault. There to comfort her was her intermittent boyfriend. She really liked him and tho...
27 Jul 59min
Maybe It IS Time to Panic Over AI Chatbots and Mental Health with Maggie Harrison Dupré
This week, we take a look at a couple of acronyms that are soaring in popularity and ask what their widespread adoption means for mental health. Maggie Harrison Dupré of Futurism has been following th...
20 Jul 55min
Jo Dee Messina on Hard Times, Jesus, and Her First Album in 12 Years
Jo Dee Messina has a long career in the music industry: number one hits, platinum and gold records, many awards. She’s a country music icon. Jo Dee just released Bridges, her first new album in 12 yea...
13 Jul 51min
Best of Depresh Mode: Hanif Abdurraqib on Cultivating a Support System, Depression, Anxiety, and Basketball
Hanif Abdurraqib is a MacArthur Fellow, accomplished poet, and critically lauded author of numerous books, including There’s Always This Year: On Basketball and Ascension, which is now out in paperbac...
6 Jul 50min
