Xiu Xiu’s Jamie Stewart on Charting a Healing Path from Trauma
Xiu Xiu, the highly experimental avant-garde rock band from California has just released their 14th album, 13" Frank Beltrame Italian Stiletto with Bison Horn Grips. It refers to a type of switchblade...
30 Sep 202444min
Zac Carper of FIDLAR on Bipolar, Drugs, Meds, and Intense Journaling
Zac Carper, lead singer and guitarist for the garage punk bad FIDLAR, is very familiar with one kind of drugs: the street substances of meth, heroin, and crack that he engaged in heavily when he was y...
23 Sep 202443min
For Mental Health, Covid F***ed Our S*** Up and We’re Just Starting To Figure Out How
Yes, we don’t have to wear masks in the grocery store and yes, vaccines have been very effective in reducing the spread and severity of covid-19. But the mental health ramifications of the whole pande...
16 Sep 202440min
Election Stress Disorder and What To Do About it with Theresa Nguyen
The U.S. election is weeks away and a lot of people are kind of a mess right now. It can feel like the whole world is on the line and you have no real power over what happens. This can result in elect...
9 Sep 202442min
Moon Unit Zappa on Family Trauma, Neglect, and Building a Self
For much of the world, Moon Unit Zappa is famous for two things: the unusual name given her by her father, iconic musician Frank Zappa, and the 1982 song “Valley Girl” where she appeared with Frank wh...
2 Sep 202451min
The Muddy Ethical Ground of AI Mental Healthcare with Dr. Jodi Halpern
It’s a supply and demand issue. With increasing numbers of people seeking help, it’s harder to get in to see a human counselor. At the same time, artificial intelligence technology is booming, leading...
26 Aug 202436min
Rainbow Kitten Surprise’s Ela Melo on Music, the Stars, Psychosis, and Reality
During the covid pandemic, Ela Melo of the acclaimed band Rainbow Kitten Surprise was staying with her parents and went out one night to look at the stars. And the stars, she felt quite certain, were ...
19 Aug 202446min
Susan Cain on Reaching a Quiet Life
Introverts around the world celebrated, quietly, when Susan Cain’s book, Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking, became a #1 best-seller back in 2012. Her next book, Bitters...
12 Aug 202440min
