Annie Weisman on Bulimia, Television, Catharsis, and Rude Internal Monologues
Eating disorders are, unfortunately, pretty common. It’s also pretty common to experience shame and anxiety about them and thus suffer in silence. Annie Weisman is a veteran playwright and television ...
19 Sep 202252min
Dr. Laurie Santos on How to Get More Happiness
In the entire 321-year history of Yale University, the most popular class ever is a relatively new one called “Psychology and the Good Life”, taught by Dr. Laurie Santos. Since it’s debut in 2018, it ...
12 Sep 202258min
Jonathan Ames, Detectives, and Your Own Mysteries
It used to be that Jonathan Ames read and wrote all kinds of books. But somewhere along the line everything but detective novels kind of fell away and now that’s pretty much his thing. His big project...
5 Sep 202256min
Lola Kirke on Body Image, Music, Acting, and Being a Lady For Sale
Maybe you, dear podcast listener, put on a couple of pounds during COVID. You were home more because there weren’t as many other places to go. You just weren’t as active. That was the case with actor ...
29 Aug 202244min
Elizabeth Ito on Anxiety, Art, and Things You Can’t Control
You really should watch City of Ghosts. It’s on Netflix, six episodes long, and it’s a delightful and important exploration of Los Angeles, cultures, and how we manage history. City of Ghosts also hap...
22 Aug 202250min
Gaby Dunn on Bipolar Disorder, Gender, Sexuality, and Personal Finance
Gaby Dunn is well-known to podcast audiences for her shows Just Between Us, co-hosted by Allison Raskin, and Bad With Money with Gaby Dunn. They’re well-known to readers for books like I Hate Everyone...
15 Aug 202256min
Tom Scharpling on Suicidal Ideation, Depression, In-Patient Care, ECT, and Memory Loss
Within the comedy world, Tom Scharpling is known as a bit of a Swiss Army Knife. He’s the host of the long running Best Show, online now and on WFMU before that. He’s a veteran TV writer on shows like...
8 Aug 202253min
Jamie Lee Curtis: Self-Professed Dope Fiend of Show-off Business
Getting Jamie Lee Curtis to open about her many years spent addicted to Vicodin is, frankly, not very difficult. She wants to talk about it. And that’s for a couple of reasons. One, she wants to make ...
1 Aug 202253min
