Episodes
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Growing Up Disney: Bella Thorne
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Wednesday Feb 02, 2022
Bella Thorne is an American actress, model, and singer. She’s best known for her role on Disney’s hit television show Shake It Up. We discuss “stage moms”, sexual abuse and reinventing herself post-Disney Channel.
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Sex Trade Abolition with Ex-Prostitute Esperanza
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Wednesday Jan 19, 2022
Esperanza is a transgender Latina woman, a self-described survivor of the sex trade and author of the blog Proletarian Feminist. We discuss her views on sex trade abolitionism and the lack of safety nets available for women wanting to leave the industry.
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Misdiagnosed with Susannah Cahalan
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Wednesday Jan 12, 2022
Susannah Cahalan is an American journalist and author. She’s best known for her memoir Brain on Fire which chronicles Cahalan’s struggle with a rare auto-immune disease called Encephalitis. We talk through her diagnosis journey and the disparities between mental and physical healthcare.
Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
Sick Society: A Collectivist Take on Mental Health
Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
Wednesday Dec 29, 2021
P.E. Moskowitz is a journalist and writer whose work focuses on challenging popular, pro-individualist views on depression and diagnosis. Moskowitz discusses their experience of Charlottesville and 9/11, its subsequent effects on their mental health, and how the state is making us sick.
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Spill It, Daddy: A Conversation with Alex Cooper
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Wednesday Dec 22, 2021
Alex Cooper is the former co-host and now solo leader of the podcast Call Her Daddy. We discuss the fall-out with her former co-host, Alex’s newfound material success, Catholicism and cyberbullies.
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
The Illusion of Social Media with Dr. Samantha Boardman
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
Wednesday Dec 15, 2021
Dr. Samantha Boardman is a psychiatrist and author of the book Everyday Vitality: Turning Stress into Strength. We discuss “positive psychology”, how social media distorts reality, and raising kids in the TikTok era.
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Modern Day Renaissance Woman: Kilo Kish
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Wednesday Dec 08, 2021
Kilo Kish is an American singer-songwriter and visual artist. We discuss her multifaceted career, the death of our mutual friend Justin, and where the artist pulls inspiration from.
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Never Thin Enough: Ali Michael on Eating Disorders and Recovery
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Wednesday Dec 01, 2021
Model Ali Michael accidentally went viral in 2008 when her struggle with an eating disorder became front page news. We discuss the modeling industry’s effect on her self-worth and how she finally conquered her eating disorder at age 31.
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Getting High For a Living: Hamilton Morris on the Importance of Drugs
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Wednesday Nov 24, 2021
Hamilton Morris is a chemist and filmmaker. He is the creator of the Vice docu series Hamilton's Pharmacopeia and a current researcher at Philadelphia's University of Science. We discuss the opiate epidemic, the war on drugs, legalization, and psychedelics for the treatment of mental illness.
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Dove Cameron: What I Learned From My Father’s Suicide
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Wednesday Nov 17, 2021
Dove Cameron is an Emmy-winning American actress and singer best known for her roles on Disney Channel and The Descendent film series. We discuss her father's suicide, child stardom and the pressure of female “perfection”.