Michelle Zauner joins us to talk about her caring for her dying mother and how she fought to maintain a link to her Korean heritage after her mother was gone.
Read moreReadying Your Mind For A Post-Pandemic You
Dr. Madhukar Trivedi joins us to talk about what it will take to retrain ourselves to live in a world not dominated by a global pandemic.
Read moreSeeing Ghosts Can Actually Be Good For Us
Patricia Pearson joins us to talk about why we dismiss these phenomena as nonsense and what we miss in the healing process when we do.
Read moreTherapy Apps Need Some Work
New York Magazine features writer Molly Fischer joins us to talk about her first-person experience trying out these apps, which don’t always deliver on their promise.
Read moreWhen Your Parent Is Mentally Ill
Clinical psychologist Vinita Mehta joins us to talk about how nearly one in four children worldwide have a parent with mental illness and how that can affect both child development and the parent-child relationship into adulthood.
Read moreHumorist Jenny Lawson Lives With Depression
Jenny Lawson joins us to talk about her battle with mental illness and her quest to find health, which she navigates with levity and laughter even in the darkest times.
Read moreShe Grew Up In A Cult … And That Was Just The Beginning
Lauren Hough joins us to talk about growing up in a cult, joining the military, contending with homelessness, and chronicling her exceptional life story along the way.
Read moreThe Weird Racial Phenomenon Of ‘Reverse-Passing’
Helen Lewis of The Atlantic joins us to talk about the people who take on the roles of different ethnicities and asks if a form of Munchausen syndrome could actually be at play.
Read moreThe World Needs More Toilets
Science journalist Chelsea Wald joins us to talk about what’s behind the plumbing and introduce the scientists and activists working to make sanitation healthy and accessible for all.
Read moreAfter Vaccination, The Next Steps To Normal
Dr. Celine Gounder joins us to talk about how we should think about reopening schools, offices and maybe even our vacation plans as more and more people become vaccinated.
Read moreThe Side Effects Of Meditation
David Kortava joins us to talk about why we’ve overlooked the potential problems with achieving a high level of mindfulness, including depression and schizophrenic deterioration.
Read moreCaregivers Can’t Catch A Break
Kate Washington joins us to talk about caring for her husband after he was diagnosed with cancer, her feelings of isolation, and her realization that caregiving keeps a broken health care system afloat.
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