A Better Pill To Swallow
Just a spoonful of humor helps the medicine go down. Inspired by his brother’s suicide David unleashes his outlandish banter and passion for mental health with his good friends and experts alike. He challenges the over-medicated status quo, asking questions and exploring new holistic alternatives with his guests from a wide array of experience and discipline.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 75 minutes
- Episodes
- 29
- Years Active
- 2024 - 2025
9. Caring For A Dying Partner & The Right To Die, Part 2
In the second half of this two-part saga, Sandi Neiman unearths the many details and infinite aspects of the end of David's father's life. We discuss hospice, our culture’s strained relationship with…
8. Caring For A Dying Partner & The Right To Die, Part 1
Next guest up is Sandi Neiman. She’s a licensed marital and family therapist, previously the COO of National Seating and Mobility, a multi-billion dollar national healthcare business…and if you’ll no…
7. On Grief & Conquering Panic Attacks: "Fit In The Big Masterpiece"
In our latest, and most hilarious episode yet, we welcome accomplished actor and playwright, Paul Stroli onto the show. We open with how Paul first met and became instant friends with the host D…
6. NAET: Holistic Allergy Elimination & Multi-Generational Trauma, Part 2
Join us for the second half of this exploration into the interspace of the human mind and body that NAET unearths. Dr. John Crandall continues to lead our riveting discussion as we pivot to a convers…
5. NAET: Holistic Allergy Elimination & Multi-Generational Trauma, Part 1
In 1983, Devi Nambutripad was a chiropractic student. Nibbling on a carrot, while undergoing acupuncture treatment, she discovered that it eliminated her historically deep allergy to it. And the NAE…
4. Finding ECT: Electro-Convulsive Therapy After Battling Depression & Suicide
We now pivot to our new noteworthy guest...and an old charming friend. Randall has a remarkable success story to share with the world about ECT (electro-convulsive therapy) which has historically su…
3. Psilocybin, MDMA, Ketamine Therapy for Healing & Community
We welcome our first guest, Simon Abramson. He's a licensed social worker, an addiction counselor...and most importantly, (only if you ask the host) David's dear brother-in-law. Journey with us, as S…
2. Barely Surviving OxyContin: "This isn't me...this is a monster."
We now delve into the trials of the other co-host, as Karen’s personal trauma takes center stage. In 2016, she was in a car accident. But before she could even catch her breath from the incident, she…
1. Tragically Losing Someone Close With Mental Illness & Why It's Okay To Laugh About It
David tells the heartbreaking story about how his brother Andy went missing for a month, and whose body was eventually found in the Hudson River. He takes you on a journey, unearthing details about h…