Mental Illness Happy Hour
"Remarkable" - Psychology Today
"A vital, compassionate gem that fills a desperate and under-addressed need in our society." - Esquire
"A perversely safe place in which he and his guests talk about their fears, addictions and traumatic childhoods." - NY Times
"Gilmartin makes a conscious effort to explore stories that aren’t black and white" - Slate Magazine
"Praised by listeners all over the world" - Atlantic Monthly
Named To Top Health Podcast List by: NY Times, Esquire, Slate, Oprah Magazine, Women's Health, Onion A.V. Club, Apple Podcast Staff
- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 108 minutes
- Episodes
- 662
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
#585 Promiscuity, Swinging & Love Addiction - Hannah
Paul’s guest Hannah opens up about her love addiction, promiscuity, and how she became a swinger. She also reveals the emotional turmoil of someone from her childhood coming back and shaking up her l…
01:30:33 |
Fri 01 Apr 2022
#584 Envy - Maggie Rowe
Author Maggie Rowe, @ThisMaggieRowe, shares her story of growing up an Evangelical with Pure OCD and an obsessive fear of going to hell. She and Paul also engage in the podcast’s first “Envy Off”. Be…
01:17:30 |
Fri 25 Mar 2022
#583 BiPolar - Gabe Howard
Gabe Howard is an author, podcaster, and mental health advocate who speaks honestly about living with bipolar disorder. He talks to Paul about his life before diagnosis and how he manages his mental …
01:36:11 |
Fri 18 Mar 2022
#582 Sexual Anorexia & Surrogacy - Joe M
Joe M sits down with Paul and opens about his experiences with sexual anorexia and his emotionally chaotic childhood. He also speaks candidly about his experience with sexual surrogacy as part of his…
01:50:56 |
Fri 11 Mar 2022
#581 Ali Vingiano
Ali Vingiano (@AliVingiano) is a writer and producer for The Morning Show as well as a variety of wildly-popular short films. She opens up to Paul about her own struggles with anxiety, insomnia, and …
01:46:51 |
Fri 04 Mar 2022
#580 Director Amy Ziering
Amy Ziering is the Emmy award-winning investigative filmmaker behind the groundbreaking documentaries Allen v Farrow, The Invisible War, and more. She talks with Paul about how her films came about--…
01:32:26 |
Fri 25 Feb 2022
#579 FOMO - Patrick McGinnis
Author and creator of the FOMO concept Patrick McGinnis (@PJMcGinnis) joins Paul to talk about his journey from the chaos on Wall Street to a more authentic life. They dive into the psychology of FOM…
01:28:50 |
Fri 18 Feb 2022
#578 Childhood Trauma - Michael Unbroken
Michael Unbroken is a life coach for trauma survivors. This week, he sits down with Paul and opens up about his own traumatic childhood and how he works to overcome his pain through therapy and self-…
01:40:43 |
Fri 11 Feb 2022
#577 - Complicated Parents - Zoe Friedman
Long-time studio exec Zoe Friedman shares what it was like to work at Comedy Central & The David Letterman Show. She opens up about her complicated relationship with her parents and what she’s proude…
01:27:04 |
Fri 04 Feb 2022
#576 Catfishing, Food, Anger & Sex - Marie
Paul’s support group buddy, Marie, shares her struggles with food addiction, sex addiction, and how she works through her anger.
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01:25:53 |
Fri 28 Jan 2022
#575 Connor Franta
Author, artist, and entrepreneur Connor Franta @ConnorFranta sits down with Paul and talks about growing up in a small town, becoming internet famous, and coming out to his mother--along with the res…
01:35:58 |
Fri 21 Jan 2022
#574 Psychosis & Recovery - Alycia Returns
Paul's friend from his support group, Alycia Schlesinger, shares her experience with an anomalous psychosis and how she's made sense of her trauma by helping to heal others.
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01:34:11 |
Fri 14 Jan 2022
#573 Art & Trauma - Michael Namkung
Artist, teacher, and Ultimate Frisbee Champion Michael Namkung @MichaelNamkung reflects on what it means to love, to find your own voice, and to work through the pain of your past with art. Be sure t…
01:19:41 |
Fri 07 Jan 2022
#572 Best Of - Dave Holmes
This episode with @DaveHolmes was voted a listener favorite in 2012. Some people know Dave from MTV's Wanna Be a VJ contest, where he was runner-up, his podcast Homophilia or his work in Esquire, but…
01:40:02 |
Fri 31 Dec 2021
#571 Best Of - Laurie Kilmartin
Originally aired in 2012 and voted a listener favorite, @anyLaurie16, The NY Times Bestselling author (of Shitty Mom, and Dead People Suck), tv writer (Conan), standup (finalist on Last Comic Standi…
01:31:05 |
Fri 24 Dec 2021
#570 Best Of - Dave Anthony
Voted a listener favorite when it aired in 2012, the comedian, writer and podcaster (The Dollop) talks about being neglected as a child, his self-sabotaging and the out of control anger that almost d…
01:25:19 |
Fri 17 Dec 2021
#569 Best Of - Dr Jessica Zucker #1
Voted as the listener's favorite from the second year of our podcast (2012), Dr. Jessica Zucker graces the show as our first mental health expert and she does not disappoint. We learn helpful tips in…
01:52:03 |
Fri 10 Dec 2021
#568 Best Of - Eddie Pepitone
People may know Eddie (@EddiePepitone, @EddiePep), from Old School, Bitter Buddha and his hilarious standup special In Ruins. Paul knows Eddie as a friend and fellow performer able to talk about the …
01:24:43 |
Fri 03 Dec 2021
567 Bipolar Twins Maria & Anna Duke
Twin sisters and hosts of the Bipolar Bicoastal Podcast Anna & Maria Duke (@rhymeswithanna and @themariaduke) talk about childhood and how they each discovered--a year apart--that they are bipolar. T…
01:30:23 |
Fri 26 Nov 2021
#566 Trauma Surfacing - Andrea Ashley
Andrea Ashley, host of the podcast Adult Child, talks about how she got sober as a teenager and discovered that her childhood was filled with a trauma that she never realized. She also shares the way…
01:42:40 |
Fri 19 Nov 2021
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