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
#200 Former NHL Goalie Clint Malarchuk (voted #3 ep of 2014)
The former NHL goalie opens up about his difficult childhood and the OCD that helped him professionally but ultimately almost ended his life. He shares about his anxiety, depression, alcoholism, sui…
01:56:42 |
Fri 21 Nov 2014
#199 Joni G.
"No man ever pleased me like cocaine did." The 60 year-old shares about the drug that helped her with her ADD, feel skinnier, prettier and more powerful especially when she began dealing it by the k…
02:07:19 |
Fri 14 Nov 2014
#198 Samantha C.
Born with achondroplasia dwarfism to emotionally unavailable Taiwanese immigrant parents, Sam shares about being a "litte person" and the ways support groups have helped her navigate dealing with lov…
02:19:25 |
Fri 07 Nov 2014
#197 Chris Gethard (voted #7 ep of 2014)
The actor/writer opens up about his blue collar New Jersey upbringing, and his battles with anger, sadness, self-sabotage, paranoia, addiction, depression and the unorthodox nurse practitioner who ha…
02:33:24 |
Fri 31 Oct 2014
#196 Laurenne Sala
What happens when the Homecoming Queen takes off her popularity mask and deals with the pain of her co-dependent mom and the suicide of her gay father? One of the most compassionate and truth-seekin…
02:54:55 |
Fri 24 Oct 2014
#195 Todd Glass (Voted #1 ep of 2014)
The comedian and author shares about growing up with Dyslexia, OCD, being held back in grade school, his coming out of the closet in his 40s and the politics of language especially in regards to sexi…
01:46:18 |
Fri 17 Oct 2014
#194 Dr. Peace Amadi
The clinical psychologist shares her insight and experience in working with The Ruby Project, helping girls who have been sexually abused and/or involved in sex trafficking heal though group workshop…
01:38:16 |
Fri 10 Oct 2014
#193 Laura House (Live @ LAPodfest)
The meditation teacher, standup comedian and writer (Samantha Who?) talks about her struggles with alcohol, food, weight, low self-esteem, relationships and what she gets from support groups and medi…
01:29:35 |
Fri 03 Oct 2014
Episode 192: Cheryl Klein
The breast cancer survivor opens up about her lifelong hypochondria, OCD and anxiety. She talks about the emotional toll of infertility, having a miscarriage and the ensuing depression as well as her…
02:36:01 |
Fri 26 Sep 2014
Episode 191: Matt Oswalt (voted #8 ep of 2014)
The 43 year-old comedy writer opens up about his idyllic childhood, and a couple of traumatic events he believes contribute to his isolating and fighting the demons of depression while being single, …
01:35:33 |
Fri 19 Sep 2014
Episode 190: Aparna Nancherla
The first generation Indian-American comedian opens up about her low self-esteem, perfectionism, depression, anxiety, eating disorder, the trap of becoming the "good child" and the constant struggle …
01:54:45 |
Fri 12 Sep 2014
Episode 189: Lance L
The pansexual Iraqi war veteran talks about his plans to come out to his homophobic family, growing up with a mother who picked terrible men, his deadbeat dad and meeting a half-brother & doing a jo…
02:15:08 |
Fri 05 Sep 2014
Episode 188: Ask Erika Holmes MFT
Marriage and Family Therapist Erika Holmes answers listener questions from Facebook and Twitter. Topics include Eating Disorders, Borderline Personality Disorder, PTSD therapies, Neurofeedback and p…
01:51:52 |
Fri 29 Aug 2014
Episode 187: Susanna Lee
The comedian/burlesque dancer talks about the power, pitfalls and rush of performing with and without her clothes on, including being a sex worker at a "jack shack" to make ends meet. She opens up a…
02:35:01 |
Fri 22 Aug 2014
Episode 186: Jimmy Doyle
The former Second City improviser turned drug & alcohol counselor talks about his mother's suicide when he was 12, coming out at 16 (in 1981), getting physically sober but being emotionally toxic and…
01:58:24 |
Fri 15 Aug 2014
Episode 185: Dese'Rae L Stage
The photographer and activist talks about her bookwormish childhood, coming out in high school, the abusive relationship she couldn't bear to leave and her project which documents the stories of suic…
01:57:12 |
Fri 08 Aug 2014
Episode 184: Pamela Martin
Is Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (Fibromyalgia, ME, etc) a purely physical ailment or is there also an emotional component related to trauma. Pamela shares about being an incest survivor as well as the c…
01:53:37 |
Fri 01 Aug 2014
Episode 183: Jason Nash
Recently diagnosed with BiPolar II, the actor and director of Jason Nash is Married talks about his fear of being just like his dad, his inability to fully enjoy what others seem to be able to easily…
02:07:08 |
Fri 25 Jul 2014
Episode 182: Pia Glenn
The writer/performer shares about being raised by a violent and mentally unstable mother who refused to take meds, often leading to 911 calls and police. She also talks about her own depression, anx…
02:15:02 |
Fri 18 Jul 2014
Episode 181: Lauren Hennessy
The actor/singer and fiance of past guest Chemda talks about being a trans male (male but born into a female body) and despite his religious upbringing (his father is a minister) coming to embrace be…
01:42:33 |
Fri 11 Jul 2014
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