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
Episode 117: Paul's Best Friend Dr. Mike Sebahar
The Intervential Pain Specialist has been Paul's best friend since 1982. They recount the evolotuion of their relationship, especially both dealing with the effects their father's alcoholism had on …
01:56:39 |
Fri 07 Jun 2013
Episode 116: Listener Meghan P. Returns
Listener Meghan P. returns to talk about being diagnosed with "Psychotic Disorder Not Otherwise Specified" and the hospitalization that resulted from going off of her meds in anticipation of losing h…
01:50:36 |
Fri 31 May 2013
Episode 115: Ashly Burch
The writer and actress (Hey Ash, Whatcha' Playin?) and VO artist (Tiny Tina of Borderlands 2) opens up about the recent accidental overdose death of her boyfriend and the struggle to put her life bac…
02:01:17 |
Fri 24 May 2013
Episode 114: Listener Michael D. and Breaking the Cycle of Abuse
Michael opens up about his teenage struggle to avoid dealing with his chaotic and abusive childhood by being extremely regimented, resulting in an eating disorder, punching himself, compulsive exerci…
01:41:22 |
Fri 17 May 2013
Episode 112: Child Protective Services Social Worker "Ray"
What is it like to be the government agent that has to physically investigate allegations of abuse or neglect and sometimes even remove children from a home? "Ray", a 3rd generation social worker op…
01:52:37 |
Fri 03 May 2013
Episode 111: Karen Kilgariff Live in Portland
The actress (Mr. Show) and writer (The Ellen DeGeneres Show) shares about struggling to fit in, body shame, her alcoholism, her mother's Alzheimers, learning to accept her body and become vulnerable …
01:42:59 |
Fri 26 Apr 2013
Episode 110: Greg Behrendt Returns
The podcaster (Walking the Room), author (He's Just Not That Into You) and guitarist (The Reigning Monarchs) returns to discuss the mania, depression and paranoia that left him considering suicide in…
01:19:53 |
Fri 19 Apr 2013
Episode 109: Listener Claire Laffar
Claire shares about her bullied upbringing outside London with a neurotic mom and a mysterious, stoic dad prone to explosive fits of rage and how escaping into fantasy worlds, especially books, becam…
01:41:42 |
Fri 12 Apr 2013
Episode 108: Greg Fitzsimmons
The writer (The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Lucky Louie) comedian (Comedy Central, The Howard Stern Show) and podcaster (Fitzdog Radio) opens up about his tumultuous relationship with his late father, his …
01:49:52 |
Fri 05 Apr 2013
Episode 107: Sara Benincasa
The writer (Agorafabulous!, XOJane.com, Vice.com) and performer (Comedy Central, MTV) talks about a popular friend's suicide in high school that informed much of her later life, her families history …
01:38:26 |
Fri 29 Mar 2013
Episode 106: Robert Patrick Lewis
The former Green Beret talks about his childhood in Texas, the loss of his adoptive mother, his tours in Afghanistan, Iraq and Africa, the injury that resulted in his getting a Purple Heart and livin…
02:10:36 |
Fri 22 Mar 2013
Episode 105: Ali Handal
The singer/songwriter guitarist talks to Paul about being a female guitarist in a male-dominated industry, her negative self-talk, fear of failure, workaholism, and why she stayed with a past boyfrie…
01:32:44 |
Fri 15 Mar 2013
Episode 104: Siblings/Listeners John & Megan Brehman
The siblings discuss growing up in an affluent but emotionally witholding household, and how their struggles with depression and her eating disorder ultimately brought them closer together. They tal…
01:46:00 |
Fri 08 Mar 2013
Episode 103: Emily Gordon
The podcaster (Indoor Kids) and former licensed therapist opens up about her battle with Adult Onset Still's Disease, her mentally-ill grandmother, rebelling as an adolescent, being a woman in the So…
01:46:05 |
Fri 01 Mar 2013
Episode 102: Peter T
Paul's friend opens up about being adopted by a physically and sexually abusive paranoid schizophrenic mother, being a child actor and almost dying from AIDS. They talk about spirituality, Peter's C…
01:39:03 |
Fri 22 Feb 2013
Episode 101: Stefanie Wilder-Taylor
The writer (I'm Kind of a Big Deal) podcaster (For Cryin' Out Loud) and tv host (Parental Discretion on Nick Mom) opens up about her alcoholism, bulimia, post partum depression, childhood and marriag…
02:02:59 |
Fri 15 Feb 2013
Episode 100: Brody Stevens
The actor (The Hangover, The Hangover 2) and standup comedian (Comedy Central Presents, Chelsea Lately, TMZ) talks about his very public manic episode in 2011, the blurry line between his onstage per…
01:45:34 |
Fri 08 Feb 2013
Episode 099: Jess
Paul's friend opens about her chaotic childhood, her abandonment issues, and the struggling to find words to categorize the sex she wanted and got at 12, from a 27 year-old man. She also talk about …
01:44:59 |
Fri 01 Feb 2013
Episode 98: Ed Crasnick
The actor (The Sopranos), standup and podcaster (The Self-Help Comedy Hour) talks with Paul about his lifelong battle with anxiety and low self-esteem and the importance of welcoming fear instead of …
01:23:14 |
Fri 25 Jan 2013
Episode 097: Elizabeth Laime
The podcaster (Totally Laime and Totally Married) and aspiring writer chats with Paul about her idyllic upbringing, tragedy, loss, Xmas, porn, grieving and the sexualizing of today's youth.
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01:29:46 |
Sat 19 Jan 2013
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