Mental Illness Happy Hour
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- Update frequency
- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 108 minutes
- Episodes
- 662
- Years Active
- 2012 - 2025
#666 Darkest Surveys Ever
40 minutes of some of the darkest surveys listeners have ever filled out. No guest. No interview. No theme music. A few have been read on-air previously but the majority have never been read becau…
00:40:06 |
Fri 20 Oct 2023
#665 Aparna Nancherla Returns - Imposter Syndrome
Aparna Nancherla @Aparnapkin is a comedian, writer, and actor (Mythic Quest, Crashing) and today she joins Paul to discuss her new book Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself, and Imposter Syndrome. She tal…
01:13:39 |
Fri 13 Oct 2023
#664 Buried Trauma & Panic Attacks - Stevie C
Paul’s support group friend Stevie C shares about growing up in a violent and verbally abusive environment, learning to manage his temper, and discovering that his seemingly-out-of-nowhere panic atta…
01:36:33 |
Fri 06 Oct 2023
#663 The Quietly Suffering Newscaster - Tiffany Carter
Tiffany Carter is a former newscaster and current podcast host (Project Me with Tiffany Carter on IG @ProjectMe_With_Tiffany) and mental health advocate. She opens up about her unpredictable and narc…
02:02:58 |
Fri 29 Sep 2023
#662 Family Silence - Ruth Golden
Ruth Golden is a documentary filmmaker and suicide prevention activist who is in the process of creating a film about her own family. The Silent Goldens explores her family’s reaction to her own moth…
01:27:17 |
Fri 22 Sep 2023
#661 Non-Binary & Non-Monogamous - Jessi Kneeland Returns
Jessi Kneeland (@JessiKneeland) is a body image coach who gets real about their own issues and what brought them to this work. In this episode, Jessi's second visit to the podcast, they talk about se…
01:49:34 |
Fri 15 Sep 2023
#660 Releasing Trauma - Felina Danalis
Felina Danalis is a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner and she joins Paul for what is, essentially, an intro to what somatic experiencing is, how it works, and what kinds of issues this trauma therapy…
01:35:17 |
Fri 08 Sep 2023
#659 Kyle Kinane - Unpacking My Sh*t
Kyle Kinane is a standup comedian and recovering “party guy” who’s started doing some work on himself and his relationships. He talks about growing out of the party scene, shifting his perspectives, …
01:40:52 |
Fri 01 Sep 2023
#658 Childhood Trauma & Self-Perception - Raquel
Paul met Raquel in a group therapy session and just had to hear more of her story. She is an immigrant from El Salvador who is confronting her abusive childhood. She also struggles with two chronic i…
01:45:11 |
Fri 25 Aug 2023
#656 Josh Peck Returns
Josh Peck is an actor (Oppenheimer, Drake & Josh, How I Met Your Father) and podcast host (Good Guys) as well as an author (Happy People Are Annoying). This is Josh’s second visit to the podcast and …
01:02:55 |
Fri 11 Aug 2023
#655 Being Misgendered By A Parent - Eddie
This week’s guest is Eddie, someone who wants to share their rare story in the hopes that it will offer a light to others. Eddie was raised as a boy by her father and as a girl by her mother. She unp…
01:40:32 |
Fri 04 Aug 2023
#654 Moby - The Cult of More & Loneliness
Paul sits down with musician and animal-rights activist Moby and his podcasting partner Lindsay to talk about the “cult of more” and the illusion of material wealth as a cure for emotional issues. Mo…
02:03:10 |
Fri 28 Jul 2023
#653 Child of Mixed Marriage - Cat Alvarado
Cat Alvarado @theCatAlvarado is a standup comedian and activist who grew up with a white father and a Latina mother—who fled the civil war in Nicaragua. She talks about what it was like to grow up mi…
01:25:33 |
Fri 21 Jul 2023
#652 Grief - Marc Maron
Marc Maron is an actor, standup comedian, and podcast host (WTF). In early 2020, his partner, Lynn Shelton, died suddenly. He joins Paul to talk pointedly about grief. He shares what it was like to g…
01:56:51 |
Fri 14 Jul 2023
#651 The Psychology of Spending/Saving - Christine Lane
Christine Lane is an Accredited Financial Counselor who works at the intersection of money and psychology. She joins Paul to talk about the mental wellness that can come from getting control of your …
01:34:05 |
Fri 07 Jul 2023
#650 Food, Family & Resentments - Will Sasso
Will Sasso (@WillSasso) is an actor (MAD TV, The Three Stooges), comedian, and podcaster. He talks with Paul about his relationship with food, the resentments in his family, and his own mental health…
02:11:02 |
Fri 30 Jun 2023
#649 Bipolar, Mania & Motherhood - Amelia Zachry
Amelia Zachry (@BrownGirlCrazyWorld) is an author and mental health advocate. She shares her experience with a Bipolar 2 diagnosis and how she talks about trauma and mental health with her own young …
01:39:23 |
Fri 23 Jun 2023
#648 Depression & Responsibilities - Chris Gethard Returns
Chris Gethard (aka @ChrisGeth and @ChrisGethard) is a comedian, writer, and podcast host (Beautiful Anonymous) who talks openly about managing his life with depression. He shares how fatherhood chang…
01:55:01 |
Fri 16 Jun 2023
#647 Going No-Contact With A Parent - Rebecca D Returns
Rebecca D returns to the podcast to talk about going no-contact with her mom and reflects on moments in her childhood that she didn’t realize were strange until she was an adult. She also talks about…
01:21:52 |
Fri 09 Jun 2023
#646 When A Parent Has Alzheimer's - Steph Jagger
Steph Jagger joins Paul to discuss the grief of loving someone with dementia. She also shares the small moments of beauty that can sometimes come out of this disease. Be sure to check out her book, E…
01:32:46 |
Fri 02 Jun 2023
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