A replay from 2011 (our 15th episode) -Paul’s friend, comedian Jimmy Dore talks about growing up Catholic in a violent and segregated Chicago neighborhood with 11 siblings. Topics include: depression, panic attacks, fistfights, robbery and an empty feeling following success.
What happens when a naive Texas cheerleader from an abusive home tries to pay for college by smuggling heroin in Bangladesh? Probably not what you think. She also shares about survivor self-blame around incest.
The Holocaust survivor, mother, teacher and activist reflects on her coping mechanisms, her ability to find joy, feelings unique to motherhood, her childhood in Nazi-occupied Warsaw as a Jewish 7 year-old, and the special bond she forged with her mother, Eugenia Lubowski Krol, as they fled for their lives.
The second of a two-part interview from 2011 with Paul’s sober friend; a former studio projectionist, dealer, fugitive and heroin-addict.
A replay from the first year of the podcast (2011). Paul sat down with his support group friend; a former fugitive, ex-con drug dealer, heroin addict 60’s hippie, divorced four times, what’s not to love? There were so many stories we made this our first two-parter. Part 2 next week.
Paul reads submissions from listeners about the challenges in their lives.
The folks at Stitcher asked if I’d like to advertise a new podcast they have coming out. I listened and I think it’s something that you would not only like but I think it’s an important and much needed show. Imani State of Mind is a new podcast that demystifies mental health and wellness in an accessible and approachable way. Dr. Imani Walker (Bravo’s Married to Medicine) equips listeners with the right language and tools to normalize this stigmatized topic, in addition to finding laughter and light in navigating these struggles. Listen now in your favorite podcast app!
Paul’s support group friend shares about her experiences as a black woman in America, her addiction to unavailable men, the wreckage of her acting out sexually and being a child in Atlanta during the Atlanta child murders.
Paul’s friend and fellow comedian/podcaster (Learning Not To Swear) returns to talk about George Floyd’s murder, systemic racism, the police, looting, being a black father in America and the pandemic.