Podcast Episodes

Jason Ickovitz

The Licensed Family and Marriage Therapist opens up about the verbal abuse he endured as a kid from a father who pushed him to excel in baseball, and how therapy not only helped him cope but made him realize he wanted to be a therapist.

This episode is sponsored by the Out of the Darkness Chicagoland Community Walk www.chicagowalk.org

For tickets to Paul’s Sept 19th live show with guest Jackie Kashian or a video pass for all the podcasts that weekend at LAPodfest go to www.lapodfest.com For $5 off use offer code “MENTAL”.

For tickets to Paul’s show in Brooklyn Sept 27th with guest Lane Moore go to www.thebellhouseny.com

For mental health resources discussed on the show, visit Teenline at www.teenlineonline.org or HelpGuide at www.helpguide.org

Gladys A.

The 26 year-old adoptee (from Paraguay) shares about growing up with an emotionally disturbed sibling and single mom, experiencing racism at her all-white school, and turning to porn and escorting to pay the bills while pursuing her dream of screenwriting. She currently volunteers at the Sex Workers Outreach Project LA Sex Workers Outreach Project LA

Jenny Pentland – this episode is no longer available

This episode is no longer available

Peter Hesen

The 61 year-old talks about loneliness, the painful depths his addictions took him to and the chance he has in sobriety to be the kind of father he never had.

Raised by Hoarders w/Michelle F

27 year-old Michelle F shares about being raised by a shopaholic mom and a father (and grandparents) who hoarded.

JoAnn Buttaro

JoAnn shares about her path to recovery after being drugged and raped by serial rapist Jeffrey Marsalis (dubbed the Match.com rapist). She sheds light on how she went from her lowest low to participating in the judicial process and eventually speaking publicly for other survivors.

Follow JoAnn on Twitter @JoAnnSpeaksOut

Check out her JoAnn’s Facebook page

Mary O’Hara

The first pupil from her inner-city high school to attend Cambridge, the 42 year-old journalist/author shares about the poverty, violence and dysfunction that defined her childhood in West Belfast, Northern Ireland.

To learn more about Mary or her book Austerity Bites go to www.austeritybitesuk.com

Follow her on Twitter @MaryOHara1

Lisa Richards

The licensed clinical social worker and author of Dear Mallory: Letters to a Teenage Girl Who Killed Herself shares about the loss of her 18 year-old daughter to suicide.

Raised in Scientology: Derek Bloch

The 28 year-old talks about being raised in the Church of Scientology by a narcissistic father and passive mother. He details the abuse inflicted by their “Sea Org” starting when he was 13, how he reconciled their homophobia with his being gay and ultimately how he broke away from the church and his family.