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Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
Stories from our parents and grandparents are a sort of intergenerational game of telephone – even the ones we think we know for sure change as they are told and retold. Check out our sponsors: Talkspace — talkspace.com/ttfa with promo code TTFA Blue Apron – blueapron.com/thanks Brooklinen — brooklinen.com with promo code THANKS Listen to […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
Life as a 20-something guy with stage IV lung cancer, including some very important life advice regarding travel. Check out our sponsors: Talkspace – talkspace.com with promo code TTFA FabFitFun – fabfitfun.com with promo code TERRIBLE Children’s Cancer Research Fund – childrenscancer.org/ttfa Listen to this podcast Author: American Public Media You know how every day […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
The punishment is supposed to fit the crime. But sometimes, when the sentence is served, the punishment is far from over. Check out our sponsors this week: Children’s Cancer Fund — childrenscancer.org/ttfa Ritual – ritual.com/thanks Molekule — molekule.com with promo code THANKS Listen to this podcast Author: American Public Media You know how every day […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Depression, Mental Health, Relationships
Here’s a repeat of an episode originally aired last year. We’re offering this repeat because some things need repeating, such as how to get help for your mental health when you really need it. It’s a conversation with Dr. Ken Duckworth, Medical Director for the National Alliance on Mental Illness, and it’s practical advice. A […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
This is a story about a dad who is sometimes a stranger, often a mystery, and always loved anyways. Check out our sponsors this week: Talkspace — talkspace.com/ttfa with promo code TTFA Brooklinen — brooklinen.com with promo code THANKS RXBar — rxbar.com/thanks with promo code THANKS Listen to this podcast Author: American Public Media You […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
Lesly is a mother of three and a three-time cancer haver (there may be a more medical term for that) living on borrowed time. When the treatment you need is out of your reach, what the heck do you do? Check out our sponsors this week: Talkspace.com/ttfa with promo code TTFA Childrenscancer.org/ttfa Blueapron.com/thanks Fabfitfun.com with […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
Captain Rosemarie Chapman flies airplanes for the Air Force. She met her boyfriend, a fellow soldier, and fell deeply in love. But a deployment to Afghanistan ends their relationship abruptly. And soon, Rosemarie is faced with meeting his family in an unexpected circumstance. Children’s Cancer Research Fund – childrenscancer.org/ttfa Nutrafol – nutrafol.com Talkspace – Talkspace.com/TTFA […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
Chris was brought up to be positive. And to get on with it no matter what. But getting on with it isn’t always so easy when others won’t make room for you to be a full person. Listen to this podcast Author: American Public Media You know how every day someone asks “how are you?” […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
Sometimes a person’s absence can become a presence. A dark, unspoken void that can suck you right in if you don’t address it. Listen to this podcast Author: American Public Media You know how every day someone asks “how are you?” And even if you’re totally dying inside, you just say “fine,” so everyone can […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
What’s worse: keeping the people you love at a distance, or showing them your true colors and losing them forever? Patricia doesn’t want to find out. Listen to this podcast Author: American Public Media You know how every day someone asks “how are you?” And even if you’re totally dying inside, you just say “fine,” […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
Since our podcast started, everyone has been telling us about Kate. This woman who has had everything happen to her. She’s had to deal with dead dad issues, mommy issues, brother issues, body issues, miscarriage issues… so many issues. And everyone has said we need to talk with her. Well, we finally got Kate to […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
Chelsey and Kevin are parents, public servants, and two people just trying to make sense of the absolutely senseless. If this is God’s plan, I have a word or two for God. Listen to this podcast Author: American Public Media You know how every day someone asks “how are you?” And even if you’re totally […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
It’s not just a hashtag. Transformation is inevitable (and not always a choice.) But nothing transforms us more than love. Listen to this podcast Author: American Public Media You know how every day someone asks “how are you?” And even if you’re totally dying inside, you just say “fine,” so everyone can go about their […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
On the eve of Kelli’s 25th birthday, she found herself running for her life in a dystopian nightmare. It was supposed to be an incredible weekend to celebrate the dawn of a new phase of her life. Instead, it was the deadliest mass shooting (so far) in America. Listen to this podcast Author: American Public […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
Charlotte’s career is built on organized chaos. As an Operating Room nurse, she has a protocol for every tragedy, a THEN for every IF. Until one night, when she takes a new route home, and everything changes. Listen to this podcast Author: American Public Media You know how every day someone asks “how are you?” […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Depression, Mental Health, Relationships
The show busts out of studios and quiet intimate spaces for an on-stage performance at the Dakota Jazz Club in Minneapolis. Comedian Mike Brown joins us for plenty of comedy and conversation. We even bust out a few games where you can play along and see if you can tell a Pokemon from an antidepressant […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
The INTERNET never forgets (dang it). Listen to this podcast Author: American Public Media You know how every day someone asks “how are you?” And even if you’re totally dying inside, you just say “fine,” so everyone can go about their day? This show is the opposite of that. Hosted by author (It’s Okay to […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
There’s a thin line between life and death. Between what’s here — now — and what was. Between what’s here — now — and what will be. Taz Ahmed knows about that line. In a dark house in Kathmandu, she and her aging grandfather toe up to it to look for her mother. Listen to […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
Sometimes, it all just falls into place. For Megan and Clark, a one-week span showed how things can work out perfectly to create the best days of your life… and the worst. Listen to this podcast Author: American Public Media You know how every day someone asks “how are you?” And even if you’re totally […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Relationships, TTFA
When the world breaks everything, when everything is The Absolute Worst, you’re lucky if you have people to lean on. You’re even luckier if they’re your siblings. Meet Alex, David and Liza Achilli. Which… I really wanted to call this episode The Achilli’s Heal, but I just… I couldn’t do it. Or could I? Listen […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Depression, Mental Health, Relationships
Although she comes across as confident and happy on her incredibly successful YouTube channel, Hannah Hart has plenty of experience with insecurity and misery in her life. Growing up, she faced severe poverty, hunger, and dealing with a mother who was mentally ill. Still, she made it into a good college where she had to […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Depression, Mental Health, Relationships
It’s hard to settle on a musical description for Ted Leo. We ended up going with “if The Beach Boys were ’80s skateboarders” to summarize his melodic intense post-punk sound. Similarly hard to nail down is whether Ted’s longtime issues with depression and anger stem from his brain’s built-in wiring or from abuse he suffered […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Depression, Mental Health, Relationships
Rachel Bloom has never moved across the country to chase a boy like Rebecca Bunch did. Rebecca is the character Rachel plays in “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend,” the hit show she co-created and stars in on The CW Network. But Rachel does have a long history of messed up romantic relationships — plus depression and intrusive looping […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Depression, Mental Health, Relationships
In one of the last interviews he gave, Reggie Osse, aka Combat Jack, talks about the connection between the status of the African-American man in contemporary society, the changing role of masculinity in hip-hop culture, and mental health. Osse was an important figure in hip-hop as a lawyer, editor, podcast host, and thinker. This interview […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Depression, Mental Health, Relationships
Before she was the host of NPR’s popular Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast, Linda Holmes was an attorney working at the Minnesota Legislature. Before that, she was a student living in squalor. And before that, she was the victim of some seriously messed up mean kid behavior. We hear about her unusual path to a […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Depression, Mental Health, Relationships
If you’ve ever heard this show before, you’ve heard singer-songwriter Rhett Miller. He wrote and performs the theme song about “the world’s greatest clown.” On this episode, Rhett tells of his teenage suicide attempt, a mysterious illness, his musical salvation, and his grandmother’s owl fixation. He even brought his guitar along and performs a few […]
Written by Puzzlehead, in Depression, Mental Health, Relationships
New York comedian Mike Brown is a big fan of objective cause-and-effect scenarios. This drew him into playing video games, studying math and engineering, and ultimately getting on stage to tell jokes and get laughs. The thing is, sometimes you have to face events that are completely senseless. Listen to this podcast Author: Chip Walton […]