Episode 008: Getting Sane in the Membrane

Theme Song: Aesop Rock – Shrunk

01:25 Quick Takes - Puppet Trump

02:22 Stupider like a Fox (News)

03:40 How did we forget about Reagan last week?

04:30 Let’s discuss Mental Health

07:53 “Boys don’t cry” culture

12:42 Sadness vs. Anxiety

16:00 Therapy

18:15 Why Jorge is deeply skeptical of therapy

24:00 Interrogating the idea that therapy is medicine

29:30 Mental Health and Poverty

33:00 News Fatigue

34:40 Comparing Physical Therapy to Talk Therapy

40:10 Predatory forms of “pop therapy”

43:25 Meditation

45:00 Self-Care

47:00 Dark Souls teaches you that it’s okay to fail

50:30 Self-Medicating

56:00 When do you ask for help?

1:00:00 Next Steps

1:03:49 Joseph asks Jorge for a book recommendation