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Basically...with Stefanie Preissner episodes

January 19, 2021 32: What's The Story with Anxiety, Harry?
In this week's episode Stefanie sits down remotely with Dr. Harry Barry the international bestselling author and mental health expert. They talk about anxiety and panic. Dr. Barry enlightens Stefanie that "It's the situation that's abnormal, not me". He takes her through some exercises for managing anxiety and gives some brilliant tips for keeping things manageable in times of stress. If you want more of Dr. Harry Barry you're in luck - he has written some brilliant books like: "Emotional Healing", "Emotional Resilience", "Toxic Stress", "Flagging the Problem", "Flagging the Therapy", "Self-Acceptance", "Depression" and "Anxiety&Panic".
Each book is an extensive and insightful on its topic and each detail fantastic new approaches to mental health - you can find Harry on his website drharrybarry.com

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and our music is from Only Ruin.

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57 min
January 12, 2021 31: What's The Story with Therapy, Mark?
In the first episode of 2021 Stefanie introduces Mental Health Month on Basically. She talks to psychologist and outgoing president of the Psychology Society of Ireland, Mark Smyth, about mental health and therapy. There are questions about social media, life in 2020/2021, anxiety. What is therapy? What is a psychologist, a counsellor, a therapist, a psychoanalyst, a psychotherapist and who needs one? How to pick a therapist, how do you know the right fit and should you get to know your therapist?

You can now support Stefanie and the show on HeadStuff+

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and our music is from Only Ruin.

This podcast is sponsored by 180 Degrees, a podcast by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland.

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1 hr 2 min
December 22, 2020 30: What's The Story with Being a Comedian, PJ?
This week Stefanie sits down with comedian, actor and radio presenter PJ Gallagher. They talk about finding your way in life, discovering something you’re good at (if being a professional sportsman doesn’t work out!) and dealing with success in something when it’s not a passion. Stefanie dissects his negativity, talks about his comedy and his talent and they eat a lot of cake.

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and our music is from Only Ruin.

This podcast is sponsored by 180 Degrees, a podcast by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland.

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52 min
December 15, 2020 29: What's The Story with Being a Minister, Simon?
This week Stefanie sits down with her fabulously high-achieving contemporary, Minister for Higher Education, Simon Harris. They talk about politics, politics in a pandemic (as well as being Minister for Health in a pandemic), what the job means, what he’d like to achieve, running for office, and ignoring bad advice.

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and our music is from Only Ruin.

This podcast is sponsored by 180 Degrees, a podcast by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland.

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50 min
December 02, 2020 28: What’s The Story with Being Pregnant, Jennifer?
Stefanie talks to consultant OBGYN Dr. Jennifer Donnelly from Dublin’s Rotunda Maternity Hospital. They go baby step by baby step from the moment of seeing a positive pregnancy test, choosing whether to go public, semi public or private, picking a hospital or a consultant, how to cope with scans, scares, and stretch marks, and then... what happens when it has to come out! Jennifer takes Stefanie through the whole joyful journey and leaves her... maybe a little shell shocked but very much enlightened.

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and our music is from Only Ruin.

This podcast is sponsored by 180 Degrees, a podcast by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland.

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58 min
November 25, 2020 27: What’s The Story with Being The Minister for Health, Stephen?
Stefanie talks to Minister for Health, Stephen Donnelly. They talk about Stephen's beginning in politics, how it was motivated by the presence of the IMF in Dublin. His movement from Independent to Social Democrats to Fianna Fail. He talks about some of his government achievements he's most proud of. How his past career in reforming healthcare in other countries led to him asking for the job when Fianna Fail took power in Ireland. (Are you mad? Stefanie asks.) They talk about what the government is doing now to improve the healthcare system, and what are the plans for the future?

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and our music is from Only Ruin.

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43 min
November 18, 2020 26: What's The Story with the Vaccines, Luke?
Stefanie sits down with her absolute favourite, Professor Luke O'Neill. They talk about pandemic as it is now. The promise of vaccines, with some predictions about how things will go from here. How many vaccines will we have? How will it work? When will we have them? How do they even work and what are the differences between them? Can we have Christmas this year?

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and our music is from Only Ruin.

This podcast is sponsored by 180 Degrees, a podcast by the Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland.

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46 min
October 20, 2020 25: What's It Like To Get Elected, Holly?
On this week's episode Stefanie talks to Social Democrat TD Holly Cairns. They talk about the unlikelihood of Holly winning her seat, the campaign, the count, and ultimately how she won the seat. Holly talks about what a Councillor does, and who tells you what to do. How councils actually work. They talk about progressivism, the future and who voting is for. Why Holly is a Social Democrat. How much it costs to run for local elections. Gender balance, quotas and what it's like to be a woman in politics. What is the actual job of a TD and who tells you what to do?

Holly's costs for running for elections as talked about in the episode are:
Local - €4000
General - €17,000

The TD who ran for election just after having twins, as mentioned by Stefanie was Catherine Ardagh FF.

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56 min
October 06, 2020 24: What's The Latest With Covid-19, Luke?

Luke O'Neill joins Stefanie in the studio once again to talk about Covid-19. They talk about where we are with understanding the disease now. What's the story with 'long Covid'? Which medicines or treatments are working or looking promising? What happens if we do find a vaccine, how does it roll out and who gets it first? Is reinfection possible, and what does that mean? Which is more important between the rate of new cases or the rate of hospitalizations?
Why didn't we do the same as Sweden? Also a little bit of interesting history on vaccines and Luke's prediction of timeline for getting out of this mess.

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Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and our music is from Only Ruin.

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47 min
September 29, 2020 23: What's The Story with The US Election, Lorcan?
On this week's episode Stefanie again sits down with Lorcan Nyhan of The Communications Clinic to talk all about the upcoming US Election. Who is likely to win? What if Trump doesn't leave office? What's the story with the Supreme Court? Which states could make the difference? What about the Electoral College? The debates? The Vice Presidential picks?

Follow Stefanie on Instagram @StefaniePreissner

Thanks to Cathal O'Gara for our artwork and our music is from Only Ruin.

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53 min