Coping Conversations

Coping Conversations

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Coping Conversations episodes

  • 34: Austin Pendleton: Actor and Conqueror
    My guest is perhaps best known for playing the stuttering public defender in the hit movie, "My Cousin Vinnie." But he's much more than that.
    We discuss his career in movies and in theater, and how he conquered his stuttering problem, even when asked to play that role in a movie.
    22 min
  • 34: Austin Pendleton: Actor and Conqueror

    My guest is perhaps best known for playing the stuttering public defender in the hit movie, "My Cousin Vinnie." But he's much more than that.

    We discuss his career in movies and in theater, and how he conquered his stuttering problem, even when asked to play that role in a movie.

    22 min
  • 33: Don Larsen: The Perfect Yankee
    Still known as the only player in baseball history to pitch a perfect game in the World Series, New York Yankee pitcher Don Larsen appeared on "Coping Conversations" in 1996 (to celebrate the 40th anniversary of that unbelievable achievement).
    Now, twenty-four years later, in honor of the 64th anniversary of Don's historic event, this show has been digitally-remastered and it is the first time it's been available on this website.
    (Please forgive the sound quality!)
    15 min
  • 33: Don Larsen: The Perfect Yankee

    Still known as the only player in baseball history to pitch a perfect game in the World Series, New York Yankee pitcher Don Larsen appeared on "Coping Conversations" in 1996 (to celebrate the 40th anniversary of that unbelievable achievement).

    Now, twenty-four years later, in honor of the 64th anniversary of Don's historic event, this show has been digitally-remastered and it is the first time it's been available on this website.

    (Please forgive the sound quality!)

    15 min
  • 30: Aimee Ginsburg Bikel: The City of Light
    My guest was married to legendary actor, singer Theodore Bikel, perhaps best known as Tevye on stage in Fiddler on the Roof.
    Before his death, he wrote a children's book called, The City of Light, which, after his death, his wife Aimee expanded and just published.
    We discuss the book, its role in helping people deal with insensitivities, and other important messages.
    21 min

About Coping Conversations

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"Coping Conversations" is an entertaining, educational, and inspirational podcast, hosted by internationally renowned psychologist, Dr. Bob Phillips. The "Coping Conversations" show has been airing weekly for more than 30 years, having appeared on New York radio stations and as a nationally available audio-streamed radio program since 1991. Due to popular demand, it debuted as a podcast in 2019.