Xchel Hernandez joins us today to talk about video game addiction. He is a Comedian, writer, director, and wonderful husband to Joleen. We hear his origin story, and how the addiction escalated as time went on to as much as 40 hours a week or more. Xchel shares with us how playing could be incredibly social […]

Andy, Joleen and Alex sit down with Tom McNaughton to chat about medical news articles and talk health, hearts and even weiners! We take each other’s blood pressures and try to figure out what it all means. We give advice and have a fun light-hearted episode. Come to a live taping of the Deal With It […]

Writer, Comedian and podcast host Alex Shifman joins us to talk about Stealth Dyslexia, Cannabis and his love of facts! He shares many lovely and awesome facts about helpful drugs, and his experiences with them, answering our many questions and being open and honest. We get his dyslexia origin story and he talks about the unique […]

Improvisor and poet Avi Silver joins us for part 2 of this special 2 part Marfan Awareness Month series. Avi shares his diagnosis story and a quick family history including how he is a triplet. His Father and Sister also have Marfan Syndrome and we talk about how different Marfan Syndrome expresses itself even within […]

Actor, improviser, comedian and activist Michael Sielaff joins us for part 1 of this special 2 part Marfan Awareness Month series. We share our Valentines day stories and gush over our Minnesota roots, and Michael shares his Marfan diagnosis story, and what it was like to be diagnosed as a young adult and having to choose […]

Andy, Joleen, and Alex talk home defense, self-defense and anxiety and share some ways we keep ourselves safe, including baseball bats with interesting things written on them. We talk about how comedy has been changing and evolving and where we draw the line. Joleen shares that it’s been a while since she’s performed standup and […]

Comedian, actress, model, and musician Janine Hogan joins us to talk about life with Epilepsy. We talk about how she was diagnosed at a young age and has had to experience a condition that is widely misunderstood, with no known cause or cure. We learn about the many precautions she has to take to avoid […]

The Minnesota Episode! Comedian and Minnesotan Tom McNaughton joins us to talk about the role football has in our lives. We talk about the difficult relationship Minnesotan’s have with the Minnesota Vikings and we share our reactions to the “Minneapolis Miracle.” Andy shares the unique role that football played in the relationship she had with her […]

Comedian, writer, and artist Sarah Dorfman joins us to talk about the surprising connection between eating disorders and ADHD, and her interesting diagnosis journey. She shares how therapy and psychoanalysis has helped, and she gives advice on who to confide in if you think you may have issues with food. We talk about how comedy […]

Joleen, Andy and Alex are joined this week again by Pat Susmilch to have open and silly no judgment conversations about the weird, silly and sometimes gross health things we experience. We also talk how our health conditions are affecting our dreams. We talk about how much we value the community of this podcast and […]