Doing Time

Drew Loryn and Matt Brown sit down and discuss the topic of isolation. They talk about the feelings of isolation during depression and how its both similar and different from forced isolation in quarantine. Matt talks about the most isolating time in his life while he was only 11 years old, and Drew talks about the most isolating time in her life when he was 19 years old.

Trigger Warning: The following content may contain graphic references to abuse, neglect, violence, eating disorders, and self harm.

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Drew Loryn and Matt Brown sit down with Chicago Comedian, Actor, and Writer, Sabeen Sadiq. Sabeen talks about her struggles dealing with her brother who has bipolar and borderline personality disorder. She also discusses finding herself through this as she was always labelled as her brothers caretaker. Tune in to discover how Sabeen has worked on distinguishing her own identity from her brothers.

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Drew Loryn sits down with public speaker and mental health advocate, Haley Epstein. Haley discusses her experience and struggles with depression, anxiety, bipolar, and an eating disorder. She talks about how she went from bottling things in to speaking to hundreds of people about her struggles with mental health. In the end, Haley gives advice to anyone who is having a hard time managing their mental health and what to do about it.

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Drew Loryn sits down with TJ and Gena from Menage a Pod podcast; a dating and relationships podcast based in Chicago. Gena discusses how the relationship with her mother has impacted her romantic relationships. She also discusses her relationship with therapy and her journey throughout it. TJ talks about his past traumas throughout his life and how they have impacted his relationships. In the end, he shares his experience of having Covid-19 and the craziness of what happened when he went on the news and shared his story.

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Drew Loryn and Matt Brown sit down with Chicago actor and comedian Zako Ryan. They discuss his struggles with anxiety and where they stem from. He tells the story of his traumatic experiences throughout high school and then joining the military. He then discusses how his traumatic experiences contributed to this anxiety and how he now copes with it today.

Trigger Warning: The following content contains references to violence, eating disorders, self harm, and more.

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Drew Loryn and Matt Brown sit down with Chicago comedian and writer Dario Durham and discuss how Dario has overcome many challenges. He talks about how he worked on the struggles of always wanting to people please. He also mentions how this created anxiety and the steps he took to make it better.

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Drew Loryn brings on Matt Brown to co-host the podcast. They discuss the purpose of this and intentions behind this. They go into details about not only why they are producing the podcast this way, but how they are trying to build it in the future.

They then sit down with their dear friend Carolyn Simon to talk about her struggles throughout High School and College with an Eating Disorder. They also discuss her struggles with depression as well as how having a breast reduction helped her recover from an eating disorder. Carolyn also elaborates on what helped her in recovery and how having an image of her ideal self in the future helped her cope during the time of her struggles.

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Drew Loryn and Matt Brown sit down with Chicago Comedian Katie Oliver. Katie discusses being hospitalized two times and having very different experiences in both situations. She talks about EMDR therapy as well as being apart of a dual-diagnosis therapy program later in life. And most importantly, Katie stresses the importance of staying true to yourself.

Trigger Warning: The following content contains references to violence, war, eating disorders, self harm, and more.

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Drew Loryn sits down with writer, stand-up, producer, and actor Matt Brown to discuss his upbringing, his families denial of his race, and how all of this impacted him and brought him to the place he is in today.

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Drew Loryn sits down with Suzzane Ballout to discuss her time when she got stuck in the war during Lebanon, experiencing isolation from that, and talks about body images issues and body positivity.

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