Factory Settings Podcast

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, discuss self-censorship this week. They talk about what it means in today’s society and how the higher your social status the more fearful and self-censoring you become. They share instances where they’ve found themselves self-censoring, when it can be usef…

We Answer A Question Asked By A Substack Supporter

Question: I'm curious about your parenting expectations. I'm sure you want your daughter to avoid the issues you both faced. But does that mean limiting her freedom to explore and take risks? Are you hoping for a traditional path college, business school, running a hedge fund or something more adventurou…

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, explore the topic of creativity. They discuss what the word means to them, the preconceptions they have about being creative, what it means to go into a creative field professionally, and why creativity can be found in virtually every aspect of human experi…

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, tackle the topic of porn this week. They discuss their first exposure to it as kids, how much access to it has changed since then, the pornification of everything, Bridget’s short-term addiction to it, and whether or not it’s possible to have a healthy rela…

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, talk about love and relationships for Valentine’s Day. They share their first “spark” moment, and how their first date had them literally walking down an aisle together, their past relationships, previous marriages, confusing lust for love, wanting a love a…

Join us for our first ever Factory Settings Q&A!

Question: What was the most difficult situation that either of you had to deal with after getting sober, and how did you deal with it?

Bed bugs, broken hearts and our beloved dog, Hope—the struggle is real.

Factory Settings is a podcast exploring politics, culture, relationships, mental health, addiction, a…

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, discuss money and financial anxiety this week. The talk about their first awareness of money, the roles their parents’ divorces played in financial stress, the dichotomy of being stressed about money and also being aware of how good they have it, how much o…

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, talk about therapy this week. They share their own experiences with therapy and how effective it’s been for them, what made Jeren want to become a therapist, the difference between understanding something, being self-aware, and allowing those emotions to be…

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, dissect self-disclosure in both private and public spaces in this week’s episode. They cover self-disclosure in our culture, the rise of therapy, how if you self-disclose publicly you’re opening yourself up to other people’s opinions and interpretations of …

Bridget Phetasy and her co-host/husband Jeren Montgomery, a licensed marriage & family therapist, discuss social media this week. They both share their first interactions on social media, when they started to be immersed in the online world, Buddyhead, Myspace, Facebook, Twitter, Reddit & Instagram. Bridget talks about the surprising impact Dane Cook ha…