This is an introductory episode a little late in the season with some insane digressions about how much joy bartering at farmer's markets brings us and a bit of conversation about who the two mad fools are sitting behind the microphones.

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Chessie and Zakim explore the dumbest possible cyberpunk dystopia through the lens of wellness and politics. They heavily contemplate drinking their way through this episode.

Chessie and Zakim spend a bit shrieking into the void about money, mental health, and the weird way we keep worshiping wealth even when we don't really mean to.

This is an episode about sleep health. Recording without sleep is miserable. Thankfully, we have Zakim, who knows vastly more about sleeping well than I do.

No caffeine 10 hours before sleep

No food 3-4 hours before sleep

Low liquids a few hours before sleep

Low light exposure 2 hours before sleep (candle light, or low brightness light at ground level, no digital screens)+

Boring, relaxing activities to make you sleepy, no high dopamine activities

When there are profit incentives to diagnose someone with something, particularly in the mental health space, it sure seems to make the whole world sicker. This week we discuss the epidemic of over-diagnosis and our experiences with it.

This week on Healthy Hearts, the usual cast of idiots discuss the madness at the heart of social media activism. Are you changing the world or just making yourself nuts? Or were you nuts to start with and now just have a louder megaphone?

We're all fighting for our lives and wallets against an eternal tide of garbage trying to rob us of our last penny by telling us how amazing our lives will be if we just buy their crap. How do you deal with the permanent agony of being advertised to? Chessie and Zakim hunt for answers to this age old question.

The first of our mental health episodes which turned out to be a shockingly deep well to delve. I've no doubt we're going to have loads of these throughout the years. Zakim and Chessie were dealing with a pile of emotional issues at the time and decided to make it everyone's problem.

Some giggles about the future, the past, and some surprisingly good advice on the topic of dealing with mental health issues.

This was the fourth episode recorded and the only one of our early episodes that survived a hard-drive crash. I'm uploading it because it's a bit of a fun look back at what we thought the podcast should look like. Blessedly, it doesn't look like this and my editing skills are vastly improved. We also have better intro music.

I don't know why we decided to tackle smoking.

On this week's episode, Chessie does a regrettable American accent and Zakim provides perspective on dealing with Lithuanian mental health professionals. There is also some extensive discussion of drugs, both prescription and non-prescription as well as the overwhelming mess we're all trying to medicate ourselves out of. The question is, should we?