In today's episode Nicky P and Lizzie address a question that Nicky began asking while reading The Confidence Gap by Russ Harris: Is Self Esteem Good? It seems heretical to ask the question especially when both Nicky and Lizzie have struggled with debilitating social anxiety their whole lives, but the question wouldn't leave Nicky alone. So here he is with his best friend to hash out the implications of this question on their own lives and perhaps what it means for little Erma. Does the term need thrown out with the bathwater baby or is there something else that might make more sense to use? Does Lizzie think Nicky is a moron for even asking the question. Listen and find out.

Media We Mention

• Whose Body? - Dorothy Sayers
• Little Dorrit - Charles Dickens
• Civil Rights: Rhetoric or Reality - Thomas Sowell
• The Machiavellians: Defenders of Freedom - James Burnam
• The Hellbound Heart - Clive Barker
• Firefly: Big Damn Hero - James Lovegrove
• The Confidence Gap - Russ Harris
• Johannes Cabal The Detective - Jonathan L Howard

  That Lisa Lady Liz Loves: Organize 365   Featured Music

• 1st Song: E.T.F. - Mr. Pseu
• 2nd Song: I Quit - Disaster Committee