Sanesplaining

Anxiety and Buspar update. Alex Jones. Dan and Margaret's upcoming books. Special guest is Matthew Haines (Chigger Matthews) author of Rockstar/Paperman/Scissorhand from Spartan Press. Space Force! Space Ghost! Meditation. William Shatner stole my Vraylar. MFA Programs.

Sadness. Screaming into the void. Dan tries to act normal.

Dan gives a medication update concerning his Buspar. Dan and Margaret talk '80s rock lyrics. Then, Dan is joined by Dr. Chase Dimock, managing editor of As It Ought to Be, to talk about Dan's essay, "Mania Makes Me a Better Poet."

The dream of the Amaretto Sour man dies a quick death. Nathan Graziano stops by and we go into detail about the ins and outs of being hospitalized for mental health. We talk about it both from a patient and caregiver point of view.

A poem I wrote.

Amaretto Sours and the Amaretto Sour lifestyle. We talk loneliness, despair and hope. Our special guest is poet, publisher and editor Jason Ryberg. His books include "A Secret History of the Nighttime World" and "Zeus-X-Mechanica." Jason reads a few poems, talks about chasing snakes, a new press and much more.

Dan returns from a writer's residency. We talk about that. We discuss why Bubba shot the jukebox. All sorts of things, really.

Dan turns 45. We ask if boredom is different for bipolar people. Then, Kat Giordano joins us to talk about her new book, "The Poet Confronts Bukowski's Ghost." We also talk Philosophical Idiot, loneliness, and Tori Amos.

Dan and Margaret talk D&D anxiety. Then, we're joined by Dr. Chase Dimock to talk about the glut of good television out there. Would Emily Dickinson have written so much if she had Netflix? We talk Los Angeles. We talk celebrity sausage, Jimmy Dean style. Basically, this week we have a show of many different topics.

D&D update. Intrusive thoughts. Deconstructing Conway Twitty.