That's So Mental

Comedian and wonderful human, Barry Rothbart joins Ilana and Cristina in the studio this week to chat about the process of creating his podcast, Searching for Allan Rothbart. Cristina explains what to do if your air mattress breaks in the woods. And Ilana attempts to find people with good home lives to see how it's done. Do deadbeat dads still exist? Write in to TSM and share your dad story, we love them!

Endorsements: Atomic Habits, Dating your spouse, call a friend back east

Shoutout: The Shrink Next Door, Wellbutrin, Therapy...always

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Thank you to our producer and sound engineer, Elizabeth Baquet and everyone at Ninth Planet Audio. Theme song created by Mike Costantini.

Special Thanks to Dave Kneebone at AbsoLutely. 

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Comedian and postpartum activist, Angelina Spicer, has taken her pain and turned it into action, helping women all over the world. This accidental activist is such a badass! Did you know 70% of new moms have intrusive thoughts?! Cristina and Ilana are here to help bring light and transparency to all the hard topics. Here's a hot tip for breastfeeding; stick that nip through the bars of the crib!

Check out Angelina's show, Sept 20th, 4pm @spiceymoms are at @hollywoodimprov! Come out for a good cause.

Shoutouts: Ginko Biloba is making a comeback, Jessica Langer for the heads up that breast feeding is HARD,

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Solo babes Cristina Fernandez and Ilana Cohn Sullivan get into their feelings. And it's okay, they aren't robots, they FEEL! Would you let your kid date a robot? Larry and Mars make Lars. Let's be present in the world. How are you staying grounded and sane? Share your practice with us, we need it!

Endorsements: Watch Lena Dunham's Too Much with Megan Stalter, it's brilliant

Shoutout: Shoutout to Leslie Stevens from stopping Ilana before she went full robot world, Single tear master? Margot Robbie in Babylon

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We want to hear from our international audience! DM us or email at [email protected].

Thank you to our producer and sound engineer, Elizabeth Baquet and everyone at Ninth Planet Audio. Theme song created by Mike Costantini.

Special Thanks to Dave Kneebone at AbsoLutely. 

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This week's extraordinary, beautiful, talented guest, Sofia Gonzalez joins the overly caffeinated tangent twins, Cristina and Ilana, with some HOT metaphors. Sofia shares her experience with Postpartum Anxiety (PPA) and intrusive thoughts. Goodbye Snakes! And her practice of radical gratitude. Can you be as excited about the rough stuff as the good? Give it a go! And BTW, hobbies are good for the soul, motivation and conversation starters.

Shoutouts: Magnesium, L-Theanine, Michael Caine's Biography, Henry Winkler's Biography

Endorsements: Good Hang with Amy Poehler, Las Culturistas, K-pop Demon Hunters, books! OLD BOOKS! The Inner Game of Tennis, Collagen Peptites

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This week's guest, filmmaker, actor, and writer, Heather McCallum is in the studio after having shot her film, Pairing, which took a solid ten years to happen! Keep going people, shit takes time. Ilana is ready to go full Yogi - in her mind. Cristina is ready to take down pedestrians just walking and staring at their phones (justifiably so).

Shoutouts: Infrared Sauna, The Duplass Brothers, Mary Pat Bentel, Julia Eringer

Endorsements: Paring , Coming in Hot Fitness, South Park, Late Night Shows, The Daily with Sandra O

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Comedian, writer and Jersey girl dream guest, Jodi Miller, joins us in studio to talk important topics like postpartum after adoption, plump lips, and what trash she has in her bag, You can catch Jodi on Funny You Should Ask. Fentanyl and children ruin cocaine but they're still worth it.

Endorsements: Karaoke at Vitellos, kayaking, lip blushing

Shoutout: Dorien Davis hair, MDMA

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We want to hear from our international audience! DM us or email at [email protected].

Thank you to our producer and sound engineer, Elizabeth Baquet and everyone at Ninth Planet Audio. Theme song created by Mike Costantini.

Special Thanks to Dave Kneebone at AbsoLutely. 

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Actor, voice actor and activist, Parvesh Cheena joins Ilana and Cristina today in the studio for some hot goss circe de 2008. Cristina educates them on how gossip is actually the most important form of communication. Did you know American's are loud, have white teeth, and always want water? This is how you find them in Europe. You need more fiber and to get your colon checked, and get that Psyllium husk! We are all cults - shoutout to Jane Borden. Microverse vs. Macroverse - stay local, be with friends, count your blessings!

Endorsements: The Queen of my Dreams by Fawzia Mirza, Let Them by Mel Robins, Gardening

Shoutout: If you get a chance, check out, “Im not a robot," a film about woman who fails captcha test. Dunbar's Number (By using the average human brain size and extrapolating from the results of primates, he proposed that humans can comfortably maintain 150 stable relationships.)

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We want to hear from our international audience! DM us or email at [email protected].

Thank you to our producer and sound engineer, Elizabeth Baquet and everyone at Ninth Planet Audio. Theme song created by Mike Costantini.

Special Thanks to Dave Kneebone at AbsoLutely. 

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It's Book Club July and we will be announcing this month's book in a couple days! Ilana and Cristina are flying solo this week and are ready for summer, what are you all up to? Hit us up at [email protected]. We talk post work and post show lows, financial literacy and the general state of the world. And Ilana cut bangs!

Endorsements: Eye Contact, Grounding

Shoutout: You Need a Budget, Financial Feminist Podcast

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We want to hear from our international audience! DM us or email at [email protected].

Thank you to our producer and sound engineer, Elizabeth Baquet and everyone at Ninth Planet Audio. Theme song created by Mike Costantini.

Special Thanks to Dave Kneebone at AbsoLutely. 

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Jessica Langer, owner of Sisterwife, is a multitalented artist, esoteric astrological coach, and designer who was once asked out by Screech's (by his dad)! Now she's helping people uncover their soul's gift to the world! Jessica gives Cristina and Ilana full incredible readings that are so informative. These ladies go deep and talk mysticism, life's coincidences and how lawyers are great actors. Cristina is a Sagittarius, a born performer and now has babies who were born to brunch. Ilana is a Libra with a mystery rising sign, and is having a black egg kind of day.

Book a session with Jessica Here!

Shoutouts: The Studio, Heidi Rose Robbins' The Radiance Project, Eggs

Endorsements: The Wild Unknown Animal Spirit Deck by Kim Krans, Making Soup, Rick Rubin and all he does.

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We'd love to hear about your mental health journey, DM us or email at [email protected].

Thank you to our producer and sound engineer, Elizabeth Baquet and everyone at Ninth Planet Audio. Theme song created by Mike Costantini.

Special Thanks to Dave Kneebone at AbsoLutely. 

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The delightful, super talented Christine Lakin joins TSM this week and shares her Hollywood wild ride. All the pivot moments have lead her to a great spot as a director, but she still struggles with anxiety.. . because she's a human woman! These ladies talk deadlines and day dreams of an office of one's own, hormones, and camel toe.

Cristina is still Fringe Festival-ing. Go check her out!

ALSO, It's time for the TSM Book Club!! We would love to hear what you want to read and we can all read it together! Email us at [email protected].

Shoutouts: Femmenessence Supplements, Lucy Dacus,

Endorsements: Vegas - Adult style, Sleeping until 2pm, Live music, Flow Theory, Early Bird Clubbing

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We'd love to hear about your mental health journey, DM us or email at [email protected].

Thank you to our producer and sound engineer, Elizabeth Baquet and everyone at Ninth Planet Audio. Theme song created by Mike Costantini.

Special Thanks to Dave Kneebone at AbsoLutely. 

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