The Dean Abbott Podcast

In this episode, part-time poet Dan Rattelle shares a couple of his poems, and we discuss a few of our favorites.

In this episode, I talk with Giff Lasta, a marriage coach, about what makes relationships work and exactly what is masculine frame.

In this episode, I talk with writer and Twitter personality Samia Shoaib about trauma, childhood sexual abuse, and its long-term effects on survivors.

In this episode, I talk to author Bruce Colbert about how we can stop negative thoughts.

In this episode, I talk with Caleb Kirtser who writes under the handle Guy Alaska about his life as a homesteader in, as you might imagine, Alaska.

In this episode, I talk with writer and Twitter personality Brad Demousio/ Survivor about his time in prison and the lessons it taught him.

In this episode, I talk with Ashley Fitzgerald about how we can maintain a positive orientation toward life in the face of modern challenges, about community and exactly what doomer optimism is.

In this episode, I talk to professor and writer Duncan Reyburn about Rene Girard, the human condition and why we do what we do.

In this episode, I talk with writer and teacher Kale Zelden about teaching, the crisis of meaning and the role of Great Books.

In this episode, I talk with Twitter personality Christiana Miller about gender and shame.