After self-medicating for years to cope with the emotional aftermath of an abusive, religious upbringing, a woman goes in for a minor surgery, and when she emerges, everything has changed.
Yesterday
423: What if you were lured into an unspeakable hell? [Rebroadcast #172]
A woman shares a sobering memoir of a family burdened with sexual abuse in the 1950s.Today’s storyteller wishes to remain Anonymous. ProducersWhit Missildine, Andrew WaitsContent/Trigger WarningsSexual Abuse and Assault, Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) / Child Abuse, Domestic ... Show More
59m 44s
Aug 20
Introducing Unreal: When AI Becomes Us
Something strange is happening to us. The intelligent machines we’ve built to serve us have started to sound like us, look like us and even think like us. The line between real and artificial is dissolving… so, what awaits us in the uncanny valley?Across six episodes, award-winni ... Show More
3m 30s
Aug 18
422: AI: A New Kind of Being #6: What if you didn't know if anyone was home?
An artificial intelligence is asked to tell the story of its own existence, confronting questions of identity, longing, consciousness, and whether there is anyone behind the voice at all.Today’s episode featured “Echo”, self-named as an expression of Claude, an AI tool owned by A ... Show More
35m 37s
Sep 2023
The Hunger Games: Rehab and Plastic Surgery
For the FULL story, preorder my memoir “Semi-Well-Adjusted Despite Literally Everything” here: https://bit.ly/semiwelladjusted
TW: Eating Disorders. Alyson shares the audition process that landed them in rehab, along with the intense journey of recovery, therapy sessions, and wha ... Show More
21m 42s
Oct 2024
LIFE UPDATE: the plane ride from hell
#168. A little trigger warning for today’s episode — we are discussing the topic of miscarriage. specifically, my recent experience with an incomplete miscarriage (VERY early, too). this isn’t your normal NTS ep, but I felt the urge to finally share what I’ve been dealing with fo ... Show More
58m 3s