In this week’s episode, both of our storytellers confront their secret shames and learn to accept themselves, warts and all.
Part 1: Comedian Amy Veltman doesn’t want to acknowledge her embarrassing gastrointestinal issues.
Part 2: Mike Lambert seeks a friend’s help to pick out new glasses, but his secret body dysmorphia threatens to undo him.
Amy Veltman is ... Show More
Yesterday
Blood & Guts: Stories about hemoglobin and intestines
In this week’s episode, we wade into the bloody (and sometimes gory) side of science. Part 1: Shawn Musgrave wants to donate blood, but runs headfirst into the FDA’s lifetime ban on gay men as donors. Part 2: While working with the condor recovery program, Molly Astell opens a fr ... Show More
24m 37s
May 2024
Women Talkin’ ‘Bout Murder - 1. Cruise Ship
Jobeth and Donna investigate a couple who raised listener suspicion on the therapy podcast Say More Dr? Sheila when it was revealed that they met on a cruise ship where the wife, still on her honeymoon, became a widow under mysterious circumstances. Dr? Sheila weighs in, as does ... Show More
28m 33s
May 2024
Can Babes Make Childbirth Funny?
On this week’s show, the hosts begin by reviewing Babes, Pamela Adlon’s (Better Things, Louie) directorial feature debut starring Ilana Glazer and Michelle Buteau. Through raunch-comedy and body horror, Babes explores childbirth and pregnancy through a refreshingly unromanticized ... Show More
57m 22s
Aug 2016
Magic Lessons Ep. 205: “Call Your Real Life By Its True Name” featuring Gary Shteyngart
This week on Magic Lessons, Elizabeth Gilbert advises Colleen, an advertising executive in New York City, who dreams of being a storyteller but fears it's a frivolous pursuit. Colleen hopes to create a one-woman show, mining stories from her childhood growing up in an Irish Catho ... Show More
1h 18m