logo
episode-header-image
May 2024
55m 59s

What do trigger warnings actually do?

PJ Vogt
About this episode
A listener’s brother dies by suicide, and afterwards, she finds herself angered by trigger warnings about suicide. She wants to know — are these actually helping other people? Or is it just something we do because we think we’re supposed to?Support the show: searchengine.show 
Up next
Aug 28
The Killing of the Gaza Chef
Mahmud Almadhoun ran a soup kitchen in the north of the Gaza Strip. In November 2024, he was killed. A reporter tries to answer a big question. Was Mahmud intentionally targeted? And if so, what does that mean about the future of war?Listen to The Gaza Chef.Become a premium membe ... Show More
49m 20s
Aug 21
The Chosen One
A listener asks: whose penis gets the top spot on the Wikipedia page for penis?Our quest for an answer takes us on a surprisingly philosophical journey — where we learn about the cutthroat fight to be number one and the extremely overthink-y debate that precedes the coronation.Wi ... Show More
47m 46s
Aug 11
A road trip through the data center debate
The midterms are approaching, and as the discourse heats up, one of big new villains is: a kind of building. Data centers. Reporter Jasmine Sun took a road trip through two swing states to meet the people living at the center of these debates, and to understand where this all mig ... Show More
40m 31s
Recommended Episodes
May 2022
Viewers Questions on Depression w/ Dr. Alfiee
Trigger Warning: Discussions of suicideSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. 
9m 21s
Apr 2024
MINI: Truth About Emergency Contraception
Think twice before he comes...**Trigger Warning** This piece discusses suicideFollow Sofia on: Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/sofiafranklyn TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@sofiafranklyn Twitter - https://twitter.com/sofiafranklyn Threads - https://www.threads.net/@sofiafr ... Show More
12m 36s
Oct 2019
Ep 06 – Triggers
Triggers are a huge thing that people deal with when grieving a suicide death. Everybody we interviewed for this podcast talked about triggers, and you are probably hyper aware of them too. A noise, a specific location, a smell, something you see on TV, a season of the year, a pa ... Show More
16m 3s
Feb 2021
Feeling Like A Burden/Getting Therapy/Parents Invalidating Your Mental Health
TW// Mention of suicide What is therapy like? Why do we feel like our mental health needs are a burden? What do we do when our parents invalidate our mental health? Why do people feel attacked when someone questions them? We meant to talk about therapy but ended talking about all ... Show More
53m 16s
Sep 2023
Suicide Prevention Month
**Trigger Warning** In this episode we talk about September’s Suicide Prevention month, the statistics and Kait’s journey 
31m 47s
Dec 2024
Grief is Like a Fingerprint
This episode contains discussions of a death by suicide. Please take care listening. Recently, on Where Should We Begin, we've been focusing on the things we sweep under the rug in our relationships—conversations that we have a hard time having with ourselves let alone with othe ... Show More
45m 36s
Feb 2023
Trigger Warnings! What are triggers and how to reduce their impact
tail spinning
30m 24s
May 2023
278: What if you couldn't keep her safe?
<p>In the wake of her uncle’s untimely death, a woman bears the brunt of her mother’s long mental health decline, struggling to keep her safe from herself, and in the wake of tragedy, finds a way to help thousands of others like her.&nbsp;</p><p><br></p><p>Today’s episode feature ... Show More
51m 26s
Nov 2021
213: What if they were murdered trying to protect you?
tail spinning
49m 56s
Nov 2016
7 | Phineas Gage
We explore the man who committed suicide and the circumstances leading to his death. Plus the mysterious suicide note. 
30m 19s