Let’s (Not) Talk About It
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Let’s (Not) Talk About It
"Let’s (Not) Talk About It” is a groundbreaking new podcast that will change how we talk about trauma. We'll share the stories of ordinary people overcoming extraordinary tragedies, traumas and suffering. One thing they all have in common: They learned how to thrive rather than just survive. And we'...
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22 episodi
Boyhood to Womanhood: An Intersectionalist Coming-of-Age Story
“Dressing as a woman for the first drag for the first time certainly had an enormous impact on my life.”
An award-winning author, artist and jou...
Writing to Heal: A Poet's Story of Childhood Sexual Abuse
“There's a tremendous amount of stigma about coming forward, especially for men.”
It wasn’t until Phil Goldstein was 30 years old he began unpa...
Dead Numb: Overcoming Heartache, Abuse & Addiction
“Every single day was just complete hell.”
Ashley Brumbaugh’s father was her hero without a cape. So, when he was diagnosed with cancer, Ashley...
Behind the Scenes: Get To Know the Podcast Co-Hosts
"I knew that if we were to share people's stories, we would help connect others and help others find a positive path forward in some way."
Left Behind - A Story of Murder-Suicide
"It’s so surreal to lose two people at the same time, especially in this sort of really dramatic, violent, unthinkable sort of way. "
Sar...
From Porn Sets to Pulpits: A Gay Christian's Story of Surviving the Sex Industry
"I deceived myself to believe that I was being empowered."
Aaron Crowley was attending college in LA when a talent scout for a gay porn s...
Chronically Successful, Mentally and Physically Ill
“Starting your own business is this perfect incubator for a mental health crisis.”
On paper, Jessica Manuszak totally has her life toget...
Inside a Schizophrenic Mind
“Near the end of the worst part of my schizophrenia break, I really wasn't living in reality; I was living in hell.”
Apollo Ellis’ resume reads...
Prostituted & Pimped: Life after a Quarter-Century in the Streets
“My opportunity to be a kid got taken from me very early in my life.”
Brenda Myers-Powell was just a child when she turned to prositution to su...
From Horror to Hope: A Sandy Hook Survivor Story
“The very first thing I thought when I heard the first shot wasn't why, but it was, "I can't believe the Columbine is happening here.”
In...
Hungry for an Identity
“If I'm good at being tiny, I'm going to be the best tiniest person I can be.”
Growing up in a picture-perfect family, Amber Hart always...
Swinging Back at Bipolar
“Even opening my eyes was just a miserable experience and I just didn't understand it.”
Two years after her sister’s death and in the grips of...
Murder, He Wrote
David Crow grew up poor on the Navajo Indian reservation with a dad who loved telling stories of his Cherokee ancestry and his bravery in World War II...
Setting Sights on Invisible Illness
Chantel Soumis was 25 when an ordinary trip to the mall ended in a doctor's office -- and a life-changing diagnosis. While that diagnosis gave Chantel...
Beyond Borderline
“I remember always asking my mother, can I please see a doctor? Can I please see a shrink? This is not normal.”
Sulome Anderson wasn’t ev...
Fostering Love and Hope
After a childhood filled with violence and abuse, Rob Scheer ended up in foster care. He moved through the system with his belongings in a trash bag....
When Men Kill Women
“Your love is not going to change that person.”
From childhood, Nupur Srivastava had everything going for her: She was beautiful...
Hitting the High Notes
“As soon as I began to talk about it, it wasn’t so scary anymore.”
Sims Tillirson was just a child when he had a traumatic experience at the han...
Unshushing the Deafening Silence of Hollywood
"If somebody like him can be brought to justice, then anybody can be."
Jessica Barth was best known as a Hollywood actor until a scandal involv...
Modern-Day Slavery in the Land of the Free
“Yes, I am free. But am I really free, though?”
Slavery was abolished in 1865 in America, but as Evelyn Chumbow knows too well, it still happens...
Picture Your Son in Prison
“Hey, Mom... um, soo, um, I'm locked up right now...”
Marcus Bullock was 15 when he was sentenced to 8 years in an adult maximum securit...
Introducing...Let’s (Not) Talk About It
"Let’s (Not) Talk About It" is a groundbreaking new podcast that will change how we talk about trauma. We'll share the stories of ordinary people over...