I’m Lori Gottlieb, author of Maybe You Should Talk To Someone. And I’m Guy Winch, author of Emotional First Aid. We’re both advice columnists, TED speakers, and of course therapists in clinical practice who want to bring the lessons of the therapy room outside the therapy room… to all of you. Each week on DEAR THERAPISTS, we invite you to be a fly-on-the-wall in these personal, raw, transformative sessions with everyday people and then hear what happens when we give concrete, actionable advice and have them report back to let us know how things went after the session ended. We’re sharing these real sessions because we believe that everyone can benefit from hearing how people just like them get through their struggles and grow and change. So sit back and come into the therapy room with us… and prepare to learn a lot about yourself in the process.
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The Tight Rope
As we navigate the balance between hope and uncertainty, we invite you to join Dr. Cornel West & Professor Tricia Rose on The Tight Rope, a weekly program where we welcome listeners and guests as thought collaborators.
The Tight Rope is rich in creative, unfiltered dialogue on topics ranging from culture, art, and music to the contours of systemic racism, philosophy, the power of Socratic self-examination, and the possibilities of a peaceful and just world. Our innovative and interactive format will highlight the professors’ combined expertise to encourage critical thinking, self-reflection, and human connection as we navigate The Tight Rope.
Nice White Parents
If you want to understand what’s wrong with our public schools, you have to look at what is arguably the most powerful force in shaping them: white parents. A five-part series from the makers of Serial and The New York Times. Hosted by Chana Joffe-Walt.
Subscribe today at nytimes.com/podcasts or on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and Amazon Music. You can also subscribe via your favorite podcast app here https://www.nytimes.com/activate-access/audio?source=podcatcher. For more podcasts and narrated articles, download The New York Times app at nytimes.com/app.
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Lives Less Ordinary
Introducing a new season of five remarkable true stories in which love rises above prejudice, waits decades, crosses oceans and survives war. From India to Italy, Syria to the Bahamas, and the UK to the US, these are unforgettable stories that reveal how love can survive against the odds, heal old wounds and transform lives forever.
Lives Less Ordinary is a podcast from the BBC World Service that brings you the most incredible true stories from around the world. Each episode a guest shares their most dramatic, moving, personal story. Listen for unbelievable twists, mysteries uncovered, and inspiring journeys – spanning the entire human experience. Step into someone else’s life and expect the unexpected.
Got a story to tell? Send an email to liveslessordinary@bbc.co.uk or message us via WhatsApp: 0044 330 678 2784
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Everyday Lesbians
From relationships to pop culture, current events to what’s in their cup – it’s your favorite everyday lesbians talking about everything in their world! Join real-life couple: author and speaker Brit Barron and photographer and creative director Sami Cromelin as they invite listeners into their living room for a fun, totally real, totally off-the-rails gab sesh. It’s like sitting down with your two new best friends (only better because you won’t get in trouble for chatting at work).
Travel Tales by Afar | Stories from the Road
Travel, at its best, changes the way we see the world. Each week, Travel Tales by Afar shares first-person travel stories from people who took a trip—and came home transformed.
These aren’t your typical travel podcasts full of destination tips and packing lists; they’re intimate, character-driven travel anecdotes about the moments that turn a trip into a journey of self discovery through travel.
You’ll hear unique travel experiences—a hitchhiking adventure across unfamiliar borders, one of our food and travel stories that turns into an education in a new culture, a wildlife travel experience that tests what someone is willing to risk for a closer look at the natural world. Some episodes lean into cultural exploration; others are studies in travel and personal growth, the kind that only shows up after the itinerary falls apart.
Together, they add up to a growing library of international travel tales built for real travel inspiration—not the filtered, aspirational kind, but the kind that comes from hearing how transformative travel actually happens, in the moment, when things go sideways.
Travel Tales by Afar is your ticket to the world: no passport required, just fifteen minutes and an open mind.
BIRDS EYE VIEW
Introducing BIRDS EYE VIEW, a podcast that gives you a new perspective on women in prison.
Made with women incarcerated in the north of Australia, the podcast takes you inside Sector Four, where scars and regret overlap with hope, horoscopes and beauty hacks.
This 10-episode audio journey is the result of a two-year storytelling project involving more than 70 women imprisoned in the Darwin Correctional Centre.
“We made this podcast ‘cause we want to shake things up and show you who we really are.”
Collectively hosted by 18 women, each episode centres on a theme, using interviews, poetry, satire and prison soundscapes to tell the story. From the holding cells where women are strip-searched, to ‘industries’ where Qantas headsets get cleaned, women share their personal stories of survival and resilience.
“Not his-stories, HER-stories!”
Staying Up with Cammie and Taryn
By lovebirds Cammie Scott and Taryn Arnold, Staying Up is a podcast. These lesbians have a sleepover every night, and every week, you’re invited to join. From deep talks to hot goss, Taryn and Cammie are awake and ready.
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Life on the Outside
Life on the Outside is a podcast that shares stories about returning to society after decades of incarceration. For many, the process of reentry is complex and they navigate society that is in many ways very different from the one they left decades earlier.
The Secret Life of Prisons
The Secret Life of Prisons is produced by a charity, the Prison Radio Association. To make a donation please visit prison.radio/donate. The podcast tells the hidden stories from behind bars. Paula Harriott is Chief Executive of Unlock. She spent time in prison and now works to help those who have been to prison to contribute to the debate around crime and justice. Phil Maguire is the Chief Executive of the Prison Radio Association. He’s worked in prisons for two decades and received an OBE for services to radio.
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