Shame Spiral

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"It's Hard To Be A Person, Man" w/ Busy Philipps Jun 27, 2023

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This week I spiraled out with actor, writer and reproductive justice advocate Busy Philipps! (Girls5eva, Cougar Town, Busy Phillips Is Doing Her Best, This Will Only Hurt A Little) We talked fear of being a bad person, processed some internet drama, unpacked our experiences with experiental hippy therapies, pondered over how good it feels to smash things and the difficulty of directly asking for what you need, got real about our shameful struggle to stop saying "YOU GUYS," and so much more!
Plus, Busy shares a super juicy and vulnerable shame story about being in a moment of BIG feelings while doing Cougar Town, and subsequently giving an interview that was...not quite well-received by her co-workers.
Follow Busy on Instagram (her IG is amazing btw, if you don't follow her already I highly recommend,) Twitter & TikTok @busyphilipps, binge her immediately on Girls5eva, listen to her podcast Busy Philipps Is Doing Her Best & buy her memoir This Will Only Hurt A Little! It's all so good, get after all of it!
You can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @elykreimendahl, and the pod on Twitter and Instagram @podshamespiral, where I'm regularly posting fun video clips of especially juicy or hilarious moments from the episodes.
And we now have a Patreon! Please check it out, and if you've been enjoying the pod, PATRONIZE US! https://www.patreon.com/ShameSpiralPod
Audio Engineer/Editor: Sarah Gabrielli (check out her amazing podcast about the last lesbian bars in America @cruisingpod on Instagram and TikTok and listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cruising-a-lesbian-bar-road-trip/id1585850925
Original Music: Shadwick Wilde, Instagram and Twitter: @shadwickwilde
Cover Art: Cassidy Kulhanek, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok: @heavenlygrandpa
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"Compulsively Pressing The Relief Button" w/ Gianmarco Soresi Jun 20, 2023

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This week I spiraled out with stand up comic, actor and writer Gianmarco Soresi! (Comedy Central, JFL, The Late Late Show With James Corden) We talked being a child of divorce, contempt for institutions but desire for community, fear of being seen as a certain kind of man, zoom vs in-person therapy, existential crises, being a yeller from a yelling family, and so much more.
Plus, Gianmarco shares a shame story about being asked by his Mom for his assistance in a wine-cellar related mission against his soon-to-be ex-stepfather, and making a choice that led to a dynamic, complicated, big ol' messy spiral.
Follow Gianmarco on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok @gianmarcosoresi to stay posted of his upcoming stand up dates, and check out his hilarious podcast, The Downside With Gianmarco Soresi, everywhere you listen to podcasts.
You can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @elykreimendahl, and the pod on Twitter and Instagram @podshamespiral, where I'm regularly posting fun video clips of especially juicy or hilarious moments from the episodes.
And we now have a Patreon! Please check it out, and if you've been enjoying the pod, PATRONIZE US! https://www.patreon.com/ShameSpiralPod

Audio Engineer/Editor: Sarah Gabrielli (check out her amazing podcast about the last lesbian bars in America @cruisingpod on Instagram and TikTok and listen here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cruising-a-lesbian-bar-road-trip/id1585850925

Original Music: Shadwick Wilde, Instagram and Twitter: @shadwickwilde

Cover Art: Cassidy Kulhanek, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok: @heavenlygrandpa

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"Loud Jewish Women Who Change The F*cking World" w/ Vanessa Zoltan Jun 13, 2023

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This week I spiraled out with author, podcaster and atheist/Jewish/humanist chaplain extraordinaire Vanessa Zoltan! (Hot & Bothered, Praying With Jane Eyre) We talked internalized anti-semitism and loud, powerful Jewish women, wanting to be so good that no one can talk sh*t about you to their therapist, shame and love for the romance genre, treating secular things as sacred, and SO MUCH MORE!
Plus, Vanessa tells a shame story about being stalked in college, and navigating shame around not only the experience of that primary trauma, but friends' harmful and misattuned reactions to it.
Follow Vanessa on Twitter and Instagram @vanessazoltan, and listen to her SEVERAL incredible podcasts: Hot & Bothered (@therompod,) Harry Potter Sacred Text (hpsacredtext,) and The Real Question Podcast (@realquestionpod.) And buy Vanessa's new book "Praying For Jane Eyre" everywhere; it's amazing! https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/623433/praying-with-jane-eyre-by-vanessa-zoltan/
You can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @elykreimendahl, and the pod on Twitter and Instagram @podshamespiral, where I'm regularly posting fun video clips of especially juicy or hilarious moments from the episodes.
And we now have a Patreon! Please check it out, and if you've been enjoying the pod, PATRONIZE US! https://www.patreon.com/ShameSpiralPod

Original Music: Shadwick Wilde, Instagram and Twitter: @shadwickwilde

Cover Art: Cassidy Kulhanek, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok: @heavenlygrandpa

New episodes every Tuesday! Don't forget to subscribe, review and please leave those five shining stars!

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"Chronically Mature For My Age" w/ Yamini Nambimadom Jun 06, 2023

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This week I spiraled out with hilarious standup comedian, writer, actress & podcaster Yamini Nambimadom! (Pillow Fight Podcast, Chicago 10's) We talked about everyone thinking you're fine even when you're not, the struggle to ask for help, people pleasing, being a "difficult" child, immigrant parent expectations and feeling pressure to be the best, mean internet comments, dating, shame embodied as a horrible Beetle named Billy, and so much more!
Plus, Yamini shares a shame story about being in a relationship where she often felt judged by her ex-girlfriend's friends, and then making a small, very human error that left her feeling she was going to be SHUNNED FOR LIFE.
Follow Yamini on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok @showmetheyamz, and follow and listen to her comedy & culture podcast Pillow Fight @pillowfightpod everywhere you listen to podcasts! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/pillow-fight/id1534035677
And you can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @elykreimendahl, and the pod on Twitter and Instagram @podshamespiral, where I'm regularly posting fun video clips of especially juicy or hilarious moments from the episodes.
And we now have a Patreon! Please check it out, and if you've been enjoying the pod, PATRONIZE US! https://www.patreon.com/ShameSpiralPod

Original Music: Shadwick Wilde, Instagram and Twitter: @shadwickwilde

Cover Art: Cassidy Kulhanek, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok: @heavenlygrandpa

New episodes every Tuesday! Don't forget to subscribe, review and please leave those five shining stars!

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"A Perfect Storm Of Terrible Wonderful" w/ Maggie Smith May 30, 2023

Show notes

This week I spiraled out with brilliant poet, writer, editor and teacher Maggie Smith! (Good Bones, You Could Make This Place Beautiful.) We covered SO much juicy ground in this episode, diving deep into Midwestern humility and shame around success, what you owe or don't owe people as an artist, being an introverted kid with an extroverted mom, imposter syndrome, apologizing for your accomplishments, the idea of a "failed marriage," feeling shame about feeling shame, parenting fears, and so much more.
Plus, Maggie tells a shame story around her experience of her poem "Good Bones" going incredibly viral in 2016, launching her into literary stardom and creating a "perfect storm of terrible wonderful" in her life.
Follow Maggie on Twitter and Instagram @maggiesmithpoet, check out her website maggiesmithpoet.com, and buy her recently released memoir You Could Make This Place Beautiful. It's on The New York Times Bestseller list, and for what it's worth, I read it and can personally tell you it is A GORGEOUS ,SHATTERING, DEEPLY REAL MASTERPIECE that will make you feel better about life. Get after it.
You can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @elykreimendahl, and the pod on Twitter and Instagram @podshamespiral, where I'm regularly posting fun video clips of especially juicy or hilarious moments from the episodes.
And we now have a Patreon! Please check it out, and if you've been enjoying the pod, PATRONIZE US! https://www.patreon.com/ShameSpiralPod

Original Music: Shadwick Wilde, Instagram and Twitter: @shadwickwilde

Cover Art: Cassidy Kulhanek, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok: @heavenlygrandpa

New episodes every Tuesday! Don't forget to subscribe, review and please leave those five shining stars!

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"I'm A Real Legally Blond Truther" w/ Ilana Peña May 23, 2023

Show notes

This week I spiraled out with screenwriter, showrunner & director Ilana Peña! (Diary Of A Future President, Crazy Ex-Girlfriend) We talked how earnestly loving things can make you an easy target, the double punch of when shame and anxiety spirals intertwine, annoying film and theater school bros, feeling haunted by the fear of being a horrible person, being too anxious to do drugs, and so much more.
Plus, Ilana shares a hilarious and vulnerable shame story about how at the precise moment that she finally thought she had left her gullible, messy teenaged ways behind her and was living her best and savviest adult life...she was duped by some evil internet scammers, careening her into questioning EVERYTHING.
Follow Ilana on Instagram @lanstagram and watch Diary of a Future President on Disney+ while you still can- they're removing it from the platform 5/26! Gah! And you can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @elykreimendahl, and the pod on Twitter and Instagram @podshamespiral, where I'm regularly posting fun video clips of especially juicy or hilarious moments from the episodes.
And we now have a Patreon! Please check it out, and if you've been enjoying the pod, PATRONIZE US! https://www.patreon.com/ShameSpiralPod

Original Music: Shadwick Wilde, Instagram and Twitter: @shadwickwilde

Cover Art: Cassidy Kulhanek, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok: @heavenlygrandpa

New episodes every Tuesday! Don't forget to subscribe, review and please leave those five shining stars!

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"And This Is Why You Can't Trust Foxes" w/ Aparna Nancherla May 16, 2023

Show notes

This week I spiraled out with brilliant and hilarious stand up comic, writer & actress Aparna Nancherla! (The Standups, Crashing, Bojack Horsemen, Colbert) We talked the relentless suspicion that you're intrinsically wrong and how anxiety finds a million little ways to confirm that, spiraling over confrontation and relationships, flip-flopping between anxiety and depression, the torturous tension in both craving and fearing vulnerability, shame embodied as a bottomless pit, and so much more!
Plus, Aparna shares a shame story about being a pre-teen and having a slightly delayed response to helping a family member- and how she metabolized that objectively benign moment as evidence that there was something deeply unacceptable about her (don't worry, I force her to at least reconsider.)
Follow Aparna on Twitter and Instagram @aparnapkin for upcoming shows, check her website aparnacomedy.com and pre-order her forthcoming book Unreliable Narrator: Me, Myself and Impostor Syndrome here: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/622556/unreliable-narrator-by-aparna-nancherla/?ref=PRHE88723CCECD0&aid=9673&linkid=PRHE88723CCECD0
You can follow me on Instagram, Twitter and TikTok @elykreimendahl, and the pod on Twitter and Instagram @podshamespiral, where I'm regularly posting fun video clips of especially juicy or hilarious moments from the episodes.
And we now have a Patreon! Please check it out, and if you've been enjoying the pod, PATRONIZE US! https://www.patreon.com/ShameSpiralPod

Original Music: Shadwick Wilde, Instagram and Twitter: @shadwickwilde

Cover Art: Cassidy Kulhanek, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok: @heavenlygrandpa

New episodes every Tuesday! Don't forget to subscribe, review and please leave those five shining stars!

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"Settle Down, Sweet Yeti" w/ Lachrista Greco May 09, 2023

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This week I spiraled out with author, speaker, curator & librarian Lachrista Greco! (@theguerrillafeminist, Olive Grrrls: Italian North American Women & The Search For Identity) Lachrista has published several books with another coming soon, is doing incredible work around preventing and coping with digital violence, and is all-around brilliant, passionate, hilarious and so relatable.
We talked growing up with learning disabilities and the crushing ableism in the American education system, the horrors of adolescence, including crushes and mean girls, the agony of being considered boring, anxiety and obsessive thinking about what others think of you, shame embodied as frat-bro Yeti, and the power of learning self-advocacy as an antidote to shame.
Follow Lachrista's incredible Instagram @theguerillafeminist, check her website lachristagreco.com to learn more about the wonderful work she's doing, and subscribe to her Substack: lachrista.substack.com!
You can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @elykreimendahl, and the pod on Twitter and Instagram @podshamespiral, where I'm regularly posting fun video clips of especially juicy or hilarious moments from the episodes.
And we now have a Patreon! Please check it out, and if you've been enjoying the pod, PATRONIZE US! https://www.patreon.com/ShameSpiralPod

Original Music: Shadwick Wilde, Instagram and Twitter: @shadwickwilde

Cover Art: Cassidy Kulhanek, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok: @heavenlygrandpa

New episodes every Tuesday! Don't forget to subscribe, review and please leave those five shining stars!

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"People Are Baking Bread & I'm Making Martinis" w/ Abbi Crutchfield May 02, 2023

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This week I spiraled out with hilarious standup comedian & actress Abbi Crutchfield! (Up Early Tonight, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert, The Kid Is In School Podcast) We talked Mom shame, losing your cool, self-blame and that relentless internal critical voice, talking to kids about difficult topics, pandemic feelings, when your coping skills are also a defense, and soooo much more!
Plus, Abbi shares a shame story about a tiny jar of sprinkles that led to a not-awesome parenting moment that kept her spiraling for a YEAR (which btw is much longer than she deserved to spiral, in my humble opinion.)
Follow Abbi on Twitter, Instagram and TikTok @curlycomedy and her podcast The Kid Is In School with fellow comedian & husband Luke Thayer @kidisinschool on Twitter! And listen to it, it's so good!
And can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @elykreimendahl, and the pod on Twitter and Instagram @podshamespiral, where I'm regularly posting fun video clips of especially juicy or hilarious moments from the episodes.
And we now have a Patreon! Please check it out, and if you've been enjoying the pod, PATRONIZE US! https://www.patreon.com/ShameSpiralPod

Original Music: Shadwick Wilde, Instagram and Twitter: @shadwickwilde

Cover Art: Cassidy Kulhanek, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok: @heavenlygrandpa

New episodes every Tuesday! Don't forget to subscribe, review and please leave those five shining stars!

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"Don't Make Kids Read Hamlet" w/ Jay Jurden Apr 25, 2023

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This week I spiraled out with brilliant comedian, writer and actor Jay Jurden! (The Problem With John Stewart, The Late Show, The Tonight Show, High Maintenance) We talked being a tortured queer youth and shameful early queer relationships, biphobia, obsessing over what others' think of you, the anatomy of a shame spiral, the plague of coolness being equated with not trying, fear of abandonment and vulnerability, friend breakups, and so much more! Including the hidden danger of exposing young minds to the dangerous text known as HAMLET.
Follow Jay on TikTok, Instagram & Twitter @jayjurden to stay posted on upcoming stand up dates and bless yourself with his daily hilarity!
And you can follow me on Twitter, Instagram, and TikTok @elykreimendahl, and the pod on Twitter and Instagram @podshamespiral, where I'm regularly posting fun video clips of especially juicy or hilarious moments from the episodes.
And we now have a Patreon! Please check it out, and if you've been enjoying the pod, PATRONIZE US! https://www.patreon.com/ShameSpiralPod

Original Music: Shadwick Wilde, Instagram and Twitter: @shadwickwilde

Cover Art: Cassidy Kulhanek, Instagram, Twitter and TikTok: @heavenlygrandpa

New episodes every Tuesday! Don't forget to subscribe, review and please leave those five shining stars!

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instagram.com/podshamespiral
instagram.com/elykreimendahl
tiktok.com/@elykreimendahl
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