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'll highlight these stories with humor — because crying is so 2020! Life is hard AF. Sharing it shouldn't be. Go to letsnottalkaboutit.com to learn more or connect with us at hello@letsnottalkaboutit.com
Episodes
22 episodes
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 journalist with Ivy League degrees, Meredith Talusan’s story has humble beginning...
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Season 2
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Episode 10
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53:40
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 unpacking a childhood trauma subconsciously affecting his adult life. As a ki...
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Season 2
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Episode 9
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49:24
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 fell apart. Internalized stress led to chronic pain, which brought about an ad...
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Season 2
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Episode 8
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49:50
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."For two seasons, we've shared the stories of ordinary people overcoming extraordin...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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32:28
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. "Sara Cobb is, unfortunately, no stranger to death and grief. Her oldest brothe...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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56:24
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 studio reached out to him with a proposition. Being short on cash, Aaron said yes. He spent th...
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1:00:56
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 together. She owns a marketing agency and has written copy for companies like Ni...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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55:34
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 like a who’s who of the tech world: Sony, Intel, Apple, Oculus and NVIDIA. Thi...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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57:36
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 support herself and her two young daughters. Over the next 25 years, Brenda...
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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1:07:16
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 the blink of an eye, an ordinary day can turn into horror. On Dec. 14, 2012, Sandy ...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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1:08:53
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 felt just mediocre. She wasn’t the smartest student, she wasn’t the best a...
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Season 1
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Episode 11
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1:17:02
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 anguish and despair, Andrea Wilson Woods sat on the edge of a rooftop in San Fra...
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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58:35
Murder, He Wrote
“There are tremendous consequences being raised the way I was.” 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...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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1:12:16
Setting Sights on Invisible Illness
"It took really everything falling apart in my life to really love myself."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 gav...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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1:07:36
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 even born when her father, Terry Anderson, a journalist covering the civil war ...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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1:03:16
Fostering Love and Hope
"And then I became the invisible disposable kid that my community expected me to be.” After a childhood filled with violence and abuse, Rob Scheer ended up in foster care. He moved through the system with his be...
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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31:11
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 and intelligent, destined for great things. Despite that, she had lo...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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57:20
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 hands of a relative. To deal with the pain, he turned to drugs and alcohol. But years la...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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59:00
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 involving a famous movie mogul spurred her activism. In the midst of the highly public...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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58:48
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 to this day. As a child, she was trafficked from West Africa and kept as a do...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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53:42
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 security prison for his crime. It was his mother’s relentless love that got him thro...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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51:22
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 overcoming extraordinary tragedies, traumas and suffering. One thing they all have in common: They...
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Season 1
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