Big Mood, Little Mood with Daniel M. Lavery
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Inhumane Resources
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Emma Gray, author of A Girls’ Guide To Joining The Resistance, and Claire Fallon, a culture critic based in New York. Together...
Inhumane Resources
13 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Emma Gray, author of A Girls’ Guide To Joining The Resistance, and Claire Fallon, a culture critic based in New York. Together...
Part-time Work, Full-time Problem
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Laura Cathcart Robbins, the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, Stash: My Life In Hiding, and host of the podcast, The On...
Part-time Work, Full-time Problem
06 Jun 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Laura Cathcart Robbins, the author of the critically acclaimed memoir, Stash: My Life In Hiding, and host of the podcast, The On...
Occupational Sex Dreams
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Kaitlynn Bartley, a Higher Education working in Residence Life, and Nicole Fusco, an epidemiologist. Lavery, Bartley and Fusco o...
Occupational Sex Dreams
30 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Kaitlynn Bartley, a Higher Education working in Residence Life, and Nicole Fusco, an epidemiologist.Lavery, Bartley and Fusco of...
Lost In Transition
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Ben Miller, co-author of the book, Bad Gays: A Homosexual History, and co-host of the podcast, Bad Gays, along with Huw Lemmey. ...
Lost In Transition
23 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Ben Miller, co-author of the book, Bad Gays: A Homosexual History, and co-host of the podcast, Bad Gays, along with Huw Lemmey.L...
Vacation Friends
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Seth Dirlam, a law school career counselor. Lavery and Dirlam offer advice to someone who is wondering how to stop resenting her...
Vacation Friends
16 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Seth Dirlam, a law school career counselor.Lavery and Dirlam offer advice to someone who is wondering how to stop resenting her ...
Not the Actual Devil
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Kimi Culp, a multimedia producer, and the host of All the Wiser, a podcast about finding hope and possibility on the other side ...
Not the Actual Devil
09 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Kimi Culp, a multimedia producer, and the host of All the Wiser, a podcast about finding hope and possibility on the other side ...
Kiss Me, You Fool!
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Dr. Orna Guralnik, a psychoanalyst and writer, and the host of the Showtime Docu-series, Couples Therapy. Lavery and Guralnik of...
Kiss Me, You Fool!
02 May 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Dr. Orna Guralnik, a psychoanalyst and writer, and the host of the Showtime Docu-series, Couples Therapy.Lavery and Guralnik off...
Guilty Yuppies
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Cyndie Spiegel, author of the book, Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life is Not Okay. Lavery and Spiegel offer advice ...
Guilty Yuppies
25 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Cyndie Spiegel, author of the book, Microjoys: Finding Hope (Especially) When Life is Not Okay.Lavery and Spiegel offer advice t...
Corner Store Creeper
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Zak Rosen, a Detroit-based story maker who created and hosts the podcast, The Best Advice Show, and co-hosts Slate’s parenting...
Corner Store Creeper
18 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Zak Rosen, a Detroit-based story maker who created and hosts the podcast, The Best Advice Show, and co-hosts Slate’s parenting...
Fly-By Friends
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Kristen Meinzer, an award-winning podcaster and author, and Jolenta Greenberg, a New York-based comedian and author. Together, M...
Fly-By Friends
11 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Kristen Meinzer, an award-winning podcaster and author, and Jolenta Greenberg, a New York-based comedian and author. Together, M...
Am I Cis Now?
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Tuck Woodstock, a journalist, educator, and the host of the podcast Gender Reveal. Lavery and Woodstock give advice to someone...
Am I Cis Now?
04 Apr 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Tuck Woodstock, a journalist, educator, and the host of the podcast Gender Reveal. Lavery and Woodstock give advice to someone ...
On the Contrary
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Gabe Mollica, a comedian, storyteller and writer in Astoria, Queens. Lavery and Mollica tackle two letters. First, from a letter...
On the Contrary
28 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Gabe Mollica, a comedian, storyteller and writer in Astoria, Queens.Lavery and Mollica tackle two letters. First, from a letter ...
Poly Litmus Test
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes comedian, actor, and host of the Beautiful/Anonymous podcast, Chris Gethard. Lavery and Gethard take on three letters. First, ...
Poly Litmus Test
21 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes comedian, actor, and host of the Beautiful/Anonymous podcast, Chris Gethard. Lavery and Gethard take on three letters. First, f...
Meating Half Way
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Kate Duffy, a New York based licensed clinical social worker. Lavery and Duffy tackle two letters. First, from a letter writer w...
Meating Half Way
14 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Kate Duffy, a New York based licensed clinical social worker.Lavery and Duffy tackle two letters. First, from a letter writer wh...
Roommate Triage
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Sharon Lurye, a data journalist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Lavery and Lurye take on two letters. First, from a letter wr...
Roommate Triage
07 Mar 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Sharon Lurye, a data journalist based in New Orleans, Louisiana. Lavery and Lurye take on two letters. First, from a letter wri...
Not Tonight, Honey
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Amy S. Choi and Rebecca Lehrer, co-hosts of the new podcast series from The Mash-Up Americans titled, Grief, Collected. Lavery a...
Not Tonight, Honey
28 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Amy S. Choi and Rebecca Lehrer, co-hosts of the new podcast series from The Mash-Up Americans titled, Grief, Collected.Lavery an...
Undercover Cis
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Sunshine, a Digital Content Producer for the National Birth Equity Collaborative, an organization that fights for the maternal, ...
Undercover Cis
21 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Sunshine, a Digital Content Producer for the National Birth Equity Collaborative, an organization that fights for the maternal, ...
Big Mood: It's the New Dear Prudence!
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a special treat for all of you Big Mood, Little Mood listeners: Daniel M. Lavery is excited to introduce to you the new Dear Prudence podcast w...
Big Mood: It's the New Dear Prudence!
20 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Here's a special treat for all of you Big Mood, Little Mood listeners: Daniel M. Lavery is excited to introduce to you the new Dear Prudence podcast w...
Time To Move On
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Daniela Taplin Lundberg, a film producer and the host of the Hollywood Gold podcast. She is the Founder of Stay Gold Features, a...
Time To Move On
14 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Daniela Taplin Lundberg, a film producer and the host of the Hollywood Gold podcast. She is the Founder of Stay Gold Features, a...
Rules of Estrangement
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Marie Manner, a research and development data scientist. Lavery and Manner take on two letters. First, from someone who is wonde...
Rules of Estrangement
07 Feb 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Marie Manner, a research and development data scientist.Lavery and Manner take on two letters. First, from someone who is wonder...
Mask And You Shall Receive
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Bay Ryan, a postgraduate ecologist. Lavery and Ryan tackle two letters. First, from someone who is frustrated by loved ones who ...
Mask And You Shall Receive
31 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Bay Ryan, a postgraduate ecologist.Lavery and Ryan tackle two letters. First, from someone who is frustrated by loved ones who d...
Make Way For Tomorrow
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Hugh Ryan, the author of The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison, which New York Magazine called o...
Make Way For Tomorrow
24 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Hugh Ryan, the author of The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison, which New York Magazine called o...
A History of Violence?
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Ashley Robertson, an expert question-asker who facilitates workshops on comprehensive, affirming, medically-accurate sexuality e...
A History of Violence?
17 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Ashley Robertson, an expert question-asker who facilitates workshops on comprehensive, affirming, medically-accurate sexuality e...
Unfair Will
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Ash Sky Keen, a mathematics tutor helping neurodivergent students navigate math education. Lavery and Keen tackle two letter...
Unfair Will
10 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Ash Sky Keen, a mathematics tutor helping neurodivergent students navigate math education. Lavery and Keen tackle two letters...
The Anti-Adoption Unit
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Frankie Day, a writer based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Lavery and Day take on three letters. First, from someone who is sho...
The Anti-Adoption Unit
03 Jan 2023
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Frankie Day, a writer based in Charlotte, North Carolina. Lavery and Day take on three letters. First, from someone who is shoc...
Big Mood In Review
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel M. Lavery revisits a few of the many memorable letters from 2022, including one about someone who’s upset that his friends continue to associ...
Big Mood In Review
27 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Daniel M. Lavery revisits a few of the many memorable letters from 2022, including one about someone who’s upset that his friends continue to associ...
Resentfully In Love
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Mollie West Duffy, co-author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book about emotions at work: No Hard Feelings: The Secret Po...
Resentfully In Love
20 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Mollie West Duffy, co-author of the Wall Street Journal bestselling book about emotions at work: No Hard Feelings: The Secret Po...
Lease On Love
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Ethan Casteel, a software engineer and transgender man about town in Somerville, MA. Lavery and Casteel tackle three letters. Fi...
Lease On Love
13 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Ethan Casteel, a software engineer and transgender man about town in Somerville, MA.Lavery and Casteel tackle three letters. Fir...
Armchair Expertise
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Carmen Rita Wong, author of the recently published book, Why Didn’t You Tell Me? A Memoir. Lavery and Wong take on two letters...
Armchair Expertise
06 Dec 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Carmen Rita Wong, author of the recently published book, Why Didn’t You Tell Me? A Memoir.Lavery and Wong take on two letters....
The Damage Done
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Lisa McIntire, a writer living in San Francisco with her dog, Toby. Lavery and McIntire take on two letters. First, someone who ...
The Damage Done
29 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Lisa McIntire, a writer living in San Francisco with her dog, Toby.Lavery and McIntire take on two letters. First, someone who w...
Martyr Manipulator
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Amanda McLoughlin, the CEO of Multitude, an independent podcast collective and production company. She is also the longtime co-h...
Martyr Manipulator
22 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Amanda McLoughlin, the CEO of Multitude, an independent podcast collective and production company. She is also the longtime co-h...
Return of the Needy Mom
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Rakesh Satyal, the author of the novels Blue Boy and No One Can Pronounce My Name. He is currently an Executive Editor at the Ha...
Return of the Needy Mom
15 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Rakesh Satyal, the author of the novels Blue Boy and No One Can Pronounce My Name. He is currently an Executive Editor at the Ha...
A Boo with No Clue
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Kat Kinsman, the executive features editor at Food & Wine, author of Hi, Anxiety: Life With a Bad Case of Nerves, and founder of...
A Boo with No Clue
08 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Kat Kinsman, the executive features editor at Food & Wine, author of Hi, Anxiety: Life With a Bad Case of Nerves, and founde...
Life After Scapegoating
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Danielle Moodie, host of the podcast, Woke AF, where she explores the many facets of what it means to be "woke" in our modern li...
Life After Scapegoating
01 Nov 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Danielle Moodie, host of the podcast, Woke AF, where she explores the many facets of what it means to be "woke" in our modern li...
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Margo Donohue, author of Filmed in Brooklyn, and co-host of the podcasts, Book Vs. Movie, Dorking Out, and What a Creep. Lavery ...
Breaking Up Is Hard To Do
25 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Margo Donohue, author of Filmed in Brooklyn, and co-host of the podcasts, Book Vs. Movie, Dorking Out, and What a Creep.Lavery a...
Post Surgical Shame
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Emi Nietfeld, a writer, software engineer, and author of ACCEPTANCE: A Memoir. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, T...
Post Surgical Shame
18 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Emi Nietfeld, a writer, software engineer, and author of ACCEPTANCE: A Memoir. Her essays have appeared in The New York Times, T...
The Martyr Boiling Point
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Ginna Green, a strategist-consultant-movement-builder now helping Jewish (and other) organizations change through her new firm, ...
The Martyr Boiling Point
11 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Ginna Green, a strategist-consultant-movement-builder now helping Jewish (and other) organizations change through her new firm, ...
Please Shush
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Alyssa Knox, a night shift ICU nurse. Lavery and Knox take on two letters. First, someone who’s hurt that their best friend ...
Please Shush
04 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Alyssa Knox, a night shift ICU nurse. Lavery and Knox take on two letters. First, someone who’s hurt that their best friend d...
Approved For Breakup
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Katie Tastrom, a sex worker and writer whose work focuses on disability justice. Her forthcoming book about prison abolition and...
Approved For Breakup
27 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Katie Tastrom, a sex worker and writer whose work focuses on disability justice. Her forthcoming book about prison abolition and...
Parental Paranoia
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Celeste Ng, the New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere. Her third novel, O...
Parental Paranoia
20 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Celeste Ng, the New York Times bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You and Little Fires Everywhere. Her third novel, O...
Clingy Sister Syndrome
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Kate Beaton, author of the new graphic memoir Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, which recounts the time she spent working and l...
Clingy Sister Syndrome
13 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Kate Beaton, author of the new graphic memoir Ducks: Two Years in the Oil Sands, which recounts the time she spent working and l...
Only the Lonely
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Niko Stratis, a freelance culture writer whose work has appeared in outlets like SPIN, Autostraddle and more. Lavery and Strat...
Only the Lonely
06 Sep 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Niko Stratis, a freelance culture writer whose work has appeared in outlets like SPIN, Autostraddle and more. Lavery and Strati...
College-Aged Cougar
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Austin Channing Brown, a media producer and author of the New York Times bestseller I’m Still Here: black dignity in a world m...
College-Aged Cougar
30 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Austin Channing Brown, a media producer and author of the New York Times bestseller I’m Still Here: black dignity in a world m...
Mad On Their Behalf
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Carey O’Donnell, a writer and comedian, who also co-hosts Sexy Unique Podcast. Lavery and O’Donnell tackle two letters. Fi...
Mad On Their Behalf
23 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Carey O’Donnell, a writer and comedian, who also co-hosts Sexy Unique Podcast. Lavery and O’Donnell tackle two letters. Fir...
Best Friend, Terrible Advice
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Kate Duffy, a New York based licensed clinical social worker who has worked as a therapist and clinical supervisor in a variety ...
Best Friend, Terrible Advice
16 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Kate Duffy, a New York based licensed clinical social worker who has worked as a therapist and clinical supervisor in a variety ...
Anger by Association
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Ty Mitchell, a writer and former gay porn performer based in Brooklyn, New York. He has written for The New Inquiry and Buzzfeed...
Anger by Association
09 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Ty Mitchell, a writer and former gay porn performer based in Brooklyn, New York. He has written for The New Inquiry and Buzzfeed...
No Urge To Merge
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Jules Gill-Peterson, author of Histories of the Transgender Child and a co-host of Outward on Slate. Lavery and Gill-Peterson ta...
No Urge To Merge
02 Aug 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Jules Gill-Peterson, author of Histories of the Transgender Child and a co-host of Outward on Slate.Lavery and Gill-Peterson tak...
Beyond Burnout
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Bridget Todd, the host of the iHeart Radio podcast, There Are No Girls On The Internet, and the founder of Unbossed Creative, a ...
Beyond Burnout
26 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Bridget Todd, the host of the iHeart Radio podcast, There Are No Girls On The Internet, and the founder of Unbossed Creative, a ...
Retro Rose Colored Glasses
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Helen Rosner, a staff writer at the New Yorker, where she covers all things culture, though most of it is about food. Lavery a...
Retro Rose Colored Glasses
19 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Helen Rosner, a staff writer at the New Yorker, where she covers all things culture, though most of it is about food. Lavery an...
Too Many Words
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Luisa Beck, a writer, reporter, and producer based out of Berlin, Germany. She’s the creator and host of the Audible Original ...
Too Many Words
12 Jul 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Danny Lavery welcomes Luisa Beck, a writer, reporter, and producer based out of Berlin, Germany. She’s the creator and host of the Audible Original ...