Books, Looks, and Lobotomies
Episodes
Bisexuality 101 with Haley Jakobson
27 Aug 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Bisexuals, this is for you! For us! Your resident bicon Haley Jakobson, whose debut novel OLD ENOUGH was described by Vogue as being "full of win...
The Neurobiology of OCD with Neuroscientist Uma Chatterjee
30 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Neuroscientist Uma Chaterjee joins us to discuss OCD and the brain! If you are wanting to know more about your brain and body as they relate to mental...
Your Unconscious Is Showing with Dr. Courtney Tracy
23 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Did you know that your unconscious accounts for 95% of your behaviors, thoughts, and emotions? That our consciousness accounts for 5%? In this groundb...
The Right Relationship is Inevitable w/ Lily Womble
04 Apr 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Lily Womble, an intersectional feminist dating coach and former top matchmaker, talks her revolutionary book Thank You, More Please: A Feminist Guide ...
OCD and Substance Use Disorders (w/ Dr. Patrick B. McGrath)
21 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Dr. Patrick B. McGrath, a Licensed Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of OCD treatment experience, joins Alegra to talk about the intersection o...
Chelsea Bieker's "Madwoman"
14 Mar 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Trigger warning: domestic violenceChelsea Bieker joins Books, Looks, and Lobotomies to discuss her national bestselling novel, Madwoman, a Book of the...
The Intersection of OCD and Eating Disorders
28 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
OCD can look a lot like an eating disorder, making it difficult for clinicians to make a differential diagnosis. In this episode, Alegra shares her li...
Breaking Book Tok with Emma Noyes
14 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
Emma Noyes talks How To Hide In Plain Sight, the first mainstream fiction book to cover POCD (!!!), breaking Book Tok, self-publishing, and finding he...
Intentional Weight Loss After ED Recovery - My Journey
07 Feb 2025
Contributed by Lukas
I am joined by my very own dietician Gabby Barreto to talk about my journey with intentional weight loss after eating disorder recovery. For so long, ...
OCD Is An Earthquake In The Brain with Stephen Smith
16 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stephen Smith, co-founder of the teletherapy platform NOCD, joins us to share his lived experience with OCD (sexual obsessions, relationship obsession...
Healing from CPTSD with Stephanie Foo
07 Aug 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Stephanie Foo, author of the New York Times bestseller What My Bones Know: A Memoir of Healing from Complex Trauma, brought CPTSD to the forefront of ...
Brain on Fire with Susannah Cahalan
24 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Susannah Cahalan, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Brain on Fire, joins the Lobotomommies today! She talks the doctor who saved her life, the i...
Surviving Suicide with Chrissie Hodges
17 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In part two of this discussion, Chrissie opens up about her suicide attempt that led to her hospitalization and OCD diagnosis. She also shares her OCD...
Sexual Orientation OCD with Chrissie Hodges
10 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Peer support specialist and OCD advocate Chrissie Hodges joins Books, Looks, and Lobotomies to talk about her memoir Pure OCD: The Invisible Side of O...
OCD and Mental Compulsions
03 Jul 2024
Contributed by Lukas
On this week’s episode of Books, Looks, and Lobotomies, licensed therapist and OCD specialist Alegra Kastens talks Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (O...
Amanda Montell's "The Age of Magical Overthinking"
26 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
Welcome back, Lobotomommies! This week, Alegra chats with Amanda Montell (Wordslut, Cultish, Sounds Like A Cult Podcast) about her latest book, The Ag...
Sylvia Plath's "The Bell Jar"
19 Jun 2024
Contributed by Lukas
In the first episode of her new podcast, Alegra reads "The Bell Jar" by Sylvia Plath; a semi-autobiographical novel that covers all of this podcast's ...