Let’s (Not) Talk About It
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
Boyhood to Womanhood: An Intersectionalist Coming-of-Age Story
16 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“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 journa...
Writing to Heal: A Poet's Story of Childhood Sexual Abuse
09 Feb 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“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...
Dead Numb: Overcoming Heartache, Abuse & Addiction
05 Jan 2022
Contributed by Lukas
“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 f...
Behind the Scenes: Get To Know the Podcast Co-Hosts
30 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"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.&qu...
Left Behind - A Story of Murder-Suicide
15 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"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 ...
From Porn Sets to Pulpits: A Gay Christian's Story of Surviving the Sex Industry
08 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"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 studi...
Chronically Successful, Mentally and Physically Ill
01 Dec 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“Starting your own business is this perfect incubator for a mental health crisis.” On paper, Jessica Manuszak totally has her life together. She o...
Inside a Schizophrenic Mind
19 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“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 re...
Prostituted & Pimped: Life after a Quarter-Century in the Streets
10 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“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 supp...
From Horror to Hope: A Sandy Hook Survivor Story
02 Nov 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“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....
Hungry for an Identity
03 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“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...
Swinging Back at Bipolar
26 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“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 grip...
Murder, He Wrote
19 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“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 tel...
Setting Sights on Invisible Illness
12 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"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 ...
Beyond Borderline
06 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“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 ...
Fostering Love and Hope
02 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"And then I became the invisible disposable kid that my community expected me to be.” After a childhood filled with violence and abuse, Rob Sc...
When Men Kill Women
29 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“Your love is not going to change that person.” From childhood, Nupur Srivastava had everything going for her: She was beautiful and intelligent, ...
Hitting the High Notes
21 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“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 hand...
Unshushing the Deafening Silence of Hollywood
14 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"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 in...
Modern-Day Slavery in the Land of the Free
07 Apr 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“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...
Picture Your Son in Prison
31 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
“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 pri...
Introducing...Let’s (Not) Talk About It
27 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
"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 ord...