Best Matty Staudt Podcasts (2025)

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Recovery Warfare with General Gregg F. Martin [Part 2] 24:12

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6d ago24:12

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Picking up from Part 1, Gregg is now stuck in what he calls “two years of bipolar hell.” But when he is finally prescribed lithium, within a week his depression lifts. Coming out of depression, he still had work to do—repairing familial and professional relationships. Greg had also been angry with God for abandoning him and forcing him to live in m…

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Iraq War Triggers Bipolar with General Gregg F. Martin [Part 1] 27:55

15d ago27:55

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Major General Gregg F. Martin had, for the most part of his life, lived with hyperthymia, a continuous low-level mania that ultimately helped his military performance because he was energetic, creative, and driven. But after commanding a 10,000-soldier combat brigade in Iraq, Gregg’s descent into mania and depression would span a decade. With a lat…

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[Replay] Dartmouth Delusions 29:28

20d ago29:28

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The first time I lost my mind was at Dartmouth College. By my junior year I was walking through campus with psychosis. A movie camera followed me wherever I went. I imagined myself dying in beautiful and surreal ways. And ultimately I wanted my life to end. In this episode with fellow writer, JD, I share my first experiences with bipolar disorder. …

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My Doctor Violated Me [Replay/New End] 19:26

1M ago19:26

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In the original episode "Raw My Doctor Violated Me," Madelynn revealed how her psychiatrist of three years gradually started to make sexual advances. Her marriage was falling apart and she was vulnerable. How could this doctor who had provided counsel and care become inappropriate? With humor and even wondering if his words and physical contact wer…

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How My Dog Keeps Me Sane (mini remix episode #4) 14:00

2M ago14:00

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When I rescued a dog, I never imagined the impact she would have on my mental health. Sure, her presence and warmth was calming and healing, but my dog Amber taught me a crucial lesson about how to handle my bipolar disorder. Happy to have a rescue dog in my life, things went downhill when a doctor put me on an antidepressant (which is a risky medi…

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Bravely Bipolar: Surviving Pregnancy and Breaking the Cycle of Childhood Trauma 19:19

2M ago19:19

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What happens when bipolar disorder collides with unexpected pregnancy? For Betsi it was a frightening time knowing a bipolar episode can be triggered by pregnancy and that bipolar illness has a genetic component that may be passed down to your child. And Betsi had already endured several hospitalizations in her early adulthood. She also was under t…

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Bipolar after Baby: When Motherhood Triggers Mental Illness 25:58

3M ago25:58

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What happens when the joyful arrival of a baby triggers an unexpected mental health crisis? When Susan returned home with her newborn, she was in a manic state. Fueled by little sleep with an infant to care for, her behavior became erratic--rushing around the house, even handling her baby carelessly. Her husband David told Susan that it felt like h…

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Befriending the Bully Within: Perfectionism with Dr. Tara Cousineau 27:56

3M ago27:56

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At age thirty-two, Tara Cousineau, PhD, had it all. But when a mysterious illness disrupted her life, her doctors blamed it on stress. Knowing something else was at play she searched until she discovered a pinched nerve that was indeed a physical ailment, but also exacerbated by stress. Looking inward and discovering her own perfectionistic tendenc…

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The Shiver: Is the Cold Plunge a Mental Health Hack? 26:47

4M ago26:47

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Kris Rice, founder of The ChillPod, joins me to share her transformative journey with deliberate cold exposure. Growing up with a grandmother who battled bipolar disorder and later supporting her daughter through mental health challenges, Kris developed a deep appreciation for wellness practices. While meditation and yoga provided benefits, they de…

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Late Diagnosis: Matty Staudt Navigates Bipolar at 50 22:43

4M ago22:43

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What happens when you receive a life-changing mental health diagnosis at 50 years old? For Matty Staudt--broadcast veteran, podcast pioneer, and current co-host of Alice Radio’s Sarah & Vinnie Show--it explained a lifetime of highs and lows. Matty was an anxious kid, but he assumed everyone experienced anxiety to the same extent. As an adult, he wa…

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Sleep, Seinfeld & Steady Friends: How I Survive 25:49

4M ago25:49

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In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month (existing since 1949!!), I sit down with Ava to talk about how to talk to friends and relatives about mental illness. Ava has had her own mental health journey, particularly with her father who witnessed a genocide at age six. With signs of a soul in agony, she has yet to engage him in a conversation about …

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Tapping Into Anger: Can Suppressed Emotions Make us Sick and Depressed? 30:04

5M ago30:04

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Today I sat down with Amy Vincze of Soar With Tapping and had an enlightening and somewhat controversial conversation. Amy, a certified Emotional Freedom Release (EFT) practitioner or "tapping coach," holds a strong belief that depression doesn't just appear out of nowhere—it's often the result of our earliest experiences and the vital emotions we'…

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PART 2: Breakthroughs in Youth Mental Health: Dialogic Therapy with Dr. Susan Swick 21:12

6M ago21:12

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Today I continue my conversation with Dr. Susan Swick. Dr. Swick explains the dialogic method of therapy, developed in Finland for schizophrenia patients, which brings family and community into treatment sessions to improve outcomes through enhanced connection and understanding. Finland's application of this approach led to lower hospitalization ra…

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PART 1: Breakthroughs in Youth Mental Health Care with Dr. Susan Swick 21:52

6M ago21:52

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Today I sit down for a two-part episode with Dr. Susan Swick. Dr. Swick, a psychiatrist specializing in child and adolescent health, first shares her personal connection to mental illness through her mother's late-onset psychotic illness. For Dr. Swick, getting her mother good care shaped her approach to youth mental health and her development of p…

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Journaling for your Bipolar Brain with Kay Adams 38:55

6M ago38:55

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Today I sit down with Kathleen Adams, a pioneer in therapeutic writing since 1985, who has transformed our understanding of how putting pen to paper can change our brains and improve our mental and physical health. As founder of both the Therapeutic Writing Institute and the Center for Journal Therapy, Kay shares her expertise and innovative journa…

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Did My Bipolar Have to Get This Bad? 28:56

7M ago28:56

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Have you ever thought about your mental health journey and wondered if it needed to get as bad as it did? As Bipolar She celebrates its 1-year anniversary, I sit down with writer/actor JD to reflect on the podcast. We chat about how I am often reminded I have bipolar illness because I get little glimmers of mania and psychosis and how the world can…

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No Meditation Required! Boost Your Mood & Change Your Life with Dr. Norman Farb 45:14

7M ago45:14

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Have you tried meditation, and it really wasn’t your thing? Are you ever overwhelmed with negative or depressing thoughts? Or maybe you can’t see your life changing for the better because you have old perceptions of yourself stuck in your head? With story as your superpower, you can learn to positively project new futures, and perhaps this future e…

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Actor Tells All: Cannabis Addiction, Depression and The Power of Therapy 33:03

8M ago33:03

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As an actor who started out on Broadway and now calls LA home, JD has survived the sting of rejection. But it was real life that recently delivered the sharpest of blows when his infatuation for a woman in a Zoom class led to unrequited love. When she wanted to "just be friends," JD's heart was broken, he was wounded, and even his neighbors would h…

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Psychedelics: Musician Conner Eko Stands Up Against Depression 36:18

8M ago36:18

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Dan wasn’t just a grumpy teenager who refused to get out of bed—by his early teens (and even younger) he was severely depressed with suicidal ideation at times. Today, at age forty, he can sum up his chronic depression as a constant battle in his life. The other constant has been his music. A singer-songwriter, now with the artist-persona, Conner E…

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Miracle: John of God (Part 2) 20:30

9M ago20:30

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Ava and I continue our conversation on the now infamous healer, John of God. In 2008, in a small Brazilian town, I stood before him waiting to know if I would have surgery. He did not perform his crude practices on me (eyeball scraping--with a butter knife, forceps up the nose, slicing open bodies to remove tumors), but he did grant me the title of…

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Crohn's Disease Sends Me to John of God (Part 1) 24:30

9M ago24:30

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Today we take a detour from our examination of mental illness, and instead look at the impact of chronic physical illness on our lives. I've had Crohn's disease for more than twenty years. Physical illness is so often intertwined with one's mental health. And my severe case of Crohn's left me running scared and desperate to avoid a disfiguring surg…

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Eating Disorders: Disrupting Diet Culture 39:37

10M ago39:37

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Her first binge felt like a trance. Normally uninterested in her family’s boring snack drawer, Dr. Regina Lazarovich had been restricting her food and her body took over while she ate everything in sight. Then Regina’s shame set in. Although she was desperate and sought help for her eating disorder during her twenties, she white-knuckled her way th…

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Tapping Therapy (EFT) 29:33

10M ago29:33

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After enduring a childhood overshadowed by emotional absence and the need to constantly please others, Amy Vincze felt like she no longer knew who she was. From panic attacks to perceived failures in her life, Amy needed to do something fast. Already using tapping for therapy, Amy discovered if she looked at the root cause of her emotions, she made…

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RAW: My Doctor Violated Me 23:20

11M ago23:20

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In our first episode of Bipolar She Raw, we hear Madelynn's story about her psychiatrist who made sexual advances towards her. She was confused because she knew he cared for her, and perhaps he was just getting old, with a few screws coming loose. But as his behavior became increasingly predatory, she found help through her therapist to remove hers…

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Mom & Me 27:37

11M ago27:37

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Today I sit down with Deirdre, my first guest whose parent had mental illness. Her mom, Minnie, managed bipolar disorder and Deirdre grew up fast. By age 6 she had been exposed to her mother’s suicide attempt. Later, when Deirdre asked her mom why she would want to leave her daughter, Minnie told her she was in a deep, dark hole with no visible way…

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Tim Ballard: Unmasking a Hero 19:50

11M ago19:50

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Listen to the new season of Opportunist, out now wherever you listen to podcasts. In the 10th season of "The Opportunist: Tim Ballard," Podcast One will explore controversy surrounding Tim Ballard, the celebrated founder of Operation Underground Railroad, an organization known for its mission to combat human trafficking. Hailed by some as a modern-…

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Invincible 26:14

11M ago26:14

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Today, I sit down with Susan. After a near-death experience at age thirteen, Susan had a new view on life and death. Death was no longer something to fear, and Susan wasn't afraid to push life to its limits. In her teenage years, she learned the ritual of binging and purging and by college she was stuck in a pattern of bulimia and indulgent sexual …

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Voting on the Psych Ward 25:37

12M ago25:37

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It's 2004. An election year. Republican incumbent George W. Bush vs. John Kerry, Democratic nominee. I'm in a psych ward on November 2, with the right to vote. But when all I can think about is good vs. evil, casting a ballot turns into despair. In this episode, I chat with guest host, Sephe, about delusion and cognitive distortion, as well as the …

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Witchcraft 30:46

1y ago30:46

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Today, I sit down with Madelynn to talk about major depression, which she's battled since high school--nearly 40 years. Madelynn doesn't hold back when discussing suicidal ideation during the pandemic and how difficult it is to live through ideation in an anxious body or to handle a body that just feels flat and void of any emotions. But Madelynn's…

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Trapped at Target 26:12

1y ago26:12

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Today I sit down with Tracy to learn about her struggle with anxiety and how it seemed to crop up at milestone birthdays. A self-described nervous child and lifelong "nervous wreck," Tracy didn't know what anxiety was until she turned thirty--a birthday that forced her to take a look at where her life was headed. Tracy made it through until age for…

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Part 2: Sarah Speaks Up on ECT 29:34

1+ y ago29:34

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Today is an unexpected, full-circle, episode and I am thrilled. We didn't plan on this, but when Sarah learned her sister Ava had shared her journey as Sarah's caregiver, Sarah, decided to share her side of the experience as a recipient of Electroconvulsive Therapy (ECT). Sarah, now advocate of ECT, came on this week's podcast to let us know first-…

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Part 1: Sisters Embark on ECT 30:19

1+ y ago30:19

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Today I speak with Ava about her sister, Sarah, and her struggle to find the right treatment for Sarah's bipolar disorder. Ava and Sarah are both successful physicians, and Sarah's behavior did not present with any symptoms of illness her entire life. But when Sarah is diagnosed in her mid-forties, her impressive life and career is disrupted by tre…

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Vigilante - Byron David Smith: THE DEER HUNTER 41:14

1+ y ago41:14

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Byron Smith was tired of his home being burgled. He said it had been broken into at least a half dozen times. And he was determined not to let it happen again. So, Smith set a trap and laid in wait to protect his “castle.” When two teenage cousins broke into his house on Elm Street, it set off a true-life horror story. Listen to Vigilante: https://…

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You Can Prevent Youth Suicide: Graham Wiseman 30:53

1+ y ago30:53

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Today I talk with Graham Wiseman, as he shares the story of his son Colin, who lost his battle with anxiety, ADHD, and depression at age fifteen when he died by suicide. Graham speaks about grief and the different ways he and his wife have moved through the grieving process. Together, they have focused on a singular purpose--to advocate for change …

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Dog Daze 25:07

1+ y ago25:07

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After a decade of pounding the pavement, Janine abandons the acting dream and heads to the desert to be a writer. Can this new identity save her from another psychotic break? Will it allow her to get a step ahead of bipolar illness? What if the key to her stability isn't a prescription, but a creature who teaches her the true value of sanity? Janin…

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Naked in LA 30:25

1+ y ago30:25

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After leaving her New York acting dreams behind, Janine still has a plan for success. The instant she feels physically and mentally fit, she takes on Hollywood. Suddenly, she's cast in an LA play that's headed back to New York and may bring an Off-Broadway credit her way. At the mercy of a radical psychiatrist, Janine must keep her thrilled head on…

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Meg Ryan Mania 28:58

1+ y ago28:58

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It's 2000, summer in New York City, exactly five years after Dartmouth. For Janine, depression and psychosis in college was a one-time deal. For three years, she's been chasing her dream of being an actor, and with a big performance coming up, she's as close to success as she's ever been. Thrilled with life and buzzing through the city, Janine's wo…

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Dartmouth Delusions 29:28

1+ y ago29:28

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Host Janine talks with JD about her time at Dartmouth College when she experienced symptoms of depression and psychosis for the first time. She also talks about the imperfect act of memory and recall, of delusion and imagination, and getting well. You may notice a swift change in seasons, when Janine’s memory of a summer hospitalization is told as …

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Welcome to Bipolar She 2:39

1+ y ago2:39

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Music composed and performed by guitarist, JD Cullum Edited by Brandon Moran Sponsored by Soar With TappingBy Janine Noel

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6 of 6: So What? Now What? 38:24

3y ago38:24

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"Your idea of how this came about ain't at all how it came about." Listen to Good Cult ad-free, with bonus content, at KastMedia.com/KastPlus Listen to Good Cult ad-free on Amazon Music Thank you to our sponsors: Zocdoc: Then start your search for a top-rated doctor today at Zocdoc.com/GOODCULT Splendid Spoon: Get $120 off your first three boxes at…

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5 of 6: The Red-Black Game 43:07

3y ago43:07

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"I see the value in transformation, but I also see its shortcomings." Listen to Good Cult ad-free, with bonus content, at KastMedia.com/KastPlus Listen to Good Cult ad-free on Amazon Music Thank you to our sponsors: Zocdoc: Then start your search for a top-rated doctor today at Zocdoc.com/GOODCULT BetterHelp: Get 10% off at Betterhelp.com/GOODCULT …

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4 of 6: Casualties 43:19

3y ago43:19

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"We were never a cult and we wanted to remove everything that gave the appearance of being a cult." Listen to Good Cult ad-free, with bonus content, at KastMedia.com/KastPlus Listen to Good Cult ad-free on Amazon Music Thank you to our sponsors: Jordan Harbinger Show: watch cult-related episodes at jordanharbinger.com/start See omnystudio.com/liste…

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3 of 6: This is About the Rest of Your Life 39:46

3y ago39:46

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"He was like a rockstar. He was a very attractive man. He was the Lifespring celebrity." Listen to Good Cult ad-free, with bonus content, at KastMedia.com/KastPlus Listen to Good Cult ad-free on Amazon Music Thank you to our sponsors: BetterHelp: Get 10% off at Betterhelp.com/GOODCULT Splendid Spoon: Get $120 off your first three boxes at SplendidS…

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2 of 6: The Leader 42:57

3y ago42:57

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"He thought being put in that casket was the best thing that ever happened to him." Listen to Good Cult ad-free, with bonus content, at KastMedia.com/KastPlus Listen to Good Cult ad-free on Amazon Music Thank you to our sponsors: BetterHelp: Get 10% off at Betterhelp.com/GOODCULT See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about…

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1 of 6: The Mom-Dad Dyad 38:27

3y ago38:27

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"It's the single most impactful thing that ever happened in my life. You always have to say the birth of your child was the biggest impact. But I never would have had a child if it hadn't been for the seminars!" Listen to Good Cult ad-free, with bonus content, at KastMedia.com/KastPlus Listen to Good Cult ad-free on Amazon Music Thank you to our sp…

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Good Cult: Coming September 14, 2022 3:06

3y ago3:06

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"Hey, it might be a cult, but at least it's a good cult!" See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices