Best Pretty Straight Forward Podcasts (2026)

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Ep 406 What Therapy Actually Gave Us with Colette and Steve Fehr 49:40

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Zach sits down with couples therapist and author Colette Jane Fehr and her husband Steve Fehr for a candid conversation about second marriage, difference, repair, and what therapy really does—and doesn’t—solve. Colette and Steve met later in life after very different first marriages and divorces. She’s an emotionally expressive, extroverted therapi…

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Ep 405 Lessons, Laughter, Tears, and Growth | The Year in Review 40:10

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Zach looks back on a standout year of conversations by revisiting some of the most meaningful, memorable, and instructive moments from past episodes. Zach introduces each segment, offering context and reflection on why these moments matter and how they connect to the bigger picture of relational health. Across these clips, you’ll hear stories of in…

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Ep 404 Staying When It Would’ve Been Easier to Leave with Dana and Sean 41:36

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Zach sits down with Dana and Sean, a couple whose nearly 30-year relationship includes teenage pregnancy, early marriage, deep faith, repeated infidelity, and an extraordinary rebuilding process that reshaped their marriage from the ground up. Dana and Sean met as children at church, reconnected in high school, and married young after an unplanned …

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Ep 403 People Matter, Things Don’t with Justin and Kylie Coulson 50:10

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Zach sits down with Justin and Kylie Coulson, parents of six daughters and co-creators of the Happy Families movement. What unfolds is a deeply honest conversation about failure, repair, intention, and the long road toward building a family culture that actually feels good to live in. Justin shares a pivotal early-parenting moment that became the t…

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Ep 402 Love After Losing Limbs with Kristan & Brook Seaford 46:37

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Zach sits down with Kristan and Brook Seaford, a couple whose marriage was transformed overnight when Kristan contracted a rare and catastrophic infection in 2013. What began as strep throat and the flu quickly escalated into pneumonia, sepsis, organ failure, septic shock, and ultimately the loss of both hands, one foot, and part of the other—a 108…

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Ep 401 Don’t Get Shirty: Love, Humor & Detective Work with Karen Whitehouse & Helen McLaughlin 41:18

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Zach sits down with Karen Whitehouse and Helen McLaughlin, the married duo behind the cult-hit podcast Who Shat on the Floor at My Wedding? https://www.whoshatontheflooratmywedding.com/ What began as a deeply confusing—and slightly sinister—incident on their wedding boat (“the matrimonial turd,” as Karen lovingly calls it) became a three-year dinne…

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What Is a War? 36:18

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The Trump administration’s attacks on Venezuelan boats defy even the broadest interpretation of the president's war powers. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.By Elizabeth Joh

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Ep 400 What We Learned From Their Marriage (and Yours) 28:27

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Marking the 400th episode of Marriage Therapy Radio, Zach takes the mic solo to reflect on eight years of podcasting, lessons from working with couples, and what it really means to be a grownup in your relationship. He shares behind-the-scenes insights from the recent three-part series with the husband and the wife (Ira and Andrea), explaining how …

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Ep 399 Session 3 | Ten Days at a Time 1:02:15

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In their third session, Zach shifts focus from reparenting the self to rebuilding trust, compassion, and connection in real time. The couple begins by reflecting on the chaos of parenting two neurodivergent children and how exhaustion, overwhelm, and constant caregiving have reshaped their marriage. The wife shares that while parenting has deep pur…

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Ep 398 Session 2 | Get Over Yourself (and Into Us) 49:20

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In part two of this couple's therapeutic conversation, they deepen their work from surface struggles into childhood roots, body awareness, and self-recovery. The wife describes crashing after the previous session, discovering that missed medication and hormonal shifts had amplified her anxiety. That moment, she says, forced her to confront how frag…

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Ep 397 Session 1 | A Peek in the Therapeutic Process 1:06:03

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In this experimental therapy-format episode, Zach meets with a couple, 16 years into marriage, parenting two adopted, neurodivergent kids, and living abroad, to model what real therapeutic work sounds like. The wife names “the mother machine” as the force grinding her down: menopause, recent moves, ongoing renovations, executive-function challenges…

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Ep 396 Love Across Oceans with Kimberly Crossman & Tom Walsh 41:13

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Zach sits down with Kimberly Crossman, actor, writer, and mental health advocate, and Tom Walsh, cinematographer and creative producer, for a deeply honest and inspiring conversation about love, loss, and partnership across continents. The couple, who split their time between Los Angeles and New Zealand, share how they’ve learned to stay connected …

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Ep 395 Building Unity in a Blended Family with Mike and Kim Anderson 46:03

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Zach sits down with Mike and Kim Anderson, coaches and founders of Blended Family Breakthrough https://www.blendedfamilybreakthrough.com/ , to talk about one of the hardest relationship challenges couples face, making a blended family work. After marrying in 2001, Mike and Kim found themselves struggling to balance parenting roles, discipline, and …

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Ep 394 Near Divorce to Sex-perts: How Susan and Tim Transformed Their Marriage 46:26

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Zach sits down with Susan and Tim Bratton, a couple who’ve been together for 35 years and built both a marriage and a business dedicated to helping others experience more fulfilling intimacy. Susan, an internationally recognized intimacy expert, and Tim, her husband and business partner, open up about how their marriage nearly ended before they dis…

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Ep 393 Marriage, Money, and Maui with Mike & Caroline Neubauer 42:30

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Ep 392 Parenting, Partnership, and Playing by Our Own Rules with Brian and Toby 46:25

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Zach talks with Brian and Toby, partners of 13 years, and dads of two daughters. They share openly about parenting, building a household on their own terms, and how their marriage has evolved through different phases, from dating in Manhattan to raising a family in Brooklyn. Brian and Toby talk about splitting household roles, setting expectations,…

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Smoot, Hawley, and Trump 32:43

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A Senate fight over Lady Chatterley’s Lover paved the way for Trump’s sweeping tariffs. Now the Supreme Court will decide if presidents can use emergency powers to sidestep Congress on trade. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.…

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Ep 391 Brewing Love and Business Across Borders with Jennifer and Andres 46:37

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Zach sits down with Jennifer and Andres, co-founders of Those Coffee People, to share the remarkable story of how travel, serendipity, and coffee brought them together. Jennifer, originally from Connecticut, and Andres, a Colombian with family roots in coffee farming, met in a hostel in Peru and quickly discovered they were better together. What st…

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Ep 390 From Betrayal to Building True Intimacy with Matthew & Joanna Raabsmith 44:12

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Zach sits down with Matthew and Joanna Raabsmith, co-founders of the RaabSmith Team, to talk about their journey from betrayal and addiction to building a thriving marriage and coaching practice. They share candidly about Matthew’s struggles with sex addiction and pornography, Joanna’s experience of betrayal trauma, and the long process of stabiliz…

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Ep 388 Minding My P’s and Q’s 36:00

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Zach takes the mic by himself to reflect on pets, parenting, politics, passion, and the practice of relationships. Using his playful “P’s and Q’s” framework, he explores everything from why he doesn’t have the “pet gene” to how parenting young adults is harder and more rewarding than raising little kids. Zach also shares candid thoughts on politics…

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Ep 389 Blind Spots and Second Chances with Matthew Fray and Jen 42:39

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Zach sits down with writer and relationship coach Matthew Fray https://matthewfray.com/, author of "This Is How Your Marriage Ends", and his partner, Jen. Together, they share the story of how their friendship over bourbon turned into a deeper relationship, shaped by lessons learned from past marriages and the blind spots that can quietly erode tru…

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Ep 387 Building an Extraordinary Family Life with Greg and Rachel Denning 41:47

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Zach sits down with Greg and Rachel Denning, parents of seven, world travelers, authors, and coaches who have built a marriage around adventure and intentional living. They share how their story began with adoption, grew through unexpected pregnancies, and expanded into a lifestyle of global travel and immersion experiences for their kids. From liv…

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Ep 386 Sobriety, Support, and a Stronger Us | with Casey and Mike Davidson 49:55

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Zach talks with Casey and Mike about their journey from young professionals in Washington, D.C., to building a life together in Seattle. Along the way, they share how floating homes, career shifts, parenting two kids, and Casey’s sobriety journey shaped their marriage. Casey opens up about her decades-long relationship with alcohol, the turning poi…

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Ep 385 Young Loves, Strong Roots 38:18

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Zach talks with Sarah Rhoades and her boyfriend Grady, a young couple navigating the first year of their relationship. They share how a chance meeting at Grady’s backyard open mic, where he held a microphone for Sarah’s banjo, turned into an unexpected connection built on shared values, openness, and adventure. Sarah and Grady reflect on blending f…

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Ep 406 What Therapy Actually Gave Us with Colette and Steve Fehr 49:40

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Ep 405 Lessons, Laughter, Tears, and Growth | The Year in Review 40:10

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Ep 404 Staying When It Would’ve Been Easier to Leave with Dana and Sean 41:36

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Ep 403 People Matter, Things Don’t with Justin and Kylie Coulson 50:10

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Ep 402 Love After Losing Limbs with Kristan & Brook Seaford 46:37

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Ep 401 Don’t Get Shirty: Love, Humor & Detective Work with Karen Whitehouse & Helen McLaughlin 41:18

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What Is a War? 36:18

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Ep 400 What We Learned From Their Marriage (and Yours) 28:27

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Ep 399 Session 3 | Ten Days at a Time 1:02:15

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Ep 398 Session 2 | Get Over Yourself (and Into Us) 49:20

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Ep 397 Session 1 | A Peek in the Therapeutic Process 1:06:03

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Ep 396 Love Across Oceans with Kimberly Crossman & Tom Walsh 41:13

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Ep 395 Building Unity in a Blended Family with Mike and Kim Anderson 46:03

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Ep 394 Near Divorce to Sex-perts: How Susan and Tim Transformed Their Marriage 46:26

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Ep 393 Marriage, Money, and Maui with Mike & Caroline Neubauer 42:30

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Ep 392 Parenting, Partnership, and Playing by Our Own Rules with Brian and Toby 46:25

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Smoot, Hawley, and Trump 32:43

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Ep 391 Brewing Love and Business Across Borders with Jennifer and Andres 46:37

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Ep 390 From Betrayal to Building True Intimacy with Matthew & Joanna Raabsmith 44:12

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Ep 388 Minding My P’s and Q’s 36:00

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Ep 389 Blind Spots and Second Chances with Matthew Fray and Jen 42:39

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Ep 387 Building an Extraordinary Family Life with Greg and Rachel Denning 41:47

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Ep 386 Sobriety, Support, and a Stronger Us | with Casey and Mike Davidson 49:55

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Ep 385 Young Loves, Strong Roots 38:18