Best Jacob Compton Podcasts (2025)

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Depression in High Achievers: Jenny Jacobsen on Burnout, Anxiety, and Healing 34:37

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Depression doesn’t always look like staying in bed or losing motivation. For high-achieving people, it often hides behind packed schedules, perfectionism, and quiet exhaustion. In this episode, therapist Jenny Jacobsen unpacks how depression shows up differently in top performers, the overlap between burnout, boredom, anxiety, and depression, and t…

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Should I Say This in Therapy? Understanding Confidentiality and Informed Consent with Maria Ortiz and Dr. Zoe Ross-Nash 43:19

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Should I Say This in Therapy? Have you ever wondered what your therapist can and can’t share outside the therapy room? Or when therapy confidentiality laws require them to break that trust? In this collaborative episode, Ellie Pike joins clinicians Maria Ortiz and Dr. Zoe Ross-Nash from the ‘On the Mic with ED’ podcast to unpack the often-misunders…

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Intermittent Fasting & Mental Health: The Science Behind What Diet Culture Isn’t Telling You 37:11

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Intermittent fasting is everywhere—from influencer feeds to doctor’s offices—but is this trending approach to eating really the wellness cure-all it claims to be? In this episode of Mental Note, registered dietitian Jennifer Vittitow joins host Ellie Pike to explore the hidden downsides of intermittent fasting, including its impact on mental health…

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56: XTDB: A Bitemporal database in Clojure 1:17:09

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Jeremy Taylor and James Henderson talk about building XTDB, bitemporality, SQL compatibility, and Apache Arrow Launching XTDB v2 Grid Dynamics acquires JUXT LSM Tree The Generational Hypothesis JUXT Cast - Viktor Leis HTAP Processing Are We There Yet - Rich Hickey Jepsen Consistency Tree Jepsen Datomic test Jepsen Postgres test Andy Pavlo - CMU Int…

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Choosing Treatment: How Writer Lara Jacobs Reclaimed Her Story from an Eating Disorder 37:08

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A dangerous secret lurked behind author Lara Jacobs’ ambition: she relied on anorexia to focus her writing, blurring the line between artistic drive and self-destruction. In this episode, Lara shares how years of chasing a story across continents ultimately led her to eating disorder treatment and to rediscovering herself—both as a writer and as a …

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Parenting Through Eating Disorder Recovery: Advice from Those Who’ve Been There 44:05

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Supporting a loved one through eating disorder recovery can feel overwhelming—but you don’t have to do it alone. In this special Q&A episode, we sit down with experienced parents Beth Ayn Stansfield and Amy Oberholtzer, who have navigated this journey with their own children and turned their experiences into advocacy. Beth Ayn, now the National Fam…

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Who Gets to Heal? Akiera Gilbert on Access and Equity in Eating Disorder Treatment 42:21

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In a world where mental health care is often seen as one-size-fits-all, Akiera Gilbert is on a mission to break down barriers and open the doors of eating disorder treatment to those often left behind. As the CEO of Project Heal, Akiera leads an organization dedicated to transforming the system while offering immediate, life-saving support to those…

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Body Image and Liberation with Carly Compton 36:13

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As an eating disorder survivor turned eating disorder therapist, Carly Compton strives to be the person that she wishes she would have known when she was younger. That conviction led her on a rewarding journey to become a therapist, model, host of the Recover with Carly Podcast, and creator of an eating disorder curriculum for adolescents. In all t…

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55: Instant: a modern Firebase in Clojure, with Stepan Parunashvili 52:06

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Stepan Parunashvili talks about Instant, datalog, building a database in Clojure, and the demands of building modern applications Instant Datomic Database in the Browser, a spec A Graph-Based Firebase Tonsky (Nikita Prokopov) The Web after Tomorrow WorldStore: Distributed caching with Reactivity - Asana How Figma’s multiplayer technology works Data…

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54: JRuby with Charles Oliver Nutter 54:15

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Charles Oliver Nutter talks about JRuby, the JVM, JRuby 10, improving JRuby startup time, and going independent JRuby Headius Enterprises Valhalla - Where Are We? at the JVM Language SummitBy Daniel Compton

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Let’s Discuss ADHD with Landon Bryant 36:42

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From Chaos to Creativity: Storyteller and artist Landon Bryant explores his journey from struggling with life’s basic challenges to finding success and support after an adult ADHD diagnosis. Landon shares how he navigated the difficulties of his condition, including years of trial and error with medications and strategies, and how he ultimately emb…

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Ozempic, Eating Disorders, and Diabetes: GLP-1 weight loss drugs explained with Dr. Elizabeth Wassenaar 32:39

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GLP-1 weight loss drugs, such as Ozempic and Wegovy, have exploded in popularity due to their weight-loss potential. But what do they actually do? How do they function? And why are they the subject of so much controversy? With insight from Dr. Elizabeth Wassenaar, Regional Medical Director for the Eating Recovery Center and Pathlight Mood & Anxiety…

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Addiction, Incarceration, and Transformational Love - How Queer Filmmaker Vik Chopra Found His Voice 32:30

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Growing up, Vik Chopra was not the kid most people assumed would end up serving a sentence in Federal prison. A student leader with straight A’s and numerous volunteer hours, Vik secretly hid pain and shame beneath a shiny outward persona - with disastrous consequences. Now a filmmaker, actor, and writer who has embraced his queer and South Asian i…

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Substance Use Disorders Part 2 - How to Make an Effective Change with Leah Young 35:42

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Welcome to part two of our Substance Use Disorder (SUD) Discussion with Leah Young where we focus on the proactive steps you can take to find recovery from a SUD. Today’s episode is all about what to do once you realize you have a problem with substances or addictive behaviors. We’ll discuss topics like: Different strategies for ending destructive …

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Substance Use Disorder 101 - How much is too much? with Leah Young 38:21

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In our next two episodes, we will explore a disorder affecting nearly one in five Americans - Substance Use Disorder (SUD). From knowing when your patterns are problematic, to building new neural pathways, to measuring success - we want to dig deep. And we’ve got the incredible expertise of Leah Young to show us why there’s so much reason for hope …

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53: Clojure LSP with Eric Dallo 33:27

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Eric Dallo talks about the LSP protocol, and Clojure LSP Sorry about the audio quality on this recording, I missed that I was using my MacBook Microphone instead of my podcast microphone. Clojure LSPLangserver.orglsp-modeclj-kondo analysis dataclojure-lsp-intellijBy Daniel Compton

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52: Coding in YAML with Ingy döt Net 58:17

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Ingy döt Net talks about his new programming language YAMLScript, compiling YAML to Clojure, and the development of the YAML format SML mailing list archive ActiveState Data::Denter Zope Ingy.net personal website Acmeism SnakeYAML / clj-yaml BPAN PST - Package Super Tool YAMLScript docs release-yamlscript file Yes expressions e.g. a(b c) => (a b c)…

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Securely Attached - Why Relationship Patterns Matter with Eli Harwood aka Attachment Nerd 40:45

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Close relationships set the tone for how we experience love and security. Yet, keeping those relationships healthy is rarely easy. Fortunately, Attachment Theory researchers have spent decades scrutinizing why we connect the way we do and what actions help make friendships, partnerships, and family bonds flourish. For therapist, mama, and author El…

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51: Building a text editor with Nate Hunzaker 57:55

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Nate Hunzaker talks about building a text editor for the web Slate Lexical beforeInput event Since the podcast was recorded, Whimsical launched our Grammarly integrationBy Daniel Compton

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50: Peter Taoussanis 1:32:26

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Peter Taoussanis talks about Sente, Timbre, Carmine, Nippy, Tufte, and many more of his libraries The work of Peter Taoussanis Encore naming conventions Paul Graham’s A Plan for Spam Quivre WusoupBy Daniel Compton

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What is ARFID Anyway? Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder with Dr. Michelle Jones 35:37

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Today, we investigate Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) - a diagnosis that can be as confusing as its name suggests… But fear not! We are lucky to have Dr. Michelle Jones as our guide. As a clinical psychologist who studied ARFID since it first became a diagnosis, she's uniquely qualified to distill years of research into succinct e…

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Medication: Musician David Wimbish Normalizes Psychiatric Care Through Art 32:55

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One chilly Maine morning, enveloped in a snowed-in cabin, musician DW sat at a piano recording a melody that had just popped into his brain. As he played, the phrase “I deserve to be well” tumbled out of his mouth in song. He immediately broke down in tears asking, “Wow, do I really believe this?” That question, and the ensuing album he created wit…

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49: Clerk with Martin Kavalar 32:12

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Martin Kavalar talks about Clerk Clerk: Moldable Live Programming for Clojure - PX23 paper Source code for the PX23 paper PDF paper from Latex via Pandoc Pandoc https://2023.programming-conference.org/ https://clerk.vision/ https://github.clerk.garden/ https://mybinder.org/ https://daringfireball.net/linked/2012/12/10/bold-poker Úll conference http…

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How Have You Grown This Year? 14:05

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The end of the calendar year packs a lot into a short amount of time and it can be easy to deprioritize your mental health in all that noise. One of the best ways to refocus on your values is to remember the ways you’ve grown this past year. So to honor the journey of 2023, we created an audio mural using six short stories from listeners and past g…

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Calming Moody Storms - Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) with Dr. Allison Chase 42:06

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Today’s episode is all about giving you an incredibly practical tool for navigating emotion-focused conversations anywhere and with anyone. To do that, we’ve invited Dr. Allison Chase to walk us through Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT for short). Mostly, we will focus on Emotion Coaching - a skill that creates shortcuts between two very differ…

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Getting Feely - Embracing Emotions with Nōn Wels 37:31

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Have you ever been told that you’re too emotional? Or felt the need to hide your heart in order to be accepted and productive? Community builder and writer Nōn Wels can relate. As a sensitive kid growing up in an environment that didn’t always feel safe, Nōn learned to guard his heart so that nobody could find their way in. This led to a lot of pai…

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Fat in a Thin World: Weight Inclusivity with Aubrey Gordon and Kara Richardson Whitely 46:13

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Have you ever wondered why our culture treats fat and fat bodies with such vehement scorn? What about the experiences of people who are fat? What does it mean to exist in a thin-obsessed society? With humor, personal stories, and research Aubrey Gordon & Kara Richardson Whitely - two fat authors and storytellers - explain how the world works differ…

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48: Biff with Jacob O'Bryant 49:48

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Jacob O'Bryant talks about Biff, XTDB, and building a web framework for small teams Tools for Online Speech - Jacob’s Personal Site Biff website Biff GitHub Biff’s funding announcement Clojurists Together funding announcement XTDB TailwindCSS HTMX Biff upgrade instructions YakreadBy Daniel Compton

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Thriving as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) with April Snow 29:47

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Have you ever noticed that you simply notice more? Therapist, author, consultant, and Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) April Snow wants you to know that you are not alone. In fact, the genetic trait responsible for Sensory Processing Sensitivity - aka what makes HSPs more attuned to the world around them - is present in 20% of individuals, regardless …

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Unlocking Radical Authenticity with Moe Ari Brown 40:10

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Have you ever felt like the real you - the one that exists deep, deep down - is not aligned with how you live your life? What would it be like to let the true you break free? That’s why we created today’s podcast. Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, Moe Ari Brown has spent his career helping others live their most authentic lives. He is one of …

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Legends of Aethoria

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The REPL

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Mental Note

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No One Right Way w/ Real Rich & Dub B

No One Right Way w/ Real Rich & Dub B

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Depression in High Achievers: Jenny Jacobsen on Burnout, Anxiety, and Healing 34:37

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Should I Say This in Therapy? Understanding Confidentiality and Informed Consent with Maria Ortiz and Dr. Zoe Ross-Nash 43:19

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Intermittent Fasting & Mental Health: The Science Behind What Diet Culture Isn’t Telling You 37:11

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56: XTDB: A Bitemporal database in Clojure 1:17:09

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Choosing Treatment: How Writer Lara Jacobs Reclaimed Her Story from an Eating Disorder 37:08

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Parenting Through Eating Disorder Recovery: Advice from Those Who’ve Been There 44:05

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Who Gets to Heal? Akiera Gilbert on Access and Equity in Eating Disorder Treatment 42:21

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Body Image and Liberation with Carly Compton 36:13

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55: Instant: a modern Firebase in Clojure, with Stepan Parunashvili 52:06

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54: JRuby with Charles Oliver Nutter 54:15

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Let’s Discuss ADHD with Landon Bryant 36:42

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Ozempic, Eating Disorders, and Diabetes: GLP-1 weight loss drugs explained with Dr. Elizabeth Wassenaar 32:39

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Addiction, Incarceration, and Transformational Love - How Queer Filmmaker Vik Chopra Found His Voice 32:30

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Substance Use Disorders Part 2 - How to Make an Effective Change with Leah Young 35:42

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Substance Use Disorder 101 - How much is too much? with Leah Young 38:21

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53: Clojure LSP with Eric Dallo 33:27

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52: Coding in YAML with Ingy döt Net 58:17

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Securely Attached - Why Relationship Patterns Matter with Eli Harwood aka Attachment Nerd 40:45

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51: Building a text editor with Nate Hunzaker 57:55

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50: Peter Taoussanis 1:32:26

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What is ARFID Anyway? Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder with Dr. Michelle Jones 35:37

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Medication: Musician David Wimbish Normalizes Psychiatric Care Through Art 32:55

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49: Clerk with Martin Kavalar 32:12

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How Have You Grown This Year? 14:05

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Calming Moody Storms - Emotion Focused Family Therapy (EFFT) with Dr. Allison Chase 42:06

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Getting Feely - Embracing Emotions with Nōn Wels 37:31

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Fat in a Thin World: Weight Inclusivity with Aubrey Gordon and Kara Richardson Whitely 46:13

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48: Biff with Jacob O'Bryant 49:48

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Thriving as a Highly Sensitive Person (HSP) with April Snow 29:47

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Unlocking Radical Authenticity with Moe Ari Brown 40:10