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Episodes

Total: 256

161: What if you suffered a shocking loss?
2020/9/8
5 chapters Transcript

“That feeling…honestly I will never forget it, just your heart dropping into your stomach…it’s unrea

Happenings Vol. 1: No Man's Land
2020/9/1
3 chapters Transcript

Today we launch a new series of bonus content called “Happenings” with three stories of people facin

160: What if you were assaulted by a stranger in the dark?
2020/8/25
4 chapters Transcript

“Right in the center of your body there’s this lead heavy ball, and inside of it is an immediate und

159: What if someone you love committed a monstrous crime?
2020/8/11
1 chapters Transcript

“I could live with the nightmares. I could live with the panic attacks. But the thing that was teari

158: What if you entered The Void?
2020/7/28
12 chapters Transcript

“You try to take off your skin to try to get rid of this voice, and it goes all the way down to the

157: What if you couldn't tell anyone?
2020/6/16
8 chapters Transcript

“The idea that they had plucked me from this terrible life…and it was all going to be sunflowers and

156: What if you swallowed 48 bags of cocaine?
2020/6/2
1 chapters Transcript

“I had to go through having taken everything away from me to come to the conclusion that … you’ll co

155: What if you had to pull the plug?
2020/5/19
1 chapters Transcript

“When somebody hurts you and then they’re like, ‘now you have to take care of him, you’re responsibl

154: What if your mom was murdered by a serial killer?
2020/5/5
10 chapters Transcript

“I had total grief and sadness and fear and also just disbelief that it happened. But it’s different

BONUS Episode - Tyson Was Abducted - from What Was That Like podcast
2020/4/28
10 chapters Transcript

Today, I'm introducing the podcast What Was That Like, by Scott Johnson. Featuring real people in un

153: What if you wanted to disappear?
2020/4/21
8 chapters Transcript

“I had this secret inside me that I felt was my one and only friend and companion that took me away

152: What if you were a human shield?
2020/4/7
8 chapters Transcript

“This fake face I was putting on for everybody was my only sense of normality when my whole life is

151: What if he made you think you were crazy?
2020/3/24
10 chapters Transcript

“I was sure that this was his mental illness and not something wrong with me until I started hearing

150: What if you were trapped in a cycle of abuse?
2020/3/10
8 chapters Transcript

“My earliest memories as a child were fear and anxiety…I was never able to control the situation and

149: What if you committed child sexual abuse?
2020/2/25
9 chapters Transcript

 “I misused my position of power to get my needs met…How is it that if we’re called by God to t

148: What if you killed someone?
2020/2/11
8 chapters Transcript

“We have so much less control than we think we do….Death is really close at hand and we do not do ou

147: What if your best friend was dying?
2020/1/28
9 chapters Transcript

“It’s much better to try to move forward with your life and accept that things are nebulous, and the

146: What if you thought your mother was a robot?
2020/1/14
12 chapters Transcript

“I completely lost touch with reality. You can’t rely on those around you, and you can’t rely on wha

145: What if your best friend met a tragic fate?
2019/12/17
9 chapters Transcript

“I’m the kind of person where I like to know answers. I don’t like secrets I don’t like surprises…I

144: What if you suffered from postpartum depression?
2019/12/3
12 chapters Transcript

“All those thoughts were going through my head like you’re worthless, you’re a loser, you’re a failu