Episode 51: Catching Up, Part 1

We’ve been gone a while! In Part 1 of "Catching Up," we talk about Jerry’s experiences down in Arizona and how they’re different from what he was experiencing in Colorado; how we talk to people who have different worldviews from our own; and how the protests that have sprung up since George Floyd’s murder indicate …

Episode 49: Exploring Depression and Despair

In this episode, we have a conversation about depression and despair. We guide ourselves by an analogy we’ve found useful, in which we describe our energy system as akin to a volume knob, and posit that depression is essentially a series of choices we make to turn down the volume on our lives and our …

Episode 47: Depression and Despair (First Thoughts)

Last Friday night, Benjamin found himself not wanting to do anything. Nothing sounded enjoyable at all. When he took a closer look at the impulse (or anti-impulse?), he realized that what he was seeing within himself was the first steps down the dark stairway into depression. A closer look inside revealed that this incipient depression …