Podcasts Worth Your Time
A handful of shows that take mental health seriously without being either clinical or breathless.
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Mental health & psychiatry
- The Huberman Lab — episodes on sleep, stress, mood, and neuroscience fundamentals.
- Being Well with Forrest Hanson & Dr. Rick Hanson — practical psychology and brain science.
- The Trauma Therapist Podcast — interviews with leading trauma clinicians.
Psychedelic & ketamine-adjacent
- Psychedelics Today — long-running interviews across the field.
- MAPS Podcast — research-forward, ethics-aware coverage.
- Tim Ferriss Show (psychedelic episodes) — Pollan, Doblin, Carhart-Harris, etc.
Personal narratives
- Terrible, Thanks for Asking — honest interviews about grief, loss, and hard seasons.
- The Hilarious World of Depression — comedians on living with depression.
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