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Ask Dr. Mike: The Big Four Steps to Improving Mental Health

Spinning off from the Going There with Dr. Mike podcast, our monthly “Ask Dr. Mike” column is back to answer listeners’ questions about their mental health. This past month’s episodes focused on Suicide Prevention Month, with guests like Phantogram and Jesse Leach discussing how they cope with the “beast” of their own mental health. Today, Dr. Mike provides some simple steps to help us tackle these daily stresses on our wellness journeys. September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and it provides an excellent opportunity not only to check in on our own mental health, but also to find ways to improve our emotional well-being. One of the most daunting aspects of our mental health journey is that there are often harmful and complex issues that we face in our lives that could hinder our w...

Jana Kramer on Working with Richard Marx and Her Upcoming Lifetime Holiday Movie

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Jana Kramer sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about her latest single, “Voices,” and her new Lifetime Original Holiday Movie, The Holiday Fix Up. The singer/actress discusses her newest track’s spotlight on self-esteem and mental health, and how she finds herself in a transitional state of self-improvement. That all comes as the media and tabloids amplify her every move, especially her recent divorce. Advertisement Related Video Kramer also emphasizes the importance of her work/life balance while raising two children, how they’ve influenced her music, and having more control as an independent artist while she readies w...

Orla Gartland on the Internet’s Abundance of Bad Advice and the Brilliance of St. Vincent

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Orla Gartland enters the chat with Kyle Meredith to talk about Woman on the Internet, her recently released debut album. The Irish songwriter discusses the reckoning and sense of self that takes center stage across the LP, rarely taking her own advice, and the abundance of bad advice across the web. Gartland also dives into her appreciation of St. Vincent’s Strange Mercy and how it influenced her new record, plus what it was like to see this debut album land in the top ten in both the UK and Ireland. Advertisement Related Video Listen to this new episode of Kyle Meredith With via the embed above, or watch the whole discussion ...

Stanning BTS: BTS at the United Nations General Assembly

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Radio Public | Pocket Casts | RSS Editor’s Note: Show your love for Stanning BTS by picking up our new Iconic ARMY T-shirt at the Consequence Shop or via the buy-now button below — available in two new colors! Use code BTS15 for 15% off! Advertisement Related Video In this week’s episode, Kayla and Bethany recap BTS’ speeches and performance for the SDG moment at the 76th United Nations General Assembly, and BTS’ recent appointment as the Presidential Envoy for Future Generations and Culture by South Korea’s President Moon Jae-in. Stanning BTS is a biweekly podcast about anything and everything BTS and ARMY. In each episode, hosts Kayla and Bethany find just the right ba...

G-Eazy on These Things Happen Too and Demi Lovato Collab: “We’re Both Complicated Human Beings”

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS G-Eazy sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about These Things Happen Too, an album that sequels his 2014 breakthrough. The rap artist talks about the 436 songs that were written for the project, E-40’s influence, and his nostalgia for the past. Advertisement Related Video He also tells us about befriending Cage The Elephant’s Matthew Shultz, who guests on a track, covering David Bowie’s “Lazarus” on last year’s Everything’s Strange Here, collaborating with Demi Lovato on Breakdown and their shared experience as artists, and teaming up with Diane Warren and Santana on “She’s Fire.” Listen to the latest episode of Kyle Mer...

The What Podcast Plays Another Game of Fake Or Festival?

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google | Radio Public | RSS  Keeping up with which festivals are happening and which are being canceled or postponed can be difficult enough, but Brad, Barry and Lord Taco have a little fun on The What Podcast playing Fake or Festival, a game that asks which is real and which is made up. (For more, you can revisit the July edition of the game here.) Editor’s Note: We’re keeping the spirit of Bonnaroo alive while supporting those in need of relief following Hurricane Ida with our new “Radiate Positivity” T-shirt at the Consequence Shop. A portion of proceeds will be going to the American Red Cross to help those affected by the storm, so grab yours now at the shop or via the buy-now button ...

Phantogram’s Sarah Barthel on Coping with Traumatic Loss

Listen via: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Pandora | Stitcher | Google | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Musician Sarah Barthel of Phantogram joins Dr. Mike Friedman on the Going There podcast to share her struggle with devastating and traumatic loss in her life. Advertisement Related Video The Phantogram singer has been a fantastic mental health advocate over the years, and has been very forthcoming and outspoken about how she not only lost her sister, Becky, when she committed suicide, but also had previously lost her father to cancer, and coped with her mother and other friends having the disease. What the “You Don’t Get High Anymore” artist describes is years of different devastating losses one on top of another a...

Shirley Manson on The Jump, Beautiful Garbage, and The Importance of Weird

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Shirley Manson catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about season three of The Jump, the podcast that finds her speaking with some of her favorite artists about the songs that changed their careers. The Garbage lead singer discusses the art of songwriting and its current place in the pop landscape, the importance of being weird, and the opportunities to borrow from greatness. Advertisement Related Video Manson also dives into an interview she did with Alanis Morissette and their shared experience coming up in the ’90s, the power of Cat Power, and being a hero to so many people in the way that she sees Patti Smith. It’s also th...

Lindsey Buckingham Shares The Story Behind Fleetwood Mac’s “Tusk”

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Pocket Casts | RSS Fleetwood Mac auteur and rock icon Lindsey Buckingham famously joined the band after a “chance” meeting with Mick Fleetwood in a recording studio. The rest is serendipitous history as he and his long-time partner Stevie Nicks transformed the band’s sound, leading to their massive breakout album Rumours (still one of the best-selling of all time). Advertisement So what does a mega-band do for its next act? In this case, they commit to smashing all expectations by releasing the first single “Tusk” from follow-up album of the same name, a Buckingham-penned classic that still scratches heads to this day. “Tusk” is a song like no other. Infused with Salvador Dali-esque surreal...

Debbie Gibson on The Body Remembers: “I’m Somebody Who Likes to Flip the Script”

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Debbie Gibson sits down with Kyle Meredith to talk about The Body Remembers, her first album of new material in twenty years. The legendary pop star tells us of her penchant for flipping the script on her career, having spent years in musicals and movies, as well as the differences and similarities between pop music of the ’80s and today. Advertisement Related Video Gibson also dives into her friendship with New Kids on the Block’s Joey McIntyre, who she’s currently performing with in a Las Vegas residency, and their duet on a new version of her classic “Lost in Your Eyes” featured on the new record. She also touches on how sh...

Stanning BTS Fanfic Files: The Rap Line Goes to IKEA and Suga Gets Haunted

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Radio Public | Pocket Casts | RSS Editor’s Note: Show your love for Stanning BTS by showing your stan-dom with pride! Pick up our new Iconic ARMY T-shirt at the Consequence Shop or via the buy-now button below. Use code BTS15 for 15% off! Stanning BTS returns to one of their most-requested series: The Fanfic Files! Advertisement Related Video In the 12th edition of the series, hosts Kayla and Bethany surprise each other with a retelling or summation of a BTS fan-fiction story they adore. In this episode, we find out what The Rap Line (RM, Suga, and J-Hope) get up to on an IKEA trip, and see what happens when Suga gets haunted by a bratty ghost. First up is “A S...

Glenn Hughes on Holy Ground, Letting Go of Fear, and a 2022 Dead Daisies Album

Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Glenn Hughes drops a line into Kyle Meredith With to discuss Holy Ground, his new album with The Dead Daisies. The former Deep Purple/Black Sabbath singer talks about what it’s been like playing live shows post-lockdown, joining The Dead Daisies supergroup in 2019, and bringing a ’70s feel to their catalog. Advertisement Related Video Hughes then goes into singing about letting go of fear and the things we can’t control, overcoming addiction, and covering “30 Days in the Hole.” What’s more, he gives us a big tip that The Dead Daises are already completing another new album to be released next year. Listen to the latest ep...