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5 Podcasts Answering Your Midnight Mental Health Questions
Podcasts discussing the latest news and trends in the therapy world. This issue is sponsored by Rebel On Main podcast.
Arielle Nissenblatt at EarBuds
October 05, 2025
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Sponsored by Rebel On Main: a podcast investigation of a Confederate statue in the bluegrass of Kentucky.
Podcast Picks Curated by Kristie Plantinga & Felicia Keller Boyle
Here’s why Kristie and Felicia chose this theme:
World Mental Health Day is October 10. As a licensed therapist (Felicia) and a therapy enthusiast (Kristie), we care deeply about making conversations around mental health accessible. That’s why we launched What Your Therapist Thinks, a podcast where we answer the internet’s most pressing mental health questions, often with the help of special guests.
This week’s podcast picks keep the conversation going, offering a look at the future of mental health and a behind-the-scenes glimpse into the therapy profession itself.
 What Your Therapist Thinks podcast cover art | What Your Therapist ThinksTherapist Halle Thomas joins Kristie and Felicia to unpack the exhausting reality of hypervigilance, a.k.a the survival mechanism rooted in trauma that has no "off switch." Through conversation and Reddit stories, they expose how hypervigilance manifests and leads to self-fulfilling prophecies in relationships. You’ll also hear validating, practical strategies for healing and why making mistakes is a crucial part of recovery. |
 Unlocking Us with Brené Brown podcast cover art | Unlocking Us with Brené BrownQuantitative futurist Amy Webb talks to us about the three technologies that make up the "super cycle" that we're all living through right now: artificial intelligence, wearable devices, and biotechnology. They discuss why, despite the unnerving change, we still need to do some serious future planning. |
 Therapy for Black Girls podcast cover art | Therapy for Black GirlsRenée takes us inside the day-to-day realities of co-response work, from gas station interventions to family crises, sharing the de-escalation strategies that work in the field and the safety protocols that protect both clinicians and community members. |
 The Bad Therapist Show podcast cover art | The Bad Therapist ShowSince the pandemic shifted our industry toward virtual sessions, many of us have gotten comfortable working from home. But there's a growing number of clients specifically seeking in-person therapy experiences. Felicia is sharing her own journey with telehealth and why having a physical office space might be worth considering, even if it’s just for one day a week. |
 Ask Kati Anything podcast cover art | Ask Kati AnythingCatastrophizing can make every small problem feel like the end of the world. In this episode, Kati shares practical tools to stop worst-case-scenario thinking and how to finally calm your anxious brain. |
You can curate a list for us! Learn more about that here.
Sponsored
 | Listen To Rebel On MainRebel On Main is a podcast investigation of a Confederate statue in the bluegrass of Kentucky. This cross-dressing statue wears a Union hat and a rebel belt buckle. Rebel on Main chronicles this statue’s bizarre birth, the Black Lives Matter protests that threaten to topple him, and the haunting story of the community that now decides his fate. Listen here. |
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Podcast news from Podnews
In the UK, a new, female-founded video podcast network, HERA, has been launched by former Google, YouTube, and BBC & Freemantle execs.
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The Lovie Awards has announced its finalists for “the best of the European internet” (including podcast categories).
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