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Mental Illness Happy Hour

#269 Guy Branum

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Relationships, Sexuality, Mental Health, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness

4.86.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 March 2016

⏱️ 158 minutes

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Summary

The 40 year-old writer/comedian (Chelsea Lately) and podcaster (Pop Rocket) talks about growing up gay in a small town, losing his father a few weeks ago and trying to deal with a mother who can't accept him for who he is. Follow Guy on Twitter @GuyBranum  Buy his album Effable  Listen to his podcast Pop Rocket. This week's episode is sponsored by Penzu.  To sign up for a free account, go to www.penzu.com This week's episode is also sponsored by Casper Mattresses. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to episode 269 with my guest Guy Brannum.

0:06.3

Today's episode is sponsored by Penzu, your personal journal in the cloud.

0:10.8

Penzu is where millions of people keep their most private thoughts all locked up with

0:14.7

a secret password.

0:16.2

Go to Penzu.com that's spelled P-E-N-Z-U.

0:20.2

Do it right now and sign up for a free account.

0:22.8

And for extra security and phone customizations, go to Penzu.com slash GoPro.

0:29.2

Go to it on your computer and use the promo code mental for five bucks off your pro or

0:33.9

pro plus subscription.

0:36.3

I'm Paul Gilmarten.

0:37.3

This is the Metal Illness Happy Hour.

0:39.4

A place for honesty about all the battles in our heads for a medically diagnosed conditions,

0:44.0

past traumas and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive negative thinking.

0:49.1

This show is not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling.

0:52.6

I'm not a therapist.

0:53.6

It's not a doctor's office.

0:55.2

It's more like a waiting room that doesn't suck.

0:58.0

The website for this show is mental pod.com.

1:01.4

Metal pod is also the Twitter handle you can follow me out.

1:04.8

Go to our website.

1:06.4

You can browse the forum.

1:08.9

You can join the forum and post.

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