#747 Bo V - Non Binary & Recovering People Pleaser

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 9 May 2025

⏱️ 115 minutes

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Bo V is a stand-up comedian, actor, and writer who attends Paul’s support group. They talk about the work they’re doing on self-judgment and shame, finding the perfect church after leaving Catholicism, and discovering their trans identity.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 747. I don't know why I pronounce it that way instead of 747. I guess because I don't want it to sound like I'm doing this from an airplane.
0:13.0	Oh, if you're a new listener, uh, I'm a jackass that tells dick jokes. And I talk about mental health. Welcome. This is a place for honesty.
0:22.8	About all this shit bouncing around in our skulls.
0:26.6	The website for our show is metalpod.com and metalpod.
0:30.6	Also the social media handles you can follow us at.
0:34.6	A couple of things.
0:47.8	How do I explain this i have lost the ability to choose which ads are injected into the podcast and by injected i mean the ones that i am myself not reading.
1:03.3	I'll spare you all the gory details, but the ability to do that has been removed from the platform that I use.
1:05.7	And so I am now faced with a decision because like they're injecting ads by McDonald's and a while back there
1:13.9	was an ad for better help and things that I'm totally against and I need the the income from it
1:22.5	but I also don't want to be contributing to things that I don't believe in.
1:29.0	And so I'm really faced with a tough decision and I'm not sure what to do.
1:33.0	The people that I've run it by are like, listen, we listen to other podcasts and there's
1:39.3	all kinds of ads in there for stuff that we're not fans of.
1:44.1	But I don't know. It just, it really irks me.
1:47.4	And so I have pleaded with them, please, is there a way that you can make an exception and
1:54.1	give me the ability to control which of the injected ads appear on my podcast?
2:00.2	And I have not heard back from them.
2:01.9	So I'm not sure what to do, but there you have it in case you're wondering,
2:06.2	why are you having ads in there?
2:10.2	But I do have approval over the ones that I myself read.
2:17.2	What did I want to tell you? I was watching YouTube the other night and let me back up.
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