#806 - Best Of: Being An Outsider - Rama
Mental Illness Happy Hour
Paul Gilmartin
4.8 • 6.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 June 2026
⏱️ 192 minutes
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Summary
A powerful and intimate conversation and one of Paul’s favorites (and the origin of the "Herbert's Butthole" riff). Originally aired in 2015, the then 28 year-old Syrian opens up about always being the minority wherever she lives (She was born in Syria, grew up in Brazil and now lives in the US), racism towards Arabs, recovering from sexual abuse, battling depression and anxiety and how getting help has saved her life. Her boyfriend Haydn, whose episode was rerun a few weeks ago also sits in on the interview.
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Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 806, a best of episode with Rama. |
| 0:04.9 | This was recorded way, way back to Zane. |
| 0:08.0 | Do I remember 2015? |
| 0:10.6 | Do you remember when, I wouldn't say the country was sane, but it was less insane? |
| 0:20.2 | Yeah, that's when this was recorded. |
| 0:23.2 | That, who knew 11 years ago would be the olden days. |
| 0:27.3 | But this is one of my favorite interviews that I've done. |
| 0:31.2 | We did an episode with her boyfriend, and they are still together, I believe, Haydn, and we ran that best of |
| 0:43.1 | about, I want to say, two months ago. And she sat in on that episode, and on this episode, |
| 0:51.3 | Hayden sits in with her as well. |
| 0:55.4 | But just love this one. |
| 0:57.3 | This was recorded on the road in Queens, I think they were. |
| 1:02.6 | And, yeah, I loved it. |
| 1:05.4 | Loved it, loved it. |
| 1:07.3 | For those of you who are regular listeners, oh, by the way, my name's Paul Gilmartin. |
| 1:13.5 | Welcome to the Mental Illness Happy Hour, a place for honesty. |
| 1:17.7 | What all the battles in our heads from medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas and sexual dysfunction, |
| 1:25.2 | to everyday compulsive negative thinking. |
| 1:28.1 | This show is not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling. |
| 1:31.4 | I am not a therapist. |
| 1:33.8 | Website for this show is metalpod.com. |
| 1:36.7 | You're going to hear quite a few surveys in this episode. |
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