Episode 142: Scott Thompson Live in Toronto

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 November 2013

⏱️ 95 minutes

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The comedian/actor/writer (Kids in the Hall, Larry Sanders, Hannibal) opens up about his childhood in Brampton Ontario, coming to terms with his sexuality and the bullying that eroded his self-esteem. He also shares about a traumatic and violent even at his middle school that he considers seminal and his past battle with cancer. 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.

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0:00.0	Welcome to Episode 142 with my guest, Scott Thompson, on Paul Gilmarton.
0:07.0	This is the metal illness happy hour, an hour or two of honesty about all the battles
0:10.3	in our heads.
0:11.6	For medically diagnosed conditions, past traumas, and sexual dysfunction to everyday compulsive
0:16.7	negative thinking.
0:17.7	This show is not meant to be a substitute for professional metal counseling.
0:20.8	It's not a doctor's office, it's more like a waiting room that does not suck.
0:25.6	The website for this show is mentalpod.com.
0:28.6	Please go there, check it out.
0:29.6	There's blogs you can read by me and by other people.
0:32.5	There are surveys you can take.
0:33.7	You can see how people respond to surveys, sharing their darkest intermost secrets.
0:40.4	You can buy stuff to support the show, you can donate to support the show, and you can
0:45.8	stream the show.
0:46.8	You can listen to it.
0:47.8	I'm sure there's other stuff that I'm forgetting about at this point, but anyway, what did
0:54.8	I want to mention?
0:55.8	It had a great time in Toronto this last week.
1:00.5	This is the episode I went there to record with Scott Thompson, and the audio snob in
1:09.0	me is the sound gets a little distorted at some points, and the audio snob in me is
1:16.2	agonizing that I'm going to get emails from you guys like, what's with the sound?
1:21.1	But I had no control over that, and I shouldn't have even brought it up.
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