This podcast series, “To Hell and Back,” is focused on the nature of hellish experiences in life, how people get into them, and to present and discuss tools for coping with hell and getting out. The various podcasts will move back and forth between different varieties of hell in life, and different tools for coping. The tools will be drawn from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), from other treatments, and from other life experiences.
A Podcast with Charlie Swenson - To Hell and Back
Claim This Podcastby Charlie Swenson, MD
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116 episodes
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This podcast series, “To Hell and Back,” is focused on the nature of hellish experiences in life, how people get into them, and to present and discuss tools for coping with hell and getting out. The various podcasts will move back and forth between different varieties of hell in life, and different tools for coping. The tools will be drawn from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), from other treatments, and from other life experiences.
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Recent Episodes
July 23, 2026
World DBT Summit Coming – Episode 127
Charlie Swenson interviews DBT World Summit co-hosts Michaela Swales and Alec Miller about the upcoming global event.
April 9, 2026
Synchronized Swimming – Episode 126
<div class="et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular" > <div class="et_pb_row et_pb_row_0"> <div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light"> <div class="et_pb_text_inner">In this podcast Charlie recalls a piece of biological research he did 57 years ago, at college. He pursued the question: how is it that the 2 billion cells of the human heart, each of which has on its own the capacity to contract, beat in synchrony from birth to death every second or so? What are the biological structures that make that possible? And what does it teach us about cooperation, community, interdependency, and synchrony?</div> </div><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_cta_0 et_pb_promo et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark"> <div class="et_pb_promo_description et_multi_view_hidden"></div> <div class="et_pb_button_wrapper"><a class="et_pb_button et_pb_promo_button" href="https://charlieswenson.com/videos/#podcasts"> View video version of this podcast</a></div> </div><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <input class="fooboxshare_post_id" type="hidden" value="247114"/>
January 26, 2026
Dialectics, Democracy, Tyranny, Trump, and the American Way – Episode 125
<div class="et_pb_section et_pb_section_0 et_section_regular" > <div class="et_pb_row et_pb_row_0"> <div class="et_pb_column et_pb_column_4_4 et_pb_column_0 et_pb_css_mix_blend_mode_passthrough et-last-child"> <div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_0 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light"> <div class="et_pb_text_inner">In the wake of the recent killing by federal agents of two adults in Minneapolis, this podcast represents an attempt to deepen my perspective on these events, on Donald Trump, and on the forces in our country that have supported him. I close with some thoughts about how to counter him in the coming days.</div> </div><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_cta_0 et_pb_promo et_pb_text_align_center et_pb_bg_layout_dark"> <div class="et_pb_promo_description et_multi_view_hidden"></div> <div class="et_pb_button_wrapper"><a class="et_pb_button et_pb_promo_button" href="https://charlieswenson.com/videos/#podcasts"> View video version of this podcast</a></div> </div><div class="et_pb_module et_pb_text et_pb_text_1 et_pb_text_align_left et_pb_bg_layout_light"> </div> </div> </div> </div> <input class="fooboxshare_post_id" type="hidden" value="247077"/>
116 total episodes available with 8 transcripts
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