Crazy Together

About Crazy Together

If you’re sick and tired of listening to the negative talk track playing in your head, then why not listen to us instead? We are Marcus and Esme O’Kayvius (not our real names), a married, neurodivergent couple with a lot of experience managing our own mental health issues while raising a daughter and navigating the dystopic hellscape that is corporate America. Join us each week as we discuss trending mental health issues and explore how they impact our health and wellness. We’ll also examine the myths and misconceptions associated with mental health and what we can do about them. Visit our website: crazytogetherpod.com

Publisher

Marcus & Esme O’Kayvius

Category

health & fitness · science · society & culture

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

14 Nov 2024

Latest episode

4 Nov 2026

Latest episodes

158 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   4 Nov 2026

   154. It’s not a Corrective Emotional Experience, but We’ll Take it

   Marcus tells the story of the most unexpectedly one-sided bar brawl he’s ever seen. More sophisticated listeners will no doubt hear the tale of a face-off between a normal, average looking guy and an enormous and swaggeringly drunk body builder and see parallels with the results of some recent political races.

2. 

   31 Oct 2026

   153. HYPERFOCUS BONUS: The Voting Habits of Citizens, Nuns, and Neighbors

   Tuesday November 3, 2026, is election day, so get out there and vote like your life depended on it! Speaking of voting, Marcus shares a story about a time he witnessed a row full of nuns cast one vote each for the 1987 MLB All Star Game. Who did the nuns vote for, and why did they vote for just that one player? It’s a mystery. Marcus also shares an update on the fight to keep the Academy of Natural Sciences open (and to protect other cultural institutions from the whims of greedy custodians).

3. 

   28 Oct 2026

   152. It’s Written on Your Face: Empathy, Emotions, and Botox

   In a recent Hyperfocus Bonus (episode 139: Can’t Get Enough of Your Emotional Cues, Babe), Esme shared a surprising discovery she made after noticing some fine lines on her forehead (which, it is critical to note, are totally normal and not that noticeable . . . and even if they were it doesn’t matter because Marcus loves Esme’s expressive face and wouldn’t wish it otherwise). She had learned that Botox injections, which temporarily paralyze some facial muscles, have been reported to impact people’s ability to pick up on other’s emotional cues and empathize with them. She wanted to know what the connection was between peoples’ facial muscles and their abilities to process emotions. Moreover, she wondered if neurodivergent people, who sometimes struggle picking up on other peoples’ facial cues as it is, had even more difficulty reading the cues of people who recently received Botox. She was intrigued by these questions, and vowed to research them further and perhaps, one day, make her research the focus of a podcast episode. And then she started getting a lot of homework assignments and was like, nuts to that. So Marcus picked up the bit. And in true Marcus fashion he promptly fell down multiple rabbit holes. Turns out, facial muscles play a huge role in helping us recognize other peoples’ emotions. But more than that, they might also help generate, maintain, and shape our emotional experiences. In other words, we don’t feel an emotional response to something and then our facial muscles react to that emotion. Instead, our facial muscles (and other parts of the body) have a physical response to some stimuli, which then triggers an emotional response. It’s all very fascinating. So be sure to join Marcus as he shares his findings with Esme, because it is a fast, action-packed episode with some very interesting implications for neurodivergent people and our ability to interact with and understand others.

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

YouTube views

17

Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

10 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

5 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 38 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

39

Social presence

0

YouTube

63

Engagement

32

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