SHH’s Mentally Oddcast

About SHH’s Mentally Oddcast

the Mentally Oddcast features creatives discussing how mental illness, addiction, neurodivergence, and the impact of trauma informs & inspires their art. New eps every Wednesday! CW/TW for discussions of suicide, addiction, abuse, SA. Host Wednesday Lee Friday is the author of A Stabbing for Sadie, Kiss Me Like You Love Me, The Finster Effect, and multiple short story collections. Her career has included wrangling reptiles, sex writing, sociopolitical activism, and lots and lots of retail management. She also runs a soap & gift shop you should totally check out. Intro/Outtro music by Peter Alway

Publisher

Wednesday Lee Friday

Category

arts

Language

en

Explicit

Yes

First episode

21 Feb 2024

Latest episode

14 Oct 2026

Latest episodes

74 episodes in the feed.

1. 

   14 Oct 2026

   Guest: Digital Creator and Writer Rhiannon

   This week, Rhiannon and Wednes discuss the what happens when fascists buy up all the good TV, parasocial relationships, and whether Ryan Murphy is losing his shine for even us die-hards. Also Etsy, killer bees, Jenny Gump, and the dangers and possible benefits of humanizing murderers. Also VJs, adult diagnoses, trauma copes, and when to call it "domestic violence." TW for discussions on Domestic Violence, gun violence, and sexual assault.

2. 

   7 Oct 2026

   Guest: Carolyn of Beyond 6 Seconds Podcast

   This week, we talk with Carolyn, [https://linktr.ee/beyond6seconds] a fellow ND podcaster and creative. We talk about the how and why (and maybe why NOT) of getting a diagnosis in adulthood. We parse authentic personality vs masking, why readers have more empathy, and how psychology has been failing women for generations. Also music and a capella, trump camps, solo singing vs ensembles, a mad lib, and some kickass music after the outro.

3. 

   30 Sept 2026

   Guest: Author, Educator, and Screenwriter Bob Pondillo

   This week, Bob Pondillo [http://bobpondillobooks.com] discusses screenwriting and novelisations, the horrors of Catholicism, and media history from radio to TV and the Hayes Code to cartoon skirts on animals. We talk depression and work output, the socratic method vs the woke mind virus, and why it's important to speak your mind on big issues. Also film production, offense in media, jobs as identity, and why well-meaning people sometimes miss the memo.

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Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

2 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

1 ratings

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