Three millennial psychiatrists, military veterans, and friends break down what feels alive in America, right now, through a biopsychosocial lens.
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Send us Fan Mail We’re here to talk about death guys. It’s a concept we often shy away from — except this time of year when we commodify it for play (and profit). We take it to the extreme (and here in Florida we literally buy tickets at amusement parks to expose ourselves to the most gruesome aspects of it) but usually without genuine full contemplation of it — so this theme-parkification is also a form of distancing. Don’t get me wrong, I love a haunted house and Hocus Pocus rewatch as much...
30 Sept 2026
Episode 8: The Shadow
Send us Fan Mail When you hear the word shadow, what comes to mind? Darkness, perhaps. Mystery, hiding, or even fear. For Carl Jung, a Swiss psychiatrist and one of the most influential minds in the history of our field, shadow meant something like this, but it was personal. He saw the shadow as the parts of ourselves we try to hide away and refuse to accept, often because we've been told to, or because we're scared of what those parts might mean, or what they're capable of. If that sou...
16 Sept 2026
Narcissism, Part 1
Send us Fan Mail Narcissism seems to be having quite a moment in American culture these days, although one might argue it's always been a part of our so-called "rugged individualism." And yet, it seems you can't even attend a Sunday brunch without hearing the term smeared on almost every dating story. And then there's everything from movies like Mean Girls and You're Dating a Narcissist! to the ongoing growth of social media influencers and the common refrain: I want to be an influencer when ...
2 Sept 2026
Episode 6: The Hero's Journey
Send us Fan Mail Several influences seemed to coalesce to lead us to creating this episode on the Hero’s Journey. There was the release of The Odyssey, which has grossed $1.4 billion worldwide, arguing there’s something in our collective psyche still drawing us to this original blueprint for the Epic. It also seemed like a natural follow-on from our last episode on Aggression, where we recognized the importance of Heroes who can help channel natural aggressive impulses toward prosocial acts. ...
19 Aug 2026
Episode 5: Aggression
Send us Fan Mail Aggression rose to the top of our early episode list without us fully knowing why — maybe because, as psychiatrists, we see it almost everywhere. In its many forms, it's something we humans tend to deny, push aside, or bury deep — until it explodes, or quietly controls us. So why does aggression matter, in America, in 2026? Most of us can point to reasons — from school shootings and war to our own homes and relationships. But aggression isn't uniquely American, and it isn't e...
5 Aug 2026
Episode 4: Community
Send us Fan Mail Welcome, Shrinking America community, to the community episode! We had a running joke that we would just keep mentioning the community episode without ever actually recording it. And then we quickly realized this was a bit of a metaphor. It's much easier to talk about wanting more community, but the real work of building it can be just that…work. In this episode we try to use our own experience in building a community through podcasting to explore the possible roadblocks, the...
22 Jul 2026
Episode 3: The American Dream
Send us Fan Mail For our first real "topic" episode, we decided to start with the American Dream. Maybe we chose it because we thought it’d be a hopeful topic and we want this podcast to be hopeful. But we also quickly got to the dark underbelly of the subject and that also just feels real for our times. But let’s back up and begin with a question. What is the American Dream? It’s a phrase so woven into our cultural fabric that we rarely stop to ask where it actually came from — or what...
8 Jul 2026
Episode 2: The Toolkit
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to episode 2 of Shrinking America. This episode is a continuation of our first episode — where we really asked ourselves what we’re doing here. Now that we’ve asked some important defining questions we’re trying to figure out how to walk our talk. Literally. We talked a lot last time about how we’re using our training to ask important questions to deepen understanding. We cannot underplay the importance of simply questioning and maintaining a mindset of curiosit...
24 Jun 2026
Episode 1: What Are We Doing?
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Shrinking America…this time, for real. This episode, recorded in January before any of our other content, dives into a conversation about what got us going on a podcast, who we are as individuals, friends, psychiatrists and as Americans, and demonstrates a bit of how conversation flows so often in long-term therapy. The distillation? Kyle captures it with “seeking to understand what is happening in our country in this moment through a biopsychosocial and dare I say...
13 May 2026
Episode 0.125: America on Hold
Send us Fan Mail Welcome to Episode 0.125. It’s an impromptu addition to our prequel series, where we decided to turn the psychiatric lens on ourselves. We noticed in our text thread we were all having interesting reactions about finally putting our work out into the world, and the only logical next step was to put ourselves on the couch and let the shrinking begin. This process brought up some interesting themes around narcissism, imposter syndrome, and inadequacy. Yes, shrinks work through ...
4 May 2026
Episode 0 : Artemis II and One Small Step For Shrinks (One Giant Leap Coming June 24th!)
Send us Fan Mail We've been chipping away at this podcast for a while — balancing our collective perfectionism with a "good enough" energy, finding time in chaotic millennial midlife to meet, laugh, and record together on an almost weekly basis. When Artemis II launched, we couldn't help ourselves. Turns out when your co-hosts include a former military pilot, a Navy flight surgeon, and someone who applied to the astronaut program — twice — space is never really far from the conversation. ...
4 May 2026
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