The 2 Best Disorderland Podcast Episodes
1) E01: Pathologize Me, TikTok
Ayesha and Jess take a stroll through ADHDtok to understand the trend of self-pathologization — why has it become so popular to turn your personality traits into symptoms of disease? What purpose does...Show More
2) E02: Kill the Executive In Your Head w/ Marta Rose
Is executive function “a set of capitalist values masquerading as skills”? Neurodivergent educator and artist Marta Rose thinks so! We sat down with her to talk about: her journey from diagnosis to cr...Show More
3) E08: Horror Therapy
Tidings, ghouls! Gather round to listen to a demon (Jess) and a demon clown (Ayesha) discuss a shared love of horror. We talk about how microdosing on fear through film can be grounding, how the genre...Show More
4) E07: It's Not You, It's My ADHD
Jess and Ayesha discuss a New York Times article that wants us to think all our relationship problems are caused by an undiagnosed brain disorder.Tangents include: navigating conflict in relationships...Show More
5) E06: Lactobacillus Can't Cure Depression
Jess keeps getting Instagram ads for some probiotic supplement that’s supposed to cure depression — luckily, we have an in-house microbiologist to consult! Ayesha critiques the studies behind Neuralli...Show More
6) E05: How To Be An ADHD Boss
Are you eating enough blueberries to optimize your dopamine? Did you make sure to take a timed cold shower this morning after your Peloton workout to increase your neurochemical satisfaction by 500%??...Show More
7) E04: Diagnosis Is Not A Privilege w/ Maggie Leppert
What’s it like to be a survivor of psychiatric oppression? What was the a-ha moment that made you see the system for what it was? We asked our listeners recently and got some great responses, a few of...Show More
8) E03: Genome Wide, Ass Studies
Ayesha explains what’s wrong with all these genome wide association studies that keep saying they found the ADHD genes (or the schizophrenia genes, or the bipolar genes, or the autism genes..) We also...Show More