Doc to Dock

In this episode, Nicole docks the conversation from recent reporting from CNN about a hidden network of abuse that has brought renewed attention to the scale and normalization of gender-based violence. Nicole and Brett...

This week, Dr. Brett docks the conversation in the concept of home work — the ongoing labor of coming to feel at home in our body minds, relationships, and communities. Brett introduces how home work was first shaped...

This week, Nicole docks the conversation in the uneasy space where accusation becomes confession. Brett and Nicole start from the latest political flashpoints — from Trump’s AI Jesus post to Pete Hegseth’s accusations...

This week, Brett docks the conversation in the uneasy space between celebrity culture, liberation politics, and the question of what we do when the heroes we admire turn out to be deeply compromised. Brett and Nicole...

This week, Nicole docks the conversation in a situationship with work (specifically academia), where the red flags are LinkedIn, Google Scholar, and the constant pressure to prove you’re worth committing to. Brett and...

This week Brett docks the conversation at the 2026 Oscars. Brett and Nicole talk about their relationship to film, from childhood theater rituals to solo movie dates, and how movies function as comfort, escape, and...

This week Nicole docks the conversation on the topic we were, surely, all told to bring up at the dinner table: politics. Brett and Nicole ask the question… does “apolitical” exist? If politics is about power...

In this episode, Nicole docks the conversation from a perspective of millennial angst, political fatigue, and generational survival. What begins as a reflection on the low-grade anxiety humming through millennial...

In this episode, Brett docks the conversation from a perspective of curiosity, joy, and survival. After a candid account of living with suicidal ideation, Brett shares a clinical reframe: curiosity as an actionable...

In this episode, Brett docks the conversation from Minneapolis, reflecting on the visible escalation of state violence and the rhetoric surrounding ICE. Together, Brett and Nicole interrogate the phrase “American...

In this episode, Nicole docks the conversation by sitting with a question that keeps coming up in her friendships and relationships: can men and women actually be just friends? Thinking about When Harry Met Sally...

In this bonus episode for season 1, the Docs are joined by Dr. Gabby Lout, Ph.D., to talk about friendship—the kind that travels across time zones, life phases, and shifting priorities. Together, they reflect on what it...

In this episode, Nicole docks the conversation, asking what it means to live between ambition and ease—to want success and still long for stillness. Brett and Nicole talk about the pull between striving and slowing...

In this episode, Brett docks the conversation, asking what love looks like under patriarchy—and why so many men are, well, mid . Nicole and Brett unpack how capitalism, masculinity, and social expectation shape the ways...

In this episode, Nicole docks the conversation, asking what the American Dream really promises...and to whom. Brett and Nicole unpack the myth of individual success, tracing how race, class, and history shape who gets...