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"Remarkable" - Psychology Today "A vital, compassionate gem that fills a desperate and under-addressed need in our society." - Esquire "A perversely safe place in which he and his guests talk about their fears, addictions and traumatic childhoods." - NY Times "Gilmartin makes a conscious effort to explore stories that aren’t black and white" - Slate Magazine "Praised by listeners all over the world" - Atlantic Monthly Named To Top Health Podcast List by: NY Times, Esquire, Slate, Oprah Magazine, Women's Health, Onion A.V. Club, Apple Podcast Staff
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Signup to Generate a Pitch"Remarkable" - Psychology Today "A vital, compassionate gem that fills a desperate and under-addressed need in our society." - Esquire "A perversely safe place in which he and his guests talk about their fears, addictions and traumatic childhoods." - NY Times "Gilmartin makes a conscious effort to explore stories that aren’t black and white" - Slate Magazine "Praised by listeners...
Mental Illness Happy Hour is hosted by Paul Gilmartin. The show has published 717 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "#824 Best Of: Todd Glass" (30 October 2026, 103 minutes), "#823 Best Of - IRA Prisoner Jake Mac Siacais" (23 October 2026, 128 minutes), and "#822 Post ER Mental Health Care - Dr. Kenneth Scott Burnham" (16 October 2026, 113 minutes).
Mental Illness Happy Hour publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 103 minutes across 717 episodes.
Booking probability for Mental Illness Happy Hour is 39%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Mental Illness Happy Hour requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Mental Illness Happy Hour's contact route on record: verified email.
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Paul Gilmartin hosts Mental Illness Happy Hour, a health podcast with 717 episodes published.
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In this Best Of ep (originally released in 2014), the comedian and author shares about growing up with Dyslexia, OCD, being held back in grade school, his coming out of the closet in his 40s and the politics of language...
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In this episode which was originally released in 2017, Paul sits down with the former IRA fighter/volunteer who shares his people’s history, his years of imprisonment & torture by Protestants and the British govt, the...
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Dr. Kenneth Scott Burnham is a doctor of Osteopathy, a board-certified ER physician and someone who has personally struggled with mental and emotional health. He talks about his years of hiding his struggles and...
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Chloe Radcliffe @ChloeBadcliffe is an actor, writer, and stand-up comedian who shares her story of habitual cheating in relationships and the work she’s done to uncover why she did it. She also talks about what it was...
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@Wallo267 aka Wallace Peeples is an author, entrepreneur, speaker, podcaster, and advocate. He shares his experience of being abandoned by his father and being in prison for twenty years–and how he mentally made it...
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Dr Melissa Giglio is a clinical psychologist who specializes in treating childhood disorders, including selective mutism and social anxiety disorder. She unpacks how she guides children–and their caretakers–through...
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Kimberley Quinlan, a returning guest, is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) who specializes in anxiety disorders and OCD and the host of the Your Anxiety Toolkit podcast. She and Paul discuss moving through...
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Jim Murphy is a #1 New York Times bestselling author and performance coach to world #1 athletes and Fortune 500 executives. He also leads Inner Excellence, offsite retreats where guests immerse themselves in beauty and...
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Liz Tenuto aka @theWorkoutWitch_ is a somatic specialist who has spent over a decade helping people release chronic stress through movement. Her work sits at the intersection of psychology and physical health, focused...
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Shermin Kruse is an author, law professor, and speaker. Born during the Iranian Revolution, she talks about her immigrant journey and her professional work on power, stoicism, morality, and empathy. Look for her book...
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Ashley McGirt Adair is a psychotherapist, author, and speaker specializing in racial trauma, crisis response, and racial equity. She speaks on generational trauma and its roots in slavery, as well as the cultural...
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Krissy Johnson is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) and devoted MIHH listener. She opens up about escaping a manipulative relationship, shedding her secrecy and shame, and what led her to become a...
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Dr. James Jackson is a psychologist and neuropsychologist who specializes in medical trauma and Long COVID. He talks about his work in post-intensive care syndrome, discusses acceptance commitment therapy (ACT), and...
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Originally aired as our 148th episode, this Best Of replay is a riveting one. Although the writer/producer grew up in Hawaii, his childhood was far from paradise; enduring a cornucopia of PTSD, leaving him...
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Kaja Sokola is a model-turned-psychologist and therapist–and one of Poland’s first public figures in mental health. She opens up about her battles with eating disorders, the work she’s done to overcome the psychological...
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Dr. Margaret Rutherford is a clinical psychologist, author, and TEDx speaker. Throughout the course of her work, she noticed something that she calls Perfectly Hidden Depression, emotional pain camouflaged by...
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Sari Cooper is the founder and Director of the Center for Love and Sex. A professional dancer turned sex therapist, Sari opens up about her path to this profession, including her own family history of mental illness...
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A powerful and intimate conversation and one of Paul’s favorites (and the origin of the "Herbert's Butthole" riff). Originally aired in 2015, the then 28 year-old Syrian opens up about always being the minority...
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Danny O’Connor is an elite professional boxer and former member of the U.S. Olympic Boxing Team. He’s also the author of the book Weight Class: A Fighter's Life-or-Death Battle with an Eating Disorder . He opens up...
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Jenny Zigrino (a.k.a. Peggy Poundstone) is a comedian and writer of smut. She discusses the loss of her beloved sister, her struggles with endometriosis, and what inspired her to begin writing queer erotica. Keep an eye...
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