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The best podcasts about the healing power of storytelling

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Who am I?

I am first and foremost a husband and father of two kids currently age 2 and 10 months. I am the founder of the mental health ecosystem, Fragile Moments, which seeks to create the tools and community for the mind that advances the conversation towards one of healing. I am also the charismatic host of several mental health podcasts including "What's Your Story?" and I enjoy telling stories along with helping to educate and advocate for greater mental health awareness. Every person has a right to be heard and share their story while ultimately getting to a place of healing and happiness. In my own life I am passionate about seeking to connect people with strangers who share their lived experience through the power of storytelling.

My Show

What is my podcast about and/or how does it relate to the playlist topic you chose?

What's Your Story? is a storytelling podcast that connects people with strangers who share their lived experience in order to learn and heal. I discuss both the dark side and the light side one might face with their mental health, all told through real life stories of every day human beings. This relates to this playlist topic in sense that we can all learn and grow from the stories of others rather than hearing them as something foreign or unfamiliar.

What is my podcast playlist about?

This playlist highlights some of the fascinating shows I enjoy listening to better understand how much there is to learn from other peoples lived experiences. Perhaps we may not have a ton in common with another individual, but there is always a common thread connecting us which provides us a chance to be better humans and ultimately more compassionate ones.

The podcasts I picked and why

1. Ear Hustle

Why this podcast?

Ear Hustle shares stories from people that society seems to write off far too quickly, those incarcerated. What I love about this podcast is that there is no filter and no judgment, just an authentic conversation and an absolute realness to the stories being told each week. Hearing from other peoples perspectives is something we all should be doing in order to understand and connect, Ear Hustle has always done that beautifully.

Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle

Ear Hustle & Radiotopia

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5.0

Ear Hustle is prison slang for eavesdropping, and that’s what listening to the show feels like: a raw, often funny, and always surprising peek into the reality of life inside prison.

Hosts Nigel Poor and Earlonne Woods co-created the show that launched in 2017 while Earlonne was incarcerated at San Quentin State Prison, where Nigel was a volunteer teaching photography. Since Earlonne’s release in 2018, the show has expanded to include stories from prisons across the state, including the California Institution for Women, as well as stories about getting out of prison and starting over, post-incarceration.

From finding romance, to grappling with a life sentence, to trying to parent via 15-minute phone calls, Ear Hustle stories deliver what This American Life host Ira Glass calls a “"very real” and “untragic” take on prison life.

Ear Hustle is a proud member of Radiotopia from PRX, a network of independent listener-supported podcasts. Discover audio with vision at radiotopia.fm and learn more about Ear Hustle at earhustlesq.com.

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2. The Life Shift - Life-Changing Pivotal Moments

Why this podcast?

Matt understands the true nature of a human being, that we all have within us a story to tell that impacted our lives, even if it was some seemingly small moment. It's those fragile moments that make up who we are as individuals and Matt brings that out in others in a compassionate way that is rare to find. I love listening each week as he continues to show us how similar we all are and how much we can learn from others moments.

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What is your pivotal moment?

The Life Shift Podcast is a weekly podcast featuring candid conversations with people about the pivotal moments that changed their lives forever.


We all have our stories, but through these conversations, we discover communities. We learn that there are commonalities through the ups and downs that we all face. But most importantly, we learn that we are not alone. The Life Shift podcast highlights life-altering moments and humanizes the struggles and triumphs through them all.


Hosted by Matt Gilhooly


"I want these conversations to feel like eavesdropping on two friends having a human conversation. These are the conversations that we should be having with each other. Below the surface." - says host Matt Gilhooly.


Please follow/subscribe on your favorite podcast app, listen to new episodes every Tuesday, and let us know your thoughts about the show.


If you enjoy The Life Shift Podcast, please take a moment to rate the show 5 stars! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️


Get access to ad-free episodes released two days early and bonus episodes with past guests through Patreon. www.patreon.com/thelifeshiftpodcast


For more information, please visit: https://www.thelifeshiftpodcast.com



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3. This is Love

Why this podcast?

Love comes in many shapes and forms and Phoebe understands that like no one else. There's a sincerity to her conversations and one can easily feel by listening that there is no goal with the show other than to let us in on what love looks like and why we should never shy away from what ever it is that we love the most.

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This is Love

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4.7

Love is more than you think. From the creators of Criminal. New episodes twice a month. Part of the Vox Media Podcast Network.

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4. A Fiber Life | ordinary moments on the fiber farm

Why this podcast?

Storytelling can be told by human beings but the world around us, nature, can tell us fantastic stories as well, we just have no know how to listen. Lisa lets us see a glimpse of what that world looks like and what stories there are when we live with every fiber of our being.

A farm lifestyle podcast about raising exotic animals called guanacos, getting back to nature, making things by hand and living with every fiber of our being. We hope you join us for the adventure! This show is part of the Bright Sighted Podcast Network.

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5. Snap Judgment Presents: Spooked

Why this podcast?

Stories don't always have to be warm and fuzzy in order for them to connect us as human beings. Glynn weaves a web of stories that while seemingly eerie or other worldly, make you stop and realize that there are strange occurrences that can and do happen to all of us. We would be foolish to not tell those stories as they still have the ability to make us aware that even in our darkest, scariest moments, we still have a lot in common.

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Spooked features true-life supernatural stories, told firsthand by people who can barely believe it happened themselves. Be afraid. Created in the dark of night, by Snap Judgment Studios, in partnership with KQED & PRX. It is hosted by Glynn Washington.

Spooked drops...WEEKLY! We have held back the darkness long enough and at long last... Spooked is now available for free on ALL podcast platforms.

Episodes will drop every week on Friday! Featuring brand NEW stories -- along with episodes previously available only by subscription.

For Luminary subscribers, previously released episodes are still on Luminary.

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