Season 3

Jan. 26, 2026

Existential Psychotherapy Part 1: Death

Today, we try to tackle the easy and simple topic of death. Inspired by the writings of Irvin Yalom in Existential Psychotherapy, Preston attempts to describe the four maxims of existentialist theory in therapy and how they may apply to patients.

Listen to the Episode
Jan. 19, 2026

Learning as a Resident with Dr. Mark Mullen

In this episode, Margaret and I are joined by the legendary host of the podcast Psychiatry Bootcamp, Dr. Mark Mullen. As a clerkship director of the psychiatry rotation himself, Dr. Mullen adds his insights as we discuss the “high yield” (if you will) tips to learning and transitioning into residen…

Listen to the Episode
Jan. 12, 2026

Neuropsychological Assessments for Clinicians

In this episode, which could be titled “Neurocognitive Assessments for Silly, Cool, Fun People” (that’s us—we are the silly, cool, fun people), Margaret and I describe five neurocognitive domains often used in psychometric testing. We also cover the associated simple yet elegant tests you can do at…

Listen to the Episode
Jan. 5, 2026

Eating For Your Brain (Even When You’re Down) with Nutritional Psychi…

On this episode of HBP, we interview nutritional psychiatrist Brooke Resche and answer some of your questions of how to feed yourself to help your brain. We get into concrete strategies for each difficulty one might have with getting meals together and eating, and talk with Dr. Brooke (CookwithDrBr…

Listen to the Episode
Dec. 29, 2025

The Dementia Episode

In this episode, Margaret and I do our best to define the elusive diagnosis of dementia. We describe what the actual clinical definition of the cognitive disability is, explore the most common types of diseases that can cause dementia, and how to pick up on them clinically, especially when they sta…

Listen to the Episode
Dec. 22, 2025

Concrete Self-Care in Hard Times with Amanda Stuckey Dodson

It’s one thing to think about optimal routines, and the internet is often very fixated on the “best”, but what about when you’re stressed, burnt out, or struggling with your mental health? On this episode, we have a conversation with clinical social worker and life skills specialist Amanda Stuckey …

Listen to the Episode
Dec. 15, 2025

Your Brain on AI: Interview with MIT Media Lab’s Nataliya Kosmyna

Today, we present to you our first Journal Club episode, in which we feature a primary author of an important piece of research. Online, content supercedes context, and when it comes to emerging hypothesis around big topics – like AI – this loss of context can lead to polarizing views. Today, we ar…

Listen to the Episode
Dec. 8, 2025

Food Fears, Myths, and Mental Health

Welcome back for season 3! For our first episode, we have on a food scientist to discuss from the industry side food myths, which we combine with our own readings from the psychiatry literature. We touch on red dye 40, food fears, the minerals in the soil, and how to slow down information from soci…

Listen to the Episode