Best Dustin Oliver Podcasts (2025)

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Dustin Thao: You've Reached Sam and You've Found Oliver 1:00:31

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Dustin Thao's first novel broke the internet. You've Reached Sam was a BookTok sensation, selling over 1 MILLION copies. Now, he's back with a companion piece called You've Found Oliver, as well as a standalone queer romance novel When Haru Was Here. He joined us during his UK book tour to speak about his timeline-bending novels, the YA genre, and …

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Paul Mescal and Jessie Buckley: Hamnet by Maggie O'Farrell 16:40

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As soon as I started a book club, I knew we’d have to read Hamnet at some point. Hamnet is a fictional imagination of the life of Anne Hathaway -- here called Agnes because that’s what her family called her -- as well as her children. It’s about the family of William Shakespeare, but in the book he is never called by name. Instead, the spotlight is…

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The Psychology of Overthinking and What to Do About It 35:11

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In this episode, host Dustin breaks down why overthinking happens, what part of the brain drives it, and how attachment patterns, trauma histories, and emotional avoidance shape the habit. You will learn why your mind replays conversations, predicts worst case scenarios, and struggles with uncertainty even when nothing is actually wrong. This conve…

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The King of the Kickboxers 1:05:10

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Two Dollar Late Fee celebrates the 35th anniversary The King of the Kickboxers! In this pre-episode to the upcoming interview with Loren Avedon (No Retreat No Surrender 2, The King of the Kickboxers) Dustin returns to Two Dollar Late Fee to discuss the 1990 martial art classic, The King of the Kickboxers! Spoiler alert: this movie rules and there i…

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Territory Marks: One Man Gang vs Big Bubba Rogers "UWF" 59:54

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This month on Territory Marks we feast on a match from 1987 between two behemoths of the UWF, One Man Gang vs Big Bubba Rogers! Shortly before One Man Gang was “reborn” in the WWF as Akeem and Big Bubba Rogers made his way to New York to become Big Boss Man, they battled in the UWF for the world title. Paul and Zak are joined by special guest Rob R…

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The Struggle to Find or Sustain a Relationship, Part 3: What Is/Is Not Healthy (LGBTQ+ Edition) 44:35

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In the final part of this series, we explore what unhealthy relationships actually look like for LGBTQ+ people and why so many harmful patterns feel familiar instead of alarming. This episode breaks down confusion between passion and chaos, the struggle to maintain desire, and the ways inconsistency, criticism, power imbalances, and identity-relate…

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The Big Trouble in Little China Celebration 1:08:33

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Hot off the heels of the James Lew interview, we celebrate the John Carpenter classic, Big Trouble in Little China! Grace, Dustin, and Erin join Zak to reminisce on their favorite memories of the undeniable one of a kind original, Big Trouble in Little China! The gang discuss their favorite characters (Jack Burton, Lo Pan), controversy from studio …

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Tony Tulathimutte: Rejection 49:10

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It's getting to that time of year where we start to think about what our favourite book of the year is going to be… and I think I know mine. This is Rejection by Tony Tulathimmute – it’s a collection of interconnected stories with the overarching theme of rejection, and I think it’s one of the most well-constructed and thoughtful satires I’ve ever …

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The Struggle to Find or Sustain a Relationship, Part 2: How to Relate Differently (LGBTQ+ Edition) 49:09

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In Part 2 of this series on queer relationships, we explore how LGBTQ+ people can begin relating differently after years of dating in environments shaped by shame, scarcity, and minority stress. This episode focuses on practical skills for connection, including attachment awareness, emotional literacy, relational repair, communication about identit…

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80s Kids Unite: Memorable Field Trips 48:39

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This month on 80s Kids Unite, The Night Boyz discuss their most memorable field trips! Panning for fossils in New Jersey, the botanical garden in Detroit, the planetarium in San Francisco, Vernor’s soda pop factory, and fascinations with ballerina statues in Baltimore! The Night Boyz recall some of their most unforgettable field trip moments. And y…

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Gillian Anderson: Trespasses by Louise Kennedy 15:22

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Trespasses is a politically charged forbidden love story as well as an astute depiction of a complicated mother-daughter dynamic. We follow Cushla whose name comes from an Irish Gaelic saying meaning “my pulse” – it’s an equivalent to sweetheart or darling, but specifically "the pulse of my heart". And that is who she is for multiple characters. He…

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RULE CHANGES - NEW REGULATIONS | How New FinCEN Reporting Affects Your Real Estate Business 35:02

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There's a crackdown on money laundering via real estate transactions. FinCEN (Financial Crimes Enforcement Network) is making new reporting requirements that affect real estate investors across the country, including here in Indianapolis and all of Indiana. FinCEN intention is to prevent illicit actors from using legal entities and trusts to anonym…

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The Struggle to Find or Sustain a Relationship, Part 1: Why It Feels So Hard (LGBTQ+ Edition) 42:32

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Why does finding and keeping love feel so complicated for so many LGBTQ+ people? In this episode, we explore the emotional and cultural forces that shape queer dating, from minority stress and loneliness to shame, scarcity, and community pressures around desirability. This is not about blaming ourselves but about understanding the systems and exper…

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The James Lew Interview "Big Trouble in Little China" 1:13:17

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James Lew (Big Trouble in Little China, Best of the Best, Timecop) discusses his career on screen, martial arts, stunts, and more! In this episode, actor, martial artist, and stunt coordinator James Lew reminisces on several memorable moments from his stellar career! James describes how he came up with the hand symbol in Big Trouble in Little China…

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Jennifer Lawrence: Die My Love by Ariana Harwicz 30:01

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Today’s book of choice is Die My Love by Ariana Harwicz, an Argentine writer, screenwriter, playwright, and documentary maker. It was first published in Spanish in 2012, before being translated into English in 2017 by Sarah Moses and Caroline Orloff, and longlisted for the International Booker Prize. For our discussion, we are welcoming not one, no…

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Jacob Elordi & Oscar Issac: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 26:27

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This is the third and final instalment in our three-part Frankenstein extravaganza. We’ve heard from a Shelley scholar about the origins of the book, we’ve heard from Guillermo Del Toro about the themes of the book, but today I wanted to focus on the characters of the book. Two people who know these characters very well are Oscar Isaac and Jacob El…

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Intimate Partner Violence in LGBTQ+ Relationships: Power, Shame, and Vulnerability 50:41

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In this episode, host Dustin sits down with Eric Batchelder, LMSW to explore intimate partner and domestic violence within LGBTQ+ relationships. We unpack how power, shame, and cultural expectations shape the dynamics of harm and healing. The conversation examines many forms of spousal abuse, including emotional, financial, psychological, and physi…

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The Danielle von Zerneck Interview “My Science Project" 55:20

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Danielle von Zerneck (My Science Project, La Bamba, Under The Boardwalk) discusses her career on screen, favorite movies, and more! In this interview, Danielle von Zerneck reminisces on some of her more memorable moments on screen (General Hospital), going to the movies in Westwood as a kid, a big role in an 80s cult classic she turned down, and mu…

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Guillermo Del Toro: Mary Shelley's Frankenstein 18:56

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Mexican filmmaker and THREE-time Academy Award winner Guillermo Del Toro joins the Inklings Book Club to discuss Mary Shelley's gothic classic Frankenstein, as well as his new Netflix adaptation. We spoke about the horror genre, his favourite books, and the library he calls Bleak House. Frankenstein is streaming from November 7th on Netflix. Learn …

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Mary Shelley: Frankenstein [Book Club] 30:21

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Mary Shelley published Frankenstein anonymously in 1818. She was later credited for her work, but the book's origin story is just as interesting as the novel itself. In the "year without a summer" of 1816, Mary joined her husband Percy and Lord Byron for a weekend away, where the scared each other with ghost tales. They came up with a challenge to …

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Andrew O'Hagan: Caledonian Road 49:35

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Andrew O'Hagan is the author of seven novels, as well as being a brilliant journalist. We sat down to discuss his epic novel Caledonian Road, a state-of-the-nation novel about one man’s tragic fall from grace. He’s socially and politically liberal, and feels he’s done everything as best he can, but his life begins to unspool. With a mammoth cast of…

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What Haunts Us: The Psychology of Fear (Halloween Special) 31:00

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Why do we love to be scared? In this Halloween special, Dustin explores the psychology of fear and what it reveals about us. From the thrill of horror movies to the mystery of possession, from the unease of the uncanny to the allure of cults, this episode unpacks how fear shapes our behavior, our beliefs, and our need for control. Drawing from neur…

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Territory Marks: Arn Anderson vs The Great Muta "NWA" 51:46

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This month on Territory Marks we celebrate a bout between Arn Anderson & The Great Muta for the NWA World Television Championship! In January of 1990 “The Enforcer” Arn Anderson (along with fellow Four Horsemen: Ric Flair, Ole Anderson, & Sting) was in a heated rivalry with Gary Hart’s J-Tex Corporation (Buzz Sawyer The Dragon Master, & The Great M…

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Juhea Kim: Beasts of a Little Land and A Love Story From the End of the World 36:25

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While I was at Gothenburg Book Fair in Sweden I managed to track down the inimitable Juhea KIm to have a backstage chat all about her rapturous and ravishing prose. Straight out the gate, Juhea Kim’s debut novel Beasts of A Little Land became a prize-winning international bestseller. It’s a historical epic set in early 20th century Korea which was …

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The Sunset Scares Interview with Oliver Robins, Dustin Warburton, & Jared Gagnon 57:52

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Oliver Robins (Poltergeist), Dustin Warburton, & Jared Gagnon join Two Dollar Late Fee & Podcasting After Dark to discuss their new book, Sunset Scares! Zak & Corey from $2 Late Fee & PAD kick off the Halloween season diving deep into the new children’s book, Sunset Scares! Co-author Oliver Robins discusses making Poltergeist, co-author Dustin Warb…

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boy meets therapy (video trailer) 1:20

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welcome to the boy meets therapy podcastBy Dustin Oliver

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Yasmin Zaher: The Coin BOOK CLUB 48:06

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The Coin marks the arrival of a striking new voice to the literary landscape. Yasmin Zaher’s irreverent debut is as shocking as it is stunning, as bonkers as it is beautiful. The Dylan Thomas Prize winning novel is full of big ideas, but without ever moralising, as our unnamed narrator navigates the squalor of New York City, after leaving Palestine…

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Oisín McKenna: Evenings and Weekends BOOK CLUB 41:04

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Evenings and Weekends is a love story to London, a portrait of a city with a vibrant ensemble cast of characters. Everyone is facing a dilemma, and their lives collde during a sweltering heatwave where everyone feels a little... too close. But there are no villains -- instead, it's an exercise in empathy. Oh, and there's a whale stuck in the Thames…

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Fíona Scarlett: Boys Don't Cry and May All Your Skies Be Blue 52:29

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Fíona Scarlett’s debut novel Boys Don’t Cry was an international bestseller, and she was shortlisted for Newcomer of the Year at the Irish Book Awards. Her new novel, May All Your Skies Be Blue is a dual timeline story about young love, friendship, and the things that happen to us that we cannot control. This episode was recorded at the Gothenburg …

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Emotional Starvation: Why You Keep Accepting the Bare Minimum 36:50

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Why do we keep accepting less than we need and calling it love? In this solo episode, host Dustin explores the psychology of emotional starvation: the pattern of confusing scarcity with care. Through the lenses of attachment theory, intermittent reinforcement, and trauma research, he unpacks how early experiences of inconsistent affection can shape…

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80s Kids Unite: Favorite Halloween Candy 50:45

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80s Kids Unite celebrates their favorite summer Halloween candy! This month on 80s Kids Unite, Zak, Corey, and Diallo are joined by Wayne from the Flip City Podcast to reminisce about their favorite Halloween candies from the 1980s! The boys also talk about what they used to carry their trick or treat treasures in, and it wouldn’t be an 80s Kids Un…

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The Psychology of Wanting: From Conditioning to Choice 35:43

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Why do so many of us struggle to know what we actually want? Why do we think we're doing something we like but it doesn't feel right? In this solo episode, host Dustin explores how our desires are shaped by early experiences, social expectations, and the need for safety. Drawing from Self Determination Theory, Object Relations and Attachment Theory…

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The Riverbend Reunion Interview w Margaret Avery, Alex Morris, Julius Tennon, & Sam Firstenberg 1:06:30

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The long lost classic Riverbend starring the late great Steve James makes its triumphant return to theaters and BluRay! Stars of Riverbend, Margaret Avery, Alex Morris, & Julius Tennon reunite with director Sam Firstenberg to celebrate the film’s rerelease, discuss its importance, and reminisce on making the 1989 classic. Riverbend will be screened…

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Cillian Murphy & Max Porter: Shy / Steve 14:20

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I can't believe I'm saying this, but today we are joined by two legends: Cillian Murphy and Max Porter. Cillian and Max have collaborated as co-curators of the Sounds From A Safe Harbour Festival in Cork, Ireland, as well as the theatre adaptation of Max’s book Grief Is The Thing With Feathers. The book is a hybrid of prose and poetry about a crow …

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Fredrik Backman: My Friends 45:32

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Recorded at Gothenburg Book Fair, I interviewed Swedish ICON Fredrik Backman about his newest book, My Friends -- a book that almost never was. Fredrik Backman is the author of EIGHT bestselling novels, including the Beartown trilogy, Anxious People, and A Man Called Ove. Thumbnail photography image credit: Natalie Greppi Learn more about your ad c…

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The Stan Bush Interview “Transformers: The Movie” 46:51

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Kink: Notes From Clinical and Personal Experiences 45:31

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My Science Project with Lance Rubin "Zed Moonstein Makes A Friend" 1:18:15

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Dustin is back! And so is his brother, Lance Rubin to discuss 1985’s My Science Project along with Lance’s new book Zed Moonstein Makes A Friend! As Eric Roberts says in Best of the Best, “It’s been a LONG time! Yeah!” Dustin has been aways for quite some time, but he’s back to talk about My Science Project, 1985: the year of science movies (Real G…

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Bridgerton's Luke Thompson on 'White Nights' by Dostoevsky 32:22

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Fyodor Dostoevsky's White Nights became the fourth biggest selling translated book in the UK last year, so I wanted to speak to someone very familiar with the text. Bridgerton's Luke Thompson happens to be a Dostoevsky superfan just like me, and narrated the new audiobook version, so is well acquainted with the story. We sat down at Penguin's offic…

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Queer Search for Meaning: Dating, Identity, and Defining Purpose 54:07

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In this episode, host Dustin Oliver sits down with therapist Tyler Mafi to explore the queer search for meaning through the lens of existentialism. They unpack how identity, dating, and authenticity are shaped by societal expectations and how questioning those norms can open the door to deeper purpose and meaning-making. The conversation highlights…

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Territory Marks and Podcasting After Dark: Owen Hart vs Razor Ramon "WWF" 56:24

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Territory Marks crosses over to the dark side when Corey from Podcasting After Dark joins Paul & Zak to discuss Owen Hart vs Razor Ramon from 1995! We wrap up the annual Two Dollar Late Fee and Podcasting After Dark crossover extravaganza with a rare WWF match that took place at the old Stampede Wrestling territory in honor of Stu Hart’s 80th birth…

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Two Dollar Late Fee & Podcasting After Dark: The Scream and Cry Horror Movie Review Interview 1:02:08

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Two Dollar Late Fee & Podcasting After Dark wrap up crossover month with the cast & crew of the new streaming series, Scream & Cry Horror Movie Review! Scream and Cry Horror Movie Review is a new comedy horror series created by Valley Girl’s Heidi Holicker (co-creator/writer/director/producer/props/wardrobe) & Reed Shelly (co-creator/writer/directo…

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Gay Men and the Ideal Body: Rejection, Fat Phobia, and Body Image 53:55

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In this episode, host Dustin sits down with Sam Fogarty, LMHC, to explore the pressures gay men face when it comes to body image and the pursuit of the “ideal body.” Together, they unpack how rejection, fat phobia, and societal standards fuel shame and disordered eating within the LGBTQ+ community. Sam shares insights from his research on musculari…

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80s Kids Unite: Favorite Comic Con Memories 53:34

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80s Kids Unite celebrate their favorite comic convention memories! In this episode the “Night Boyz” discuss their favorite comic con memories from meeting favorite celebrities to scoring a rare comic and completing the series! The dudes also preview their upcoming panels at this years Los Angeles Comic Con. 9/26-9/28! It’s a comic filled episode mi…

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Coco Mellors: Cleopatra & Frankenstein and Blue Sisters 41:41

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Coco Mellors is the author of two novels, and her love of her craft is just infectious. Her debut, Cleopatra and Frankenstein exploded onto the literary scene in 2022, documenting one couple’s impulsive marriage in New York City and the ripple effect it has on their close circle of friends. Everyone is reading and loving this book, even Carrie Brad…

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Ep. 73 - With Seth Forbes (Breaking into Analytics with a Non-Traditional Background) 50:55

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Seth Forbes, MBA, MS Digital Technology, joins the podcast to discuss: - Breaking into the analytics field - What's helped Seth as a data analyst coming from a nontraditional background - Working in marketing analytics - How to learn & practice communication skills that benefit data practitioners - What it means to "build in public" and the powerfu…

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Queering Mental Health: Microaggressions, Diagnosis, and Culture with Dr. A. Jordan Wright 1:00:34

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In this episode, we sit down with Dr. A. Jordan Wright, Director of the combined Counseling and Clinical Psychology PhD program at NYU and a leading voice in psychological testing and training future clinicians. Together, we explore how microaggressions, evolving diagnoses, and cultural competence shape queer mental health care today. Listeners wil…

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The Jonathan Neverfails aka JW Fails Interview "No Retreat, No Surrender" 1:08:50

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JW Fails returns to Two Dollar Late Fee to talk No Retreat, No Surrender and so much more! Jonathan Neverfails aka JW Fails was on $2 Late Fee earlier this year with Kurt McKinney to discuss the upcoming documentary The Untold Story of No Retreat, No Surrender. (A link to that interview can be found here) But this time JW is back to dig deep into h…

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Two Dollar Late Fee & Podcasting After Dark: The Jeff Lieberman Interview "Remote Control" 1:26:52

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Writer & Director Jeff Lieberman (Squirm, Blue Sunshine, Remote Control) comes to Two Dollar Late Fee & Podcasting After Dark to discuss his career in Hollywood and a whole lot more! Jeff Lieberman has created some of the most unique and interesting genre films including Squirm, Blue Sunshine, & Remote Control. But it’s not just his movies that mak…

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Ep. 72 - With Morgan Depenbusch, PhD (science-backed strategies to finally get your work noticed) 55:42

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Morgan Depenbusch, PhD gives tons of practical advice in this episode that can change the game for your data career. This includes insights on: How to apply real principles from behavioral science to influence with your work in data (we get a sneak preview of content in her newly released "The Analytics Influence Playbook") Data visualization and s…