Writing & behind the work
Essays, observations, and the stories behind the conversations.
17 pieces
Science / Psychology / Trauma & recovery
Dr. Michela (Micky) Marinelli
Why does a drug take hold of one person and leave another relatively untouched? A written Q&A with addiction neuroscientist Dr. Michela (Micky) Marinelli on vulnerability, stress, adolescence, agency, and recovery, adapted from Might Ramble episode 15.
Science / Psychology
What a diagnosis tells us, and what it does not.
Trauma & recovery / Psychology
An attempt to put the experience of complex trauma into words, through an alarm no one else can hear.
Identity & creativity / Trauma & recovery
The uncertainty of stepping into your own shoes and building something new, before anyone knows what to call it.
Identity & creativity / Life & relationships
Paul Abbott & Michael Lombard
How an improvised meeting between two near-strangers became an unexpected conversation about the host, too.
Culture & ideas
An evolving reading, viewing, and listening list: some of the books, papers, films, and conversations behind the work.
Identity & creativity / Life & relationships
Brad Womack
The ideas and artwork behind the conversation with Brad Womack.
Science / Identity & creativity
Dr. Lorenzo Leggio
The preparation and journey behind the interview with Dr. Lorenzo Leggio.
Identity & creativity
Michael Jay Palser
The visual ideas behind episode 16 of Might Ramble.
Trauma & recovery / Life & relationships
A friendship from a decade ago, and an examination of silence, addiction, and the beliefs we build around our choices.
Science / Psychology
A personal exploration of food, mood, and metabolic psychiatry, beginning with coffee and carbohydrates.
Identity & creativity / Culture & ideas
A writing-club feature about meaningful questions, the use of time, and the pursuits that matter beyond money.
Psychology / Life & relationships
A personal essay about loving a twin through schizophrenia and connecting lived experience with the search for understanding.
Culture & ideas / Psychology
An effort to think through violence, public discourse, and moral complexity without flattening the questions.
Science / Culture & ideas
From Einstein to the biology of aging: an essay about discovery, uncertainty, and the edges of what we know.
Movement & meaning / Trauma & recovery / Science
Running as a way into questions about evolution, trauma, and the neurobiology of change.
Trauma & recovery / Psychology
The distinction between choosing to try a drug and living with addiction, and what surrender and agency mean in recovery.
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