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Neurotic Emissions

43 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago -

I'm Matt. Let's disperse some loneliness. I'll keep you company for up to an hour five days a week. Hopefully, there's some charm and possibly connection in my abstract version of psychoanalysis in podcast form. Thank you for listening.

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Episodes

I have a top ten podcast in a lesser known part of the world, and I'm so grateful for this!

July 16, 2021 20:55 - 10 minutes - 9.84 MB

Just a quickie podcast today where I discuss the usual stuff. I love you, all! [email protected]

Choosing grocery store items stresses me out because I worry that I'm letting down the products I don't put in my cart. OCD is exhausting.

July 12, 2021 19:00 - 23 minutes - 21.9 MB

I'm back to discuss OCD issues, cancer anxiety, creativity and lots more! [email protected]

Write to me at NeuroticEmissions at Gmail dot com, so we can learn about your life! Also, more popular song lyrics interpretation!

July 04, 2021 22:40 - 29 minutes - 27 MB

We discuss it all as per usual. See the keywords for hints, and please stay tuned for more! You're making me feel good, dear listeners!

Analyzing song lyrics from popular songs is my new favorite activity, which I discovered at the end of today's podcast.

July 02, 2021 01:20 - 28 minutes - 26.1 MB

On today's podscast, we discuss the early release of Bill Cosby in addition to celebrity news, Dear Abby and song lyric interpretation! Thank you for following me. [email protected]

OCD is a kind of super power, but I need to harness it towards something more practical than seeing every Bollywood and Nollywood film on Netflix.

June 30, 2021 17:30 - 27 minutes - 25.4 MB

I am climbing the podcast charts, dear listener. Thank you for supporting me. [email protected]. Today we discuss OCD, diabetes, celebrity news, Nigeria, India, polyamory, and lots more!

Yes, Katy Perry. I do feel like a plastic bag drifting through the wind, wanting to start again. Thankfully, I'm going back into therapy soon.

June 29, 2021 00:50 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MB

In today's most thrilling episode, we get into a big discussion about OCD, the idea of trans racial identity, and many other topics that are what friends discuss passing the time in this world while waiting for everything to possibly implode, but hopefully not. Write to me at [email protected]

When I can't get a prescription to calm my nerves, I take a two day binge of Bollywood films, and it helps a lot!

June 26, 2021 00:05 - 28 minutes - 25.8 MB

I go into my love of Bollywood and why it needed to be taken more seriously when I was a film student, advice colulmnist E. Jean's incredible wit and wisdom and more. Please write to me at [email protected]

I am a memory hoarder. Therefore, I need a bigger brain to accommodate my impressive collection!

June 25, 2021 01:15 - 28 minutes - 25.9 MB

On today's podcast, I discuss my depressive funk, Britney Spears and her need for emancipation, Dear Abby's advice column that leads to a discussion about biological parenthood and a few other fun topics. Please stay tuned for more and more and more. And if you're Shah Rukh Khan reading this episode summary, I'm working hard on the screenplay for your complex hoarding psychiatrist character that will surely win you an Academy Award. Please reach me at [email protected]

Podcasting my way into making a movie with Shah Rukh Khan is the main goal, but I'll be happy to just talk forever about my goal as the goal.

June 23, 2021 03:15 - 18 minutes - 17.2 MB

I start off singing Bole Chudiyan, and then it gets more interesting after that. I'm grateful for your continued support. You're really special, dear listener. Thank you for making me feel special. Please write to me at [email protected].

I'm writing a movie for Shah Rukh Khan in which he would play a prominent psychiatrist with a secret passion for hoarding.

June 22, 2021 00:20 - 30 minutes - 28 MB

Today we brainstorm a movie idea for Shah Rukh Khan in which he plays a prominent psychiatrist with a hoarding secret. The world may see it as a problem, but for him, he finds beauty in relentlessly cataloging the worn objects people dispose of in the garbage throughout Chicago. Also, some celebrity news and more anxiety related issues. Please email me at [email protected]. Thank you!

Boredom is a peaceful treasure with the ever looming threat of trauma on the horizon.

June 21, 2021 01:15 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MB

More boring insights into my mind, Dear Abby, cancer remission, diabetes and more of the usual topics we're stumbling through on the way to a breakthrough for this podcast to finally find its true direction. Thank you for putting up with this and staying along for the ride. You can write to me at [email protected]

Sometimes I pray for atheism and other contradictions of my OCD soaked brain.

June 18, 2021 20:50 - 26 minutes - 24 MB

I'm not sure whether it's the heat or just my regular underlying anxiety, but I don't feel so inspired. I talk about atheism, cancer, Judaism, religiosity and other important topics before I get ready for Shabbos. Please write to me at [email protected]

I always feel much better after talking to you about the hurricane of information in my head. Thank you, dear listener!

June 17, 2021 01:10 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB

Today we try a new advice column, discuss anxiety, antisemitism, family, obsessive compulsive disorder and the desire for love beyond the screens. I'm so grateful for your continued support. Please email me at [email protected]. Thank you!

Can we all agree that television talk show mental health "experts" seem to mostly specialize in the exploitation of their subject guest stars?

June 16, 2021 00:35 - 32 minutes - 30 MB

We discuss a visit with my mother, Dear Abby problem people, Dr. Phil's exploitation machine, BTS, celebrity news and more. Please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected]

If I ever become a celebrity, I hope to make a lot of extra income with the paparazzi publicly performing my private life to the best of my abilities.

June 14, 2021 21:45 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

We go into my medical stuff, Dear Abby, gender constructs, the Chrissy Teigen bullying scandal and more. Thank you, my beloved listeners, for helping the growth of Neurotic Emissions. Please email me at NeuroticEmissions for show ideas and more. Love, Matt

Money doesn't buy happiness but it definitely buys off a lot of unhappiness.

June 13, 2021 23:20 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

Let's deep dive into my neuroses, Dear Abby, and what's in store for tomorrows full body scan at the dermatologist's office tomorrow morning. Please feel free to write to me at [email protected]

Dear Listener, If you tell me about your life, I'd be so grateful as this podcast is about our blossoming connection!

June 11, 2021 00:55 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MB

I summarize what happened at my endocrinology and oncology appointments, more Dear Abby advice column reviews, some Bollywood/Celebrity entertainment news and a plea for more connectivity, which can be realized by writing to me at [email protected]. Thank you!

Karan Johar was right when he said "it's all about loving your parents" even if that requires a lifetime of therapy to overcome your particular parents lack of parenting in some critical areas!

June 09, 2021 21:35 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

I really made this episode chock-full of fun, drama and even some learning about India. Vande Mataram! Please write to me at [email protected]. I am so grateful for you as a listener. It means a great deal to me. Stay tuned for much more.

If you follow boredom all the way to the end, you've accomplished something very exciting!

June 08, 2021 18:50 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MB

This may be a really boring episode, but the good news is that it can only get better from here! Please keep me company at [email protected]

Giving advice to advice columnists is a fun pastime during a bout of loneliness.

June 07, 2021 23:15 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB

More plodding through the monotony of my depression and plotting for a life with greater purpose. I appreciate you so much. [email protected]

If my life eventually becomes a Bollywood movie, I only want Shah Rukh Khan to play me, but I'd still be okay with Abhishek Bachchan as a back up. :)

June 05, 2021 00:35 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

I am constantly shuffling and reshuffling the memories of my life thus far, like a manic magician, summoning the full bouquet of human emotions for your approval. Please feel free to drop me an email at [email protected]

Spoiler Alert: I'm so neurotic, I care deeply about what fictional characters might think of me.

June 03, 2021 18:05 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB

Today's episode is about the art of topic switching as we go from trauma to Bollywood and back and everything in between. I'm so grateful for you, dear listener. Please feel free to drop me a line at [email protected]

It may be possible to die from boredom, but at least that sounds like a very gentle way to exit the planet!

June 02, 2021 21:35 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MB

Fear is such a motivator and a procrastinator. Also, I hope I get some creative work done soon in order for my strange life to stand for something more than the anxiety and depression that often keeps me living life vicariously through the characters in Bollywood cinema. I'm talking to you, Shah Rukh Khan! Please write to me at [email protected]

When will Coca Cola make a Prozac flavored diet soda for those of us needing a little assistance with pandemic related anxiety?

June 01, 2021 19:00 - 31 minutes - 28.6 MB

Summarizing the episode is very taxing today. So do yourself a favor and satisfy your curiosity by listening to it! I'm grateful for your support. Love, Matt PS Write to me at [email protected], and I'll respond on the next podcast.

Dear Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, Please reunite for Khabi Khushi Khabi Gham Part 2 because I need to know what happened after the happy ending. Thank you!

May 31, 2021 17:40 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB

On today's Neurotic Emissions podcast, I explain the bittersweet challenges of having an octogenarian parent, how there's some flawed logic about superheroes that makes me not understand why they hang out on Earth with the normals, and how much I appreciate Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, the greatest Bollywood stars of my generation! Feel free to email me at [email protected], and please know I appreciate your time spend listening to me blather on about my countless issues. Hopefully, th...

Atheism and faith don't have to contradict each other at all as long as you do good deeds in this broken world.

May 30, 2021 17:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB

This episode is a rambling episode about insecurities, Bollywood filmmaking dreams with Shah Rukh Khan, exercise, diabetes dangers, cancer fears, atheism and religiosity, and so much more. I couldn't do this without you, dear listener. Please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected]

Stay under the covers with me for thirty minutes while the world unfolds around us.

May 28, 2021 17:35 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MB

It's another wandering psychotherapy session with you, beloved listener, as my silent therapist. I really appreciate your support and kindness in this strange time of existence. [email protected]

If you're a hypochondriac diabetic cancer survivor with obsessive compulsive disorder, don't use Google!

May 27, 2021 18:45 - 30 minutes - 27.6 MB

Let's dive into boredom and other topics that are essential for developing the relationship with ourselves and others. Please feel free to reach out to me at [email protected]

Physical exhaustion is a useful sedative until it wears off.

May 26, 2021 17:15 - 30 minutes - 27.9 MB

On today's episode, I dig into a lot of difficult themes including my love of Bollywood, antisemitism, hatred in general, love and other important topics, which I cover flippantly in this self-therapy entertainment format for the podcast listener. I hope we're making a connection. Please feel free to write to me at [email protected]

I love reading my spam email because it's a really accessible way to feel love!

May 25, 2021 16:50 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MB

I discuss a wide range of topics with you including kosher vegetable checking, lab grown meat, anxiety and other random things within my OCD experience. Please join me and feel free to send me any responses to [email protected] I'm so grateful for your time.

Loving people means more OCD rituals to keep them safe. But the heart is boundless. So I love you. Now give me plenty of space and time to have intrusive thoughts and do irrational rituals for the continuity of our bond for as long as possible in this earthly realm!

May 24, 2021 20:20 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB

Today's episode is a whopper. I have some breakthroughs in our self-therapy time, dealing with unresolved childhood conflicts, connection desires, OCD stuff (obviously), an apology for yesterday's awful sound quality, cancer themes, a desire to one day have a family of my own despite being so old. I appreciate you and am glad to answer emails if you write me at [email protected]

Compartmentalizing Is A Useful Survival Strategy Until You Lose Track Of What's Inside

May 23, 2021 21:45 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB

More depression and anxiety as I try to convince my loved ones to find the keys to the maze of forgotten items in the compartmentilization storage bin that's been buried under our family home for a very long time and I make my beloved 82 year old mother laugh, suggesting she try motherhood one more time by having another baby. Also, some life advice along the way! I'm so grateful for the growing listenership. If you want to reach out to me, I can be found at [email protected]. Thank...

Sleep Is Essential To Function As A Person Who Fakes Being High Functioning

May 21, 2021 18:30 - 32 minutes - 29.5 MB

I apologize for the lower quality of this recording. I'm still working out some kinks. But it's worth listening to this episode that deals with some really compelling subjects including school memories, racism, cancel culture versus consequence culture and bullying! You're important to me!

I'm Not Afraid Of Death But Want To Fully Avoid The Dying Part Of That Equation!

May 20, 2021 15:00 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB

This episode deals with another deep dive into the post-traumatic stress of cancer, exhaustion, depression, anxiety, pandemic trauma, and many other super-fun topics!

It's Okay To Cry Unless Your Version Of Crying Is Endless Weeping. But That's Still Okay.

May 20, 2021 04:35 - 30 minutes - 27.7 MB

In this episode I dig a little deeper into my depression and touch upon more cancer memories, and living on the verge of tears at all times despite mastering the ability to shed them behind the scenes when nobody is watching.

I Am Hiring Myself To Be The Official Host Of My Neurotic Emissions Podcast! Mazal Tov!

May 19, 2021 17:00 - 30 minutes - 28.3 MB

On this episode of Neurotic Emissions, I interview myself to see if I'm qualified to host my own Podcast. Spoiler alert: I am. Also, we discuss headlines in the news and move into a large discussion about cultural appropriation and other contentious hot topics in the world. Also, please love me!

It Is What It Is And Other Things We Tell Ourselves To Make This Life Livable

May 19, 2021 02:30 - 30 minutes - 27.8 MB

On this episode of the self-therapy session podcast, I get into my cancer treatment, diabetes and getting my feet wet into that vast ocean of depression. Don't worry, my anxiety will definitely prevent me from going too far into it!

Cringing To Death Sounds Painful

May 14, 2021 05:00 - 30 minutes - 27.5 MB

Friday's episode marks a complete 5-day week cycle of podcasts. I'm grateful for the commitment to our growing friendship and a chance to dive deeper into my OCD adventures in finding a place for both religion in a more orthodox Jewish format and atheism in an expression that makes perfect sense to me as contradictions are underrated.

It's Exhausting Pretending To Be So High Functioning All The Time!

May 13, 2021 05:00 - 30 minutes - 28 MB

We discuss a follow-up from yesterday's story as there was a part two that I forgot to mention. Some discussed themes of today's podcast include the generational inheritance of our ancestors tragedies, anxiety, depression, addiction, the need to cry, and other fun topics! I'm so grateful for your time, attention and helping to fuel connection in a world that seems on the verge of implosion. Let's be lonely together.

Time Folds Into Itself At Family Gatherings

May 12, 2021 05:00 - 34 minutes - 31.1 MB

Let's talk about some memories from childhood, relationships with our fathers, lies that haunt us, our love for Indian cuisine and even greater love for Bollywood as we delve further into therapeutic analysis of where I've been, where I am and where I'm headed. Thank you so much for being a part of this exploration into my psyche.

Guilty Pleasures Should Be Relabeled Meaningful Distractions

May 11, 2021 14:27 - 30 minutes - 28 MB

In this second episode, Matt (me) discusses his deep admiration for the Vanderpump Rules television program and his genuine feelings for the cast, whose complicated behavior helped him get through a difficult chapter of his cancer treatment. Other themes and ideas are introduced. Please listen for what I hope is a "meaningful distraction" from anything that you find overwhelming in your life today.

I Love You Means Please Love Me But Also I Love You

May 10, 2021 15:51 - 35 minutes - 32.1 MB

This is the premiere episode of Neurotic Emissions. More to come.