Your Necessary Delusion
49 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 44 ratingsThe storytelling show that celebrates vulnerability and speaks to real people about the fantasies that have led them to their greatest successes and their greatest failures.
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Episodes
Expecting Parents
July 05, 2022 12:00 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MB**Season Two Finale** The complicated delusions of parenthood unpacked by 10 storytellers who have lived it. Featuring my very pregnant wife, my mom, my dad, my unborn child, my best friend the shrink and many more.
Know Regrets
June 08, 2022 04:57 - 51 minutes - 47.1 MBRegrets. We all have them and we all use a delusion to live with them. We speak with 8 storytellers about the regrets that haunt them.
Dare to Disappoint
May 31, 2022 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBPatterns don’t change in a day, Bobby returns to discuss the baby steps he has taken towards being upfront with women and Matt shares a time when he turned a marriage into a divorce in just 3 short months.
Nothing to Lose
May 31, 2022 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.4 MBPatterns don’t change in a day, Bobby returns to discuss the baby steps he has taken towards being upfront with women and Matt shares a time when he turned a marriage into a divorce in just 3 short months.
Authenticity App
May 23, 2022 12:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBMichael buries his true identity with vices and delusions alike, until a hook up dating app reveals the path to his dreams.
Draw the Clouds
May 23, 2022 12:00 - 47 minutes - 43.1 MBMichael buries his true identity with vices and delusions alike, until a hook up dating app reveals the path to his dreams.
How To Erase Your Past (Part 2)
May 16, 2022 12:00 - 54 minutes - 49.9 MBIn an attempt to flee the mess that she has made for herself in NYC, Rosie follows her secret crush to the wilderness of Alaska hoping to make a connection.
How To Erase Your Past (Part 1)
May 09, 2022 12:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBRosie marries a stranger that needs citizenship in a secret attempt to make his friend fall in love with her.
How To Erase Your Past
May 09, 2022 12:00 - 48 minutes - 44 MBRosie marries a stranger that needs citizenship in a secret attempt to make his friend fall in love with her.
Adopted Anger
April 25, 2022 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBGrace never thought about the ways they might have experienced trauma, until the answer became so obvious it made them rethink everything.
Super Secret Agent
April 18, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBYour necessary shrink, Marcus returns with life long delusions to be a secret agent and all of the unexpected ways that he has manifested this fantasy.
Suits Everyday
April 18, 2022 12:00 - 42 minutes - 39.1 MBYour necessary shrink, Marcus returns with life long delusions to be a secret agent and all of the unexpected ways that he has manifested this fantasy.
Africa. Surprise!
April 11, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBEric’s desire to be in control began in 4th grade when his mom left him by himself to live in West Africa.
Ghana Control It All
April 11, 2022 12:00 - 44 minutes - 40.4 MBEric’s desire to be in control began in 4th grade when his mom left him by himself to live in West Africa.
Daddy’s Got Issues
April 04, 2022 12:00 - 45 minutes - 41.9 MBDevon’s dad went away to prison when she was only 2 years old and the ideas that grew in his absence changed the way that she saw herself.
Transgender Forever
March 14, 2022 12:00 - 46 minutes - 42.6 MBIt has taken her a long journey to get here but Kenni has known there was something different about her since she was a very small boy.
Science Twitch
March 07, 2022 13:00 - 36 minutes - 33 MBBen navigates friendship and science with an uncontrollable twitch that happens when he imagines his greatest fantasies coming true.
The Noise Maker
February 28, 2022 13:00 - 42 minutes - 38.5 MBWhile Gillian aims to find fame as a singer, she learns every lesson life has to offer through music along the way.
A Manic Pixie, Me Too
February 21, 2022 13:00 - 37 minutes - 34.2 MBAfter years of receiving threatening emails from an anonymous harasser, Madison tries to take back control by turning the troll into a friend.
Fear of Missing Sports
February 14, 2022 13:00 - 39 minutes - 36 MBJasper hates sports; always has, and yet he has lived his whole life compulsively watching them, playing them and collecting memorabilia, in fear of what might happen if he doesn’t.
Funny Girls Don’t Cry
February 07, 2022 13:00 - 48 minutes - 44.7 MBColleen thrives as a tomboy with a razor sharp wit until she’s faced with something that can’t be joked away.
The Pressure To Be Enough
January 31, 2022 13:00 - 32 minutes - 29.6 MBDan walks a narrow path and taps into the heart of a universal human experience.
Militant Thrill Seeker
January 24, 2022 13:00 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBSam isn’t afraid and he always cares. This perspective leads to varied results when attempting extreme physical stunts and (even more dangerous) socializing with coworkers.
Deconstructing: Queen
January 17, 2022 13:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBWhat’s in a name? Reyna unpacks the unexpected delusional baggage acquired from holding a name that means royalty.
Chosen Queens
January 17, 2022 13:00 - 36 minutes - 33.7 MBWhat’s in a name? Reyna unpacks the unexpected delusional baggage acquired from holding a name that means royalty.
Free the Riddler
January 10, 2022 13:00 - 46 minutes - 42.8 MBA naturally occurring chemical imbalance fuels Peter’s greatest fantasies and drives him to the edge.
Come In Earth Monster
November 18, 2021 13:00 - 5 minutes - 4.84 MBJoin the conversation. We check in about Season 2 and invite you to reach out to us for a list of themes we’re discussing in Season 2. [email protected] OR Call our voicemail. 323-540-4540
LEAVE US A VOICEMAIL
August 16, 2021 12:00 - 3 minutes - 3.06 MBJoin the conversation and leave us a message with your own necessary delusion or feedback for the show at 323-540-4540
Imaginary Friends
August 09, 2021 12:00 - 43 minutes - 40 MB**Season One Finale** Imaginary friends from literal to figurative. Featuring the Shrink, the Guru and Special Guest my Mom.
Flirt Practice
August 02, 2021 12:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBDespite being smart, beautiful and ready for a relationship, Pao found herself single because she believed the way to get a man was to act completely disinterested.
Plan to Worry
July 26, 2021 12:00 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBIf Abby doesn’t plan to worry about catastrophes, then how is she ever suppose to respond to them if they ever come true?
Brooklyn Time Capsule
July 12, 2021 12:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBMarcus has been a New Yorker for nearly 20 years, but in a week he and his family will move to their new home in the suburbs in Scarsdale. So then who is he suppose to be?
Goal Weight
July 05, 2021 12:00 - 51 minutes - 47 MB**Trigger Warning** Phoebe is “gifted” with a harmful delusion from the time she’s a child. She knows it’s wrong but it can be very hard to change your story.
I AM DOBOY
June 28, 2021 12:00 - 52 minutes - 47.6 MBWe all use dreams to create ourselves, but most of us don’t have the guts to chase them as boldly as Anthony from Sacramento.
Handful of Bees
June 21, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.7 MBLeo is fascinated with bees. He dreams of one day being a bee keeper, if only he could push passed the research phase.
Marathon Liar (Part 2)
June 14, 2021 12:00 - 44 minutes - 41.1 MBWill Travis get to keep the girl of his dreams? Will he be driven enough to run the marathon, or is this whole new life a quickly fading fantasy?
Marathon Liar (Part 1)
June 07, 2021 09:00 - 41 minutes - 37.8 MBTravis finds his whole life changing when he follows a momentary impulse and signs up to run a marathon to impress a girl.
Dangerous Laziness
May 31, 2021 12:00 - 47 minutes - 43.4 MBJanie is threatened with physical harm when she ignores all warning signs to indulge in her usual nightly routine.
Tenacious Drinker
May 24, 2021 17:55 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBRussell‘s career as a drinker... The delusions that got him into it, the ones he used to keep going and how he eventually changed his story to quit.
Mormon Curiosity (Part 2)
May 17, 2021 12:00 - 35 minutes - 32.5 MBHaving recently been secretly baptized and feeling more desperate than ever to fill the hole inside of himself, Bobby drives 12 hours from home not sure if it will get him any closer to his goal.
Mormon Curiosity (Part 1)
May 10, 2021 12:00 - 38 minutes - 35 MBBobby is searching for a sense of belonging when one day the answer literally knocks on his door.
Dancing In Peanut Butter
May 03, 2021 12:00 - 43 minutes - 39.8 MBJackie follows a dangerous delusion that if she ignores a problem it will go away, unfortunately that’s hardly ever the case.
Comedy Dropout
April 26, 2021 12:00 - 37 minutes - 34.5 MBReyna follows a necessary delusion that makes her change careers, move cities and risk everything on an idea.
Love Game (Part 2)
April 19, 2021 12:00 - 40 minutes - 36.9 MBIn the midst of divorcing her first husband, Devon thinks she may have found her true soulmate online, now she just needs to meet him in person.
Love Game (Part 1)
April 12, 2021 15:00 - 32 minutes - 30.1 MBDevon believes if she doesn’t get married and have children before she is 30, then she is a complete failure. So she goes after her goal by any means necessary.
Tiny Gangster
April 05, 2021 15:00 - 38 minutes - 35.1 MBDave was only a kid when he decided he wanted to be a gangster. While he excelled towards his necessary delusion, his actions changed the course of his life.
1: Reptile Mind
March 29, 2021 15:00 - 36 minutes - 33.5 MBHost, Matt LeBlanc explores the origins of his own necessary delusion of believing he was the funniest kid in his 2nd grade class. Don’t miss the SURPRISE GUEST!
Your Necessary Delusion: Trailer
March 22, 2021 06:27 - 8 minutes - 7.56 MBCreator, Matt LeBlanc introduces the storytelling show that celebrates vulnerability.