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Your Necessary Delusion

49 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 44 ratings

The 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 MB

Regrets. 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 MB

Patterns 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 MB

Patterns 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 MB

Michael 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 MB

Michael 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 MB

In 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 MB

Rosie 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 MB

Rosie 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 MB

Grace 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 MB

Your 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 MB

Your 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 MB

Eric’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 MB

Eric’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 MB

Devon’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 MB

It 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 MB

Ben 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 MB

While 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 MB

After 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 MB

Jasper 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 MB

Colleen 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 MB

Dan 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 MB

Sam 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 MB

What’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 MB

What’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 MB

A 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 MB

Join 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 MB

Join 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 MB

Despite 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 MB

If Abby doesn’t plan to worry about catastrophes, then how is she ever suppose to respond to them if they ever come true?

My Mess, My Mission

July 19, 2021 12:00 - 21 minutes - 19.2 MB

Make your mess your mission.

Brooklyn Time Capsule

July 12, 2021 12:00 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MB

Marcus 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 MB

We 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 MB

Leo 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 MB

Will 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 MB

Travis 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 MB

Janie 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 MB

Russell‘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 MB

Having 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 MB

Bobby 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 MB

Jackie 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 MB

Reyna 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 MB

In 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 MB

Devon 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 MB

Dave 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 MB

Host, 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 MB

Creator, Matt LeBlanc introduces the storytelling show that celebrates vulnerability.