Ep 7: The One About Grants Systemic Soapbox Rant
On Hiatus: Mental Health Challenged
Release Date: 08/10/2020
The One Where... Grants Mom Finally Visits
On Hiatus: Mental Health Challenged
"The One Where... Grant's Mom Finally Visits" - Season Finale After countless mentions, one infamous phone call attempt to shame Jay, and years of anticipation, we finally welcome Grant's Mom into the studio for our season finale. But first, a word of caution: while we're known for finding humor in the darkest corners of mental health, this episode tackles some heavy subjects including depression, anxiety, loneliness, suicide, and molestation. Don't worry though – our dynamic duo still manages to navigate these waters with their trademark blend of sensitivity and wit. In what can only be...
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The One With... Jay's Cousin Lori
On Hiatus: Mental Health Challenged
"The One With... Jay's Cousin Lori" kicks off our two-part season finale with what can only be described as Grant's attempt at investigative journalism – if investigative journalism involved interrogating your co-host's cousin about childhood trauma and angry ginger origins. Enter Lori, Jay's cousin and childhood partner-in-crime, who grew up more like a sister to our beloved Angry Ginger. Grant, armed with the subtlety of a sledgehammer and the determination of a true-crime podcaster, dives straight into the deep end. What was life really like growing up with an alcoholic mother? Who hurt...
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The One Where... They Read From The Notebook
On Hiatus: Mental Health Challenged
"The One Where... They Read From The Notebook" isn't your typical tear-jerker (though Grant probably wished it was). In this revealing episode, The Angry Ginger unearths a nine-year-old notebook - and yes, we're absolutely certain about that timeline, as Grant fact-checks it approximately seventeen times. What starts as Jason flipping through old podcast ideas and show concepts quickly turns into an unexpected time capsule of vulnerability. Tucked between creative brainstorms and the early seeds of what would become "Deconstructing Dad," lies something Grant has been hunting for like a...
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The One About... Rock Tumbling Through A Simulation Theory
On Hiatus: Mental Health Challenged
It's time for another mind-bending episode of "On Hiatus," where we tumble through the rocks of reality and come out... slightly more confused than before. In this week's episode, "Rock Tumbling Through a Simulation Theory," we join our intrepid heroes, Grant and Jason, as they navigate the treacherous waters of mental health, masculinity, and... geology? Yeah, you heard that right. Excited to be off hiatus, Grant, proudly boasts about his year-long tear drought. Congrats, buddy! Nothing says "I'm doing great" like emotional constipation. But hold onto your hand sanitizer, because we're not...
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The One Where... Grant Survives Several Sicknesses
On Hiatus: Mental Health Challenged
...And we're back! This time with a much healthier Grant Markham! That's right, after 3 months of sickness and disparity, Grant is able to return to the microphone to discuss not just mental health but physical health. Jay of course is along to help guide him and encourage him to take his vitamins, accept his old age and bring up actual texts of his downward spiral... just in case he forgot something!
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The One About... Borderline Personality Disorder
On Hiatus: Mental Health Challenged
In this episode, Jay (The Angry Ginger) shares his struggles with Borderline Personality Disorder. His struggles with being a father of two daughters diagnosed with BPD. He feels guilty for potentially being part of the cause. He shares his struggles with trying to reach out to one of his daughters and the rippling effect that this disorder can have on the entire family. Grant relates from being misdiagnosed as Bipolar for many years and how his depression has caused him to not always see the true reality of things but what he made up in his head for a multitude of reasons. Trigger...
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The One About... Lost Conversations On The Cutting Room Floor (Bonus Stuff)
On Hiatus: Mental Health Challenged
This week your favorite mentally challanged mental health advocates return to share their thoughts on clips that didn't make thier original episodes. These are conversations that maybe didn't fit the theme of the episode preveiously released or maybe they just needed to be cut for time... but Jay (The Angry One) deemed that they were still worthy of airtime! Grant didn't have much say except for what he originally had to say during the time of recording! Without further ado, press play and hear Grant and Jay take you on a trip down the cutting room floor's memory lane! In...
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The One About... Identity Problems and Liver Disease
On Hiatus: Mental Health Challenged
We're back from On Hiatus... this time with possible identity problems as Grant contemplates shaving off his handlebar mustache and beard in an attempt to take a decade off his image, but will he still get noticed? Jason shares what he's grateful for in an attempt to lure Grant into doing the same thing but he adds his own dash of humor to the whole thing but in sharing his gratiude journaling, he shares that he got some bad results back from a blood test and he might need to get a liver ultrasound. Speaking of drinking, Jay just returned from Vegas, and Zion! The family trip was a...
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The One About... Living In The Moment (While On Vacation)
On Hiatus: Mental Health Challenged
Grant, who normally struggles to LIVE IN THE MOMENT, made a promise to do just that while on vacation with his family. Was he able to actually live in the moment? Was there a meltdown? Have you ever heard the show before!? If so, you won't be let down! After we hear about Grant's vacation and all the fun (meltdown or not) included, we turn it over to Jay, who's planning one heck of a vacation with his girlfriend and kids. Yes, eating a footlong in the hottub comes up again (get your mind out of the gutter) and yes it's going to likely happen again (get over it...
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The One About... Acquiring a Prescription Coupon Before Vacationing
On Hiatus: Mental Health Challenged
Grant is headed out on vacation, but first he has to solve an RX problem. His reactions to name brand v.s. generic are different as is the cost. But then he discovers that name brands offer extensive discounts to their product on their websites. This can't be legal!! While trying to plan his prescription renewal during his vacation, Grant also admits to stuggling to enjoy himself on vacation. Jay is also gearing up for vacation and he's got zero issues with dropping everything and enjoying every moment, in fact his struggle might be that he's already mentally checked out! ...
info_outlineIn this very special episode of On Hiatus, Ginger asks a very innocent and loving question about Grants parents potential sex life and ...the phone rings!
Should books, films, and art be taken down, changed or destroyed? What is the right answer? *Slides soapbox over to Grant*
Grant takes it away...
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