Until I Lose Interest

Pat Barker discusses how his biggest break came from an unlikely place.

Bridget Phetasy describes the most important relationships in her life

Irina Skaya describes her experiences in the astonishingly seamy underside of hospice care.

Dan Nolan talks about his years doing heroin in New York.

Nick Youssef discusses what he has had to give up to make himself happy.

Bret Banta talks about how his childhood provided him with a unique preparation for what it took to work at legendary skateboarding magazine Big Brother

Mary Lynn Rasjkub explains how she became a mother and your parents' favorite actress

Jeremy Scippio talks about being a caddy, a tax preparer, and a factory worker as a young man in Cincinnati.

From a pizza shop owner's basement near Trenton to a Holiday Inn in Southern California, PJ Stansbury is a one man New Jersey Chamber of Commerce.

Anna Valenzuela was raised by parents who met in AA. Guess where she ended up as an adult?

Nathan Hurd is a black albino who went to a school for the blind and the deaf.

Sandy Danto talks about supporting himself as a drug dealer, a gay porn director, and a nanny. Donate to his kickstarter – https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/661667808/2076358915?token=aded5ab2

Joe Dosch discusses being gay and using psychedelics in his studio apartment.

Jeremy Bassett got a job performing at children’s parties within several days of arriving in Los Angeles. He would soon learn that it wasn’t easy money.

Jamar Neighbors describes the ways in which he searched for acceptance growing up, and the unlikely places where he found it.

Feng Chao went from a carefree small-time drug dealer in China to a father in Milwaukee, struggling to make ends meet.

Eric Carter talks about growing up in Mississippi and working on an oil rig in North Dakota. We also discuss his father--who was like a really aggressive Andy Griffith--and our shared hatred of Gallagher.

Al Bahmani discusses his many brushes with death and crime.

Jerron Horton talks about how he grew up dreaming about playing professional football, and what he did with his life when he realized it wasn't going to happen.

Olivia Grace talks about going to the doctor, driving under the influence, and competing (and losing) in the Special Olympics.