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Here we are in the Simpsons universe!
For our first part of episode 12, special guest Nathan Phillips and Steph look at the two episodes Moaning Lisa (Season 1 episode 6) and Fear of Flying (Season 6 episode 11), the history of the early Simpsons, and how accurate we believe their depictions of mental illness and therapy are, with a bit of our own experience thrown in. Nathan is a walking Simpsons encyclopedia living in North Carolina and Steph was banned from the Simpsons as a kid and has suffered as a result.
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CONTENT WARNING: Panic attacks and anxiety symptoms, phobia of flying, discussion of plane crashes, depression, coercive control, mental illness stigma, suicide, misogyny/toxic masculinity/shit husbandry, homophobia/transphobia
NOTE: This podcast is not designed to be therapeutic, prescriptive or constitute a formal diagnosis for any listener, nor the characters discussed. The host is not representative of all psychologists and opinions stated are her own personal opinion, based on her own learnings and training (and minimal lived experience). Host and co-hosts do not have the final say and can only comment based on their own perspectives, so please let us know if you dispute any of these opinions – we are keen for feedback!
Host: Stephanie Fornasier
Cohost: Nathan Phillips
Editor: Nicholas Fornasier
Music and artwork: Michael Watson
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REFERENCES!:
They Shoot Lambeths Don't They?: How 'Moaning Lisa' Tackled Depression and it's Outcomes
The Andrew Blog: How 'Moaning Lisa' Learns to Make Something Out of Sadness
"The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History" by John Ortved
Talking Simpsons Interview with Mimi Pond
Neil Tesser's interview with Matt Groening in Playboy, 1990
Matt Groening Interview with The Advocate
The gay lifestyle magazine featuring Smithers (GENRE, not Out, apologies!), published March 1996.
Academy of Television Art and Science’s five hour interview with James L. Brooks (not Museum of Television and Radio as cited in show sorry!)
Marc Maron’s interview with Sam Simon
1995 interview with David Mirkin
Recent and rare extensive interview with legendary original simpsons write John Schwartzwelder
Longtime supervising director David Silverman's Twitter (https://twitter.com/tubatron) is an excellent source of information and he is very forthcoming with answering general production questions.
DSM classifications for Specific Phobia
DSM 3- TR Major Depressive Disorder
Audio commentaries, scripts and deleted scenes on the commercial DVD sets of Season 1 and Season 6.
Episode 13: The Father, or let’s all experience dementia together
Episode 12b: The Simpsons Tackle Depression & Anxiety! Part 2: Was the Simpsons good for mental illness stigma? (with Nathan Phillips)
Episode 11b: The Royal Tenenbaums, or when shitty dads mess up their clever kids - Part 2: Wes-isms under a mental health lens (with Nic Fornasier)
Episode 11a: The Royal Tenenbaums, or when shitty dads mess up their clever kids - Part 1: The Family of Geniuses (with Nic Fornasier)
Episode 10: The Virgin Suicides, teen angst and mental illness through the male gaze (with Maz Fornasier)
Episode 9: Me Before You, voluntary assisted dying, and the devaluing of disability
Episode 8: The Queen’s Gambit, aka chess & drugs & Anya Taylor Joy (with Maz Fornasier)
Episode 7: Tully -aka Juno grows up and goes through post partum depression
Episode 6: Love Actually - about mental health and disability, actually.
Episode 5: Donnie Darko - schizophrenia or time travel?
Episode 4: Ratched VS One Flew Over the Cuckoo‘s Nest and the history of mental health instutions
Episode 3: Rain Man - Hollywood’s first autism movie
Episode 2: The Sopranos - lets have a very long chat about Tony Soprano and Dr Melfi
Episode 1: Joker - DC has things to say about mental illness
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