United States of PTSD
by Matthew Boucher LICSW LCDP and Co-host Dr. Erika Lin-Hendel
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S4 E:6 Accountability Matters When Systems Fail People
Jun 1, 2026
57m 38s
S4 E:5 The Pros and Cons of Peer Led Support Groups
May 2, 2026
53m 22s
S 4 E: 4 Trauma and Disordered Eating
Apr 6, 2026
55m 36s
S:4 E: 3 Gaslighting and Politics
Mar 22, 2026
50m 15s
S4 E:2 The Violence/Gun Epidemic hits RI, again.
Mar 1, 2026
47m 05s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/1/26 | S4 E:6 Accountability Matters When Systems Fail People✨ | accountabilitymental health+3 | — | — | — | accountabilitymen's group+3 | — | 57m 38s | |
| 5/2/26 | S4 E:5 The Pros and Cons of Peer Led Support Groups✨ | peer led support groupsmental health+3 | — | — | — | peer supportmental health groups+3 | — | 53m 22s | |
| 4/6/26 | S 4 E: 4 Trauma and Disordered Eating✨ | traumadisordered eating+3 | Ali | — | — | traumadisordered eating+5 | — | 55m 36s | |
| 3/22/26 | S:4 E: 3 Gaslighting and Politics✨ | gaslightingpolitics+3 | — | — | — | gaslightingPTSD+5 | — | 50m 15s | |
| 3/1/26 | S4 E:2 The Violence/Gun Epidemic hits RI, again.✨ | gun violencePTSD+3 | — | United States of Israel | RIIraq | gun epidemicPTSD+3 | — | 47m 05s | |
| 2/15/26 | S:4 E: 1 WTF✨ | WTF momentsself-care+3 | — | ICEGestapo+3 | — | WTF momentsself-care+3 | — | 45m 46s | |
| 12/21/25 | S3 E:28 Extra Episode. Brown University Shooting and the failure of our culture.✨ | Brown University shootingcommunity care+4 | — | Brown University | — | Brown Universityshooting+5 | — | 58m 50s | |
| 11/30/25 | S 3 Season Three Thanks And A Holiday Pause✨ | holiday greetingslistener appreciation+3 | — | UppbeatNo Time to Die | — | fan mailholiday+3 | — | 2m 06s | |
| 11/12/25 | S3 E:27 Healing Past Childhood Trauma✨ | childhood traumapersonal healing+3 | Wendy | — | — | PTSDtrauma+5 | — | 48m 33s | |
| 11/2/25 | S3 E: 26 When Empathy Becomes Policy: Food, Power, And The Cost Of Looking Away✨ | food policygovernment shutdown+4 | — | — | SNAP | food policySNAP+5 | — | 1h 00m 44s | |
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| 10/13/25 | S 3 E: 25 Lila’s Voice from Gaza✨ | Gazamutual aid+5 | Lila | mutual aid network | Gaza | Gazamutual aid+7 | — | 32m 08s | |
| 10/6/25 | S 3 E: 24 Who counts as human when grief goes public?✨ | grieftrauma responses+4 | — | — | — | grieftrauma+5 | — | 58m 58s | |
| 9/22/25 | S 3 E: 23 Holy Terror Part 2 | Send us Fan Mail Amy returns to United States of PTSD to complete her powerful story of surviving clergy sexual abuse and the long, winding path to healing through religious deconstruction. Following her abuse at age 15, Amy faced institutional gaslighting from the Catholic Church. Officials questioned what she "did to seduce" the priest and sent her parents a deliberately vague letter with double negatives that absolved them of responsibility. When they finally agreed to pay for therapy, th... | 1h 06m 34s | ||||||
| 9/7/25 | S:3 E 22 Holy Terror: When Faith Becomes Fear | Send us Fan Mail Every survivor has a story that deserves to be heard. In this powerful conversation, we're joined by Amy, a social work student and survivor of religious trauma who shares her journey through high-control Catholicism and the devastating abuse she experienced, at the hands of a trusted priest. Amy takes us through her childhood immersed in religious fear – developing religious OCD as she performed rituals, before bed, to ward off demons she was taught would possess her if she... | 1h 17m 06s | ||||||
| 8/18/25 | S 3 E: 21 Echoes of Cambodia's Killing Fields | Send us Fan Mail Please welcome guest speaker Julie Botom-Richny Chhay. Julie shares her family's experience during the Cambodian genocide, drawing parallels to current genocide in Gaza and how generational trauma continues to impact survivors and their descendants. • Cambodia's genocide under Pol Pot's regime killed nearly 2 million people between 1975-1979 • The Khmer Rouge specifically targeted educated people - teachers, doctors, artists, and even those who wore glasses • Julie's m... | 57m 45s | ||||||
| 8/9/25 | S 3 E: 20 Weaponizing the Human-Animal Bond: Police Dogs and Colonial Violence | Send us Fan Mail Dog training experts Zak George and Bree join us to explore the dark side of animal training and how the weaponization of the human-animal bond perpetuates systems of oppression. We examine how our treatment of animals reflects deeper societal values about power, control, and our approach to both animal and human behavior. • Traditional dog training methods often rely on pain and fear, including shock collars, prong collars, and physically harmful techniques • The police dog... | 1h 05m 20s | ||||||
| 7/27/25 | PTSD and Coming Out: A Palestinian American's Journey | Send us Fan Mail John Demarjain shares his emotional journey of coming out as a gay Palestinian American, revealing the complex intersection of cultural identity, family values, and personal authenticity in Western and Middle Eastern contexts. • Western culture emphasizes (by design) individualism and independence, at the cost of community while Middle Eastern culture prioritizes family and religion • The concept of "pinkwashing" attempts to force the LGBTQ+ population to turn a blind eye t... | 1h 10m 35s | ||||||
| 7/8/25 | S 3 E:19 School gun fire, corrupt politics, and dangerous rhetoric, oh my! | Send us Fan Mail A foreshadowing of the national impending healthcare collapse as we see the beginnings of it in Rhode Island. As mental health workers face increasing dangers from understaffing, violence, and corporate retaliation against unionization efforts. Matt shares his terrifying classroom experience with possible gunfire, highlighting educators' vulnerability in America's gun violence epidemic, while Erika exposes the expanding network of privatized immigrant detention centers ... | 1h 00m 39s | ||||||
| 6/15/25 | S 3 E: 18 War, Trauma, and the Fight for Humanity | Send us Fan Mail In this raw, unedited conversation, we process our emotional responses to the ongoing conflict between Israel and Iran while exploring how intergenerational trauma shapes our understanding of war. • Processing our emotional reactions to Israel's "preemptive strike" otherwise know as a declaration of war against Iran • Examining how media messaging manipulates public perception of conflict to vilify people in Gaza and justify colonialism • Discussing intergenerational t... | 1h 24m 27s | ||||||
| 5/26/25 | S3 E:17 Finding Your Power When Everything Feels Out of Control | Send us Fan Mail Matt and Erika explore how people in compassion-based professions navigate feelings of helplessness when confronted with systemic barriers and limitations beyond their control. • The challenges of working in compassion-based professions (healthcare, teaching, social work, veterinary medicine) within systems that often prioritize profit over people • America's dysfunctional relationship with grief and death as a "death-defying society" • The importance of radical acceptance –... | 1h 01m 13s | ||||||
| 5/19/25 | S 3 E:16 Papers Please: Navigating America's Broken Immigration System | Send us Fan Mail Immigration rights are under severe threat as communities across America face increasing persecution and detention without due process, with Kim DeLeon sharing her family's journey through the US immigration system and the fears they still face despite her husband's citizenship. We discuss how the immigration process is far more complex, expensive, and uncertain than most people realize, with many families spending thousands of dollars and years navigating bureaucratic hurdle... | 59m 28s | ||||||
| 5/5/25 | S3 E: 15 Field Veterinarians and the Mental Health Crisis in Animal Disease Response | Send us Fan Mail PS: Congress is trying to pass a bill that would prohibit the boycott of the genocidal state of Israel's products. Please contact your rep to tell them to vote against the bill and stop the madness. H.R.867 - 119th Congress (2025-2026): IGO Anti-Boycott Act | Congress.gov | Library of Congress Field veterinarian Dr. Kathryn Cehrs shares her experience responding to avian influenza outbreaks and the devastating mental health toll of mass animal depopulations. He... | 54m 16s | ||||||
| 4/21/25 | S 3 E:14 An Immigrant Story: Erased Histories: Ukraine's Past, Present, and Uncertain Future | Send us Fan Mail Kate, a Ukrainian immigrant living in the US for 25 years, shares her journey navigating American systems while maintaining deep connections to her homeland during Russia's ongoing invasion. • Describes how Russian cultural dominance and systematic erasure of Ukrainian identity extends back centuries, not just since 2014 • Explains coming to America as a young widow seeking opportunities for her child • Details the challenges of navigating the American legal system as an imm... | 53m 32s | ||||||
| 4/6/25 |  S3 E:13 When Goodbye Hurts: A Memorial to Hermes and the Grief of Losing a Pet | Send us Fan Mail Pet grief cuts deeper than many realize. When my beloved cat Hermes passed away recently after 16 incredible years together, I found myself grappling with a profound sense of loss that inspired this raw, emotional episode. The story of Hermes begins in 2009, during a period of personal turmoil when this playful kitten literally ran into my life. Named after the fleet-footed Greek messenger god, Hermes was quick, mischievous, and utterly devoted. He established himself as the... | 29m 23s | ||||||
| 3/16/25 | S 3 E: 12 Division By Design: How Capitalism Profits From Our Political Hostility | Send us Fan Mail Matt and Mike explore cognitive dissonance in political values, examining how party loyalty often overrides moral consistency, particularly regarding responses to global genocides versus performative corporate boycotts. • Discussion of selective outrage: boycotting companies for one day while ignoring ongoing genocides • Examination of how political tribalism leads to moral inconsistencies • Analysis of capitalism's role in keeping citizens divided against their own interest... | 51m 38s | ||||||
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