Covid Episodes
S3:E3 Pat McCorkle | Casting, Self-Tapes Post-Covid
June 21, 2021
Our guest today is the incomparable Pat McCorkle, head and founder of McCorkle Casting and a Covid survivor! As actors, we understand the frustration of the industry during the pandemic, so we were eager to hear Pat’s point …
S2:E14 Dana | Oncology Nurse, We Laugh to Survive
June 1, 2021
We’re closing out Mental Health Awareness Month with Dana, an introverted oncology nurse & parent - all this to say, she’s got many reasons to be fatigued. In a time where we’re more isolated than ever, Dana has experienced …
S2:E13 Dr. Sadie I You + Me = Curing Long Covid
May 25, 2021
This week we talked to Dr. Sadie Whittaker, the Chief Scientific Officer of Solve ME/CFS Initiative- a nonprofit whose mission is to find a cure for & end Myalgic encephalomyelitis/chronic fatigue syndrome. The developments …
S2:E11 Viki | "This is my Second Pandemic."
May 11, 2021
TW: death & grief This week we connected with Victoria Noe, an award-winning author, speaker and activist. She is the perfect candidate for Mental Health Awareness month because of her contributions to the AIDS community & h…
S2:E10 Kate | "Trauma is as Individual as a Fingerprint"
May 4, 2021
Welcome to Mental Health Awareness Month! We've got a series of interviews we really think you'll enjoy. We begin with Kate, a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner, specializing in complex trauma and complex PTSD. So…
S2:E9 Raymond & Caroline | Vax'd n' Wax'd
April 27, 2021
Surprise: we’re our own guests this week! Both of us share our vaccine stories and experiences. At this point Raymond has received both doses and Caroline has gotten her first. (Hashtag Team Pfizer.) Unrelated but after stay…
S2:E7 Jill | Special Education, Pivoting in the Pandemic
April 13, 2021
Our guest this week is Jill, a compassionate & determined woman with a big heart and too many emotions for one person to contain. Her big heart led her to a position as an early childhood special education teacher in St. Lou…
S2:E5 Gemma I Parosmia V: Phantom Smells of Smoke
March 30, 2021
We round out our Parosmia Series with Gemma who experiences parosmia and it's equally evil twin: phantosmia. For those who don't know, phantosmia is an olfactory hallucination that makes you smell things that aren't there. F…
S2:E4 Anissa | Parosmia IV: "Am I Stuck Like This?"
March 23, 2021
In our fourth episode, we talk with Anissa - the self-described "cook of the family" who can barely bring herself to eat anything besides peanut m&ms. She spoke to us about how parosmia disconnects her from the rest of the w…
S2:E1 Brooke | Parosmia I: When Smells are No Longer Safe
March 9, 2021
We're kicking off Season 2 with a series about parosmia, perhaps the most odd and startling long-hauler symptom to date. Parosmia is dysfunctional smell detection characterized by the inability of the brain to correctly iden…
Trailer - Fatigued Podcast with Caroline Amos and Raymond McAnally
March 8, 2021
Fatigued Podcast was born out of two friends getting Covid and sharing their experiences. Listen to learn more about this project, who they've interviewed, how it's helped, and where it's going from here. Full episodes and…
S1E17: Ray & Caroline Wrap Season One
March 2, 2021
Caroline and Raymond (and an awkward little-sounding voice) say goodbye to Season One. Our cohosts give updates on their personal Covid stories, tell us about what's coming up in Season Two (launching March 9th, 2021), and …
S1E16: Dr. Keith Gagnon - The Nation's Mutation, a U.S. Variant
Feb. 23, 2021
This is our final interview for Season 1 and it's our biggest one to date: we got a chance to interview Dr. Keith Gagnon, an associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry at SIU whose lab has uncovered a U.S.-specific co…
S1E14: Erik - "A Deployed Doctor Comes Home to Covid"
Feb. 9, 2021
This week we got to interview Dr. Erik, an anesthesiologist who was deployed in the Middle East when the pandemic broke out last March. His deployment had already come to a close but he was detained for a few more weeks befo…
S1E13: Louis - “Shoot Me Up Bruh”, A Pfizer Vaccine Trial Story
Feb. 2, 2021
After months of devastating loss, Louis said "fuck it" (literally) and enrolled himself in the Pfizer vaccine trial. Louis, a self-described "big ol' meat shield," was more than happy to take this risk, especially because he…