Covid Episodes
June 21, 2021
S3:E3 Pat McCorkle | Casting, Self-Tapes Post-Covid
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 …
June 1, 2021
S2:E14 Dana | Oncology Nurse, We Laugh to Survive
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 …
May 25, 2021
S2:E13 Dr. Sadie I You + Me = Curing Long Covid
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 …
May 11, 2021
S2:E11 Viki | "This is my Second Pandemic."
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…
May 4, 2021
S2:E10 Kate | "Trauma is as Individual as a Fingerprint"
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…
April 27, 2021
S2:E9 Raymond & Caroline | Vax'd n' Wax'd
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…
April 13, 2021
S2:E7 Jill | Special Education, Pivoting in the Pandemic
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…
March 30, 2021
S2:E5 Gemma I Parosmia V: Phantom Smells of Smoke
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…
March 23, 2021
S2:E4 Anissa | Parosmia IV: "Am I Stuck Like This?"
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…
March 9, 2021
S2:E1 Brooke | Parosmia I: When Smells are No Longer Safe
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…
March 8, 2021
Trailer - Fatigued Podcast with Caroline Amos and Raymond McAnally
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…
March 2, 2021
S1E17: Ray & Caroline Wrap Season One
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 …
Feb. 23, 2021
S1E16: Dr. Keith Gagnon - The Nation's Mutation, a U.S. Variant
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…
Feb. 9, 2021
S1E14: Erik - "A Deployed Doctor Comes Home to Covid"
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…
Feb. 2, 2021
S1E13: Louis - “Shoot Me Up Bruh”, A Pfizer Vaccine Trial Story
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…