Brain Weasels

The Power of Story (role-playing, video games, movies)

What do role-playing, noir video games, and Pixar movies all have in common? Listen to find out.
This episode features clips you might have missed from previous episodes, all about the power of storytelling.

Tattoo Therapy with Lee and Merit

The topic today is tattoo therapy. 
You’re all in luck. Lee and Merit are back with me! Lee, has been on many times, and this is Merit’s second episode. Lee is a tattoo artist. Check out Lee Dandy at Electric Panther in Little Rock. Merit is a writer and a gamer. Find them on Twitch at multie_player. Merit is part of the Sancheck system. If you’ve been listening to the podcast, you know they are a DID system. DID stands for dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder. 
In this episode, we'll talk to Lee about their journey as an artist, and we’ll all talk about art therapy, tattoo therapy, and just therapy in general.

My Trauma Story

This episode is just me, Jenn Gibson. I want to tell you a story. It was September 11, 2001, and I was working in New York...

Video Games with Lee and Manny

The topic today is the therapeutic value of video games. 
My guests are Lee, who has been on many times, and Manny, who is here for the first time. Lee is a tattoo artist. Check out Lee Dandy at Electric Panther in Little Rock. Manny is a writer and a gamer. Find them on Twitch at multie_player. Manny is part of the Sancheck system. If you’ve been listening to the podcast, you know they are a DID system. DID stands for dissociative identity disorder, formerly known as multiple personality disorder. We’ll talk a lot about how gaming helped in forming Manny’s personality.

LARP with Lee and Merit

This week's topics: LARP (live-action role-playing), trauma healing, and dissociative identity disorder. We’ve talked about DID before, but in this episode, you get all the basics for a better understanding, as well as how LARP and role-playing help.
My guests are Lee and Merit. They are co-founders and directors of the Central Arkansas role-playing club The Gentleman’s Hammer. Lee is also a tattoo artist. Check out Lee Dandy at Electric Panther in Little Rock. Merit is a writer and a gamer. Find them on Twitch at multie_player.

Doom Patrol and DID with Doc and Leif

This is a very special episode. It’s the first where we talk in-depth about DID, Dissociative Identity Disorder. That happens about 22 minutes in. We start the episode with a conversation about Doom Patrol, a comic and show on HBO Max about a group of hapless heroes, all with mental health and personal issues they need to work out.

Christi Seatts and Lee Pruett: Part 3 of 3

This is the third of three episodes featuring the effortlessly charming folks: Christi Seatts and Lee Pruett. This is maybe the best of the three episodes. We talk about the good side of being bad at things, "Everything, Everywhere, All at Once," "Bojack Horseman," and "Rick and Morty."

D&D with Leif and Doc

Today’s episode is all about tabletop roleplaying, specifically Dungeons and Dragons, or D & D. 
With me are Leif Hassell and Penny aka Doc. Doc is part of the Sancheck system, a dissociative identity system, which is one where multiple people occupy one brain, formerly called multiple personality disorder. In future episodes, we’ll talk about Dissociative Identity Disorder and chat with other people, also known as alters, in the Sancheck system.