Nobody Should Believe Me

It doesn’t feel right to say I enjoyed listening, but I did. Glad this author is able to spread awareness of this kind of abuse and find ways to heal at the same time. This topic is so relevant in a time of blogger moms, SM families, and the “parents rights” movement. Thank you. That being said, it’s just so messy! I hope as the continue they can have better thought out and planned season releases rather than the feeling of need to push out regurgitated content to stay active. The “bonus unabridged conversations” and reposted conversations with a short update at the end makes it so difficult to find where you are in the series. For listeners (like me) who found the podcast later, it doesn’t feel worth it to listen to a largely repetitive episode. I also find they reference back to people a lot with out reminders of who they were with the assumption we can remember specific names. If it were a tv doc they’d have the name and relationship written on the screen, I feel like we need a version of that. (Again, I’m coming in late and binging and I can’t even keep track).

this podcast from season 1 thru 4 ++++ is so incredibly well done, heartbreaking, and important . Andrea Dunlap is off the hook intelligent with experience and education in this subject . thank you!

Updated review Sept ‘24: This continues to be one of my favorite podcasts, but as I listen to the After Hours: Hysterical Part Two convo between Dr Bex and Andrea, I want to offer this piece of feedback. If Andrea can let Dr Bex finish her thought before adding on or asking a question, it may help with the pressurized manner with which Dr Bex seems to speak. I am trying to understand Dr Bex’s explanation of the PANDAS doctor’s steroidal treatment of the LeRoy girls, but Andrea frequently interrupts her, which seems to create a feedback loop of Dr Bex urgently trying to finish a thought before she is interrupted. It creates an environment of heightened emotion and stress, when the subject matter is already heavy and serious. And because their sentences are choppy and layered on one another, it’s difficult to follow the flow of ideas. I always appreciate what these two people have to say, and I want to catch it all, and I’m happy to listen to very long episodes. I wish they had had a do-over with this section of the episode in particular, and in general I hope that Dr Bex feels very relaxed and leisurely and deeply listened to as she shares her thoughts, because they add so much to this already excellent show. The recent barrage of one-star reviews are an example of how Andrea Dunlop doesn’t conduct herself. She is so wise in how she navigates these incredibly complicated medical cases, always thoughtful and humble and curious. She very rarely speaks in absolutes and always seeks out the fuller and wider and most generous context of an issue. What stands out to me the most as I listen to every episode is not the caliber of interviewees (which is universally high), nor the thoroughness and incisiveness of her questions and research (which is robust), but the integrity of her steady and spiritual inner compass as she travels through the world of child abuse. This podcast is one of the best you will find. Those reviews telling you not to bother with it speak to a fear—born of polarization—of how much your mind and heart will be blown open if you do.

I tell everyone about this podcast. Season 3 is mind blowing. Dunlop is heroic and an advocate for health care workers and mandated reporters, not to mention children.