12 episodes
Tales of Insecurity Leah Lindsaychen
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5.0 • 4 Ratings
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You're not afraid of anything anymore. You're ready to take on any challenge, whatever life throws at you. Having endured the worst, there's very little left out there that can really scare you, but here it is. It's the reminders of what you could be again as soon as you let your guard down, as soon as your friends forget about you, as soon as you lose just a little bit of credit, that slight bit of validation, and go at it truly on your own.
It's a comedy variety show hosted by a optimistic trans woman who tries really hard. She works really hard on it. She has that indie spirit. She is the manifestation of your worst nightmares :)
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Episode 35: Starting Over Again (Again)
Sometimes moving forward isn't an option, despite your best intentions. You don't reset to get your bearings, but because the rug keeps getting pulled out from under you. You're back to basics, even with all your complexes. How many licks does it take to find your center, before you find a different snack?
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Episode 2:01 Starting Over, Again
Tales of Insecurity Returns on a bi-weekly schedule and a new optimistic view! Everything is going to be better! Hooray! All this hope everywhere. The birds are singing, the bees are chirping, let's all be the best people we can be until we fail again.
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Episode 10: How to Be (with LiA Lindsaychen)
Tales of Insecurity is still on hiatus, but will be returning soon. For now, here is a filler episode, getting down to basics. Being alive, what a challenge.
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Episode X – How to be a Nothing (with Michael Liam Abbott)
Tales of Insecurity is on a brief hiatus, but in the meantime, here is an interview LiA did in an effort to reach out to the community. Whatever community there is. Is that a meaningful term? Is it something anyone has? LiA doesn't really know what people have.
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Episode 8: House of Glass
LiA has been a bit too self-indulgent lately, and realizes she needs an outside perspective on her show. She likes having all this creative control, but completely unchecked, maybe her thoughts are off somewhere where no one can understand them. Consequently, she has outsourced this week's episode to someone else who doesn't exist, who adapted someone else's play, and maybe LiA won't be so immersed in her own navel for once. We can hope.
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Episode 7: You’re Too Kind
Do you think about the people around you? Do you worry that you're making too much noise, and that you might accidentally activate your long-term partner's PTSD while you're recording your podcast? This might be a reasonable fear, but maybe you can't practice your accordion because you worry any stranger walking by might experience some slight annoyance. You failed to recycle every bottle! You caused global warming! It's too hard to be alive.
Customer Reviews
nothing like it in the world
Like a modern variety show, where there is always a hidden gem waiting around the corner. It hits that perfect note of sad, funny, and bleak that is hard to do justice in a review. The songs are catchy and the characters are fascinating and flawed. The skits really stayed with me long after listening to them. A one of a kind podcast for the strange times we live in.
Could use more hope
...but the podcast is otherwise fantastic. Beautifully creative, insightful, and entertaining storytelling, despite the depressing subject matter. Keep it up!
Am I allowed to leave this review?
I feel like it might be kind of an affront to my personal brand to come in here and leave a five-star review, especially since I wince in pain every time I hear the host stumble over her words or try to disguise her voice, but the self-deception that lets one tell oneself that the thing they worked on is the best thing in the world definitely fits into the landscape of quiet desperation where I have pitched my tent. Just as I lie to myself every day that I'm basically fine so I can get out of bed, so can I repeat assurances that I made a good podcast, better than all the other podcasts. This is the podcast I've chosen to be.