Learning to Live with Wanting to Die: Trauma Bond with Ali Giordani

123 focus on this episode because producer Ali Giordani steps up to the mic. Together, Theresa and Ali commiserate on what it means to grieve best friends, the need for ugliness, and the joy of curating lives worth living. Ali Giordani is a film programmer and writer based in Los Angeles. Their passions include loud music, slow cinema, and gossiping. She co-produces Trauma Bond with Theresa Bateman, a podcast exploring things we aren't supposed to laugh about. Her writing can be found in Full Stop, New Life Quarterly, and on the zine shelf at your local bookstore. If you're down to clown, find them curating chaos on substack @flickswithbenefits, instagram @agony_varda, and letterboxed @lighted_match. Content Warning: Dicussions of sexual assault.