All Episodes
Adulthood... with a chance of autism — 346 episodes
347) No AI Detectors in the Woods
346) Death Sucks. So Does That Aldi Bitch.
345) The Disturbing Discovery That I Can Go Places
344) I Have Once Again Caused Feelings
343) Please Keep Your Chaos Folded and in the Upright Position
342) Cats, Corpses, & Connective Tissue
341) People Suck
340) Aldi, AOC, & American Delusion
339) A Brief History of Me Saying "I'm Really Excited About That"
338) A Week of Unexpected Wins and Expected Disappointments
337) The Day the Wilderness Fought Back
336) I Might Put Cat Food on My Face
335) The Audacity Was Locally Sourced
334) No More Cooter Clown Creeps!
333) The Auntie Industrial Complex
332) A Family Crisis, So Naturally I Made It About Me
331) What's the Point of You?
330) Clown Country, Bacon Body, Dumpster Soul
328) It Shouldn’t Be This Hard to Exist
327) No Text, No Tea
326) Be Our Guest, Have a Flashback
325) I Don’t Like Kids, But Pack a Tiny Suitcase
324) Best Feeling Ever: Plans Canceled!
323) I Drove, I Comforted, I Aunted
322) Crying in the Kitchen with Bacon Grease and Big Feelings
321) Got Rejected by a Dog Yesterday
320) The Screaming Chapter
319) If You Fear Feedback, Just Say That
318) Therapy Ruined My Villain Era
317) Government-Issued Free Time
316) Weirdos to the Front (Again)
315) Wait, What Was I Saying?
314) Is It a Thought or a Red Flag? Let’s Find Out!
313) Public Safety Theater (Musical Number Included)
312) Finally Regulated Enough to Judge Others
311) Flushgate: A Psychological Thriller Starring Paper Towels, Poor Decisions, and One Flush Too Few
310) I Made a Book for You
309) The Least Neurotypical Vet Visit on Record
308) This Episode Brought to You by Sugar Cookie Toast Crunch (and Autism)
307) Snowscapades
306) I Landed On My Boob & Other Holiday Updates
305) I'm Tired of People Looking at My Cooter
304) My Autistic Brain Has Follow-Up Questions
303) Ramen Debt Cleared, Bowels Too
302) I Threw Myself a Petty Party
301) Connection Hits Different When You Don’t See It Coming
300) You Can’t Outrun the Karma Bus
299) Inflatable Eeyore Has Had Enough
298) The Dirty Soul Accountability Program
297) My Niece Clocked Our Marriage and the Cat’s Balls
296) America: The Trauma Is Free, But the Therapy’s Extra
295) Routines, Ruminations, and Random Beyoncé Moments
294) I Drank from a Hose and Now I Can See the Future
293) This Whole System Smells Like Ass
292) Honk Honk, Beep Beep — Democracy’s Six Feet Deep
291) Velcro Kitties, Speed Walking, and 28 Million Dollar Bullshit
290) My Brain Go Bye-Bye
289) This Country’s a Mess but I’m Great with Kids
288) This Episode Is Brought to You by Poor Decisions
287) Mashed Perderders and Bunny Limbs
286) Just Some Cat Shit (Literally Too)
285) Grief Cake & Guilt Crumbs
284) Caesar Eats Where He Shits (and Other Crap)
283) A Very Special Episode of Nothing
282) Why Are We Celebrating Freedom?
281) The Elephants Were Worth the 5 Years I Spent in a Cult
280) Mayim Bialik Is on Substack and Still Undiagnosed
279) Kookiez and Betrayal
278) I Have an Internet Daddy
277) Happy Unbirthday to Me!
276) Sorry, I Had Plans (to Not Do That)
275) Put That 48-Pack of Mayo Down and Fight Me
274) 58 Minutes to Meltdown (Naked & Enraged Edition)
273) Crispy in the Streets, Driving Blind Through the Sheets
272) Don't Ask Me to Transition Tasks Unless You've Cleared It with My Other Personalities
271) Dr. Google Will See You Now (and Steal $45)
270) Racing Heart & Spaghetti Bones (aka POTS & EDS)
269) Toxic Storescapade
268) Chair Crimes and Hooker Birds
267) Turns Out I Still Have a Face. People Saw It.
266) Sorry I Wasn’t Filtered Out by the Brita (aka Autistic from Birth, Not from Tupperware)
265) This Episode Is Brought to You by Mutual Admiration and a Laser Pointer
264) Wi-Fi Gave Me Autism and Now I Get Great Reception
263) A Field Guide to Evil: Know It, Resist It
262) I’m New Here (Everywhere)
261) Autistic People Keep Happening to Me
260) Meetings: Where Time Goes to Die
259) My Brain Has a Word Count Limit
258) How to Ruin a Day in One Easy Step
257) My Cats Are Teaching Me More Than My Mother Ever Did (Low Bar, But Still)
256) I Swiped Right on Another Cat
255) Contained Rage: A Core Personality Trait
254) Can't Stop, Won't Stop
253) The Rise and Fall of the Snow Bandits (with a side of hyperfixation)
252) Told a Lady to Stop Yelling at Her Kids, and My Butt Gremlin is Now in Witness Protection
251) Hyperfocus Engaged: Autistic Writers You’ll Love on Substack
250) My Brain Said No, But Also Yes, But Mostly No
249) The Sensory Experience I Didn't Know I Needed
248) No Sleep, One Sprained Toe, & Too Many Opinions
247) Sprain and Simple: A Tale of Wasted Time
246) Smells Like New Beginnings (and Something Else)
245) Storescapades Chronicles: Pop Quiz at the Checkout
244) Nine Lives, Three Goodbyes
243) People Pleasing: The Gateway Drug to Exhaustion
242) More Weird S*** That I Do
241) Autism: The Mysterious Case of Being a Human Person
240) Shoveling Estrogen Like a Pro: A Survival Story
239) Social Media’s Unwritten Rules and My Unread Notifications
238) Autistically Annoyed, Vol.2: Long COVID and Trash Xmas Movies Deserve Each Other
237) Burnout’s Greatest Hits: Overthinking, Overworking, Over It
236) “Normal” Is a Cult People Keep Trying to Recruit For
235) Detoxing from Evil Dick and the Doomscroll Dilemma
234) ♪ Because Every Little Thing Is Gonna Be... Messier Than My Life Choices ♪
233) If You're Looking for a Point, This Isn't It
232) Confessions of a Sleepover Rookie
231) Fear Factor: When Niece Meets Peace (RIP)
230) Domestic Mysteries: Why Won't This Comforter Dry? (With a Cameo from the Vacuum Repair Shop)
229) BREAKING NEWS: Finally, a Female Doctor I Don't Dread Seeing
228) Don't Ask Me for Anything, Ever
227) Forgot to Care, Oops
226) Another Grocery Store Meltdown & The Invisible Man
225) Autistically Annoyed, Vol. 1: Crockpots, Heart Hands, and Other Crimes Against Humanity
224) Autistic Realizations Brought to You by Cat Poop and Social Anxiety
223) Cats and Chats
222) Paws and Reflect: How a Kitten Sparked a Mental Marathon
221) Follow the Light! (No Hallucinations Involved)
220) Burnout Blues & Graduation Woo-Hoos
219) All's Fair in Games and Strategy
218) Neurodivergent Stories & Weird Olympics Sports
217) Itch, Please!
216) Rum Runs and Checkout Mishaps
215) I'm Sorry, Did I Say Too Much?
214) I Have a Love/Hate Relationship with Driving
213) Adult Autism 101: The Ultimate Guide for Newly Identified Adults
212) The Scatterbrain Show
211) Finally, a MAJOR Corrective Childhood Experience!
210) Political Anxiety & Parachuting Spiders
209) Autistic Musings & Suburban Mysteries
208) Turns Out Situlective Mutism Is Really Scary for Me to Experience
207) Situlective Mutism
206) The Neighbor I've Been Dodging Found Me
205) Skip This Episode
204) My Adopted Mom's Life Improved BECAUSE OF ME!!!
203) I'm an Eager Beaver and You're a Troll with No Soul
202) Oops, My Brain Did It Again
201) It Works, It Really Works!
200) Happy Birthday to Me (and to you!)
199) The Social Hangover Is Real
198) Today’s Theme was DON’T MAKE A SCENE
197) Sometimes I Don’t Know How to Be Supportive - Part 2
196) Adults Almost Say the Darndest Things
195) What’s This Feeling?
194) I’m More Than an Ally
193) As Cheesy as This Sounds, Therapy Will Change Your Life If You Just Give It a Chance
192) I’m Not Worth It
191) I Gots POTS! (not the kind you cook with, but I do have those too)
190) I’m Cured! (Also, I Need a Little Help)
189) See You Later, Hades, My Soul Kitty
188) I Wanted to Shank Someone at Walfart Today (but I didn’t)
187) Sunshine and Sorrow
186) We Have Gay Mice
185) Therapy Is Good Mkay
184) Because You Definitely Asked For More of This
183) Cats, Secrets, and Boring Cuddles
182) Hashtag Horror
181) Community
180) Another Dentist Appointment Episode
179) Oh, NOW I Get It
178) Mean Girls
177) Self-Checkouts and Shady People Can F Right Off
176) Tipping Troubles
175) Gratitude for Representation
174) Happy Happy Annoy Annoy
173) Quack Attack
172) PLEASE, SOMEONE TELL MAYIM BIALIK THAT SHE'S AUTISTIC!
171) Basic Revelations
170) Tears and Tea Kettles
169: My Battle with Burnout
168) I’m in Burnout City
167) I’m Sad about My Soul Kitty
166) Laughing Gas Letdown
165) It Doesn’t Take Much to Make Me Happy
164) I Saw Myself on TV
163) My First EMDR Session
162) I Almost Had a Meltdown Over Banana Bread
161) Storescapades
160) Some Things Never Change
159) Gimme Yer Money
158) I Was a Cool Kid
157) Autistic Grossology
156) Ear Candy or Ear Chaos? Also, “Love on the Spectrum” Is Pissing Me Off!
155) ADHD Storytime
154) Neurodivergent Nonsense
153) You Should Unconditionally Love Your Weird Kid
152) Nuts and Notes
151) I Found a New Special Interest
150) The Universe Did Me Dirty
149) Autistically Grateful
148) Your Autistic PSA
147) Frosty the Eye-Roller
146) Shopping at Stores During the Holidays
145) Every Marvelous Dream Replayed (EMDR)
144) Taking Care of a Sick Person Is Hard Sometimes
143) If You’re Sick, I’m a Dick
142) I Still Have My Feelings Switch
141) I’ll Do It My Way, and You Can Do It Your Way
140) Random Shmandom
139) I Forgot to Mention...
138) Do You Do This Too? (part 2)
137) Do You Do This Too? (part 1)
136) More Autistic Rambling
135) Can We Please Have More Shows Like "The Golden Bachelor"?
134) Does Anyone “Decorate” Like I Do?
133) My Grocery Lists are Pretty Autistic
132) I Ugly Cried Over a Damn Chair
131) Life Is Hard (And I Had Another Meltdown)
130) Bad Autism Article
129) There's a Mouse in the House
128) Autism and Airports
127) A Routines Update
126) I’m Having an Autistic Day
125) The Bathroom Episode
124) I Had Another Meltdown
123) Wtf Just Happened?
122) Alexithymia part 2
121) Alexithymia
120) Hey! That's MINE!!!
119) Navigating the Spotlight (aka Being Observed)
118) If I Didn't Experience It Then It's Not Real
117) The Fixation Files
116) It Feels Good to be Believed
115) My Brain Feels Pretty Autistic This Week
114) From Scripts to Scraps
113) I Feel Mortified for Making a Mistake at Work
112) Sweatflix and Chill
111) It's Okay If You Can't Do Something
110) Finding My Tribe in Unexpected Ways
109) Ketamine Adventures and Anxiety Shutdowns
108) Follow the Rules!
107) Managing My Autistic Expectations
106) Unplanned Shenanigans
105) I Told the Neighbor I'm Autistic
104) Sometimes I Don't Know How to Be Supportive
103) I Can't Do It. Literally.
102) Unexpected Social Interaction
101) Persistent Empathy for Strangers
100) Wow, Ow, & Now
99) Impulsive Investments = Moolah Misadventures
98) I'm Embarrassed to Be Sick
97) Quirks and Cough Drops
96) I'm an Autistic Superfan
95) Packing Like a Pro(blem)
94) Things I Still Don't Understand
93) Turning 40, Still Autistic, and Living My Best Life
92) Employment and PTSD
91) The Quest for the Best
90) The Joy of Random Thoughts
89) I've Been Autistic for a Whole Year!
88) How Is This My Life?
87) Things Are Different Now
86) Butt Stuff
85) Taking Off My Mask: The Thrilling Sequel
84) How Dare You Leave!
83) We're EVERYWHERE
82) The Auditory Processing Struggle Is Real
81) Be Nice When You Break Up with Someone
80) My Brain Is Going Haywire
79) My Autistic Awedyssey
78) Taxes Can Suck It
77) Why Can't Everyone Just Be More Like Me?
76) It's an Empath! It's an HSP! It's... Autism?
75) Weird S*** That I Do
74) Equipped with My Script
73) Honesty is the Autistic Policy (unless we're masking)
72) Nothing to See Here
71) Please Just Shut the F*** Up!
70) If the Phone Doesn't Ring, It's Me
69) You Might Want to Skip This Episode
68) Why You Should Never Take On a Food Challenge
67) As Long As It's Good Enough
66) Protect Only the Fingers You Want to Keep
65) Intimacy Shmintimacy
64) I'm a Runner
63) Day from Hell
62) Am I Weird for Wondering?
61) Am I a Robot?
60) The Complain Train
59) What It's Like to See REAL Autism Portrayed on TV
58) I'm Allergic to People
57) Satisfying Sensory Shit
56) Things I Wish I Could Forget
55) How Do You Not (fill in the blank) This?
54) I Don't Know What to Say
53) I'll Never Have Thick Skin
52) Baby Shark
51) I NEED MY ROUTINES BACK!!!
50) The Same Game
49) Catastrophic or Neurotic?
48) Sensory Nightmare
47) Rediscovering Purpose
46) Things I Changed After I Found Out I'm Autistic
45) Meltdown Minefield
44) Things I Don't Understand
43) Interruptions Suck
42) How Did I Get This Far In Life?
41) "Family"
40) Holidays
39) Sometimes I Feel Like I'm "Too Much"
38) Not Being Able to "Control" Things Hasn't Been Sitting Well In My Autistic Brain
37) My Bowling Ball Baby Is Coming Out Tomorrow!
36) I'm So Grateful I Work for Myself
35) I Feel Like an Energizer Bunny
34) Autistic Ramblings
33) Organization Fixation
32) Is it Normal to Frequently Thank People?
31) Obsessed Much?
30) I Had a Meltdown in Public
29) No Touchy!
28) I Just Had a Dentist Appointment
27) My Mind Just Doesn't Stop... But Is That So Bad?
26) Rumination Station
25) I Almost Had a Meltdown Over Something Ordinary People (Neurotypicals) Might Consider Small
24) How It's Felt Being Different My Entire Life
23) I'd Rather Get Shanked than Work for Other People Ever Again
22) Ch-Ch-Ch-Changes
21) I Love When People Cancel on Me (for reals)
20) Food Stuff
19) Who Is at the Door?
18) Autism Is NOT a Disorder
17) It's So Hard to Make Decisions
16) Being Autistic Is Pretty Damn Awesome
15) It's Hard to Talk Almost All of the Time
14) Meltdown Madness
13) Resources for Us Autistics!
12) Can't We All Just Say What We Mean?
11) I Love Me a Good Routine
10) Want to come over? NO, I DON'T.
9) Masking - Now You See Me, Now You Don't
8) Everything Is Harder
7) Special Interests Are NOT Creepy!
6) What Are the Rules?
5) More Anxiety, Please!
4) My Time Is Precious
3) Sensory Stuff
2) Self-Identification vs. Diagnosis: Is a Diagnosis Absolutely Necessary?
1) Whelp, I'm Autistic