Proxy with Yowei Shaw

<p><strong>The case of the woman who's scared of a shipwreck. </strong></p><p>Georgia knows the Titanic can't hurt her. So why does just looking at a picture fill her with dread? And can she make the fear go away? </p><p>We find her a proxy who has spent decades helping people overcome their most irrational fears. </p><p>In this episode: how strange fears develop and what it actually takes to overcome a phobia. </p><p><br></p><p><strong>From the episode:</strong></p><p>— Learn more about Georgia

<p><strong>The case of the tryhard who wants to care less.</strong></p><p>Yowei has a problem. She overprepares, overthinks, and gets so caught up in worrying about doing a good job that sometimes it makes her worse at her job</p><p>Jay Caspian Kang is a staff writer for <em>The New Yorker</em> and co-host of <em>Time to Say Goodbye</em>. He manages to do serious, thoughtful work, while giving the impression that he couldn't care less what. anyone thinks. What's his secret? Can you care deeply a

<p><strong>The case of the other woman. </strong></p><p>Ellie never thought she’d be the other woman. Then she fell in love with a married man. </p><p>In this episode, we find Ellie a proxy: another woman who knows what it’s like to end up in the same impossible position. Together, they talk about shame, responsibility, and what it means to live with a choice you regret when you don’t regret where it led.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Proxy’s fall membership drive is happening now.</strong> If you wa

<p><strong>The case of the guy who keeps falling for his female friends.</strong></p><p>Ryan Jay has a problem. He makes friends with women. They get close. Then he falls for them.</p><p>It’s happened enough times that Ryan Jay is starting to question whether he actually knows how to be friends with women without wanting to date them.</p><p>So we bring in a proxy to help Ryan Jay figure out why friendship keeps turning into romance for him — and whether there’s another way to do this.</p><p><br>

<p>Chloe is about to start medical school. She loves her life. The only problem: she’s starting to drink too much, and she doesn’t know why. How do you treat a problem before it becomes an emergency? We find her a proxy who got sober at the same age—and went on to become an addiction psychiatrist.</p><p><strong>Some resources: </strong></p><ul> <li><a href="https://www.drs4drs.com.au/"><strong>Drs4Drs</strong></a></li> <li><a href="https://adr.idaa.org/"><strong>Australian Doctors in Recovery</s

<p>Before Proxy comes back on September 22, Yowei and Kyle hold a tiny business meeting about the state of the show: more listeners, fewer members, a new membership goal, and what it’ll take to make year three. Also, Comcast has thoughts.</p>

<p>Carrie and Natalia want a baby. But they can’t agree on one big question: How much money is enough to become parents? <br><br>This week, we’re sharing <a href="https://link.podtrac.com/4a6qkn35"><strong>an episode</strong></a> from “This Is Uncomfortable,”a podcast from Marketplace about life and the way money messes with it. Each Thursday, host Reema Khrais digs into stories about the unanticipated ways money shapes our relationships, identities, and the choices we make.</p>

<p>This week, as we continue working on new cases for the fall, we’re sharing an episode from our friends at <a href="https://www.pushkin.fm/podcasts/a-slight-change-of-plans"><strong>A Slight Change of Plans</strong></a>.</p><p>Psychologist Ethan Kross talks to host Maya Shankar about why our inner voice sometimes helps us make sense of our lives—and sometimes traps us in an endless spiral—and shares practical ways to get some distance from the chatter.</p>