Dr. Zori Paul and Natalie Jeung started a podcast about their geeky passions and mental health. What’s it like to start a podcast with your friend? An academic interview with Jennifer van Alstyne.
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What’s it like to start a podcast with your friend? Dr. Zori Paul and Natalie Jeung, LCPC, NCC met in their master’s program. Years later, they started a podcast together where two therapists nerd out about their geeky passions and mental health. Video games, movies, and interests they love are a scope for new episodes of the podcast. Zori and Natalie share about their podcasting journey. Not just the process behind getting started, but the emotional and social journey of putting your podcast out there too.
0:00 Meet Zori Paul and Natalie Jeung
2:50 What sparked the idea for having your podcast?
4:31 Social media and video editing for the podcast
6:22 Different methods of doing the podcast
9:24 What’s Therapy on a Tangent about? What Zori and Natalie love to talk about
12:01 Video games, Inside Out, and Miyazaki, and clinical work as therapists
17:50 When is something not quite right for your show?
19:56 Looking back to the start, celebrating 1 year for their show
23:29 Podcasting equipment and skills you’ve grown over time
32:18 What’s it like to share your podcast with people?
39:15 At the heart of their podcast is friendship, trust, and collaboration
A full text transcript will be coming to the blog in the coming week or so. I’ll also be adding English captions to the YouTube video for you too. Thank you! —Jennifer
Bios
Zori Paul, PhD, LPC, NCC
Dr. Zori Paul (she/her) is a Chicago native, licensed professional counselor, counselor educator, and researcher. She is also the co-host of Therapy on a Tangent, a podcast where two therapists nerd out about their geeky passions and mental health. Dr. Paul received her Ph.D. in counseling from the University of Missouri – St. Louis, her M.A. in clinical mental health counseling from Northwestern University, and her B.A. in comparative human development and minor in gender and sexuality studies from the University of Chicago. Her research focuses on the mental health and stressors of individuals with multiple marginalized identities, specifically bisexual+/queer people of color; cross-cultural mentorship in counseling programs; and the ethical use of social media and AI by counselors and other mental health professionals.
Natalie Jeung, LCPC, NCC
Natalie Jeung, LCPC, NCC, is a Licensed Clinical Professional Counselor. She is the owner of Side Quest Counseling Services, which provides counseling services in Illinois, Indiana, and Iowa. She enjoys doing life with people and destigmatizing gamers and geeks in the mental health space. Her passion for working with video gamers came from her journey as a video gamer and desire to bring inclusive care to those who feel marginalized by society. Her clinical work also includes working with people navigating their different identities, family systems and family of origin issues, parenting, and inner child work. When she is not wearing her therapist hat, she enjoys hanging out with her cat, playing video games, being a foodie, and going on random adventures.