On this episode, we talk to Patrick Stickles, songwriter and frontman of the band Titus Andronicus, about his music's honest portrayal and discussion of writing records in manic states and having to tour them in the crash of depression.

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Kitty Ray, known professionally as Kitty, became an overnight sensation in 2012, when her incredibly catchy “OK Cupid” went viral and ended up on Rolling Stone’s top 20 songs of the year list. Kitty got a manager and went on tour with Danny Brown. Then the hard part started: bouts of Imposter Syndrome, toxic relationships with more experienced musicians and the ever-present effects of Body Dysmorphia and Anorexia.

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Dave Sherman, founder of the Road to Rehab, has helped many of your favorite musicians to get clean(patient confidentiality prevents us from naming them), deal with anxiety & depression, and focus on their art with new clarity and focus— at home and on tour.

On today’s episode Dave breaks down his experience getting sober, the positive therapeutic value of group sessions with a band, and why artists have such a high rate of abuse with drugs and alcohol.

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