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the Mentally Oddcast

the Mentally Oddcast

By: Wednesday Lee Friday
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Brought to you by Sometimes Hilarious Horror, the Mentally Oddcast features creatives discussing how mental illness, addiction, neurodivergence, and the impact of trauma informs & inspires their art. New eps every Wednesday! CW/TW for discussions on suicide, addiction, abuse, SA.

Host Wednesday Lee Friday is the owner/EiC of Sometimes Hilarious Horror magazine, a quarterly horror lit mag for lovers of dark comedy. She's the author of A Stabbing for Sadie, Kiss Me Like You Love Me, The Finster Effect, and multiple short story collections.

Intro/Outtro music by Peter Alway

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  • Guest: Author and Activist: TT Madden
    Apr 16 2026

    This week Wednes speaks with gender-fluid author of sci-fi, spec-fic, and the perpetually weird. We opine on the importance of support systems, when gender dysphoria shows up later in life, and the mandela effect. We also talk zombies, publishing, and Conrad Veidt. Also TWs and why anyone opposing them can eff off, plus what qualifies as 'weird fiction," and TT talks about their book: Loading the Machine Child. We close with a MadLib and a fantastic short story read by our guest.

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    1 hr and 50 mins
  • Author, Game Developer, Animal Advocate: Chloe Spencer
    Apr 2 2026

    TW for discussions of an active shooter situation and frank anti-fash talk.

    Find more from Chloe Spencer here.

    Chloe Spencer is an author, advocate, and game developer in the great state of Minnesota. We talk MAGAboys, PTSD and treatments that help, what makes a good game, and dating via text and app. We also discuss why victim-blaming is for cowards, which horror character resonates with Wednes the most, a Mad Lib, and I choke on my own rage for a hot second. We end with Chloe absolutely nailing an unedited reading from her most recent book. It's a fab episode that would have been perfection if my mic hadn't switched to my desktop.

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    1 hr and 45 mins
  • Guest: Journalist Sarah Rigg
    Mar 18 2026

    This week we talk about the benefits of embedded journalism, escaping the fundamentalist mindset, wtf happened at cbs, Anxiety, idiot plots marketing kids, and how awesome it is being married to a "wife guy." We also talk RFK jr and other shameless MAGAboys, and why meta wants you to believe everyone is terrible. Also, poor people helping each other, being bi, and what we do about women who are tools of the patriarchy.
    TW for SA, DV, and suicidal ideation.

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    1 hr and 51 mins
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