Another Round, Episode 11: An Interview With First Lady Of NYC Chirlane McCray
On this week's episode: We close out Mental Health Awareness Month with a conversation with the First Lady of NYC, Chirlane McCray! Plus, a Jason Bateman quiz, Tracy's joke time, and your petty breakup stories.
Happy Podcast Tuesday y'all!!!
It's the end of Mental Health Awareness month so we took some time during this week's show to talk about how we deal with these things in our own lives and to talk with First Lady of NYC Chirlane McCray (!!!) about her advocacy around this issue.
Tracy talked about being diagnosed with generalized anxiety disorder and dealing with medications in her essay, "When Taking Anxiety Medication Is A Revolutionary Act."
And Heben talked a bit about how to start looking for therapy with the primer: "A Beginner's Guide To Starting Therapy."
And then we got to talk with First Lady of NYC Chirlane McCray (!!!) about her mental health work, being a supportive parent, and the Good Wife.
You can follow the conversation on social media with the hastag #ShatterTheStigma and keep up with all of the First Lady's work at Flo.NYC (pronounced "FLOW-NICE).
Also on this week's episode: A very important Jason Bateman quiz.
Can you tell which Jason Bateman character's name is real or just a white man's name Heben made up? (Tracy can't).
And we died at all of the incredible reasons y'all gave to our first call-in line question: "What is the PETTIEST reason you broke up with someone?"
The. Fruity. Pebbles.
*dies again*
Our question for next month: What is the wildest microaggression you've experienced in the workplace?
Call 520-2ROUNDS (520-276-8637) with a one minute message including your name and locale or send us an audio recording to anotherround@buzzfeed.com.
Here are six random things you can look forward to hearing on this week’s episode:
1. "I came out the womb like 'oh my god...what's going on...who are these people?!'"
2. "I didn't even know they named guys Guy but, it's a thing!"
3. "It's important not to blame yourself. Every mom, every dad, they want to be perfect ... but we don't have complete control over nature, over genetics, over environment. We need to be a little easier on ourselves."
4. "When I was first diagnosed with depression, I remember feeling like I didn't even think this was a thing that applied to me."
5. "In this universe, a caterpillar goes to the pub...frequently."
6. "I cannot reconcile being with somebody who doesn't believe that fried chicken is a gift from God."
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Heben Nigatu and Tracy Clayton cover everything from race, gender and pop culture to squirrels, mangoes, and bad jokes, all in one boozy podcast.
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Tracy Clayton is an audio producer for BuzzFeed News and is based in New York.
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