Catie and Erik's Infinite Quest: An ADHD Adventure

Blumken and Helvetica are back! In this Very Special Episode, our guest DM, Canada's own and the internet's beloved Mister Nickel joins Cate and Erik as they present a very special episode LIVE from NerdFest in Davenport, IA. In this episode-and-a-half, we immediately destroy all of Mister Nickel's hard work and go out for tea. Helvetica makes peace with her reflection and Blumken learns about the...

It's very important for you to know going in that Erik recorded this ENTIRE EPISODE dressed as Captain America. In what might *actually* be our most controversial episode ever, Cate and Erik talk about the ongoing debate in the ADHD community about whether or not calling ADHD a superpower is helpful or harmful. They also FINALLY disagree about something and get into a very not at all heated debate...

Content Warning: In this episode, Cate and Erik get pretty honest and open up about the often negative emotions and frustrations that come along with managing life with ADHD. We talk about some of our past trauma (well, mostly Cate) and how that has shaped our relationship to anger, stress and our personal frustration tolerance. Erik touches more on his relationship to music, and Cate VERY nearly...

Cate went on antidepressants and all you get is this lousy episode. In this Very Special Episode, Cate and Erik talk about their experiences and their relationship to medication and its effect on their lives, as well as some common (and uncommon) stigmas, ideologies and opinions about mental health and medication, as well as some of the more common questions we get about it. Check out our tour sch...

Warning: Cate is dealing with a major depressive episode this week, and so this week's episode is far more casual than maybe is usual. We talk about going back to school, our success and failures in academics, our special interests and why they excite us, and what it's like to meet someone who passionately gives a f*ck (and what it's like when someone doesn't). Cate also tells a horror story from...

In this episode, Cate and Erik bring their own experiences with burnout to the table, and discover that they have *slightly* different understandings of burnout. We talk the pressures of high achievement, the profound loss that ADHD sometimes brings to new ideas, and discuss absolutely 0 ways to fix it, this is kind of a "feels and rants" episode this week. Warning: we do get pretty vulnerable in...

In this very time-blind episode, Blumken and Helvetica find themselves on the precipice of an exciting discovery about who-- or WHAT-- the mysterious entity keeping them trapped in this alternate realm is, and decide the best thing to do is pee on it. I dunno, it's DnD, sometimes it makes sense in the moment. This is the final episode from our live one shot that we recorded at PlayOnCon. Once agai...

(Alternate Episode Title: "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is" but Cate couldn't decide which one was funnier). In this episode, Cate and Erik discuss time blindness- what it is, how it affects their lives, and some tips, tricks and the COOL STRATS they use to help manage their time, and talk about the challenges and difficulties they face in never knowing exactly what time it is.  We a...

Welcome back to the second part of our live Captive Audience series of ADHDnD. In this episode, Blumken and Helvetica find themselves embroiled in the tag-team wrestling match of the century and also Cate pulls off the single greatest sight gag in podcast history because physical humor makes a lot of sense in an aural medium. Also we get beat up by the audience. Parts three will be released next T...

By (shockingly frequent) popular request, here is our first episode about cooking! In this episode, Catie and Erik break down some of their feelings about the challenges (and delights) of cooking with ADHD. Erik shares more about his past as a chef, Catie has a podcast breakthrough, and then we talk a little bit about self-love and what the looks like in the kitchen. Also, we recorded the intersti...

In this Very Special three-part ADHDnD one shot, Blumken and Helvetica appear in front of a live studio audience- both in-game and IRL, because this episode is brought to you Live From PlayOnCon! We were so honored to bring ADHDnD for a spectacular three-night event hosted by our indefatigable DM Chris, who put together an interactive DnD game that brought the audience (literally) into the action...

In this, our very first live show ever, Catie and Erik are joined by a live studio audience at PlayOnCon! In this episode, they talk (kind of) about ADHD and gaming, and we end with a *very* wholesome q&a with the audience, in which we discuss authentically being yourself, finding comfort in your own skin (or not) and how best to navigate a world that isn't particularly designed for the neurod...

In this episode, Catie and Erik take a break from their cross-country road-trip breakdown (the car kind, not the brain kind) to ...attempt...to set some intentions for InfiniteQuest Season Two....what transpires is both proof that two people with ADHD should not spend ten hours in a truck and then make a podcast but also that ...y'know what? Maybe things are going to be okay, or, at least, the sta...

In this episode, literally nothing happens except Cate cries about how wonderful you all are. See you next week, Fruitsnack Heroes. From the bottom of our hearts, thank you for everything. ******* Check out our tour schedule at: Tour Dates (infinitequestpodcast.com) Find us on TikTok and Instagram at: @catieosaurus @heygude    We also stream daily on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/catie0s...

In this episode (recorded live on twitch), Cate and Erik...boldly attempted to make an episode about moving, but it turned into something...a little less focused. Cate spends a weird amount of time talking about the Rocketeer, how much Victorians sweat in their chemises and unpacking one of her biggest regrets, and Erik contributes some suggestions on how to plan and prepare for a move. Cate contr...

In this episode, Catie talks about the poem "Wild Geese" by Mary Oliver and self-acceptance. This speech was originally given by Catie as part of a speaking engagement she did earlier this month, and after running it live on Twitch, a whole lot of you asked for a clean audio copy to listen and share, so here you go. Check out our tour schedule at: Tour Dates (infinitequestpodcast.com) Find us on T...

In this episode, Catie and Erik discuss the ongoing and weirdly pervasive conspiracy theory-esque suggestion that ADHD isn't real. (Spoilers, it is). However, we wanted our podcast to be more than 30 seconds long, so we spend some time talking about some of the more common misconceptions and questions we get asked about ADHD, and also Catie has, ironically, one of the worst ADHD meltdown days she'...

Welcome to Conceptual Episode Tuesdays where Erik and Catie body double and talk about....honestly this one is kind of hard to track, we started somewhere around The Shawshank Redemption and somehow end up with Erik making Catie cry about making happy memories in his new apartment and Erik sings from the Sound of Music. Can you tell it's been a long week? Bonus Episode babyyyyyyyy. Find us on TikT...

*****FRUITSNACK WARNING!***** This episode contains VERY frank conversations about sex, kink and consent. Ye be warned. In this episode, Catie and Erik are joined by sexpert and genuinely kick-ass human, Sunny Megatron to talk consent and neurodivergency. We start with Consent 101-- what is consent, how do you talk about it and why is it important, and then we move on to a more personal conversati...

In this week's episode, Catie and Erik *meanderingly* discuss our ADHD histories with video games and what they mean-- and don't mean-- to us. Catie comes clean about her new love of Minecraft, and Erik tells an IMPOSSIBLY endearing story. We also have some BIG NEWS to share at the beginning of the episode, so check it out. Find out more about our live show at https://www.playoncon.com Find us on...

In this episode, Catie and Erik sit down with Kim Kizito to talk about supporting your neurodivergent students and how the IEP process can be a part of that. We discuss tips and tricks for parents starting (and working) through the process, what (and why) an IEP might be right for your ND student, and a whole lot more! You can find Kim on Tiktok at @theiepstrategist or on her website Kizito &...

In this episode, Catie and Erik sit down to talk about their vacation and what it did... and didn't accomplish for them. Catie gets very, very honest about some of the stuff she's been dealing with (and is already feeling very awkward about this episode. Thanks, RSD). We talk about being tiktokers, about personal and professional expectations and we touch on what it's like to never, ever, ever be...

In this episode, we speak to artist and journalist Karl Gude, who was 50 when he was diagnosed with ADHD, and his lovely wife Dorsey Gude, who has depression. Oh, also, they just happen to be Erik's mom and dad. For more information and to see some hilarious pictures of young Erik, visit www.infinitequestpodcast.com and check out the Extras section.    Find us on TikTok and Instagram at:...

Ah, how the turns have tabled. In this episode, we swap role and this time, it's Erik in the hot seat as we delve into just how Erik became...well, Erik. And speaking of tables, we talk a lot about how dinner table conversation shaped little baby Erik into the Very Excellent Person he is today. (Also this is probably a good time to teaser trailer the fact that Erik's parents are going to be our gu...

In this episode, Catie sits down to have a candid conversation about parenting with Dr. Kimberly Douglass, Owner and CEO of Remote Learning Solutions (and pretty awesome Neurodiverse tiktoker). Originally we planned for this episode to be about school, but we wound up talking about something far more important- how to support your Neurodiverse kid. We talk about advocacy in and out of the classroo...