Dr. Lisa Gives a Sh*t

Editors NOTE: Leslie had a CRAZY childhood! It involves alcohol, speaking in tongues and a family illness. All of which Leslie has triumphed. Although we sum it up nicely in this session, for more detail, please listen to our previous therapy session from a BAM project here: http://www.bam.org/visualart/2014/what-makes-you-so-special As Leslie says: "This was such a fun interview to do and it was...

Lindsay Smilow is getting a masters degree in art history in comedy and she comes in to interview me as a subject for her thesis. In this case, she is more interested in my visual art work, what I think is funny, and who my favorite comedians are. We agree on 2 of my previous "patients", Jo Firestone and Julio Torres. Lindsay gets me to talk about how I got started making art and what I was trying...

http://markdeanveca.com/home.html Mark Dean Veca is an incredible artist who combines pop art, comics and magic to make work that is exhibited world wide. Mark and I became good friends in the late 90's when we were part of the Artists in the Marketplace at the Bronx Museum along with a bunch of other great artists. Here's a review of our exhibition in the New York TImes. http://www.nytimes.com/19...

I had a great session with one of our Radio Free Brooklyn hosts, Thomas Bekhazi—and afterwards he asked me not to post it here because he wants to keep what he said PRIVATE of all things. So if you missed it on the air, you missed it. I don't like doing this and haven't been asked to do this before believe it or not, but he's a RFB bro so I respect. The recording that you hear is simply David Lett...

Auggie Lutz is from a normal family, churchgoers, his dad was a cop, etc. and we try to square how a guy like Auggie winds up as a comedian in Bushwick. Also he has an awesome girlfriend—are they ready to live together? Also—Auggie freaks me out because his impression of me is as being drunk in Pine Box!?

I got all jealous listening to young Christine rattle off her accomplishments (ok with my urging) and her idyllic icing-on-the-cake marriage. When you hear her talk about her mother from El Salvatore and Christine's upbringing—our perspective changes. We also get deep about her challenges as such a realized young women to have friends her age who are age-appropriately still finding themselves and...

Paddy Johnson brain child and machine behind AFC http://artfcity.com/ talks about what kind of person can get an entire ORIGINAL organization established in the art world of all places. We hear Paddy talk about the makeup of her entire focused family, (must be genetics!) and how she has developed a personal life and relationship with a great guy to round out her world. Hint: as a kid, Paddy once s...

MOST IMPORTANTLY- Don't miss this! http://www.cinderblockcomedyfestival.com/ I dragged the lovely and normally hilarious comic, Alison Klemp into a serious discussion that I've been wanting to have for a long time with a smart, aware woman who doesn't take shit. Alison has proved that in spades lately as she found herself in the middle of a Kurt Metzger/Michael Che/UCB rape all-media-platform fias...

I notice from social media that Travis SD, author, journalist, playwright and stage performer is in an obscenely perfect relationship. Is this real—how'd he pull that off?? We learn that Travis got married and had children at a very young age-21! His passion for his work, like many creative people, has informed his life along the way. I think finding someone (in another creative field!) also passi...

Comedian Evan Jones likes to get high so we eat pot cookies before this session. Even gives off the vibe that he's a bro, but he's SO not. He's weird and complexier than you would think. He's also crazy driven about doing comedy. And there's a great story in here about him performing comedy naked and the ridiculously unexpected consequences of it. https://twitter.com/frodeziac https://www.youtube....

There will be a part 2 soon! TBD Here is the email exchange that Paul and I had on Friday, August 19, the day after our radio chat: Dear Paul- It's really been bugging me. In our Dr. Lisa session yesterday, I didn't get to find out how your sense of humor worked, what you were thinking or not thinking. And I never felt like I cracked the code of how human relationships work in your world. My sense...

Funny, multi-talented performer, Kelly Dwyer and I focus on her interest in cutting down on drinking, but it's easy to see that it's hard for her considering her work takes place in bars and she often gets paid in drinks. I think a lot of people can relate to this dilemma and it's refreshing to heat Kelly address it directly and pretty much shame-free. GO KELLY! Check out this video she mentions-H...

It was fun reminiscing about the newly recent "old days" in Bushwick and how things have changed. Deborah's path has taken her deeper into her work and less focused on running a space in Bushwick, culminating in her getting representation at Mike Weiss Gallery in Chelsea this coming February. It's inspiring to hear about the long road Deborah's been on and how she feels preparing for her solo show...

I was on vacation in Quebec so fellow RFB host took over the studio while I called in to do a therapy session with him. I think we got a lot done in a short time. Biff's folks just don't get what he does? What comedian that has parents that do, really? Their sudden move to Belize is what's brought this all into focus for Biff. http://radiofreebrooklyn.com/show/the-biff-lawson-experience/ #comedy #...

I had an amazing conversation with an amazing doula, Sophie Browner. We discussed how the medical business fucks with childbirth as well as the what's up with dads in the childbirth process, #miscarriage, #abortion, #postpartum #depression and all the shit that medical people don't tell you-like that sex during childbirth is helpful. http://sophiebrowner.wix.com/sophiethedoula

To Lisa Levy Message body Drummer Jeremy Duvall is on the couch and Dr. Lisa confronts him directly with questions about whether being a dude in a band means you get laid a lot. They also dive into some meaningful shit and why a certain obscure Byrds song affects him so much. Haybaby consists of vocalist, Leslie Hong and bassist, Sam Yield. http://haybabyband.com/ #Haybaby #music #psychotherapy #a...

Orie Givens lV is the host of Radio Free Brooklyn's "Queer State-of Mind". In light of the Orlando shootings, I was feeling as if I hadn't been as emotionally aware to LGBTQ people as I would like It was pointed out to me by a friend how the media had not addressed the shooting as a hate crime and portrayed it more as terrorism. I go my man and fellow RFB Host Orie Givens IV, host of .. to school...

Human curator, editor, writer Christian Neidan brings writer, author Lilet Marcus to the shrink office to discuss her work and life. Having Christian there ads to the fun since I can quiz him on theories about Lilet. Like can you see her imposter syndrome? Does she scare away men with her forthrightness? http://lilitmarcus.tumblr.com/ http://www.nomadicpress.org/blog/?tag=Christian+Niedan

I think I still have got an earworm listening to Fantasy Grandma's theme song. It's really charming with sort of a sophisticated childhood catch to it. "...Fantasy Grandma is coming your way...da de dum...." We had a LOVELY chat. I must say it's refreshing to have a guest who is so committed to the helping field that you wind up feeling loved, comforted and ACCEPTED without cynicism. SO weird, but...

I learn a lot about porn from Porno Jim. Jim found out about porn at age 10 watching a video with a pal. Porno Jim is also polyamorous. This leads to a multi-level conversation about porn - Jim's childhood - and how to manage sleeping with a group of people (it's a lot of work!). Then it leads to some conflict with Porno and myself which is all part of the fun. I enjoyed hanging with Jim plus I ex...

I had an amazing session with Alison and got a sense what it might be like both good and bad to be brought up in a family where people expressed their anger. I wish that I had a small portion of Alison's fearlessness but it can get you arrested too.

...But he's proud of her now! I got to flirt with Andrew at the beginning of the show which was fun and found out he like Jewish girls. We get deep after that. As Andrew says to me during the session, "You're getting me to say all sorts of things I would never normally say."

Fellow Radio Free Brooklyn. Host, Jim Melloan is also a writer, musician and actor. Jim's dad has been the opinion columnist for The Wall Street Journal, so the idea of "dad is right" has special meaning for him (of course!) Jim has been generous with staying with his dad, but naturally, it's time to move on. Jim hosts an amazing show of chart-topping hits from 50 years ago—"50 Years Ago This Week...

http://bedfordandbowery.com/2016/04/kalan-sherrard-beat-up-trump/# Kalan is more well known as enormous face the guy dressed as Trump who gives people a foam bat and charges them to hit him. We discover that Kalan is unique in his fearlessness. Like by demonstrating in his teens that he could hitchhike to Patagonia, his folks realized that he was a very capable young man and could manage his freed...