The Misophonia Podcast

This week I’m talking to Elektra, a clothing designer and mother, recently moved to LA, although at the time of this interview she was living in Philadelphia. She talks about being a child of divorced parents, with one of them being particularly dismissive of her misophonia, putting off having her own child for a while due to misophonia, working on anger, eating disorders, using mimicking, and the...

It’s the annual family episode! Last year around this time I had two episodes back to back of a mother and a daughter who both have misophonia. I decided to continue the family theme every year around the holidays and I am happy to bring this incredible episode featuring the Denburg family. It started as an interview with Alexandra, but then her parents were interested in talking about their exper...

 This is a conversation I’ve been thinking about lot since I recorded it. Nick lives with his wife and family, and works as a software developer, but his sound and sensory sensitivities have led to some really intense reactions and situations. There’s a lot here that’s unlike anything you've probably heard about misophonia but there’s a lot to relate to. We talk about his sound sensitivities,...

Sadie is a model, actress and student, and introvert based in NYC. Really interesting to hear her coping tips from working in places that are much more subjective and collaborative than your typical cubicle job or work from home job. Follow Sadie on Instagram   Support the podcast on Patreon! Download the official Misophonia Podcast app! For iOS and Android   Podcast episodes, background sounds, a...

Bryan is in software consulting and is a dad with a family in Colorado. This was a special conversation for me, all my interviews are special because we all have this thing in common, but this was kind of crazy because our life situations are even more similar. We really get into some of my favorite topics like, the distance that builds up between family members when you’re growing up with Misopho...

Julia is a senior in high school and as we spoke back when this 2021 school year began, it was interesting getting her thoughts on the past 18 months. Julia is also very into advocacy for Misophonia and runs the misophonoiamindfulness Instagram account. We talk about art therapy and her hopes to pursue neuroscience after she graduates. It’s really promising to see young people with Misophonia purs...

It's the second anniversary of this podcast! Few people have had as big of an impact on Misophonia awareness as Dr. Jennifer Brout. She is a psychologist and misophonia sufferer, and parent of a misophonia sufferer, who has been pushing very hard for misophonia awareness and research since the 90s. She co-founded the Duke Misophonia Research center, and is co-director of Misophonia Education...

This week it’s back to a UK episode, with Rachael. We talk a lot about family, friends and relationships, and work, common themes, as well as traumatic experiences growing up, which honestly is also a common theme in my conversations. And of course we talk about shifting situations with work before COVID, during COVID and post-COVID. Support via Patreon! Download the official Misophonia Podcast ap...

This week I have Michael, from down in New Zealand, where he lives in a place with I think about 7 other people. This one’s really interesting because though Michael definitely deals with misophonia regularly with all the usual tools, he also tries to consciously not run away immediately from the trigger. Sort of like facing it head on as much as possible to maybe build some resistance. It reminds...

This week I have another conversation with a Canadian. Tia is a single mother of two boys. She has misophonia, and one of her sons has it too. Between Tia’s own misophonia, PTSD and the brother who sometimes triggering the other boy on purpose, it can be quite a lively scene at home. We get into how Tia deal’s with her misophonia, how it informs how she tries to help her son, especially in the con...

This week I talk to Brittany in Canada. Brittany didn’t schedule this interview - it was actually her partner after they discovered the podcast and found they could really identify with the stories shared here. We talk about misophonia in relationships, at work, and just how good it is to hear stories of other people.  Download the official Misophonia Podcast app! For iOS and Android   Podcast epi...

Jim is a self-published author in California. I’ve got tons of links to Jim’s work and other things we mention below in the show notes. Jim went the self-publishing route after some interesting office experiences. We talk about all that plus his misophonic saga with family throughout his life. Like many others this is the first time he’s really talked about it with someone so it’s always great to...

Welcome to an exciting season 5! Mary-Rachel is a casting director and producer in LA who had a miso-related breakdown following an MRI a few months ago. This conversation is a hilarious rollercoaster talking about miso and much more... growing up with miso in a well-known British family, being a single parent, life in LA, explaining it to parents, children, co-workers, and the often profanity-inf...

This week I'm talking to my (white) brother from another mother. Kyle is an art teacher, an artist, musician, and dad living in New Orleans. Check out our Instagram Story at @misophoniapodcast where I’ll be posting some examples. Here are links to Kyle on: Patreon Etsy Instagram   Interview slots are now open for season 5! There are still some slots in September and October so please grab one...

Pauline lives in the UK but has spent a lot of time working for news organizations in the Middle East. She just found out about misophonia a few years ago and it was a bit of a revelation, explaining some rough experiences growing up as well as coping mechanisms she instinctively came up with. We cover all that plus life with miso in the Middle East, and now moving back with her parents, who were...

Claire has found ways to work with her family and significant other to help her deal with her misophonia. This episode is also special because Claire talks about her bipolar disorder and how it may or may not relate to her misophonia. A lot of us have other conditions in addition to misophonia so I hope that’s interesting to some of you. Interview slots are now open for season 5! There are still s...

Alexandra is a talented pianist getting a graduate degree in piano performance. This was interesting for many reasons especially because it must be challenging to be on stage performing at a high level when a trigger could come from anywhere. We also talk about how she finally sought out treatment after a difficult time early in quarantine and how life has been since then.  Sponsor: My daughter la...

Jono is a musician, coffee entrepreneur, comic writer, and serial room-leaver. In 2019, he released the album Life in Misophonia with his band Baggage. If you like indie rock, with some punk and shoe-gazer mixed in and great melodies you'll love this. Jono also has a small-batch coffee roaster company called Rootless Coffee.  As you know I am a huge advocate for supporting businesses owned by...

This week I speak with Christina, a fashion photographer in New York/New Jersey. We start by comparing our elevator pitches for how we explain misophonia to others. We end on speculating what misophonia is. This was recorded before the latest research paper from Dr. Kumar’s group so take everything I say with a grain of salt. Christina on Instagram @deo_christina Sponsor: My daughter launched a ne...

This week I’m talking to David in New Jersey. David reached out to me last year with a paper he wrote for a university course called Early Recognition of Misophonia: A Case for Preemptive Approach. In it, he surveys recent literature and therapies and argues for trying to identify misophonia and provide therapy before it has impacts on a child’s social and educational development. You’ll hear how...

This week I have the pleasure of talking to Martha of @martharecoveringoutloud . This is a wild ride with great stories including: snapping at other kids eating, running into a street to yell at honking cab drivers, TJ Maxx (enough said), and throwing a bread basket in a restaurant with trigger sounds. And some of those are dating stories. Martha is a character who has received multiple applauses...

Hazel is the Director & Chief Strategist at Tinnitus Hub and Tinnitus Talk. She also has misophonia. A number of guests who’ve come on here have mentioned tinnitus so it was great to have Hazel talk about it from her perspective as a strong tinnitus advocate. We talk about what tinnitus is, how it feels to also have misophonia on top of it, and then we get into her activities advocating for ti...

Jennifer just found out about the podcast after going through what she describes as a “misophonia episode” in January. It got her to seek help in many places and she is now fortunately in a much better place. We talked about the effect of the pandemic on us, a year into it. We also go back deep into her past and her experiences as a child in a pretty chaotic family life and how she hid in her room...

Andrea is the founder of misomatch.com , a platform for helping misophones connect with each other, and find resources to help them deal with misophonia. But there’s a lot more to Andrea! We dig into her history of misophonia dealing family and friends, particularly this past year when she saw her usually quiet working hours at home interrupted by everyone being with her in quarantine. Sound famil...

Emergency pod! This is a special episode with Mercede Erfanian, one of the co-authors of the very recent paper, " The motor basis for misophonia ", led by Dr. Sukhbinder Kumar. Mercede has been studying the neuroscience of misophonia for years and has many projects in the works to hopefully lead to developing more therapies. We talk all about the most recent results of her work and other...