#19 - A Mental Health Discussion
Our friend Willis Cooks (@williscooks), a therapist from Inglewood sits down with us to discuss happiness, depression, and vulnerability. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Welcome to the Learning to Lose Podcast. We're here to have no holds barred conversations about everything mental health, sobriety, and happiness. Meet your host Patrick Ridge (@pat_ridge) Pat, a seasoned veteran in the music industry (aka Preston Moronie of Hyper Crush), but also a seasoned veteran of life itself. Pat has been sober for 14 years and lives his life by a certain set of principles. His Sponsor Billy is the Co Host.
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Our friend Willis Cooks (@williscooks), a therapist from Inglewood sits down with us to discuss happiness, depression, and vulnerability. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our friend T.H. Loomis joins us to talk about music, society and culture. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In this episode Pat & Wikum discuss the teaching of Ram Dass and other spiritual teachings. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our friend Noah hops on the podcast to share with us his vast knowledge of the comic book universe. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our friend Danny Cohen joins us today to talk about the spiritual. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our friend Didier Cohen (@didiercohenofficial) joins us to talk about the state of modern rap and how it stacks up against the history of music. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Pats AA sponsor Billy talks about his experience strength and hope. Mac Miller passed away today because of his untreated addiction, and we talk about our relationship to addiction and how we overcame it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our friends Nate Shura-moore (@nateshuramoore) & Chakarra (@Chakarra) join us to discuss Eminem's new album "Kamikaze" and his beef with rappers such as Machine Gun Kelly. We also delve into our own experiences with racism and a potential solution for the issues of our world today. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We have our friend Didier Cohen (@didiercohenofficial), producer, dj, lyme warrior, come in and talk to us about his experience with being a television host, his struggles with lyme disease, and validation as an artist. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We have our friend Chakarra as a guest and he talks about his upbringing in south central, Pat talks about his experience with fans during the hypercrush days, and we discuss Travis Scott's Astroworld. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We listen to "Shoreline Mafia" and discuss how unoriginal rap can be sometimes. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Jesse Ruf put his degree in philosophy to good use as the guest on this episode of the podcast where we discuss Ridley Scott's Prometheus, God, and the ethics of human nature. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Is Drake's "Scorpion" album dope, or mediocre? The huge positive impact of Mr. Rodgers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We explore Kanye West's new album beside Pat's favorite artists of his generation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Our friend Nate Shuramoore subs for Pat this episode and we discuss the death of X, Kanye's new album and more. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Why does the older generation hate new rap? Are they right to hate it? Or is nostalgia making them bias? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Can you get away with anything if you know how to talk? Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We discuss the need for other people's approval, what role bullying play in school shootings, and tips for having a healthy relationship. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
We discuss Kanye's recent TMZ incident, racism, modern day slavery, and compare modern music to the music of the previous century Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.