We're back y'all! Our basement is no longer flooding and we are in the studio! This week we're talking about Doomscrolling and everything that goes with it. Other topics of conversation include reading, FOMO, cognitive biases, mean world syndrome, and of course, a bunch of silly stuff. Seriously you're gonna have to check this out!

We're back for season 4 of Purple Friends! We've got a new logo and a bunch of new designs, but it's still the same old podcast. this week Jo & Co are breaking down BEDROTTING. You've heard of it, you've maybe even done it! We're here to blow away all the misconceptions and give you the straight dope on how in moderation, even bedrotting can be ok! Other topics of conversation include Scooby-Doo, learning new words in Spanish, IT ME, Ca7riel & Paco Amoroso, Sunflowers, and so much more! You gotta get in here!

Is it true? Is another season really over? Don't trip, Purple Friends. There will be no gap in episodes as we move to Season 4! Tune into this episode to hear some reflections about Season 3, previews about Season 4, and a whole bunch of silly highlights from all the times we got off topic over the last 6 months. Topics include: juicy whistles, Hunger Games, swearing, terrible cousins, spectacular melons, barf, Land Before Time, meteors, plants, Monk, the perfectly tapered head, how to eat the wind, big heavy basketballs, cavemen, Jerry the Anxiety Bus Driver, Monsters Inc., Jo getting eaten by a monster, and of course, ice cream.

See you in two weeks!

In this extra-long episode, Jo&Co try to stay on topic about horror movies, but dang, they just keep getting distracted. Instead they get side-tracked talking about Monsters Inc. (again), Netflixification, How they would survive in a horror movie (they wouldn't), Pokopia, Purple-adjacent colors, and last but not least they dish about BACKROOMS the new movie from A24. This is basically one of those YouTube "Therapist reacts to..." videos. This is the last regular episode of the season! Next episode will be the Season 3 finale and highlight reel so make sure you tune in!

This week, Jo & Co are digging into Misinformation, Disinformation, what makes them different, and what we can do about the incredible amount of both we're exposed to every day. We also found ourselves talking about doomscrolling, sourdough, patio furniture, and Jerry the Anxiety Bus Driver. (If you're a long time listener, you may remember Jerry the Anxiety Mailman. He's back and more anxious than ever.) Come on and listen to this one gang! It's a fun one.

In this episode Jo & Co talk about what's happening to college graduates lately: They're graduating with degrees for fields that are becoming automated with AI, leaving almost no entry-level positions available. In other words, Career Truncation. Also on the agenda in our support group this episode, we discuss big heavy basketballs, our favorite flowers, and the age-old idiom, "How do you eat the wind?" Come on in, friends! Let's get Purple!

Jo & Co are back at it again with a new episode all about Body Dysmorphia. It may sound heavy, but we did a great job of keeping things light if we do say so ourselves. We talk about Looksmaxxing, Hot Girl Summer, Beach Bodies, Heroin Chic, and so much more! Jo also manages to bring up the ancient show Monk in a totally natural way and Co does not get hung up on it at all. Psych. Happy Mother's Day!

We've been hearing about it in the news lately: People using AI for therapy, for intimacy, for creativity, and for all kinds of other things! Well, we're talking about all that on this episode. We're also talking about plant macro-photography, reading outside in the sun, and a gross goblin named Sam who's doing gross goblin things with your AI journal entries.