It's time for a Bateman Cousin Lore drop! After a girlhood spent people pleasing, the effervescently intelligent Margo Bateman is here to throw down. Listen up as she excavates the beauty algorithm's relentless investment in making us feel less than (though we're still buying), the tragedy of feeling represented in The Remains of the Day, fond memories of a little thing called Shanksgiving, and how blanking out on her dad's final words of wisdom is a clear sign of ADHD. So stop taking financial advise from nepo babies, and get all your DIY improvements from Margo instead.

Margo Bateman writes, directs and performs comedy; Paints and makes cartoons. She's a long time student of Astrology and professional bartender. Eagles fan. Go Birds!🦅🏈 Find her everywhere online @Averagelover69

Gemini season may be dunzo, but we got a breath of fresh air (sign) coming through your speakers because Claire Luisa is in the house. In between bites of butter, this Trader Joe's bag lady breaks down the emotional toll of working at Disney World on 9/11, being a gay for guns, and the trench warfare of acting. Come for Claire's goofiness, and you'll fall in love with her expansive understanding of how denial is one hell of a drug. What was it that Steve Lacy said? Oh yeah, Gemini Rights.

Claire is a queer Filipino-American writer, standup, retired rapper, weird aunt, adhd goblin, Gemini, and lady in waiting to an elderly Chihuahua. You can follow her @claireluisabiz

Gimme, gimme, gimme, an episode with Emily Draznik. In this jam packed dish session the star of our hearts chats with Theresa about all the niche drama of Los Angeles, holiday season birthday trauma, and going head to head with Katy Perry in a trivia contest about…Katy Perry. We were lucky enough to pull this beloved scene girl off the dance floor and into the studio just for y'all. Engage and enjoy! You can follow Emily @emdrazqueen

Come one, come all to this entrancing episode featuring the impeccable DJ Mausner. Together, DJ and Theresa swim laps in the sea of movie studio cannibals, intersectionality of trans aliens, and how it feels to get a binder on the same day as your dads death certificate. Interested in tactics to thrive, not just survive? This one's for you.

D.J. Mausner is a standup, sketch, and improv comedian known for writing the WGA Award nominated film Prom Dates on Hulu. They perform regularly on UCB Harold team 'dance club remix' and have performed at Just For Laughs, where they won the Homegrown Comics competition. You may have seen them on HBO, Prime, and Dropout TV. You can follow them @djmausner

Esteemed writer and former meme creator Amanda-Faye Jimenez is on the pod to unpack all things queer aging. The stories start coming and they don't stop coming. What's it like to raw dog reality without medication? Or think that a sad Carl's Jr tattoo is a good idea? Curious about context? Then tune in now!

Amanda-Faye Jimenez is a writer and comedic performer born and raised in Los Angeles. She is mostly known for being a lesbian about town for truly decades and as a friend of all dogs. She is writing a memoir about failure, lip gloss, the 90s, and being an aging party girl on Dopamine Books, due out in 2027. You can follow her @failureprincess

With breath so bated, we lovingly present our episode with pod royalty himself, Steven Ray Morris! With his tender reflections, he guides Theresa through the end of the grindcore mindset, making plans as an adult, covid move ins, breakups, and the terror of our healthcare system. This one is for all those who are gentle hearted.

Steven Ray Morris is a Los Angeles-based podcast producer (formerly Ologies with Alie Ward and My Favorite Murder with Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark). Host of See Jurassic Right (a podcast for curious adults), he has three beautiful cats named Ripley, Wendy, and Bidi Bidi Bom Bom.

Heeey Trauma Bonders - tune in for a special announcement that our episode cadence will officially be switching to biweekly! We gotta keep up this good quality and not burn out but we'll be back to weekly as soon as we're able. Stay tuned! And tune in for next week's very special guest. Some might say they're...Podcast royalty :)

We also wanna hear from you! Email us at traumabondpodpod@gmail.com with your trigger of the week or a story that would answer one of the questions we as on the pod and maybe we'll read it on air and give you a lil shout out!

As far back as we can remember, we always wanted Kari Dramé on the pod. In this explorative episode Theresa and Kari sit at the intersection of glimmers and triggers—diving into Philadelphia, first lesbian heartbreaks, and imagination as a radical act. So sip on some mugwort tea (or original recipe 4loko) and keep your journal handy, because class is in session.

Kari Dramé is a shooting star who upon falling to earth transformed into a sentient dewdrop in the shape of a human being. Jury is still out on which mode of existence they prefer, but being a sentient dewdrop has its perks: number 1 being having a form which allows them to make music, dj, write poems, go on long walks, smell flowers, flirt, have beautiful meals, experience the feeling of warm sun and cool breeze etc.