New Year’s Eve amplifies the ache of who is or isn’t in your life. Armand DiMele, joined by co-hosts Giullian Gioiello and Ben Starr, examines a Yale study showing people often date out of guilt rather than desire, then unpacks how childhood obligations to a parent or grandparent quietly shape adult romantic choices.
Five habits that quietly drain your strength, from offloading blame to living in the future or the past. Armand DiMele, joined by co-hosts Giullian Gioiello and Ben Starr, frames year-end reflection as muscle-building, arguing that awareness of these patterns, repeated often enough, is how real change finally takes hold.
What we hide behind a first impression reveals more than what we show. Armand DiMele and co-hosts Ben Starr and Giullian Gioiello unpack why people announce what they are not (threatening, needy, angry, afraid) and how every social mask points back to the insecurity underneath it.
Loneliness sharpens around the holidays, and Armand DiMele examines why. With co-hosts Giullian Gioiello and Ben Starr, he explores solitary versus pair-bonding animals as a lens on human connection, the rise of single-person households, and callers navigating the real ache of being alone.
Inspired by a Joel Osteen sermon, Armand DiMele and co-hosts Ben Starr and Giullian Gioiello dig into what it actually means to honor the people around you. The conversation moves from workplace acknowledgment to gift-giving to the chemistry of positivity, asking when honoring is genuine and when it tips into hollow protocol.
What do we actually want people to see when they first meet us? Armand DiMele, co-hosts Giullian Gioiello and Ben Starr, and three studio guests probe the gap between the image we project and the neediness, sensuality, and childlike joy we keep hidden until we feel truly safe.
The Ferguson grand jury decision not to indict officer Darren Wilson sets off a live call-in discussion on race, anger, and systemic injustice. Armand DiMele and co-hosts Ben Starr and Giullian Gioiello take calls from activists, community members, and everyday listeners grappling with grief, outrage, and whether lasting change is possible.
City life moves fast, but what does that speed cost us emotionally? Armand DiMele and co-hosts Giullian Gioiello and Ben Starr examine urban pace, walkability, and the numbness the city breeds. Guest Audrey Clark shares the warmth of tight-knit communal life in Guyana against the harder, lonelier rhythms of New York.
Everyone who has survived hardship, whether illness, addiction, heartbreak, or family betrayal, is a veteran of their own private war. Armand DiMele reframes Veterans Day as an invitation to honor the fighter inside each of us, drawing on caller stories about broken trust and exhaustion to ask how we keep getting back up.
Mindfulness has a dark side: when used to suppress negative emotions rather than process them, it breeds disconnection, stuffed anger, and an inability to be honest in close relationships. Armand DiMele and Linda Vanella, LCSW-R, along with co-host Giullian Gioiello, argue that feeling difficult emotions fully is the real path to intimacy and growth.
