WTF Podcast

Episode 230 - Dr. Stephen Dansiger

Thu, November 24, 2011

Dr. Stephen Dansiger is better known to the WTF audience as Marc’s trusty psychotherapist friend Dr. Steve. But most listeners probably don’t know about his own painful journey from rock stardom, through drugs and alcohol, into mental hospitals, beyond disappointment, and ultimately to sobriety, getting his PhD and starting a family. This episode is sponsored in part by Comedy Central.

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Al November 24, 2011 at 6:26 pm


I got some King Missile after hearing this interview and love it!  They’re definitely in the same camp as Bongwater.

CJ November 24, 2011 at 9:09 pm


Thanks Marc! 

Julian November 25, 2011 at 9:31 pm


Awesome, might be my favorite episode of WTF yet. Great monologue (they’re sometimes…not my cup of tea), great interview. Happy thanksgiving!

joshua-p November 27, 2011 at 2:29 pm


That was a fantastic interview. Dr. Steve seems like a real honest, genuine guy. Incredible life story.

stank November 27, 2011 at 9:27 pm


i have to echo what joshua-p said. very genuine guy and a great convo.

jimjim November 28, 2011 at 10:33 am


wow great conversation.  i had a very similar experience to Dr Steve about being in a band and on the verge of a big break and then having it crumble.  It was really nice hearing you guys talk about that stuff.
thank you

Jewbacca November 28, 2011 at 10:16 pm


This was an uplifting conversation.  Thank you so-so-so very much for sharing your strength, experience, and hope. I have18 years of sobriety, don’t get to many meetings because I’m a tag team parent, and it is always refreshing for me to hear people with years invested in recovery share their struggles. I know newcomers are crazy, get better, and share the love eventually once they remove their heads from their asses. I’ve been there, and it is one of the funniest knock-knock jokes around this mortal coil. Then there is the assumption that everything is kosher with a few years under the belt, one is conditioned to holding it all together until pops. There’s just something very touching about the spiritual principle of True Humility. Yer Shekoah to Marc and Dr. S.

Lauren December 04, 2011 at 9:59 pm


I’m not persuaded that wanting to be recognized or seen, appreciated or understood, for your creative acts—which is, for a creative person, what she values most in herself—is childish. It is human.

What might (and I say might) be childish is not to be able to distinguish between being appreciated for what’s important to you and mere visibiity.

Anyway, add Winnicott’s Playing and Reality to your list of must-reads.

And thanks, Marc and Steve, for the Table Talk. It’s in a grand literary tradition.

 

James March 24, 2012 at 4:12 pm


@Lauren - Being childish is human.




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