Does the idea of permanently altering your stupid human suit excite or terrify you? Does body alteration make you feel like you have more control or does it simply remind you that you are temporary and easily damaged? Tattoo artist Bob joins us

Finding Family (with Phillip Betts)

Jun 26th, 2017 1h 1m

Part of the deal with these stupid human suits is they come from somewhere. Sometimes, that somewhere has its own stupid human suit issues. This week, Phillip Betts joins us to talk about what happens when your parents aren't quite up to parent

Crime Scene Cleanup (with Lupe Rodriguez)

Jun 12th, 2017 37m 33s

Chances are, if this week's guest was called to your house for a cleanup, you and your stupid human suit had a very bad day. On this episode of SHS, Lupe Rodriguez regales Sean and Carol with tales from a job neither of them would be capable of

The Freedom Of Loss (with Kimberly Steele)

Jun 6th, 2017 52m 25s

What happens when you experience a loss so great you know nothing can ever hurt you to that degree again? This week's guest, writer and editor Kimberly Steele, experienced a kind of freedom in personal tragedy, though that freedom also came wit

Age Is Just A Word (with James Urbaniak)

May 28th, 2017 47m 51s

This week, Carol and Sean sit their stupid human suits down with one of their favorite humans and actors, James Urbaniak. They talk character, what "making it" looks like, and that moment when you start to realize that yes, you are getting olde

When The 'Cure' Is Sick (with Maris Ehlers)

Apr 14th, 2017 41m 56s

Sometimes when the world cannot accept the way we're born into our stupid human suits, it conspires to change us... with disastrous results. This is what happened to Maris Ehlers' older brother, Kirk. Maris was only a baby when Kirk was "cured"

Never Throw Up On The Body (with Dave Bledsoe)

Mar 29th, 2017 41m 18s

Our friend and fellow podcaster Dave Bledsoe stops by to tell us what it was like to be a military cop at the tender age of 19. SPOILER: Sometimes bad things happen.

Playwriting for Prisoners (with Jeffrey Joseph)

Mar 20th, 2017 55m 21s

You only have one stupid human suit, so what do you do when it is suddenly confined? This week Carol and Sean are joined by comedian, actor and teacher Jeffrey Joseph, who teaches creative writing to juvenile offenders at Rikers Island. He also

OMG, How About Those 7 Planets! (with Moiya McTier)

Mar 6th, 2017 39m 12s

This week on Stupid Human Suits we have our first return guest, astrophysicist and Columbia PhD candidate, Moiya McTier. Moiya stops by to explain to us that, no, we aren't about to make first contact with the aliens from Trappist-1, but the di

Saying Goodbye (with Sharon Spell)

Feb 27th, 2017 58m 18s

There is no good way to say goodbye to the stupid human suits who tailored you into this world. Or is there? This week comedian and storyteller Sharon Spell stops by for a totally casual, not at all omg-inducing retelling of how she was "really

Unbearable Grief, Unimaginable Resilience (with Katie O'Leary Logan)

Feb 19th, 2017 39m 12s

Normally our intros casually reference the SHS name as a way to let you know which aspect of consciousness, perspective or mortality we'll be discussing. This week though, we can't tip you off ahead of time. Instead, we're issuing the following

All Dogs Go To Upstate (with Christina Romero)

Feb 12th, 2017 41m 33s

The best friends our stupid human suits have is our stupid furry buddies. But because everything is stupid, their lifespans are way shorter than ours. Wait, what? Shut up, no they're not, they're going to outlive us! Oh, god. This week, veterin

Under The Skin (with John DeVore)

Feb 6th, 2017 49m 29s

You can't judge a stupid human suit by its cover. This week, writer and editor John DeVore joins Sean and Carol to talk about biraciality, family and the AIDS epidemic as a formative moment in American culture. Also, possums for some reason.

Controlling the Uncontrollable (with Sam Grittner)

Feb 3rd, 2017 1h 5m

If we are trapped inside these stupid human suits, we should at least be able to control them, right? Not so much. This week, comedian and writer Sam Grittner joins us to talk about depression, drugs, suicide and all the ways we try to exact co

Don't Scatter Your Ashes (with Robert Ruggiero)

Feb 3rd, 2017 54m 25s

Our stupid human suits will one day fail and die. We don't know when this will happen, so it's best to prepare now. Or, maybe tomorrow. Or next month. Later, just later. This week, Robert Ruggiero, Executive Director of the Metropolitan Funeral

Cancer Is Just an Enemy You Haven't Met (with Erik Bergstrom)

Feb 2nd, 2017 40m 52s

Comedian Erik Bergstrom walks Carol and Sean through the insanely complicated process of getting a cancer diagnosis, while Sean reveals exactly how much he knows about Transformers: The Movie.

I Shall Fear No Evil... Ok I Shall (with Margee Kerr)

Jan 31st, 2017 37m 34s

At Stupid Human Suits, we know that death isn't the ONLY thing to be afraid of, not when there are spiders, heights, sharks, some place called the "suicide forest"... This week, Carol and Sean are joined by Margee Kerr, a sociologist who studie

From the Woods to the Stars (with Moiya McTier)

Jan 23rd, 2017 45m 29s

Astronomer, author and Columbia grad-school student Moiya McTier has packed a lot of living and knowledge into her stupid human suit, and it's only half the age of Carol's and Sean's. Not fair. She joins us this week to talk about the possibili

Of A Certain Age (with Monica Wyche)

Dec 19th, 2016 40m 50s

All of our Stupid Human Suits are getting older. Some of us feel trapped by that inevitability. Others, like this week's guest, feel emboldened, happy and ready to the dust the suit off for the next adventure. Monica Wyche joins Carol and Sea

How To Be Here (with Mike Brown)

Dec 11th, 2016 50m 45s

Some of us feel trapped in our Stupid Human Suits. Some of us don't. And some of us are ripped from them long before our time. This week, comedian Mike Brown opens up about depression, suicidal feelings and coping with the senseless murder of h