Katy Gray works as an HR Director for the supply chain of a major international retailer. She is in charge of the people who are in charge of making sure the stores have toilet paper. So, you can imagine. She lends her unique perspective, we chat about weight loss surgery, and special guest joins us for what I am sure is not the last time. Please listen, share, and review. Reviews are super important right now, so please, drop one! Music at the top by Steve Kupp Music at the end by <a href='https://www.jaredmancusomusic.com/'>Jared Mancuso </a> <a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast">Support the show</a> (http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast)

The Essential Lighter Side : Smithfield

It started as a weight loss podcast, which quickly became a mental health podcast, which somehow became a pandemic podcast.  Jay, your host  (anxiety/depression/OCD/childhood trauma/family addiction)  lost 185 lbs after having bariatric surgery.  Guests have ranged from actor Ken Marino to a woman you have never heard of who lost 250 lbs, to a recovering addict, to essential workers during COVID-19. In 2020, the show became daily and ran for 100 episodes in 100 days. The culmination of everything The Lighter Side strove to be, Jay created an oral history of the pandemic, as told through the voices of the people who lived through it. There's something for everyone on the Lighter Side.