Eric Shapiro shares my mental health issues. So that&apos;s fun. We both over-analyze every single we do, both never think we are doing enough, both are filled with guilt. Jewish and Italian, respectively. Must be a hometown thing. BUT, Eric is WRONG about himself, as he has had an incredibly diverse and robust career path, ranging from mounting several indie film productions, to working as a ghost writer, to writing 6 works of fiction and 1 of non-fiction, to being the father to 2 young boys, and, finally, running a SUCCESSFUL, INDEPENDENT NEWSPAPER in the year 2020. You can check out all of <a href='https://www.amazon.com/Eric-Shapiro/e/B007167ZP4?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2&amp;qid=1590543185&amp;sr=8-2'>Eric&apos;s writing here</a>. His film work is<a href='https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Eric+Shapiro'> here.</a> You can check out the <a href='https://milpitasbeat.com/'>newspaper here.</a> Music by Steve Kupp and <a href='http:/www.rememberjones.com'>Remember Jones</a> Audio engineering and editing by <a href='https://www.podbearaudio.com/'>PodBear Audio</a><a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast">Support the show</a> (http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast)

The Essential Lighter Side: The Lawyer Farmer

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.