Teresa Troiani has balls. Big, cement balls that she made herself so that she could maintain her exercise regimen of lifting very heavy things during quarantine. She&apos;s also been carrying around the grief of losing her father, the disappointment of not finishing nursing school because of a technicality, and a gigantic unicorn costume she purchased to entertain her nieces and nephews.  Teresa has been working as a traveling nurse and has been on the frontlines during the virus, and also serves in local government, so her experience during all of this has been fraught with frustration, but she has also been really coming into her own. I loved talking to her and I know you&apos;ll enjoy our talk.  <a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast">Support the show</a> (http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast)

Marder Monday starring Scott Marder

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.