Anita Kelly is the host of the <a href='https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/lez-talk-about-books-baby/id1438179455'>&quot;Lez Talk About Books, Baby!&quot;</a> podcast, on which she interviews LGBTQIA+ authors in order to create more awareness of works that may slip through the cracks. She has worked as a counselor and an advocate, and as a person in recovery, has used her life experiences to help others on both a personal and an institutional level.  We had a fabulous chat, and you should listen to this, and then go listen to her show! <a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast">Support the show</a> (http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast)

Robo Eyes With Trevor Gates

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.