<p>At the start of the pandemic, actor Adam Pally sat down with me from his basement to talk about the pandemic, his time on Happy Endings, parenting, and a whole bunch of other stuff. Since the show aired, Adam and the rest of the cast of Happy Endings got together to do a <a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JvMZTnhHnUU'>reunion show </a>for charity. Adam is a genuinely good guy and I enjoyed the talk. </p><p><a rel="payment" href="http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast">Support the show</a> (http://patreon.com/lightersidepodcast)</p>

Stacey Lentz Remastered: Original Air Date 6/23/20

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.