Best Chris Bratt Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 20: Sarah Parvini (LA Times) 35:07

10d ago35:07

35:07

Sarah Parvini was a games reporter at the LA Times until just a few months ago, having been among those who were hit by a staggering round of layoffs at the paper earlier this year. In fact, the publication is meant to have shed around 20% of its newsroom in one fell swoop. Journalism is in a rough state, folks. In this episode you'll hear guest ho…

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Episode 19: Chelsea Reed Miller (IGN Creators Guild) 46:07

2M ago46:07

46:07

Chelsea Reed Miller is a video editor for IGN and a spokesperson for the IGN Creators Guild, a brand spanking new union that's been officially recognized by IGN's parent company just a couple of months ago. In today's episode, you'll hear guest host Nicole Carpenter talk to Chelsea about what that means for people working at one of the biggest publ…

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Episode 18: Quintin Smith (People Make Games) 1:14:25

3M ago1:14:25

1:14:25

Quintin Smith is one third of People Make Games, although hopefully you already knew that. Outside of his work with us, he's also known as the co-founder of board games behemoth Shut Up & Sit Down and now, as of just a few weeks ago, he's started something brand new, exploring the world of TTRPGs. It's called Quinns Quest and it's extremely weird a…

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Episode 17: Stephen Totilo (Reporter at Game File) 1:14:17

5M ago1:14:17

1:14:17

Stephen Totilo has been a games journalist for two decades now, making him one of the most experienced people in the field. His career spans a stint at MTV News as its first ever games reporter, nine years as Kotaku's Editor-in-Chief and until recently, he wrote a twice-weekly gaming newsletter for Axios. Today, Stephen is looking to strike out on …

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Episode 16: Nathan Grayson & Riley MacLeod (Just launched Aftermath) 57:28

7M ago57:28

57:28

Nathan Grayson and Riley MacLeod have just launched a brand new, worker-owned games publication called Aftermath, along with some other ex-Kotaku staff you'll recognise. As in, today, right now! Chris grabbed them for an interview a few days ago to talk about the challenges that come with starting something fresh, crowdfunding and what being "worke…

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Episode 15: Patricia Hernandez (Former Editor-in-Chief at Kotaku) 1:03:16

10M ago1:03:16

1:03:16

Patricia Hernandez is now the former Editor-in-Chief of Kotaku, having been fired from the position just a few days ago. In today's episode we're going to be talking to her about what's happened and digging into the increasingly strained relationship between Kotaku's editorial team and the company which owns the site itself, G/O Media. "I can't rea…

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Episode 14: Rebekah Valentine (Senior Reporter at IGN) 1:01:51

12M ago1:01:51

1:01:51

Rebekah Valentine is a Senior Reporter at IGN and an instrumental figure in the site's latest ambitions to establish itself as a true home for longform video games reporting. She's also just been on the ground at Summer Games Fest, the potential successor to the games industry's biggest, flashiest trade show, E3. How do the two shows compare from a…

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Helping Children Healing From Trauma, insights from Anna Morrell, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩, Session 8 48:54

12M ago48:54

48:54

Our guest today is Anna Morrell, M.S., LCMHC, BCN With a Master's in Clinical Art Therapy, and introduced to Neurofeedback in 2010, Anna Morrell specializes in work with children, adolescents and caregivers. Having early on recognized the healing qualities of the arts, from expressing thoughts and feeling states to the regulating and grounding char…

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Deep Brain Reorienting, Frank Corrigan, MD, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩, Session 7 1:00:58

12M ago1:00:58

1:00:58

Our guest today is Frank Corrigan, MD Formerly an NHS Consultant Psychiatrist specializing in the treatment of post-traumatic and dissociative disorders, Frank Corrigan is now in private practice. Author and co-author of multiple important texts about trauma, neuroscience, and therapy, Dr. Corrigan joins us to discuss a paradigm shift in the field …

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Learning, Mentorship, & Creativity, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩, Session 6 54:34

1y ago54:34

54:34

Leigh Povia, LCSW, RPT, BCN Our guest today is Leigh Povia. Leigh is a NJ Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Registered Play Therapist, an Approved EMDR Consultant, and a Board Certified Neurofeedback Provider. Having worked with children and families, youth in crisis, students in Special Education, and children with Pervasive Developmental Disorde…

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Learn To Self-Regulate. with Chris Wheeler Doe & Mary Zaudtke, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩, Session 5 42:00

1y ago42:00

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Mary Zaudtke, M.A., LP, BCN / Chris Wheeler Doe, M.A., LMFT, BCN Our guests today are Mary Zaudtke and Chris Wheeler Doe. Mary is a psychologist who has focused her practice on working with clients who have experienced developmental trauma. The nature of the work is relational utilizing tools of EMDR, Ego State Therapy and Neurofeedback. Currently …

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Empowering Their Goals with Laura Bratt, 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩, Session 4 54:42

1y ago54:42

54:42

Laura Bratt MA, LMLP, BCN Our guest today is Laura Bratt. Having worked in locked and open psychiatric units, chemical dependency hospital units, and outpatient social services, in 2003 Laura and partner Avery Bratt built the oldest current neurofeedback center in the Kansas City area, utilizing cutting edge neurofeedback and biofeedback technologi…

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The Internal Therapist Screen with Ruth Cohn -- 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩, Session 3 56:21

1y ago56:21

56:21

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀? Today's guest is Ruth Cohn, MFT, CST, BCN Ruth Cohn has been practicing neurofeedback since 2009, with the good fortune of mentoring with Sebern Fisher the entire time. Having studied the dynamics of trauma and neglect, she has worked with survivors; their intimate partners and familie…

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Speeding Up Evolution, with Mary Ammerman -- 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩, Session 2 48:05

1y ago48:05

48:05

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀? Today's guest is Mary Ammerman, Psy.D., BCN Dr. Ammerman earned her undergraduate degrees in English and Psychology from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and her doctoral degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University. Mary believes that all people possess both…

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Neurofeedback in Stockholm with Anna Halberg and Maud Nilsson --𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩, Session 1 36:27

1y ago36:27

36:27

𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙉𝙚𝙪𝙧𝙤𝙛𝙚𝙚𝙙 𝙋𝙤𝙙𝙘𝙖𝙨𝙩: 𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝗶𝘀 𝗻𝗲𝘂𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝗲𝗱𝗯𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗻𝘀𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲𝘀? From the intersection of neuroscience and therapy, these interviews with therapists, researchers, and home users tell stories of discovery, empowerment, and success. Our guests today are Anna Hallberg and Maud Nilsson. They are both licensed as psychologists and psychotherapists, and a…

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NOT A NEW EPISODE but... here's Margaret's podcast Crushed! 48:43

1y ago48:43

48:43

Hello! This isn't a new episode of Do The Right Thing (sob!) but we thought you might like to sample Margaret's new(ish) podcast Crushed! - and in particular the latest episode in which she chats to Danielle about her crushes and unrequited loves in all their intense and embarrassing glory. Within there is plenty of discussion of why stand ups make…

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Episode 13: Double Fine PsychOdyssey (2 Player Productions) 58:18

1y ago58:18

58:18

2 Player Productions is a documentary crew that's been embedded with Double Fine Productions for more than a decade now, having first come onboard in order to follow the development of Broken Age and create the Double Fine Adventure series. However, it's their latest work that's absolutely knocked my socks off. Double Fine PsychOdyssey is, quite si…

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Episode 12: Tyler McVicker (Formerly Valve News Network) 1:08:38

1+ y ago1:08:38

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Tyler McVicker has been utterly obsessed with Valve for more than a decade now, having reported on almost every scrap of news, speculation and datamined morsel to come out of this famously secretive company at the heart of the games industry. Having just published our own report on the reality of working at Valve, with its "flat" structure, no mana…

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The Neurofeed Podcast Intro Promo 6:53

1+ y ago6:53

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How is neurofeedback transforming lives? In this promo intro to the neurofeed podcast, join EEGer team lead Lars Vala and licensed therapist Leanne Hershkowitz in lively discussions with neurofeedback clinicians, home users, and researchers from around the world. We explore how clinical neurofeedack is changing the way we think about things like de…

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Episode 11: Sam Greer (Just made a video for People Make Games!) 1:11:02

2y ago1:11:02

1:11:02

Sam Greer is a freelance games critic, having previously worked for Glass House Games and GamesMaster magazine. More recently, she worked with People Make Games (that's us!) on an incredible video about the lack of working class people employed in the games industry. That's what we'll be talking about in today's episode. "I think when we talked abo…

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Episode 10: Hirun Cryer (Former Guides Editor at USGamer) 55:16

2y ago55:16

55:16

Hirun Cryer first got his break in the games media writing guides over at USGamer. And guides content, dear listeners, is perhaps one of the most overlooked part of this entire job. Frequently responsible for the lion's share of a publication's traffic, despite rarely appearing on the homepage itself, video game guides are hugely important to the o…

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Episode 9: Danny O'Dwyer (Founder of Noclip) 1:19:52

2y ago1:19:52

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Danny O'Dwyer creates video game documentaries for Noclip, a crowdfunded YouTube channel first launched in 2016. Known for their high production value and behind-the-scenes access to some of the most successful game developers in the world, Noclip has had a huge influence on PMG's work over the years. Prior to starting his own company, Danny is per…

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Episode 8: Lucy James (Senior Video Producer at GameSpot) 1:03:22

2y ago1:03:22

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Lucy James is the head of GameSpot's video team, managing a team of hosts around the world. Having moved from London to San Francisco, you'll have likely seen her face on all sorts of GameSpot video stuff, as well as her more recent appearances on Giant Bomb's The Very Online Show. In this episode we talk about the differences between the UK and US…

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Episode 7: Ethan Gach (Senior Reporter at Kotaku) 1:05:23

2+ y ago1:05:23

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Ethan Gach is a senior reporter at Kotaku and has been responsible for a lot of the site's coverage of the Activision-Blizzard lawsuit, in which the company has been accused of a staggering number of gender discrimination and sexual harassment charges. Back in July, Ethan's reporting revealed details and photographs of the "Cosby Suite", a Blizzcon…

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Episode 6: Tina Amini (Editor-in-Chief at IGN) 52:15

2+ y ago52:15

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Tina Amini is the Editor-in-Chief at IGN, one of the largest video game publications in the world. With over one hundred staff making up the content team she's responsible for, Tina finds herself in a position unlike almost any other in the games media business. "We're not just encyclopaedic. We're not just churning through the news everyday in an …

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NOT A NEW EPISODE but... 1:21

2+ y ago1:21

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...something that might be of interest. DTRT's very own Michael Legge - the especially angry one - has a book coming out VERY SOON. 'Strawberries To Pigs' is a collection of his writing from 2008 to 2020, and is also his way of apologising for inventing online anger and wrecking all our lives. Stories of romance, success and bravery are not include…

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Episode 5: Jacob Geller (Video essayist) 1:02:03

2+ y ago1:02:03

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Jacob Geller is a video essayist and critic who draws upon modern art, architecture and politics in order to reframe how we think about the games we play. He's also really into Beat Saber. "I think people haven't been shown why they should care about this history yet. And that is partly our job to say, like, it's important that you know this term, …

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Episode 4: Aoife Wilson (Head of Video at Eurogamer) 53:28

3y ago53:28

53:28

Aoife Wilson is the head of Eurogamer's video team, as well as an established freelancer working with the likes of BAFTA, the BBC and Wizards of the Coast. She also used to be a colleague of Chris' before he started People Make Games! "It’s lessened now because I’m a bit more established in the industry, but I think when I started, I really… I felt…

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Episode 3: Mark Brown (Video essayist) 51:24

3y ago51:24

51:24

Mark Brown is the creator of Game Maker's Toolkit, an enormously popular YouTube channel that's home to a wide range of video essays about game design. "Reaching the goal of a million subscribers, I knew that was going to feel weird because I'd done a lot of reading about goals and how we set them for ourselves and how it can feel strange when we r…

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Episode 2: Patricia Hernandez (Editor-in-Chief at Kotaku) 48:03

3y ago48:03

48:03

Patricia Hernandez is the new Editor-in-Chief of Kotaku, having now returned to the site after beginning her career there some ten years ago. "I think, in some senses, it's not just an ambitious idea, it's how do I make this hard, ambitious idea happen while also giving my writers a realistic workload that does not have video games just completely …

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Episode 1: Austin Walker (Waypoint) 1:45:20

3y ago1:45:20

1:45:20

Austin Walker is the host of Waypoint Radio and Friends at the Table, having previously launched Waypoint back in 2016 and having been a part of Giant Bomb's New York office before then. "You have to reset your goals. Your goals cannot be 'I'm going to change the conversation'. It has to be 'I'm going to have a good conversation'. I'm going to buil…

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