The Frontier Psychiatrists
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The Mystery of Machine Gun Kelly
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The Mystery of Machine Gun Kelly

The trials and tribulations of getting old

My readers and listeners know that this project, The Frontier Psychiatrists, is daily. Sometimes, I don't get the thing done till the end of the day. Today is one of those days. I was running on empty when it came to narrative this morning, so I decided to try to make a podcast. One of the tricky things about these more experimental days is that I don't know if the story is going to work. It's like walking a tightrope. I'll choose something— anything— to write about. And today I decide to make it even more difficult for myself, because I didn't feel like typing anything, and so I made a podcast instead. Today's was going to be about Machine Gun Kelly and being old. That's all I knew.

The podcast you're about to listen to explains what happened, and the lessons I took away from the journey of trying to figure out who the heck Machine Gun Kelly is. The podcast features some of my favorite people, including

, Courtny Hopen, RN, and my mom, Vita Muir. Surprisingly, it ends up featuring Drew Barrymore, and I'll let you listen to figure out how that happened.

My Son and I are walking around Brooklyn. He’s young, but I’m not anymore.

Thanks for joining me on this publication's experimental journey. I really hope you listen to the episode. It took all day to land, and I think it's good enough.

Yes, the podcast was created—top to bottom— today.

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The Frontier Psychiatrists
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The Frontier Psychiatrists Substack has this companion podcast. Owen Scott Muir, M.D. is a writer, physician, scientist, and podcaster, bringing content about healthcare that is personal, weird, and less boring than most of the things you’ve heard. Subscribe at https://thefrontierpsychiatrists.substack.com/