Psychology

Brolin and Von discuss sobriety, recognizing shared experience and the social role of drinking water from beer-like cans.

Psychology

Research note: Recovery has more than one route →

Brolin describes the Cito Rats community and his effort to renew its identity around survival, while comparing it with other surfing groups.

Psychology

Brolin and Von connect childhood chaos with their experiences of substance use, then reflect on humour, community and sobriety.

Psychology

Brolin recounts growing up around rescued animals and describes his mother through stories about affection, drinking and confrontation.

Psychology

Brolin and Von discuss difficulties sustaining sobriety, then Brolin describes friendships, music and losses within his childhood community.

Psychology

Brolin describes updating the Cito Rats identity without abandoning its roots, then discusses Stephen Colbert and the meaning of penultimate.

Psychology

After MoonPay and Manscaped promotions, Von recalls childhood housing difficulties and Brolin begins an account of an arrest in Louisiana.

Psychology

After the sponsor break, Brolin describes renewed curiosity about physics and lasting friendship; both recall time spent in Tucson.

Psychology

Brolin describes his father’s career and family dynamics; he and Von consider fame, creative reinvention and discomfort with public attention.

Psychology

Brolin and Von question fixed public identities and describe how ordinary experience, comedy and film can create emotional connection.

Psychology

Von discusses self-resentment in recovery; Brolin recounts advice from Anthony Hopkins and begins describing his friendship with Cormac McCarthy.

Psychology