Brain Stories
Frank Kosa
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This documentary series captures stories of those living with a mental illness, and the people who support them. True, intimate and unflinching. Welcome to stigma-free storytelling. Episodes dropping every 2 weeks.
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Episode 13 Brain Stories: Good Ideas - A Radical New Model for Mental Health Care
Welcome to the last episode of Season 1 and the first episode of our new direction. This is Brain Stories Phase 2 - Good Ideas about Mental Health.We kick off this new phase with uncommon lessons…
Episode 12 - Payal: The True Cost of Family Peace
When Payal's brother developed mental illness, he moved back into his old bedroom in his parents' house. Where he stayed for more than 15 years, getting no help, not even seeing a doctor. This is the…
Episode 11 - Michael pt. 2: Recovery: How to Become the Guy on the Giving-Back Side
This is the second and final episode of Michael Stewart's story. He had beaten his craving for drugs and gotten into one of the very few programs that treat mental illness and drug use. Which meant,…
Episode 10 - Michael pt. 1: Drugs, Voices and the Great Escape
For nearly 60 years, Michael Stewart's life was marked by violence from his childhood, addiction, suicidal thoughts, and a serious mental health issue. Whether he was selling cars, getting put behind…
Episode 9 - Paul: Behind the Scenes - a Chat-Musical Smackdown
What do Rachmaninoff, Mr. Rogers and Dr. Dre have in common? Find out in this episode - where we pull back the curtain...on Brain Stories, and go behind-the-scenes for an inside look at the original…
Episode 8 - Ronald & Caroline pt. 3: The Real Feeling of Flight
This is the 3rd and final installment of Ronald Braunstein and Caroline Whiddon's 3-part story. In the previous two episodes, Ronald endured brutal ups and downs in his career, only to be fired from…
S1E7 Episode 7 - Ronald & Caroline pt. 2: The Crash
This is the second installment of Ronald Braunstein's 3-part story. In the previous episode, Ronald reached spectacular highs, but also devastating lows. In this episode he applies for a job where…
S1E6 Episode 6 - Ronald pt. 1: The Unreal Feeling of Flight
With almost superhuman effort, Ronald Braunstein became the youngest winner in the history of Europe's most prestigious conducting competition, guaranteeing him a career of massive success. He had…
Super Feeler: The Impact of Generational Trauma on BPD (feat. Gwen)
This episode features an interview of Gwen (the subject of Brain Stories 4th episode, "Three Generations & A Broken Legacy") on Super Feeler, a podcast about Borderline Personality Disorder…
Episode 5 - Lindsay: Forgiving Schizophrenia
This is an interview episode. Why? Because the story of Lindsay’s family was very well told in the bestselling book, Hidden Valley Road. The book chronicles her family of 12 siblings, six of whom…
Episode 4 - Gwen: Three Generations & A Broken Legacy
Gwen was 10 when she arrived to California from China, the hopes of her entire family on her shoulders. But her dream collapsed in college as she discovered that her grandmother, mother and her all…
S1E3 Episode 3 - Adrian: Family Inheritance
Living in a gang neighborhood, concealing his sexual orientation, Adrian already had a full plate when he learned that schizophrenia was hereditary. His dad had it. And at 13, he was sure he was…
S1E2 Episode 2 - Anita: The Insidious Foe
The first time Anita heard of her son’s schizophrenia was during his court-martial, after he’d been thrown in the brig for fighting. It was the start of a 20-year cycle of recovery, relapse, arrest,…
S1E1 Episode 1 - Dr. Xavier Amador: Insight, Love & LEAP
Xavier was a senior in college when he got a panicked call from his brother. This was his closest brother, his older brother whom he deeply admired, and he was telling Xavier that he had killed…
S1 Brain Stories Trailer
This is the trailer for Brain Stories, a ground breaking documentary series profiling those who live with a mental illness and the people who support them. There are 13 episodes of true-life…
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Brain Stories has published 14 episodes since October 2025, covering topics in Documentary, Health & Fitness.
Brain Stories is currently declining with new episodes every 2 weeks. Average episode length is 34m.
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