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Episodes

By: Mara Altman, Kat Alexander
Narrated by: Mara Altman, Kat Alexander
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In Episodes, lifelong best friends Kat and Mara take listeners on an unfiltered journey through friendship, mental illness, and survival. Kat, a successful professional, is preparing for marriage and motherhood. On her fourth round of IVF, it happened—a frantic call to Mara. Mara comes over to find Kat, her friend of 25 years—the one who'd always been levelheaded, hilarious, and over-the-top thoughtful—trying to jump through a window.

The unexpected Bipolar diagnosis sends Kat’s life into a tailspin, leading to frantic 9-1-1 calls, cycling in and out of hospitals, crashed cars, emptied bank accounts, and, eventually, a desperate search and rescue mission in Mexico, where Kat goes missing.

Told through their own voices, Episodes captures the profound intimacy and tension of a friendship tested by crisis. Using real-time audio to immerse listeners in their heart-wrenching saga, Episodes take us deep into the taboo of losing one's mind and raises universal questions about the boundaries of friendship. In spite of the chaos, Kat and Mara are here to tell their story, together—a testament that not only is healing possible, but that it’s not meant to be done alone.

©2024 Mara Altman and Kat Alexander (P)2024 Audible Originals, LLC.
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About the Creator and Performer

Mara Altman is the author of two nonfiction books: Thanks for Coming (HarperCollins, 2009) and Gross Anatomy: Dispatches from the Front (and Back) (Putnam, 2018), which was a semifinalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. Altman also wrote eight bestselling Kindle Singles, the stature-curious Audible Original Short Drink of Water, and has written for publications such as The New York Times. Before that, Altman was a staff writer for The Village Voice and daily newspapers in India and Thailand. She lives in San Diego and tries to go to the beach with Kat as much as possible.

About the Creator and Performer

Kat Alexander is a nationally recognized sexual assault survivor turned activist. She created Report It, Girl—a web platform helping survivors of sexual violence heal through storytelling, community, and resources. She gained her decade of public health research experience at USC, UCLA, and Dartmouth and has authored over a dozen peer-reviewed journal articles. Kat earned a B.S. in psychobiology from UCLA and a master’s in nutritional sciences from Cal State Los Angeles. She is a Regents Scholar, StartingBloc Fellow, and earned a doctoral fellowship from the National Institute of Health. She is on a mission to help people around the world heal from trauma.

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