• Taylor Dugger & Nina Davis: "Find community... and journal about it!"
    Oct 16 2024

    We're baaack! And it's 'That Time of the Month' (sorry were a little late).

    We are back in the Media22 studio! We brought Taylor Dugger and the occasional ho-host of Negative Thots, Nina Davis, all the way from Colorado. It's Negative Thots first threeway (interview)!


    Taylor Dugger is a comedian and producer of Bad Comedy; he is also a veteran who has been diagnosed with PTSD and chronic Depression.

    Nina Davis is a comedian and producer of Manitou Comedy & Festival; she's had many other titles along the way from death doula to cheese monger. She is on the ASD spectrum, and has spoken to NT before about her outdated ODD diagnosis and PDA, (again not the holding hands or kissing in public kind).


    They're back in WI traveling with our host Samara Suomi doing shows all over the midwest, to test our host's new hip. As well as to come into the old studio stomping grounds to revamp and resurrect Negative Thots! Let's get these thots back in your head!


    This week's revival episode revives old thots and new alike. We all sit down and talk what it's like leaving the military with a fun new brain chemistry, the search for community through comedy, how to change places that don't want to change, the sacrifices of sanity it takes to stay where you feel unwelcomed, the Colorado and Wisconsin pipeline, periods and so much more on this renewed episode of Negative Thots!


    Huge thanks to Corey Whitmore of Media22 and Radio22 studios for letting us in again while we were in town. The timing was perfect (I mean it is 'That Time of the Month'), and the studio looks amazing. Madison is blessed to have you.

    For all other shows produced by Radio22 download the app and follow their Instagram @myradio22


    And as always... To keep up with all things Negative Thots follow their Instagram @negativeth0tpod

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    1 hr and 6 mins
  • Negative Thots Update!
    Feb 3 2024

    Did your head feel empty without your weekly Negative Thots?? We know our host Samara's head has been alternating between empty and full this whole time away! 

    She's never stopped thinking of you, but she was busy moving across the country. But she and your favorite thots are back! And a little different! 


    Samara is here to update you on the status of Negative Thots; the status is, they're still around! Operations have changed and Samara discusses the difficulties of navigating technology, leaving a professional studio for a corner bedroom desk, what's in store for the future thots, where in the world our co-host is, and many other side tangents in this quick but thotful update on everything Negative Thots! 

    And as always... To keep up with all things Negative Thots follow their Instagram @negativeth0tpod

    Another huge thanks to Radio22 for their space and support of the podcast. Especially during this time of change and transition. For all other shows produced by Radio22 download the app and follow their Instagram @myradio22 

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    18 mins
  • Recurring Thots Pt. 1: Kessa Albright!
    Sep 1 2023

    We are back (even though we never really leave) to fill your heads with our Negative Thots! 

    This time, we introduce a new segment with a familiar face; Recurring Thots! 

    Where we re-interview a former guest to catch up with how their thots have been. 

    Our first Recurring Thot is Kessa Albright!

    This time around, Kessa and our host settle in with familiar conversations about (once new) jobs in the service industry, working with your anxiety, depression, and every other thot in your head, finding good environments for your growth, community, and how to care for it, putting the self in care mode, and many more life updates from your favorite person(s) around town(s), right here on Negative Thots! 

    Big thanks to Kessa for coming back and sharing more of their infinite wisdom. To become part of their community, follow them on Instagram @molotovcraftcocktail 

    And as always... To keep up with all things Negative Thots follow their Instagram @negativeth0tpod

    Another huge thanks to Radio22 for their space and support of the podcast. For all other shows produced by Radio22 download the app and follow their Instagram @myradio22

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Deep in Thot
    Aug 4 2023

    Our host Samara strips down her sanity for another solo episode of Negative Thots! 

    Our silly host has been open about living with bipolar throughout this podcast, but you can really hear the signs as we dive Deep into her Thots.

    Samara (over)shares her gratitude to studio 22, how the podcast is going to change in the near future, how she's going to change in the near future, leaving your job for the mountains, how to change your environment for the better, growth and what that means, and so much more on another solo episode of Negative Thots. 

    You likely know by now, but you can find our host online through Instagram @thatsamarachick 

    Follow her there, not in real life! 

    And as always... To keep up with all things Negative Thots follow their Instagram @negativeth0tpod


    Another huge thanks to Radio22 for their space and support of the podcast. For all other shows produced by Radio22 download the app and follow their Instagram @myradio22

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    31 mins
  • Amber Peterson: "Make time for yourself... It's about to be your season premiere!"
    Jul 25 2023

    We're back in the studio trapped with our Negative Thots! This week Amber Peterson joins us for a family ties episode. Amber is a mom/boss lady/in the midst of mid-life indecision, just like all Americans! She also is related to Samara's partner. Family! 

    Amber operates her family and job while her brain operates under the stress of social anxiety and general anxiety. She also feels the symptoms of depression at times, and has childhood traumas, (just like all Americans!?)

    Amber and Samara sit down over a family dinner with no food, just in-depth conversation about trying to maintain a balanced life while having a chemically imbalanced brain, losing your train of thot, watching your kids and phones age, being a mom living with teens (your own teens btw), finding stability as you go along, seasons of life and how they change, being fair to yourself even if your brain tries not to be, casually dreaming of a library in Ireland to yourself, and much, much more on this week's episode of Negative Thots! 

    To keep up with this working mom's life, follow along on her Instagram @mrspetie

    This episode is not sponsored by Blueland products, but it should be! Because we talked about it nicely, and enough to mention in the description!

    And as always... To keep up with all things Negative Thots follow their Instagram @negativeth0tpod

    Another huge thanks to Radio22 for their space and support of the podcast. For all other shows produced by Radio22 download the app and follow their Instagram @myradio22

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    1 hr
  • Shawn Vasquez: "Quiet the noise... and get some dang sleep!"
    Jul 16 2023

    It's 'That Time of the Month' again here on Negative Thots! Everyone's favorite! This week our host is synced up with Shawn Vasquez, a comedian and friend of ours. Who performs all over the country, while his brain puts on its own performance of ADHD. 

    This week our friends get right into it and spill the tea of how important sleep is, being an active kid who just can't stop, what happens when you take the routine out of your life, then how to get routine back into it in some way, sleep debt and how to pay it back (by sleeping! Go to sleep!), how to grow as a performer and person, accepting when it's time to change things in your life, getting your meds from (hopefully) a doctor, the importance of good people in your life, and oh yeah getting some damn sleep! That and so much more on this dream sequence episode of Negative Thots! 

    Big thanks to Shawn for being open enough to share his story (on behalf of man), to enter his world follow his Instagram @entertheshawniverse 

    And as always... To keep up with all things Negative Thots follow their Instagram @negativeth0tpod

    Another huge thanks to Radio22 for their space and support of the podcast. For all other shows produced by Radio22 download the app and follow their Instagram @myradio22 


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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Olivia Hoffman: "Hang in there... Your genes depend on it!"
    Jul 2 2023

    We're back, entertaining those silly thots in your brain with our Negative Thots! This week our host hangs out with Olivia Hoffman. Olivia is a Neuroscience Researcher, she learns about the human mind while she works with ADHD, Anxiety and Depression in her own mind. She can also relate (honorable mention) to symptoms of Complex PTSD. 

    Olivia and Samara get right into it, with a fun little conversation about how having seizures as a kid and researching seizures as an adult have nothing in common, loving to learn because your brain's gotta go fast, desperately wanting to leave your hometown, getting betrayed by your own diary, how cool and chill it is coming out as lesbian in a conservative Christian town, finding family along the way, what you learn about yourself in polyamorous relationships, gay panic, loving yourself and so much more on another silly little episode of Negative Thots! 

    Big thanks to Olivia for agreeing to tell her story, and for doing it so well! To keep up with Olivia and all her phases of life, follow her Instagram @olivia_hoff96!

    And as always... To keep up with all things Negative Thots follow their Instagram @negativeth0tpod

    Another huge thanks to Radio22 for their space and support of the podcast. For all other shows produced by Radio22 download the app and follow their Instagram @myradio22 


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    1 hr and 4 mins
  • ARJ: "Don't be afraid to ask questions... especially about cow udders!
    Jun 25 2023

    ARJ: "Don't be afraid to ask questions... especially about cow udders!" 

    We're back on track with our thots in the studio. This week we are joined by a UW Grad student, and funny little guy; ARJ. 

    ARJ researches hormones while their own body produces anxiety and ADHD. Rock on! Don't worry we get immediately into it, thankfully our host is a (semi) pro! 

    Samara and ARJ sit down for a silly little discussion about being a cowperson, growing up in different middle-of-nowheres, realizing how learning can help, being big-ol' nerds about stuff, saying silly stuff because you have to, being a part of something, helping while you're here, being friends with your brain and other people, and so much more on this pretty upbeat episode of Negative Thots!

    Big thanks to ARJ for wonderfully articulating their side of life with us, and to follow along with them follow their Instagram @arjuufta 

    And as always... To keep up with all things Negative Thots follow their Instagram @negativeth0tpod

    Another huge thanks to Radio22 for their space and support of the podcast. For all other shows produced by Radio22 download the app and follow their Instagram @myradio22 

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    1 hr and 3 mins