Where pop culture meets psychology, law, and real life.

Bar and the Brain is a podcast where an attorney and a mental health professional sit down to unpack the movies, television shows, and cultural moments that have everybody talking.

From toxic relationships and family dynamics to legal dilemmas, mental health, morality, and everything in between, we look beyond what happened on screen and ask the bigger questions: Why did they do that? Is that actually healthy? What does the law say? And what would we do in real life?

Expect thoughtful analysis, honest opinions, plenty of laughs, and the occasional disagreement as we bring two very different professional perspectives to the same conversation.

Because sometimes entertainment is just entertainment—and sometimes, there's a whole lot more to talk about.

Latest Episodes

Ep. 10 Obsession (2026): When Love Becomes Control | The Bar and the Brain

If you could make someone love you, would it still be love? In this spooky-season episode of The Bar and the Brain, attorney Tonée Earle and licensed clinical professi...

Ep. 9 Savior Complexes, Emotional Abuse & the Men of Imperfect Women

We've talked about Mary, Eleanor, and Nancy. Now we're finishing our Imperfect Women series with the men—and whew, there's a lot to unpack. This week on The Bar and th...

Ep. 8 Nancy Was Her Own Worst Enemy: Breaking Down Imperfect Women

Nancy Hennessy spent her adult life building something completely different from the childhood she survived. But once she finally had the husband, money, home, status,...

Ep.7 Mary Needed to STAND UP… But It's Complicated | Imperfect Women Review

At first, Mary had us yelling, “Sis, stand up!” But the deeper we got into her story on Imperfect Women, the harder it became to simply call her weak. In this episode ...

Ep 6. An Imperfect Woman: Eleanor Was NOT a Good Friend | Self Worth, Girl Code & Self Sabotage

Carrie Washington’s Eleanor looks like the definition of a successful woman. She comes from an affluent family, runs her own company, maintains lifelong friendships, a...

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