Hockey-obsessed Military Mental Health Worker

Beautiful Stories From Anonymous People

Chris Gethard

Society & Culture

4.8 • 9K Ratings

🗓️ 15 April 2025

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

On the way to a hockey game where they're being honored for their non-profit work, this week’s caller explains the tension it’s caused with their day job in military behavioral health. They talk with Gethard about finding purpose, joy, and free tickets to cool stuff.

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Transcript

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0:00.0	Hello to everybody who's out here getting free tickets.
0:07.8	It's beautiful anonymous.
0:09.5	One hour on phone call.
0:11.7	No names.
0:12.8	No holds barred.
0:16.9	I'd rather go one-on-one.
0:19.6	I think it'll be more fun, and I'll get to know you and you'll get to know me.
0:27.0	Hi, everybody, Chris Gathard here, and I know not everybody loves a long intro.
0:31.2	This one has a bunch of intro on next week's guest host, so it's a little longer than usual.
0:35.2	Skip about 10 minutes ahead, maybe 10 and a half.
0:38.6	You'll be right towards the beginning of the call. Enjoy it.
0:44.7	Hi, everybody. Chris Getherd here. Welcome to beautiful Anonymous, the show where we discuss
0:51.4	the human condition, one anonymous phone call at a time.
0:55.8	I feel so lucky to be here today talking to you as always as we creep up on episode 500 of
1:04.0	Beautiful Anonymous.
1:06.2	Reminders for everybody, just some of the housekeeping stuff.
1:09.4	Beautifulanonymous.com.
1:10.5	You can sign up, get your episodes ad-free, get more time with each caller,
1:14.8	sign up at the upper tier, you get a bonus follow-up call with a past caller once a month.
1:22.1	You get a phone number that's private for the top tier once a month.
1:25.4	It's a good time.
1:26.4	Beautifulanonymous.com. We try to make it all good stuff that's worth for the top tier once a month. It's a good time. Beautifulanonymous.com.
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