#8163: The Raw Onion seeks Neuroscience Experts on Burnout
Is seeking neuroscience-informed experts, researchers, and clinicians who study how burnout, chronic stress, and inherited stress patterns shape the brain and nervous system.
Show Name: *
The Raw Onion
Show Description: *
The Raw Onion Podcast peels back the potent layers underneath burnout, culture, and the crossroads you never saw coming, having honest conversations about what it really takes to live well. Our listeners are accomplished professionals over 40, many of them quietly carrying burnout, perfectionism, and stress patterns they inherited long before they had words for them. Each episode blends candid conversation with a look at what neuroscience reveals about why we get stuck and what makes change possible. The format is a relaxed, unhurried conversation between our host and one guest, recorded remotely, so you can join us from anywhere. We record video and audio, and every episode reaches listeners across YouTube, Substack, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music.
Our listeners tell us they learn new ways of thinking from the show. They get excited to hear the whys of how we operate as humans, seen through the neutral lens of neuroscience, and also how differently we behave depending on cultural upbringing, where and how we were raised, and how we learn emotions across generations. These are things many of them have never discussed or even thought about before, and it all helps them better understand their own performance. That's why midlife audiences resonate with this work. Midlife is where reflection happens most, where major pivots and crossroads call for new understanding, and where finding out who you are and what you want takes on a fresh urgency.
Guests find real space here to explore an idea and follow it where it leads. They share the personal story that led them to the work they do. We like to ask what they've been wanting to share that they haven't heard shared before. People are using the practical ideas we and our guests share, and we want to keep expanding on them.
Show Host Name(s):
Stephanie Ohannesian & Yoshie Barnett
Booking Contact for Interviews: *
Stephanie Ohannesian & Yoshie Barnett
Booking Form URL:
https://www.therawonionpodcast.com/be-our-guest/
Booking Email Address: *
Audience Size and Demographics for Your Show: *
Our audience is primarily professionals aged 40 and over, weighted toward women, though we reach men in this bracket too. They're educated, established in their careers, and often in demanding corporate or leadership roles. Many are high earners who look successful from the outside while privately navigating burnout, perfectionism, and inherited stress. They tend to be at a life crossroads, reflective, and actively looking for new ways to understand themselves and how they operate. They're mostly based in the United States.
Show Format: *
Recorded podcast
Video webcast
When, where, and how does your show air? (share details about Network(s) + Broadcast Schedule + Time Zone + Format, etc): *
New episodes publish weekly on Wednesday and are available on demand across YouTube, Substack, Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and Amazon Music. We record remotely via Riverside in video and audio.
How many episodes have you already produced? *
25-50
Website URL: *
https://www.therawonionpodcast.com/
Show URL: *
https://therawonion.substack.com/
Social Media:
https://www.instagram.com/therawonionpodcast
We do not encourage this but if you charge for interviews, ask for co-promotions, request "donations", or have other expectations of your guests, what are they and what do guests get back? *
We do not charge for interviews, ask for donations, or require anything of our guests. We ask guests to fill out our Be Our Guest form at https://www.therawonionpodcast.com/be-our-guest/, and if selected, to meet with both of us before recording. Co-promotion is always welcome and appreciated, and we're glad to share clips and links so it's easy to do, but it's never a condition. Guests receive the full episode links and video clips to share however they like.
