Beneath the Noise

Beneath the Noise is a podcast about mental illness—the raw, disorienting, and sometimes darkly funny reality of living with a brain that doesn’t always cooperate. Hosted by Emily Jatcko, it’s part memoir, part cultural analysis, and entirely uninterested in the sanitized, feel-good version of mental health.

This isn’t a self-help podcast. There are no five-step plans or platitudes about positive thinking—just an honest look at psychosis, medication, work, relationships, and the ways neurodivergence shapes our lives. It’s about the contradictions: wanting to succeed in a system you fundamentally resent, feeling like both too much and not enough, learning to live with a diagnosis that rewrites everything you thought you knew about yourself.

Mental illness is absurd. It’s heavy. It’s frustratingly difficult to explain. But it’s also deeply human.

So if you’ve ever stared at a hospital showerhead having an existential crisis or tried to convince yourself you were fine while clearly unraveling—well, you’re in good company.

Let’s talk about it.

Host

Emily Jatcko

Emily Jatcko is the voice behind Beneath the Noise, a podcast that cuts through the static of mental health discourse with sharp wit, deep dives, and unfiltered honesty. A lifelong writer and storyteller, they bring a mix of personal experience, cultural analysis, and historical context to every episode—whether unpacking the chaos of neurodivergence, the failures of the mental health system, or why David Fincher and Chuck Palahniuk capture the unraveling mind so well. With over eight years in therapy and a firsthand understanding of navigating mental illness, they don’t just talk about surviving—they talk about doing life anyway, even when it’s messy. Because sometimes, just existing is enough—and that deserves to be talked about.

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