The Anxious Truth

Drew Linsalata hosts one of the most highly rated anxiety podcasts you'll find, sitting at 4.9 stars with over 1,100 ratings. Featured in both the New York Times and Vogue, the show has earned recognition for good reason. Drew speaks from lived experience with panic disorder and agoraphobia, and his perspective as someone who has been through recovery gives him a credibility that purely clinical hosts sometimes lack. The show runs weekly with episodes landing between 20 and 45 minutes. Drew mixes solo episodes where he breaks down anxiety concepts with interview episodes featuring other voices in the recovery space. His collaboration episodes with Josh Fletcher on the "Disordered" show and with Lauren Rosen on OCD topics add variety and bring in complementary viewpoints. Drew's approach leans heavily into empowerment and education. He's not interested in teaching you to merely cope or manage symptoms forever. The whole philosophy is about genuinely recovering and getting your life back, which he frames as entirely possible rather than aspirational. His communication style is direct and occasionally blunt, which works really well for people who are tired of being handled with kid gloves. With over 330 episodes in the archive, there's plenty of material covering panic attacks, agoraphobia, health anxiety, OCD, and the mental compulsions that keep anxiety disorders cycling. It's an especially strong pick if you want a host who has actually walked the path he's describing.