The Shrink Next Door
| The Shrink Next Door | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Presentation | |
| Hosted by | Joe Nocera |
| Genre | True crime |
| Production | |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 6+8 |
| Publication | |
| Original release | May 21, 2019 – December 17, 2021 |
| Provider | Wondery |
| Related | |
| Adaptations | The Shrink Next Door (2021) |
| Website | The Shrink Next Door – Wondery |
The Shrink Next Door is a podcast by Wondery that tells the story of Isaac Herschkopf, a psychiatrist who abused his relationship with his patients to exploit them for personal and financial gain,[1] The podcast was written and hosted by Joe Nocera.[2][3] The podcast premiered on May 21, 2019, and consists of 14 episodes,[4] the first ten episodes covering Herschkopf's story, and the final four episodes serving as promotion for a 2021 television miniseries adaptation of the podcast, written by Georgia Pritchett, directed by Michael Showalter, and starring Paul Rudd and Will Ferrell.
Episodes
[edit]Season 1 (2019–2021)
[edit]| # | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | "Welcome to the Neighborhood" | May 21, 2019 |
| 2 | "Sibling Rivalry" | May 21, 2019 |
| 3 | "Easy Mark Markowitz" | May 23, 2019 |
| 4 | "The Familia" | May 28, 2019 |
| 5 | "The Last Straw" | June 4, 2019 |
| 6 | "What Did I Do To You?" | June 11, 2019 |
| 7 | "Update" | June 18, 2019 |
| 8 | "Charged" | August 7, 2019 |
| 9 | "My Dinner With Ike" | July 14, 2020 |
| 10 | "The Decision" | April 22, 2021 |
Season 2 (2021)
[edit]| # | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| 11 | "Interview with Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd" | November 12, 2021 |
| 12 | "Interview with Kathryn Hahn and Casey Wilson" | November 19, 2021 |
| 13 | "How Michael Showalter Translated the Podcast to the TV Screen" | December 3, 2021 |
| 14 | "How Georgia Pritchett Filled in the Blanks" | December 17, 2021 |
Reception
[edit]The Shrink Next Door was the number one podcast for three weeks straight on Apple's podcast charts.[3] It won the 2020 Webby Award for Documentary in the category Podcasts.[5]
TV adaptation
[edit]On April 23, 2020, it was announced that Apple Inc. had given a straight-to-series order for an 8-episode limited series based on The Shrink Next Door for Apple TV+, and it began airing on November 12, 2021. The adaptation is written by Emmy winning writer Georgia Pritchett and directed by Michael Showalter. Dr. Isaac Herschkopf is played by Paul Rudd, and Martin Markowitz is played by Will Ferrell.[6]
Translations
[edit]- Spanish: El psiquiatra de al lado
- German: Der Therapeut von Nebenan
- French: Mon voisin le Psy
- Portuguese: O Psiquiatra ao lado
See also
[edit]- Dr. Death (podcast)
- Psychiatric survivors movement
- List of American crime podcasts
- List of podcast adaptations
References
[edit]- ^ "The Shrink Next Door Is One of the Year's Best Podcasts". Podcast Review. June 12, 2019. Archived from the original on October 30, 2021. Retrieved October 30, 2021.
- ^ Yuko, Elizabeth (June 11, 2019). "What It's Like When a Relationship With a Psychiatrist Goes Terribly Wrong". Rolling Stone. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ^ a b Cohen, Debra (June 19, 2019). "'The Shrink Next Door': Revelations about the Jewiest screwiest podcast – Diaspora". Jerusalem Post. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ^ "Wondery – Feel The Story The Shrink Next Door". Wondery – Feel The Story. Retrieved June 30, 2019.
- ^ Kastrenakes, Jacob (May 20, 2020). "Here are all the winners of the 2020 Webby Awards". The Verge. Retrieved May 22, 2020.
- ^ "Apple lands "The Shrink Next Door," starring Will Ferrell and Paul Rudd". Apple. Retrieved April 27, 2020.