Catie and Erik's Infinite Quest: An ADHD Adventure

Catie and Erik's Infinite Quest: An ADHD Adventure

Catie and Erik’s Infinite Quest is a podcast about ADHD, neurodivergence, and navigating life as a weird little brain in a neurotypical world. Hosted by TikTok creators Cate Osborn (Catieosaurus) and Erik Gude (HeyGude), we talk ADHD, depression, relationships, mental health, and executive dysfunction—with a side of queer joy, video games, and chaos.

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April 10, 2026 58 mins

Thanks, Good Beans.

Perfect for adults with ADHD who love genuine, unfiltered conversations about neurodivergent childhood experiences and how our scattered minds connect memories. Subscribe for more ADHD-friendly storytelling!

Catie and Erik's bestselling book "The ADHD Field Guide for Adults" is available wherever you get your books!

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Get Tickets to see Cate LIVE!

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Catie and Erik talk about Wicked battle cries and what Catie can learn about her own performing from Josh Johnson's specials.

Perfect for adults with ADHD who love genuine, unfiltered conversations about neurodivergent childhood experiences and how our scattered minds connect memories. Subscribe for more ADHD-friendly storytelling!

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March 19, 2026 55 mins

Catie and Erik talk about how systems pop up in our lives whether we design them or not, also Timothee Chalamet and the fact that the universe did NOT want the saxophone to exist.

Perfect for adults with ADHD who love genuine, unfiltered conversations about neurodivergent childhood experiences and how our scattered minds connect memories. Subscribe for more ADHD-friendly storytelling!

Catie and Erik's bestselling book "The ADHD Fiel...

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February 26, 2026 36 mins

Cate and Erik talk guitar-making, their feelings about the book coming out, and corvids, of course.

Perfect for adults with ADHD who love genuine, unfiltered conversations about neurodivergent childhood experiences and how our scattered minds connect memories. Subscribe for more ADHD-friendly storytelling!

PREORDER "The ADHD Field Guide for Adults" ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3Kjd4R2⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

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February 19, 2026 63 mins

Cate and Erik try to figure out what to do with twenty copies of the same book. Erik talks about how much he hates Samuel Morse, again.

Perfect for adults with ADHD who love genuine, unfiltered conversations about neurodivergent childhood experiences and how our scattered minds connect memories. Subscribe for more ADHD-friendly storytelling!

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Cate and Erik wonder if any Olympians have ever had to compete with a tummy ache and discuss dope professions from way back when.

Perfect for adults with ADHD who love genuine, unfiltered conversations about neurodivergent childhood experiences and how our scattered minds connect memories. Subscribe for more ADHD-friendly storytelling!

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February 5, 2026 54 mins

Cate and Erik talk about the book coming out, and Erik quizzes

Cate on real and fake instrument names.

Perfect for adults with ADHD who love genuine, unfiltered conversations about neurodivergent childhood experiences and how our scattered minds connect memories. Subscribe for more ADHD-friendly storytelling!

PREORDER "The ADHD Field Guide for Adults" ⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3Kjd4R2⁠⁠⁠⁠ 

UK link: ⁠https://geni.us/adhdfieldguide⁠

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January 29, 2026 59 mins

Cate and Erik talk whistle kazoos, standing desks, how to get dogs to like toys, anime hand motions, and whatever else distracts them from, ya know, everything.

Perfect for adults with ADHD who love genuine, unfiltered conversations about neurodivergent childhood experiences and how our scattered minds connect memories. Subscribe for more ADHD-friendly storytelling!

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January 15, 2026 65 mins

Cate and Erik discuss the news of the past week, and search for solutions for how to move forward as a population.

PREORDER "The ADHD Field Guide for Adults" ⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/3Kjd4R2⁠⁠⁠ 

Get Tickets to see Cate LIVE!

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Cate and Erik talk about catching planes, waking people up at airports, and what's really going on with punching superman. They also talk about the difficulties of maintaining important relationships with ADHD and executive dysfunction. Erik successfully keeps from ranting about The Flash.

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It's a Christmas Miracle! We know that a LOT of you listen to the Turkey Episode every year, but we thought it would be fun to drop this year's Live Show edition. God Bless us, everyone, indeed.

(Don't forget to pre-order the book).

If you want to see what's going on, head on over to youtube.com/catieosaurus

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December 18, 2025 72 mins

As Cate and Erik recover from recording their audiobook, they discuss managing burnout, showing up for yourself when the going gets rough, and how to intentionally rest. Erik promises to warn Cate if he ever arranges for her to meet Elmo.

Key topics: How to show up for yourself and others when you have ADHD, How to recover from burnout by limiting your cognitive load, emotional load, and identity load.

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December 4, 2025 58 mins

Cate and Erik talk about doomscrolling, and how the infinite-scroll social media feed can take hold on an ADHD mind. They also talk about mongooses (mongeese?) for a surprisingly long amount of time.

Key topics: How doomscrolling takes hold on people with ADHD, how artificial intelligence apps cause doubt on the internet, methods of cutting down on doomscrolling, mongooses and how cute they are.

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November 27, 2025 45 mins

CONTENT WARNING: direct references to self-harm throughout

Cate and Erik get honest about their history with self harm, how it started, and where they are now.

Key topics: how ADHD can lead to self-harm, how poor-impulse control can lead to unhealthy coping mechanisms for boredom.

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November 20, 2025 64 mins

Cate and Erik talk about what to do do when your systems fail, and how to troubleshoot systems to make them stick. Cate gives updates on her upcoming tour, including her fast-approaching "Turkey from A Christmas Carol" live show. Erik slaps a water bottle and lakes the sound it makes.

Key topics: Dealing with negative inner voices, pathological demand avoidance, how to make systems for ADHD, what to do when systems fail. Perfect fo...

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July 31, 2025 53 mins

ADHD storytelling meets childhood nostalgia as Erik and Cate bounce through secret forts, first computers, and teenage rebellion. This neurodivergent conversation captures the authentic ADHD experience of connecting seemingly random memories, from discovering computers in secret passages to stress-inducing DARE programs and early internet adventures.

Key topics: childhood fort-building, technology evolution, TI-84 calculators, typi...

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Pathological Demand Avoidance, Stardew Valley Routines, and Breaking Mental Health Patterns

In this episode, Cate and Erik sit down to discuss pathological demand avoidance (PDA) and how it affects daily life for adults with ADHD. They explore the challenging cycle of avoiding tasks specifically because they feel like things you're "supposed" to do, even when you genuinely want to do them. Erik shares his personal journey of recogni...

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June 27, 2025 52 mins

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June 25, 2025 58 mins

Ever wake up feeling 30 years older after doom-scrolling until 3:40 AM? Join us for an unfiltered ADHD conversation covering sleep struggles, social media addiction, chronic pain, antidepressants, and breaking down harmful stereotypes about sexuality and consent.

Episode Highlights:

  • ADHD time blindness and social media's grip on sleep schedules
  • Living with chronic pain and navigating medication changes
  • Mental health medication expe...
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June 20, 2025 63 mins

Catie and Erik continue their glorious return to Infinite Quest after a Book Break(TM) to discuss the eternal neurodivergent struggle of losing things in plain sight, organizing creative spaces, and why some objects seem to vanish into thin air (spoiler: it might be gnomes).Plus: Questions for neurotypicals, surprise DB Cooper and why triage stations might be the organizing solution you didn't know you needed.

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