Benoit Kim

Therapist, Podcaster, Veteran

Benoit Kim is a US army veteran, Penn-educated former policymaker turned psychotherapist, and host of Discover More- an Apple Podcasts Top 100 podcast.

Benoit pivoted early into the non-profit and policy sector from management consulting upon graduation, then committed to Teach for America (AmeriCorps program) teaching in inner-city Philadelphia before taking a military leave from this commitment and graduate studies at the University of Pennsylvania due to a 2017 near-deployment.

In this 2017 near-deployment to the North-South Korean border, Benoit experienced my first major depression and had to acknowledge that perseverance does not always prevail, which catalyzed his venture into the realm of mental health. Then, he worked in the policy sector for a few years after becoming the youngest policymaker in the agency's 100-year history and, then pivoted recently into the clinical field as an aspirational psychedelic-assisted psychotherapist.

Lastly, Benoit started the podcast in 2019 as a passion project which has turned into a small business. The show has been recently ranked #1 in all independent science podcasts, #16 overall in all science podcasts, and an Apple Podcasts top 100 in 2023 and currently.

Discover More is a podcast for independent thinkers who appreciate the importance of nuances with mental health as a throughline.