Insomnia and Mental Health Problems: Each Horrible, Each Feeding the Other
Jen slept fine the night before she couldn’t. Just short of 29 years old and after years of excellent sleep, insomnia entered her life leading her down a years-long search for cures, treatments, or ev...
14 Jul 202549min
Prison, Addiction, Bipolar, and Four Loko with Author Brandon Stickney
Brandon Stickney remembers booze being everywhere growing up in Lockport, New York and he definitely remembers getting a taste for it growing up. Over time, he developed bipolar disorder and his subst...
7 Jul 202555min
Sure, Maria Bamford Will Join Your Cult
When the comedian, actor, and author Maria Bamford has something to say about mental health, it’s a pretty good idea to give a listen. For one reason, she’s hilarious. Also, she comes at the issue not...
30 Jun 202548min
Ginny & Georgia Creator Sarah Lampert on Getting Mental Health Right On Screen
Hollywood doesn’t exactly have a stellar track record when it comes to portraying mental illness in a sensitive, honest, and appropriately complex way (think Psycho or the notorious caffeine pill epis...
23 Jun 202543min
Alexandra Savior on bipolar disorder and being discovered by Courtney Love
"Beneath the Lilypad" is singer-songwriter Alexandra Savior's third album, but her first in five years. Several years ago, she was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, type 1. That’s a condition marked wi...
16 Jun 202545min
You’re Not Imagining It, Climate Change IS Messing With Your Mental Health
As temperatures and sea levels rise, the effects of climate change are being felt in weather patterns, natural disasters, and in both public and personal mental health. We talk with Dr. Caroline Carne...
9 Jun 202540min
Can a Bipartisan Congressional Caucus Save Mental Health in America?
Rep. Andrea Salinas (D-Ore.) is one of four chairs of the bipartisan Mental Health Caucus in the U.S. House of Representatives, a 93-member group of Republicans and Democrats pledging to fight stigma,...
2 Jun 202552min
Ethan Sacks and Daughter Naomi Tackle Mental Health in Comics Form with A Haunted Girl
Ethan Sacks is a veteran comics writer, having created stories for Marvel, DC, and numerous Star Wars comics. In the comic A Haunted Girl, Ethan enlisted his daughter Naomi as co-writer to tell a stor...
26 Mai 202545min
