Substance use and Politics: Sask Community Leaders Speak up.
Send us Fan Mail Judy Pelly is a well-respected Knowledge Keeper and advocate in Saskatoon, SK. Everett Hindley is the Minister of Mental Health and Addiction for the Sask Party. Join us this week a...
3 Feb 20221h 10min
How to not be an asshole to addicts, with Kayla Demong.
Send us Fan Mail "I came home to broken glass everywhere, and the drug dealers kids were in the middle of this chaos." Kayla walked a dark path to get to where she is today. "I wasn't a gang member,...
24 Jan 20221h 19min
Dead People Don't Recover
Send us Fan Mail "He thought he was doing Oxy, he was home alone, he didn't stand a chance." Petra Shulz lost her son to an overdose in 2014. Fentanyl ended his life at 25 years old and changed her li...
20 Des 20211h 10min
Surviving addiction in a blue collar.
Send us Fan Mail "I knew I was going to fail my second piss test too, I couldn't keep lying, I knew it was over. I went into Colleen's office and confessed." Paul works for Northern Strands in Saskato...
9 Des 20211h 5min
Foster Care Victim Speaks Up.
Send us Fan Mail "I stood on that bridge, thinking about ending the pain. I was 9 years old." Jessica Grew up immersed in addiction. "I remember knocking myself out on a prison toilet, on purpose, I d...
4 Des 202156min
Saskatchewan Addictions Research Expert Speaks up.
Send us Fan Mail "In my 25 years researching the traumas of colonization and addiction, the best solution I have ever found came though talking with a dog." Colleen is a faculty member in the Departm...
2 Des 202156min
Suicide isn't the solution. Trauma survivor speaks up.
Send us Fan Mail survivor speaks up. "I was committed and I jumped, but I woke up on the floor. The belt broke." Cody survived a horrific car crash. And while the crash didn't kill him, the trauma nea...
24 Nov 20211h 12min
Quitting alone doesn't end the pain. Person in long term recovery speaks up.
Send us Fan Mail "I had a visual of stabbing myself in the chest, that's when I realized something was still wrong. I was 2 years sober." Alannah struggled with mental health well after she made the d...
22 Nov 202154min
