Madness Radio: Voices And Visions from Outside Mental Health explores 'madness' from beyond conventional perspectives and mainstream treatments, featuring survivors, authors, advocates, professionals, and artists.
Hosted by Will Hall, Madness Radio launched in 2005 on Valley Free Radio and aired more than 200 shows since then. We've been broadcast on KBOO in Oregon, syndicated on other stations through Pacifica, and currenrly podcasting on Spotify, Stitcher, iTunes, Pandora, and Google Play. More info on our About page.
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Mina: Madness & Mysticism: Portland Icarus Project
Mina, a main organizer with the Portand Icarus Project, discusses her experiences diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder schizophrenia – bipolar type, coming off meds, homelessness, mysticism, and helping people through psychotic crisis, as well as reading from her ‘zine.
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- Show topics:
- Coming Off Meds
Ed Knight: Recovery and Transformation
Ed Knight, schizophrenia and homelessness survivor, has become one of the leading advocates of a recovery-based approach in mental health, and is one of the main organizers of the consumer-survivor movement.
Ed is the Steward of The Healing Circle, a Zen Peacemaker Circle, and a Senior in the Buddhist Zen Peacemaker Sangha, as well as Vice President of Recovery, Rehabilitation and Mutual Support at Valueoptions, and a mentor in the Prison Dharma Network.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 52:36 — 96.4MB)
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- Show topics:
- Activism
- Alternatives
Peter Stastny: Dissident Psychiatrist
Psychiatrist Peter Stastny talks about his decades-long work as an anti-psychiatrist psychiatrist, problems with the hospital system and medications, and the international movement to create alternatives.
Peter is one of the main organizers of INTAR, the International Network of Treatment Alternatives for Recovery.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 51:34 — 70.9MB)
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International Network Towards Alternatives and Recovery – INTAR
INTAR — the International Network Towards Alternatives and Recovery — had a 2005 gathering of people from around the world working on ways to help people with schizophrenia, bipolar and other diagnoses without the medical model. This hour-long show interviews 13 participants.
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Restorative Justice w/ Rockdove Collective
Danielle, who works with a New York City policy NGO and is part of the activist Rockdove Collective, discusses the international Restorative Justice movement, creating effective mediation and community dialog as alternatives to the punitive prison-industrial complex criminal justice system. Danielle specifically focuses on using Restorative Justice for violent and serious crimes.
Check out www.rockdovecollective.org and www.restorativepractices.org
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Michael Perlin: International Mental Health Rights
Leading legal scholar Michael Perlin discusses psychiatric rights around the world and the political uses of forced treatment, at the 2006 NARPA conference.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:59 — 51.3MB)
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- Show topics:
- Human Rights
Police Violence: Jim Chasse, Portland Oregon
Portland Oregon police were exonerated after they beat and killed without provocation or cause Jim Chasse, a man labeled with schizophrenia.
http://www.mentalhealthportland.org
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 56:11 — 51.5MB)
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- Show topics:
- Human Rights
- Police & Prisons
Zyprexa Memos Scandal: Update
Zyprexa manufacturer Eli-Lilly covered up criminal conduct and drug risks, leaked documents show, and is using a court gag order to keep survivor activists, including Freedom Center organizer Will Hall, quiet.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:00:33 — 110.9MB)
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Kalle Lasn: Adbusters Founder
Culture jammer and anti-consumerist publisher of Adbusters magazine Kalle Lasn talks about the mental environment, brands, organizing for change and how toxic culture causes emotional distress.
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Sex Work w/ Caty Simon and Maryse
Sex workers Caty Simon and Maryse discuss social standards of normal and acceptable sexuality and how it affects mental wellbeing, from the point of view of sex workers rights.
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Voyce Hendrix: Inside Soteria House
Inside Soteria House with Voyce Hendrix, original clinical director who worked closely with Loren Mosher. Soteria House was a non-medication, non-diagnostic label and voluntary residence treating severe psychotic breakdown. Recovery rates were much higher in this humane and egalitarian atmosphere — but the project was shut down because it challenged the pharmaceutical company pro-medication interests.
Voyce discusses how Soteria was different than mainstream facilities and describes the healing results it had.
More info on Soteria House at http://www.moshersoteria.com
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 49:06 — 90.0MB)
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- Show topics:
- Alternatives
Poet Shaman Eddie Bartok-Baratta / Samana
Visionary writer, musician, and sculptor Eddie Bartok-Baratta performs his powerful poetry, plays flute, and discusses his amazing life, trauma and violence, and his creativity.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:22 — 50.8MB)
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- Show topics:
- Art
- Healing Trauma
- Music
- Poetry
Prescription Suicide? Documentary w/ Director Robert Manciero
A harrowing film of six families devastated by the dangerous violence-causing effects of anti-depressant drugs.
http://www.prescriptionsuicide.com
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 42:04 — 77.1MB)
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Julie Spooner: Urban Shamanism
Urban Shamanism with Julie Spooner, licensed psychologist from Brooklyn New York. Julie discusses a spiritual healing approach to madness and psychosis, including journeying through visionary states into alternate dimensions and interacting with illness and imbalance in their energetic and mystical forms.
Are people labeled ‘psychotic’ journeying to other dimensions like shamans do, but without realizing it? How can people learn to control these experiences as gifts rather than curses?
Julie can be reached at (718) 773-3338.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:08 — 37.7MB)
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- Show topics:
- Spirituality
Robert Whitaker: Violence and Madness
Violence and Madness with Robert Whitaker, Pulitzer-nominated author of “Mad In America,” discussing the role of psychiatric drugs in causing violence, the history of coercive psychiatric treatments, and responses to the recent murder of prominent psychiatrist Wayne Fenton by his patient.
Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 53:21 — 48.9MB)
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- Show topics:
- Big Pharma
- Books
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