Madness Radio

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Interviews on personal experiences of "madness" and extreme states of consciousness, bipolar, schizophrenia, psychosis, depression and more, from outside conventional perspectives and mainstream treatments, as well as discussions with authors, advocates, scientists, and activists. What does it mean to be called "crazy" in a crazy world? Hosted by schizophrenia survivor Will Hall. www.madnessradio.net www.outsidementalhealth.com

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The End of the World | Will Hall | Madness Radio

Apr 08 2024 21 mins  
What can R.D. Laing, madness, and Star Trek teach us about the end of the world – and saving it? Will Hall reads “Can Madness Save the World? Where R.D. Laing—and Star Trek—Meet,” published on Mad In America March 14, 2024. The essay draws on the original series Star Trek episode City on the Edge of […]

Crazy or Religious? | Alison Smith | Madness Radio

Feb 01 2024 74 mins  
Does hearing God’s voice make you mentally ill? Will psychiatry help you cope with grief and rejection – or make things worse? After a distressing romantic breakup Alison Smith went to her college clinic for help – and was locked up, drugged, and labeled psychotic. Positive and mysterious voices – including visions of Jesus – […]

UCSF Grand Rounds | Dina Tyler | Madness Radio

Dec 07 2023 72 mins  
Dina Tyler’s FANTASTIC, heartful, brilliant December 2023 Grand Rounds talk at UCSF Medical School, “Improving Outcomes for Psychosis: Psychiatric Survivor and Critical Psychiatry Perspectives.” Also available as a video. (Transcript) (Slides from talk) (58 min) www.dinatyler.com

A Ten Day Voyage | R.D. Laing Politics of Experience Audiobook | Madness Radio

Sep 17 2023 33 mins  
Audiobook mp3 of Chapter 7 “A Ten Day Voyage”, from The Politics of Experience and the Bird of Paradise, by R.D. Laing, read by Will Hall. Full book .mp3 (cntrl/rtclck save as to download): http://www.madnessradio.net/audio-extra/RDLaingPoliticsOfExperienceLaingAudiobookFULL.mp3 Full book as chapters on this YouTube playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMya78GAdrpxtOjEayvMp

Abolition Is Disability Justice | Tina Minkowitz | Madness Radio

Sep 09 2023 93 mins  
Why are assault, kidnapping, and torture legal – when you have a psychiatric diagnosis? Is psychiatry’s legal double standard unjust in the same way a double standard would be for being female or Black? Should equal rights for the disabled also mean equal rights for mad people – because society sees us as disabled? Does […]

Abolish Psy? | Craig Newnes | Madness Radio

Jul 05 2023 68 mins  
Are psychotherapy’s assumptions completely misguided? What is really at stake in the research and practice of psychology? Is it possible to take a step back and see “psy” for what it is? Craig Newnes is a Jewish dad, grandad, musician, writer, and former director of one of the UK’s largest NHS Psychological Therapies Directorates, and […]

Flight From Trauma | Paris Williams | Madness Radio

May 10 2023 87 mins  
How does the terror of child abuse inspire the heights of spiritual awakening? Are risky behaviors with drugs and extreme sports also a search towards healing? Co-hosts Dina Tyler and Will Hall talk with Paris Williams, who has a PhD in clinical psychology and went through his own experience of extreme states and madness. Paris […]

Rethinking Therapy | Will Hall and Ryan Hofrichter | Madness Radio

Apr 25 2023 91 mins  
Therapist Ryan Hofrichter flips the mic on Madness Radio host Will Hall for a wide-ranging discussion about madness, psychiatry, and being a therapist. Topics include power in therapy, psychiatric diagnosis harms, naming ethical and professional dilemmas, working outside of the mainstream mental health system, understanding emotional distress in context, tragedy as potentially tran

Youth Leadership | Felicity Krueger & Oryx Cohen | Madness Radio

Apr 03 2023 45 mins  
Can teens lead their own mental health education? Are suicidal feelings and self harm “contagions” that young people shouldn’t talk about? How can mutual aid and peer support solve our youth mental health crisis? Felicity Krueger emerged out of trauma, anxiety, and the challenges of multi-racial adoption to become a leading teen advocate in Kentucky […]

Lyme And Dyskinesia | Monica Cassani | Madness Radio

Mar 09 2023 65 mins  
Are trauma, medication injury, and holistic health connected? Does Lyme disease infection relate to tardive dyskinesia from psychiatric drugs? Is there a spiritual purpose to debilitating illness? Monica Cassani is a psychiatric survivor and early leader in internet support with the Beyond Meds – Everything Matters website and community. Monica’s struggle with chronic iatrogeni