Madness Radio

Nov 07 2024 175 ep. 54 mins 5.2k

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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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Escaped Lunatic | Irit Shimrat | Madness Radio

Nov 07 2024 65 mins

Legendary psychiatric survivor activist Irit Shimrat escaped psychiatric incarceration to become a leading anti-psychiatry organizer. Co-founder of the Ontario Psychiatric Survivors’ Alliance, Irit edited the Canadian magazine Phoenix Rising: The Voice of the Psychiatrized and wrote Call Me Crazy: Stories from the Mad Movement, bringing together the stories of many leading activi

Visionary Ecology | Steven Morgan | Madness Radio

Aug 05 2024 78 mins

Do grieving goats lick psychedelic lichen? Altered states are part of nature, used by plants and animals for survival(!). How does ecology reveal the evolutionary – and spiritual – purpose of psychosis? Steven Morgan, psychiatric survivor and trainer in Intentional Peer Support, led the Another Way sanctuary and was project director for Soteria Vermont. Today […]

Electroconvulsive Therapy Survey | John Read | Madness Radio

Jul 11 2024 9 mins

Please share widely! Survey on electroconvulsive therapy – electroshock therapy – for patients, family, and friends. John Read, survey researcher and professor at University of East London, is interviewed by Jessica Gallinger. www.ectsurvey.com www.electroshocksurvey.com

Grand Rounds UCSF Psychiatry – Will Hall – Madness Radio

Jul 08 2024 84 mins

Will Hall’s June 2024 Grand Rounds talk at University of California San Francisco Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences – where he was locked up as a young man! – titled “New Visions of Psychosis: Abolition as Clinical Best Practice.” Revenge is a dish best served cold. Video here: https://youtu.be/adYrzmJ2w50?si=nwAQBM2F6oYmbShe transcript here. 58 min version

Philosophy of Madness | Justin Garson | Madness Radio

Jun 13 2024 69 mins

Is madness dysfunction and breakdown – or part of human evolution that helps us survive? Writers going back to Hippocrates saw madness as the organism’s way to cope with its environment, so why has this view almost disappeared today? Justin Garson, professor of philosophy at Hunter College and author of Madness: a Philosophical Exploration, joins […]

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): https://www.madnessradio.net/audio-extra/RDLaingPoliticsOfExperienceLaingAudiobookFULL.mp3 Full book as chapters on this YouTube playlist: www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMya78GAdrpxtOjEayvM

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 […]