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June 7, 2024
Rob with Gina Cavalier on The Liberated Healer
Gina Cavalier is working on a series and book about moving through suicidal feelings, and interviewed me for her Liberated Healer podcast.
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Intuitive Public Radio Hosts Rob
Mack Morris was one of the first people to educate me about the challenges faced by people with multiple disabilities and sensitivities, especially in relation to mental health care systems from which they alternately seek assistance or get threatened. Now, she interviews me for Intuitive Public Radio. Listen or watch here.
From the Intuitive Public Radio page: “There is deep pain in the world, especially for those who are most vulnerable and without resource access. When flawed systems fail us...
April 5, 2024
Upcoming Talks in New Jersey, Connecticut & Massachusetts
I’ll be speaking in New Jersey, Connecticut and Massachusetts in April. Come join us!
(Download this list of events as a PDF.)
Rob Wipond in Conversation in NJ, CT and MA
Thursday, April 11
Ocean Place Resort & Spa, Long Branch, NJ
Coalition of Mental Health Consumer Organizations
Click here for Conference Info
Monday, April 15
Connecticut Legal Rights Project (Private)
Tuesday, April 16
9am to 11am @
the Holyoke Public Library,
250 Chestnut St, Holyoke, MA
Tuesday, April 16, 12:30pm to 2pm
Com...
March 19, 2024
Hunter Keegan Talks to Rob on the Bipolar Recorder Podcast
Hunter Keegan is an artist, musician, podcaster, author, and activist, and was diagnosed with bipolar disorder in 2015 shortly after graduating from Penn State University with his bachelor’s degree in Psychology. Hunter and I had a lively and probing conversation on his Bipolar Recorder podcast! Listen to it here.
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March 10, 2024
Rob on Depth Work with Jazmine Russell
Jazmine Russell interviewed me for her Depth Work podcast: “DEPTH Work is a podcast for those who love to dive into transformative healing practices. We talk about mental health, madness, trauma, mind-body practices, energy work, ancestry, spirituality, societal change, somatics, and more. As a complex trauma survivor, holistic counselor, and co-founder of a transformative mental health training institute (IDHA-NYC.org), I believe that our deepest pain is guiding us towards our greatest transfor...
Jeff Brown Interviews Rob on The Enrealment Hour
Jeff Brown interviewed me for his podcast The Enrealment Hour: “Join author and sacred activist Jeff Brown, as he cuts through the denials, deceptions, and distractions that prevent us from living our truest lives. Let’s talk about dismantling the oppressive structures of today, and co-creating a world that honors our inherent magnificence. It’s time. Welcome to the Enrealment Hour.”
Jeff is a strong critic of the pharmaceutical industry, and also a popular advocate for holistic approaches to he...
Rob on Changing Crisis Care Podcast
Jessica (Watson Miller) Ocean interviewed me for Changing Crisis Care: The Psych Crisis Podcast. Jessica lost her brother after he had a brutal experience with involuntary psychiatric interventions.
“psychcrisis.org is working to change the system that responds when someone has a mental health crisis so it actually helps. On this podcast, we interview people with deep knowledge about some part of the system to ask ‘what needs to change?’ and ‘what is in the way?'”
The post ...
March 9, 2024
Political Uses of Mental Health Laws in the U.S. and Canada Today
After our talk got bombed by online trolls and forced to shut down, the Institute for Development of Human Arts kindly hosted me and Kelechi Ubozoh discussing “Political Uses of Mental Health Laws in the U.S. and Canada Today.” Unlike in my other talks, in this one I focus on how we understand “political” uses of involuntary detention and forced treatment, and show a range of important examples to consider. By the way, Kelechi is an amazing speaker and psychiatric survivor and well worth the lis...
Rob Discussing 988 in Canada on Rethreading Madness
Bernadine Fox interviewed me for Rethreading Madness after my most recent article about covert call tracing by the new 988 line in Canada. Bernadine received the Breaking Barriers award at the 2023 National Community Radio Awards — that’s her in the picture!
Click here to listen to the interview.
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February 24, 2024
988: Is it Harming More than Helping?
988: Is it harming more than helping? Wildflower Alliance hosted a discussion with me, psychiatric survivor and 988 victim Emily Wu Truong, and 988 consultant Jess Stohlman-Rainey about the latest known and still-not-known about 988 in the U.S.
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