Mad Conversations: Recent Episodes
Mad Covid
Mad Conversations is a podcast about contemporary issues affecting the mad community. Each episode features a casual conversation between people who have lived experience of mental distress / illness, about key issues affecting their day to day lives. Mad Conversations is a MadCovid production which will continue and build on the conversations and personal testimonies featured in our Mad Covid Diaries and Voices projects. Mad Conversations will take a broader approach, beyond COVID19, and will feature contemporary issues including intersectionality, race, diagnosis, sexuality, politics and much more. Our aim is the same as it’s always been: to centre the voices and experiences of those who have not felt heard.
Welcome to our conversation on OCD, with Jo Edge , Hattie Porter and Max Hawker discussing compulsions, the impacts of coronavirus on their lives.
As a warning, this episode includes discussions of death, infanticide, self harm, and sexual abuse.
Max's book, "Rory Hobble and the Voyage to Haligogen" is availble for pre-order here, and Hatties blogs are available here.
Find more from us at madcovid.com, follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @MadCovid
Music is Slow Granite by Clipdad
Welcome to our conversation with Mary Nettle and Tamar White, discussing mad activism and survivor history.
Talking points inlcude:
- Access to mental health services
- Psychiatry, diagnosis and medical abuse
- Community building and activism
Find more from us at madcovid.com, follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @MadCovid
Music is Slow Granite by Clipdad
In this episode, we hear from Mad Covid diarist Sunitha about her experience with mental health over the past year, and beyond.
Read some of Sunitha's diary entries here, and find the rest of the Mad Covid Diary here
Find more from us at madcovid.com, follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @MadCovid
Music is Slow Granite by Clipdad
Welcome to our conversation with Soraya Stuart from Black Minds Matter and Jacq Applebee from Bisexuals of Colour.
Talking points include:
- Anti-Blackness and racism in Mental Health services
- BLM protests
- Living in a racist society - accessibility and representation
Follow Black Minds Matter at https://www.instagram.com/blackmindsmatter.uk/
Read the blog from Bisexuals of Colour at https://bisofcolour.home.blog/
Find more from us at madcovid.com, follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @MadCovid
Music is Slow Granite from Clipdad
Welcome to our conversation about BPD, EUPD and struggles with diagnosis.
Talking points include:
- Stigma and other barriers to speaking out
- Attitudes from professionals
- Treatment
- Structural inequalities
Thanks to Laura Wood for joining us for this conversation and sharing their experiences. Read more in Lauras book : All My Worldly Joy - a memoir of motherhood and mental health
Find more at madcovid.com, follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @MadCovid
Music is Slow Granite from Clipdad
Welcome to Mad Covid Conversations from the Mad Covid team.
In this episode, get to meet the team of Bethan, Ellie, Jo, Nell and Will, and hear our experiences of mental health and coronavirus.
The podcast is a MadCovid production which will continue and build on the conversations and personal testimonies featured in our Mad Covid Diaries and Voices projects. Find more of those at madcovid.com, and follow us on Instagram and Twitter: @MadCovid
Music is Slow Granite from Clipdad