Don't Be Afraid: Recent Episodes
Don't Be Afraid
There's a lot to be afraid of these days, with countless insurmountable problems destroying the world. But what if... those problems are actually surmountable? Hosts Paige and Pat discuss what individual efforts can do to ease those burdens.
In Episode 3, your hosts discuss the suicide epidemic, what that means, and how we can help.
Episode Notes
https://suicidepreventionlifeline.org/
https://afsp.org/about-suicide/suicide-statistics/
https://afsp.org/our-work/advocacy/action-center/#/bills
United States: 1-800-784-2433 (1-800-SUICIDE)
United States (en Espanol): 1-800-SUICIDA
United States-veterans 1-800-273-8255, Veterans Press 1
Europe Wide: 116 123 (free from any number)
Australia: 13 11 14 '
Belgium: 02 649 95 55
Brasil: 141
Canada: 1-800-273-8255
Deutschland: 0800 1110 111
Denmark: 70 20 12 01, livslinien.dk or Skrivdet.dk
France: 01 40 09 15 22
Greece: 1018 or 801 801 99 99
Iceland: 1717
India: 91-44-2464005 0 or 022-27546669
Ireland: ROI - local rate: 1850 60 90 90 ROI - minicom: 1850 60 90 91
Israel: 1201
Italia: 800 86 00 22
Malta: 179
Japan 03-3264-4343
Netherlands: 0900 1130113
New Zealand: 0800 543 354
Nippon: 3 5286 9090
Norway: 815 33 300
Osterreich: 116 123
Serbia: 0800 300 303 or 021 6623 393; Online chat: http://www.centarsrce.org/index.php/kontakt
South Africa: LifeLine- 0861 322 322; Suicide Crisis Line- 0800 567 567
Sverige: 020 22 00 60
Switzerland: 143 UK: 08457 90 90 90 or text 07725909090 or email jo@samaritans.org
Uruguay: 7pm to 11 pm – Landlines 0800 84 83 (FREE) 2400 84 83 24/7 – Cell phone lines 095 738 483 *8483
What Can We Do
No Time Commitment:
- Support Legislation
- Talk to your friends
- Possibly talk to your friends in a different way
One Hour Per Month
- Write to or email your representatives to ask them to support legislation
One Hour Per Week (or More)
- Volunteer as a field advocate for suicide prevention
- Volunteer with the suicide prevention lifeline
Footnotes
Splinter News: Study Finds an Easy Way to Save Kids' Lives
Business Insider: Lonely, burned out, and depressed: The state of millennials' mental health entering the 2020s]
Wikipedia: Suicide in the United States
Wikipedia: Gender Differences in Suicide
Pew Research: A Growing Number of American Teenagers, Particularly Girls, are Facing Depression
AFSP: Suicide Statistics
CDC: Vital Signs: Trends in Suicide Rates
VeryWellMind: Men and Suicide
VeryWellMind: Suicide Rates Overstated in People With Depression
WHO: Suicide Prevention
In Episode 2, your hosts discuss how much Netflix, streaming, and the internet as a whole contribute to climate change (spoiler alert -- it's a lot). Pat presents how Netflix didn't directly set Australia on fire, but through some motivated reasoning, determines that it certainly probably made the problem a lot worse. We gotta get them sweet clicks, baby! Recorded Jan 26, 2020.
Footnotes
Can the Internet Survive Climate Change?
40 Most Memorable Netflix Statistics Of 2020
Netflix Users Collectively Stream 164.8 Million Hours of Video Per Day
Data Center Cooling Costs | Dataspan
23% of American homes have 2 (or more) fridges
For the first episode of DBA, we take a look at what happened in the lead-up to the new year 2000. Was the y2k problem just overblown hype, or was a potential catastrophe avoided? What lessons can we learn from the actions taken to mitigate the problem? Paige presents. Recorded July 4, 2019.
Footnotes The facts of the Y2K bug and why it was nothing like Brexit | IT PRO
Y2K: Simply Explained - YouTube
Y2K bug | Definition, Hysteria, & Facts | Britannica.com
https://www.kentucky.com/opinion/op-ed/article44162106.html