Podcast
It's A Mad World!
Hosted by Peadar O'Grady · EN
This is a podcast on the politics of mental health and the mental health of politics. Over the course of the series Dr Peadar O'Grady will discuss mental health with a host of guests involved in the field.
It's A Mad World is produced by the Red Network
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Peadar O'Grady in conversation with Sami Timimi
Jun 13, 202101:01:56Tap to summarizeIn this episode Dr Peadar O'Grady interviews author and Child and adolescent psychiatrist Sami Timimi about the industry they both work, the affect neo liberalism has had on both child and adult psychiatry, the affect the pandemic has had on society and Sami's publications.
Transcribe →A discussion with Roisin Ryder
May 21, 202100:48:20Tap to summarizeIn this week's episode Dr Peadar O'Grady talks to socialist and inner city Dublin community development worker Roisin Ryder about the Fatima Mansion regeneration project and community development, while giving a little plug to the "Resistance Choir".
Transcribe →A conversation with writer and parent, Adrienne Murphy
Apr 30, 202100:54:21Tap to summarizeIn this the third episode Dr Peadar O'Grady talks to Adrienne Murphy, a writer, campaigner and mother of neurodivergent and award winning poet Caoimh. They discuss Caoimh's journey, the dossiers built and maintained by the HSE and the low arousal approach.
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A conversation with socialist author and blogger Susan Rosenthal
Apr 16, 202100:43:15Tap to summarizeIn this the second episode, Dr Peadar O'Grady talks to retired physician, socialist author and blogger, Susan Rosenthal. Susan is the author of such titles as Rebel Minds, Sick and Sicker and Power and Powerlessness. More of Susan's work can be found here: https://susanrosenthal.com/
Transcribe →A discussion with Robert Whittaker (Mad In America)
Apr 1, 202100:55:37Tap to summarizeIn this the first episode of the series Dr Peadar O'Grady talks to Robert Whitaker, an award winning journalist and author of five books, three on psychiatry. He is also the founder and publisher of Mad In America.com, a website that features research, news and blogs by an international group of writers interested in rethinking psychiatry. This Podcast is Produced by the Red Network
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