Podcast appearances and mentions of mike vinopal

Mike Stephen learns about expanding access to cultural spaces for those with disabilities with Christena Gunther, president and founder of Cultural Access Collaborative, discusses a new funding opportunity for local cultural spaces with Illinois Humanities executive director Gabrielle Lyon, and gets the lowdown on Local Motive's new music with band frontman Mike Vinopal.

First off, I swear it wasn't my idea to put the dudes in the front seats and the women in the backseats. I knew it was going to be terrible optics. Dammit. This episode was a blast. I was joined by Mike Vinopal and Alex Subak of the bands Local Motive and Badcandy and Michelle Foik, founder of Eris Brewery and Cider House in Old Irving Park. As we ate delicious food from the Eris menu (and thought longingly about being able to enjoy Eris cider once we were out of the car), we talked about both bands (new albums on the way from both!) and Eris history (first female-owned brewery in Illinois and Chicago!). There was instant chemistry on this one. Hope you enjoy listening/watching!   Now is the time to go solar! Introducing Transparent Solar. With zero money down,  you can go solar and enjoy benefits like a 25 year warranty, saving money on your electric bill after installation and increasing your home value. Go to sopelsolar.com to learn more!

In this encore episode of the Psychology Talk Podcast, Kyle and Scott sit down with Mike Vinopal, the education director of Hope For The Day. Hope for the Day is a Chicago based, non-profit that works toward suicide prevention, and mental health education and destigmatization. Mike invited us to the cozy environs of Sip of Hope, Hope for the Day’s coffee bar. Mike speaks about the origins of Hope for the Day and the Sip of Hope coffee bar. He also discusses the outreach and educational mission of the organization. At the same time, it is a candid interview, and Mike shares his own mental health recovery story.

Mike Vinopal, Director of Education, and Joel Frieders, Director of public policy, for Hope for the Day return to Car Con Carne. They've been regular guests since the beginning of the pandemic for good reason. The need to talk about mental health and suicide is always vitally important, but certainly feels more so in 2020. What I like about Mike and Joel is they're not clinical or preachy when talking about mental health and suicide. They're honest and engaging communicators who listen, inform and speak on a welcome, personal level.   Thanks to C&H Financial Services for sponsoring this episode. Get the help your business needs (zero-cost payment-processing/cost effective lending/etc.) at And thanks to Happy to Meat U () for partnering up with Car Con Carne! They deliver delicious, premium meat affordably at the local level. Use promo code JVO to get FREE Chicago area (city/burbs) delivery this week only!

Mike Vinopal, Director of Education, and Joel Frieders, Director of public policy, for Hope for the Day return to Car Con Carne. They've been regular guests since the beginning of the pandemic for good reason. The need to talk about mental health and suicide is always vitally important, but certainly feels more so in 2020. What I like about Mike and Joel is they're not clinical or preachy when talking about mental health and suicide. They're honest and engaging communicators who listen, inform and speak on a welcome, personal level.   Thanks to C&H Financial Services for sponsoring this episode. Get the help your business needs (zero-cost payment-processing/cost effective lending/etc.) at https://www.chfs.us/ And thanks to Happy to Meat U (https://www.happytomeatu.com) for partnering up with Car Con Carne! They deliver delicious, premium meat affordably at the local level. Use promo code JVO to get FREE Chicago area (city/burbs) delivery this week only!

This week's episode, titled “The Cookout - Food & Mental Health”, celebrates cookout season with a panel of guests from Hope for the Day's 86 The Silence program and the greater Chicagoland food + beverage community. We are also joined by individuals working on food relief efforts to support communities during these challenging times, including The Community Kitchen, from a group of industry workers, and Community of the Future, from a group of creatives coming together.We change it up in this episode, as Mike Vinopal, Hope for the Day's Director of Education hosts our amazing panel of guests this week. Our guests include Won Kim, Community of the Future Culinary Director, The Community Kitchen, Kimski, Artist; Joel Frieders, HFTD’s Director of Public Policy, Heartland Beverage; Jeannine Wise, HFTD's 86 The Silence Champion; Emmaline Rasmussen, RDN, Founder/CEO of Sound Nutrition; and last but definitely not least - Ed Marszewski, Community of the Future, The Community Kitchen, Marz Brewing, Director of Public Media Institute.Conversations Cafe is (usually) a monthly live podcast recording at Sip of Hope Coffee Bar featuring education and open forum dialogue on the intersections of Mental Health within our communities. This education programming is brought to you by Hope for the Day with support from our partners in prevention, The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention of Illinois, Banyan Treatment Center, and Janssen.Join the conversation. We are in this together.Anthologies / Rick Osowski / Hope for the Dayhttps://www.auxchicago.com/anthologies-of-hopehttps://www.anthologiesofhope.com/https://www.instagram.com/anthologiesofhope/https://www.facebook.com/anthologiesofhope/https://www.instagram.com/rosowski/https://www.hftd.org/https://www.instagram.com/hopefortheday/https://www.facebook.com/hopefortheday/https://sipofhope.com/https://www.instagram.com/sipofhope/https://www.facebook.com/sipofhope

Recorded on the eve of May, and the beginning of Mental Health Month, this episode focuses on understanding dual diagnosis and its intersection with mental health. Guests this week include Hope for the Day Agents of Impact Marlo Reyes, host of Caguamas & Dramas, and Hilary Kniss, as well as special guests Mike Vinopal, musician and Hope for the Day's Director of Education; Erin Dunbar, Sip of Hope Coffee Bar barista; Amanda Osowski, founder/owner of Heartfelt Beginnings - Infertility, Antenatal, and Postpartum Doula Services; and Rick Osowski, Hope for the Day Surrogate and founder/host of Anthologies of Hope.Conversations Cafe is (usually) a monthly live podcast recording at Sip of Hope Coffee Bar featuring education and open forum dialogue on the intersections of Mental Health within our communities. This education programming is brought to you by Hope for the Day with support from our partners in prevention, The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention of Illinois, Banyan Treatment Center, and Janssen.Join the conversation. We are in this together.Anthologies / Rick Osowski / Hope for the Dayhttps://www.auxchicago.com/anthologies-of-hopehttps://www.anthologiesofhope.com/https://www.instagram.com/anthologiesofhope/https://www.facebook.com/anthologiesofhope/https://www.instagram.com/rosowski/https://www.hftd.org/https://www.instagram.com/hopefortheday/https://www.facebook.com/hopefortheday/https://sipofhope.com/https://www.instagram.com/sipofhope/https://www.facebook.com/sipofhope

 Education Director  joins me to talk about Hope For the Day's mission to normalize conversation about mental health. Feeling low or desperate in this crazy, unprecedented time? Mike offers advice, links, and suggestions. We also end the podcast with an acoustic performance over web chat (again, forgive the audio quality; that's life under a pandemic). For reference: Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance | Support Groups Central Free Headspace for US healthcare professionals Talkspace’s Response to COVID-19 | Talkspace NAMI Chicago Helpline (Call them at 833-626-4244) & Information for more Virtual Support Groups: From NAMI Metro Suburban: Visit  for the latest information on virtual programs and services available. NAMI Dupage - Peer Counselor Request Form

Hope For The Day Education Director Mike Vinopal joins me to talk about Hope For the Day's mission to normalize conversation about mental health. Feeling low or desperate in this crazy, unprecedented time? Mike offers advice, links, and suggestions. We also end the podcast with an acoustic performance over web chat (again, forgive the audio quality; that's life under a pandemic). For reference: Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance | Support Groups Central https://www.supportgroupscentral.com/groups_detail.cfm… Free Headspace for US healthcare professionals https://www.headspace.com/health-covid-19 Talkspace’s Response to COVID-19 | Talkspace https://www.talkspace.com/…/coronavirus-talkspace-resources/ NAMI Chicago Helpline (Call them at 833-626-4244) & Information for more Virtual Support Groups: https://www.namichicago.org/groups-and-classes… From NAMI Metro Suburban: Visit www.namimetsub.org for the latest information on virtual programs and services available. NAMI Dupage - Peer Counselor Request Form http://namidupage.org/…/resou…/peer-specialist-request-form/

On episode 42, Kyle and Scott sit down with Mike Vin-Opal, the education director of Hope For The Day. Hope for the Day is a Chicago based, non-profit that works toward suicide prevention, and mental health education and destigmatization. Mike invited us to the cozy environs of Sip of Hope, Hope for the Day’s coffee bar. Mike fills speaks about the origins of Hope for the Day and the Sip of Hope coffee bar. He also discusses the outreach and educational mission of the organization. At the same time, it is a candid interview, and Mike shares his own mental health recovery story. Hope for the Day Sip of Hope

On Episode 114 of You, Me, Empathy, Mike Vinopal and I explore suppressing emotions, why mental illness stigma silences, and the proactive suicide prevention organization, Hope For the Day. Support The Feely Human Collective!

This month’s episode, titled “Hope for the Holidays”, features interviews with Hope For The Day Agents of Impact and Partners in Prevention doing amazing work to start the conversation in their own way, breaking the silence on mental health together as a community through their various talents and passions.Our guests this month include:-Mike Vinopal, Director of Education for HFTD, sitting down one-on-one with Caleb Jennings, one-half of Kambs Jennings Group - an amazing Partner in Prevention with HFTD.-Agent of Impact, Kate Smith, creator of One Woman Hamlet, an extra special one-woman show that aims to "Shake(speare) The Stigma Surrounding Mental Health."-Agent of Impact, Stefanie Berecz of the amazing band, The Right Now, talks about how she got involved with Hope For The Day, their performance at last year's Hope Ball, and how the band continues to break the silence together. - And the episode is closed out by an amazing, live two song performance by Stefanie and Chris from The Right Now!The Conversations Cafe is a monthly live podcast recording at Sip of Hope Coffee Bar featuring education and open forum dialogue on the intersections of Mental Health within our communities. This education programming is brought to you by Hope For The Day with support from our partners in prevention, The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention of Illinois, Banyan Treatment Center, and Janssen.The live experience of this month's episode who attended at Sip of Hope was generously sponsored by Partners in Prevention, Eating Recovery Center & Insight Behavioral Health Centers, who picked up the tab for guests for the evening. Eating Recovery Center’s mission is to provide the very best care to patients, families and providers of care in the treatment of, and recovery from, eating disorders and related conditions. Insight Behavioral Health Centers offers higher levels of care for children, adolescents, adults and their and families facing serious emotional and behavioral health concerns.Join the conversation. We are in this together.Anthologies / Rick Osowski / Hope for the Dayhttps://www.auxchicago.com/anthologies-of-hopehttps://www.anthologiesofhope.com/https://www.instagram.com/anthologiesofhope/https://www.facebook.com/anthologiesofhope/https://www.instagram.com/rosowski/https://www.hftd.org/https://www.instagram.com/hopefortheday/https://www.facebook.com/hopefortheday/https://sipofhope.com/https://www.instagram.com/sipofhope/https://www.facebook.com/sipofhope

At long last, Mike Vinopal sits down with us for a long-form, deep-dive, one-on-one conversation covering his mental health journey. In his role as Hope for the Day Director of Education, you have heard him on Anthologies of Hope before leading the Sip of Hope one-year anniversary episode with me and recently hosting our Veterans Day Conversations Cafe episode as well.You will quickly hear the love he has for Hope for the Day, Sip of Hope, and everyone involved in breaking the stigmas associated with the mental health movement. We cover Mike’s childhood, growing up as a “different” kid in an otherwise white suburban upbringing, going off to college and discovering a whole new world of opportunities, working in the mental health field after discovering the desire to work in the act of service, as well as returning to Chicago to see where life led him full circle.We also dive deep into how and why Mike came face to face with his own mental health issues after returning to Chicago and the work he needed to do to come out on the other side of crisis, while growing and supporting his mental health both personally and professionally, including how he ended up manifesting his current role into existence!Throughout you will also hear Mike mention music again and again, so if you would like to see more of where you can find Mike’s musical talents, head on over to his Guest Page to find out all the bands and locations he is a part of. And if you’d like to meet Mike, learn from Mike, and spend a quality 4 hours with him, be sure to check out peervention.org, as Mike teaches the PEERvention workshops that HFTD hosts at the Logan Square Public Library each month.Anthologies / Rick Osowski / Hope for the Dayhttps://www.auxchicago.com/anthologies-of-hopehttps://www.anthologiesofhope.com/https://www.instagram.com/anthologiesofhope/https://www.facebook.com/anthologiesofhope/https://www.instagram.com/rosowski/https://www.hftd.org/https://www.instagram.com/hopefortheday/https://www.facebook.com/hopefortheday/https://sipofhope.com/https://www.instagram.com/sipofhope/https://www.facebook.com/sipofhope

This week's Conversations Cafe Veterans Day special edition brings you a supercut of the larger Hope for the Day family and the work they are doing in and around the mental health care space for Veterans of all sorts.Director of Hope for the Day’s Project R.E.D. Team, Ryan Shannon, kicks us off (5:57) with an opening greeting, the importance of seeking help both during your service and once you return home, and what to be on the lookout for in 2020 from HFTD.Next up, Director of Education for Hope for the Day, Mike Vinopal, join us for two segments this week. Starting off (7:33), he chats with Sheri Gross of the Road Home Program to discuss some of the great work they are doing to provide support for Veterans. You can hear a little background on the Road Home Program back on our first Conversations Cafe episode, All in the Family, but this week they dive into the details of Sheri’s personal & professional experiences of working to bring the necessary support to those who need it! You can find more info on the road home program at roadhomeprogram.org.The second panel Mike facilitates this week (39:52) brings you Schmid Etienne and Lauren Ruckheim of R.E.S.S.E.T. Studio, along with Frank and Alia Reichart, close friends and members of the HFTD Family. You will hear the ups and downs of Schmid and Frank’s service separately, the awesome work that Schmid and Lauren are doing with R.E.S.S.E.T. Studio to bring pragmatic and tactile coping tools to veterans in need, as well as how Frank & Alia discovered Hope for the Day and continue to contribute to the conversation, helping others while they learn to cope with post-service life themselves and for family members.Anthologies / Rick Osowski / Hope for the Dayhttps://www.auxchicago.com/anthologies-of-hopehttps://www.anthologiesofhope.com/https://www.instagram.com/anthologiesofhope/https://www.facebook.com/anthologiesofhope/https://www.instagram.com/rosowski/https://www.hftd.org/https://www.instagram.com/hopefortheday/https://www.facebook.com/hopefortheday/https://sipofhope.com/https://www.instagram.com/sipofhope/https://www.facebook.com/sipofhope

This week wraps up our multi-part series celebrating Sip of Hope's first birthday! Celebrating on May 1st, 2019, we recorded founders, staff, friends, and family of Hope for the Day and Sip of Hope, capturing how the first-of-a-kind coffee shop - with all of its profits directly benefiting proactive suicide prevention - came to be, as well as what makes it tick on a daily basis.Mike Vinopal, from Hope for the Day, joins us again as we bring you interviews with the awesome Sip of Hope baristas. Our interviews cover everything from what brought them to Sip of Hope, what they learned in the past year working at Sip of Hope, memorable experiences with shop patrons and community members, as well as how Hope for the Day's proactive suicide prevention (or "peervention") strategy has benefited their lives on a daily basis.After listening to all the wonderful answers from the Sip of Hope barista family, you can see why the coffee shop has thrived in its first year and why the Logan Square community has embraced it wholeheartedly. Here's to the first year and many more.Anthologies / Rick Osowski / Hope for the Dayhttps://www.auxchicago.com/anthologies-of-hopehttps://www.anthologiesofhope.com/https://www.instagram.com/anthologiesofhope/https://www.facebook.com/anthologiesofhope/https://www.instagram.com/rosowski/https://www.hftd.org/https://www.instagram.com/hopefortheday/https://www.facebook.com/hopefortheday/https://sipofhope.com/https://www.instagram.com/sipofhope/https://www.facebook.com/sipofhope

This week kicks off our multi-part series celebrating Sip of Hope's first birthday! Celebrating on May 1st, 2019, we recorded founders, staff, friends, and family of Hope for the Day and Sip of Hope, capturing how the first-of-a-kind coffee shop - with all of its profits directly benefiting proactive suicide prevention - came to be, as well as what makes it tick on a daily basis.This episode brings you a handful of awesome long-form interviews with Jonny Boucher, Founder and CEO of Hope for the Day; Kyle Hodges, Minister of Propaganda for Dark Matter Coffee; Luis Arroyo, Cook County Commissioner; and Brian Kmiecik, General Manager of Sip of Hope. Mike Vinopal of Hope for the Day joins us to bring you this week's interviews!Background music for this week's interviews comes from Soundstripe artist, Shane Becker.Harmonicshttps://app.soundstripe.com/songs/3371Cloud Ninety 9https://app.soundstripe.com/songs/5741Anthologies / Rick Osowski / Hope for the Dayhttps://www.auxchicago.com/anthologies-of-hopehttps://www.anthologiesofhope.com/https://www.instagram.com/anthologiesofhope/https://www.facebook.com/anthologiesofhope/https://www.instagram.com/rosowski/https://www.hftd.org/https://www.instagram.com/hopefortheday/https://www.facebook.com/hopefortheday/https://sipofhope.com/https://www.instagram.com/sipofhope/https://www.facebook.com/sipofhope

Longtime friend and stagemate Mike Vinopal brought his dad over to the green room on a pleasant Sunday afternoon to hang out with Stephanie. The two talk about Mike's beginnings as a guitar player and musician, and how life cycled around to bring him where he is today.It's an episode filled with cute cousin stories, and fun facts about growing up in a family where no one is shy about creativity and performance. Stephanie is very happy to share her twentieth episode with someone she loves so much, and with whom she has had so much history playing stages and tearing up green rooms.Mike Vinopalhttps://www.instagram.com/mikevinopal/https://www.instagram.com/hopefortheday/https://www.literateape.com/https://www.instagram.com/localmotiveband/https://open.spotify.com/artist/7KbnzrLo2tOCPIdjOMOvhBhttps://www.facebook.com/masonscase/https://www.instagram.com/masonscase/https://open.spotify.com/artist/0rUlk8OOkzcDh63qalVPwfhttps://www.facebook.com/mamajimiband/In the Green Room / Stephanie / Isabellahttps://www.auxchicago.com/in-the-green-roomhttps://www.instagram.com/inthegreenroompod/https://www.instagram.com/Gwenafrave/https://www.instagram.com/isabellaeliopulos/Produced by Isabella EliopulosTheme by Adam SteinLogo by Allie Shapiro

Longtime friend and stagemate Mike Vinopal brought his dad over to the green room on a pleasant Sunday afternoon to hang out with Stephanie. The two talk about Mike’s beginnings as a guitar player and musician, and how life cycled around to bring him where he is today. It’s an episode filled with cute cousin stories, and fun facts about growing up in a family where no one is shy about creativity and performance. Stephanie is very happy to share her twentieth episode with someone she loves so much, and with whom she has had so much history playing stages and tearing up green rooms.Mike Vinopalhttps://www.instagram.com/mikevinopal/https://www.instagram.com/hopefortheday/https://www.literateape.com/https://www.instagram.com/localmotiveband/https://open.spotify.com/artist/7KbnzrLo2tOCPIdjOMOvhBhttps://www.facebook.com/masonscase/https://www.instagram.com/masonscase/https://open.spotify.com/artist/0rUlk8OOkzcDh63qalVPwfhttps://www.facebook.com/mamajimiband/ITGR / Stephanie / Isabellahttps://artfinixstudios.com/in-the-green-roomhttps://artfinixstudios.com/artfinix-podcasts/https://www.facebook.com/ArtfinixPOD/https://www.instagram.com/artfinixpodcasts/https://www.instagram.com/inthegreenroompod/https://www.instagram.com/gwenafrave/https://www.instagram.com/isabellaeliopulos/https://www.instagram.com/singinnnsongs/Theme by Adam SteinLogo by Allie Shapiro

On this, the first live episode of the ApeCast at GMan Tavern, Don, David and guests Mike Vinopal and Brian Sweeney talk about working as a television extra, the fact that Mike dated Don's wife before they got married, Jerry Lewis's The Day the Clown Cried, and each person's favorite film of 2017. Also, we are treated with a song by Mike.Plus, as always, six things for you to do this week...

This episode is a tribute to Halloween with a series of creepy and near death stories by Don, Allison King, Matthew Staton, Maro, Mike Vinopal and Vicki Brandenburg.

Mike Vinopal from Local Motives talks to Alex about their new album, Grams on Radio One Chicago!

Local Motive is a new Chicago rock & roll band, true to the spirit of soul & funk, putting a modern twist on that classic feel. Formed at a casual jam one night in 2012, the ensemble went unnamed for a time. Through a mutual love of bands like Beck & Cake and playing live original music, guitarist/songwriter Mike Vinopal, bassist Brett Weides, vocalist Daniella Rojas, trumpeter Matthew Sypherd, & drummer Jeb Rendall were all brought together in the Chicago suburb of Bartlett.