Podcast appearances and mentions of Sandy Allen

A new MP3 sermon from Covenant Baptist Church is now available on SermonAudio with the following details: Title: The Body of Christ Subtitle: Special Message Speaker: Sandy Allen Broadcaster: Covenant Baptist Church Event: Sunday Service Date: 7/28/2024 Bible: 1 Corinthians 12:12-27 Length: 58 min.

For this episode we listened to the 99 Percent Invisible podcast episode 412, Where Do We Go From Here? To listen to the episode, and for a lot more background information visit here: https://99percentinvisible.org/episode/where-do-we-go-from-here/In the podcast, host Roman Mars and reporter Sandy Allen explore transgender and non-binary experiences of public toilets, as well as looking at the history of public toilets and more modern approaches to inclusive, universal design. These are edited highlights of our reflections inspired by their report

The Mystery of the Iron Box by Bruce Campbell audiobook. When Ken Holt's father, the famous newspaper writer, comes home for a Christmas visit, one of the gifts he brings is an antique iron box. Soon after he arrives a serious of unexplained events occur, including an attempted burglary. A hunch that the iron box is at the center of these occurrences sends Ken Holt and his friend Sandy Allen on an exciting adventure to solve the mystery! Ken Holt was the central characters in a series of 18 mystery stories for boys written by Sam and Beryl Epstein under the pseudonym Bruce Campbell. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This week we go back into the Ongoing history vault from 2008 and the first of two parts on world records. Chances are you have at least some kind of talent. Maybe it's not something very useful, but at least it's something that you can do that no one else can. My mom used to say that everyone is good at something or at the very least, known for something that no one else is.  For example, I grew up with a kid who could dislocate his thumbs at will. It was great for freaking out substitute teachers. He got to go home early a lot. Another kid could pop a wheelie on his bike and ride it all the way home like that, and he'd live more than a mile from the school. Sometime in the 1970s, though, the world discovered the Guinness Book of World Records. And that's when we realized that there were things out there much stranger than we could ever realize. Like the dude from India whose fingernails had a combined length of over 20ft. Or Elaine Davidson, the world's most pierced woman; 720 piercings, including dozens in her face. Another dude from Scotland has tattoos over 99.9% of his body, making him the world's most tattooed man. Then, in the summer of 2008, Sandy Allen died. She was the world's tallest woman. At 7ft seven inches, she lived in the same Indiana nursing home as Edna Parker, who died year earlier at the age of 115. And up until then; she had been the world's oldest woman. Now, this kind of got me thinking. Has anyone ever put together a list of world records for the world of new rock? A list of all the superlatives, the biggest, the shortest, the highest, the longest, the most expensive, all those things? And I couldn't find one. So I thought to myself, hey, there's a gap in the market. There's got to be enough genuine and morbid curiosity out there to make it worthwhile. And who knows? Maybe a project like this might inspire someone to-do something great, or at least something weird. Which, of course, would be good, too. Therefore, ladies and gentlemen, I give you…The Ongoing History of New Music “Book of World Records version 1.0” part one. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

It feels like talking about mental health, in our workplaces, homes and schools, is not as unusual – or as risky – as it may have been until very recently. But what do we really mean when we talk about de-stigmatizing mental health – and what gets left out of the public conversation? Sandy Allen is a writer, mental health advocate, and the author of the book “A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story About Schizophrenia”. In this episode, Sandy speaks about the experience of writing a memoir about his uncle who lived with schizophrenia and what the process showed him about the diversity of the human mind and experience. Sandy then shares how he thinks and rethinks what “mental health” means, and imagines some of the ways we could begin to restructure society so everyone's spirits and minds have access to equitable and dignified care. For the full text transcript, visit go.ted.com/BHTranscripts

Quelques infos supplémentaires sur l'actualité de la santé mentale :Le numéro national de prévention du suicide a été lancé le vendredi 5 octobre 2021, annonce Olivier Véran. "Gratuit, accessible 7 jours sur 7 et 24h/24, depuis tout le territoire national, ce numéro permettra d'apporter une réponse immédiate aux personnes en détresse psychique et à risque suicidaire", a précisé le ministre.À partir de 2022, les séances chez un psychologue en ville seront donc remboursées. Le montant de la première consultation sera fixé à 40 euros, les autres à 30 euros. Il n'y aura aucun reste à charge pour les patients.Mercredi 29 novembre, le tribunal de Los Angeles a décidé de retirer la tutelle de Britney Spears à son père Jamie dont il abuse depuis 2008.Depuis peu, des célébrités telles que Britney Spears, Simone Biles, Billie Eilish et bien d'autres, tentent d'alerter les médias et le public sur l'importance de la santé mentale. Pression musicale, sportive ou médiatique, ces stars se sentent-elles enfin libérées ? Quels obstacles doivent-elles encore surmonter aujourd'hui ? Clémentine Gallot et Kaoutar Harchi nous exposent les dessous de ce sujet peu traité par les médias mainstream dans ce nouvel épisode de Quoi de Meuf.Les références entendues dans cet épisode :I May Destroy You de Michaela Coel (2020)“Les Français face à la vague psy du Covid-19”, La Dépêche (2021)Team USA : Scandale dans le monde de la gymnastique de Bonni Cohen et Jon Shenk (2020)Liye Fu and Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil and Lillian Lee Cornell University, “Tie-breaker: Using language models to quantify gender bias in sports journalism” (2016)Framing Britney Spears de Samantha Stark (2021)#MonPostPartum porté par Illana Weizman, Ayla Saura, Morgane Koresh et Masha Sacré. Illana Weizman, “Ceci est notre post-partum. Défaire les mythes et les tabous pour s'émanciper”, Marabout (2021)Paul B. Preciado, “Je suis un monstre qui vous parle”, Grasset (2020)Week-end, “Les thérapies en ligne: la révolution du self-care ?” (2021)Les comptes Instagram qui parlent de santé mentale : @freud.intensifies ; @millennial.therapist ; @lapsydufutur ; @anxietyjoshAudrey Chabal, “Instagram : le nouveau divan des psys”, Elle (2021)Virginie Ollagnier, “Nellie Bly”, Glénat (2021)Le bal des folles de Mélanie Laurent (2021)En thérapie de Eric Toledano et Olivier Nakache (2021)Fleabag de Phoebe Waller-Bridge (2016)Girls de Lena Dunham (2012)Crazy ex-girlfriend de Rachel Bloom et Aline Brosh McKenna (2015)Euphoria de Ron Leshem, Daphna Levin et Tmira Yardeni (2019)This way up de Aisling Bea (2019)L'album Happier than ever de Billie Eilish (2021)Jean-Victor Blanc, “Pop & Psy”, Plon (2019)Le podcast Mad Chat de Sandy Allen (2019)Scenes from a marriage de Hagai Levi (2021)Mona Chollet, “Réinventer l'amour. Comment le patriarcat sabote les relations hétérosexuelles”, La Découverte (2021)Quoi de Meuf est une émission de Nouvelles Écoutes. Rédaction en chef : Clémentine Gallot. Journalistes chroniqueuses : Emeline Amétis, Kaoutar Harchi, Anne-Laure Pineau, Pauline Verduzier. Montage et mixage par Laurie Galligani. Prise de son par Adrien Beccaria à l'Arrière Boutique. Générique réalisé par Aurore Meyer Mahieu. Réalisation et coordination : Cassandra de Carvalho et Mathilde JoninVous pouvez consulter notre politique de confidentialité sur https://art19.com/privacy ainsi que la notice de confidentialité de la Californie sur https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

Quelques infos supplémentaires sur l'actualité de la santé mentale :Le numéro national de prévention du suicide a été lancé le vendredi 5 octobre 2021, annonce Olivier Véran. "Gratuit, accessible 7 jours sur 7 et 24h/24, depuis tout le territoire national, ce numéro permettra d'apporter une réponse immédiate aux personnes en détresse psychique et à risque suicidaire", a précisé le ministre.À partir de 2022, les séances chez un psychologue en ville seront donc remboursées. Le montant de la première consultation sera fixé à 40 euros, les autres à 30 euros. Il n'y aura aucun reste à charge pour les patients.Mercredi 29 novembre, le tribunal de Los Angeles a décidé de retirer la tutelle de Britney Spears à son père Jamie dont il abuse depuis 2008.Depuis peu, des célébrités telles que Britney Spears, Simone Biles, Billie Eilish et bien d'autres, tentent d'alerter les médias et le public sur l'importance de la santé mentale. Pression musicale, sportive ou médiatique, ces stars se sentent-elles enfin libérées ? Quels obstacles doivent-elles encore surmonter aujourd'hui ? Clémentine Gallot et Kaoutar Harchi nous exposent les dessous de ce sujet peu traité par les médias mainstream dans ce nouvel épisode de Quoi de Meuf. Les références entendues dans cet épisode : I May Destroy You de Michaela Coel (2020)“Les Français face à la vague psy du Covid-19”, La Dépêche (2021)Team USA : Scandale dans le monde de la gymnastique de Bonni Cohen et Jon Shenk (2020)Liye Fu and Cristian Danescu-Niculescu-Mizil and Lillian Lee Cornell University, “Tie-breaker: Using language models to quantify gender bias in sports journalism” (2016)Framing Britney Spears de Samantha Stark (2021)#MonPostPartum porté par Illana Weizman, Ayla Saura, Morgane Koresh et Masha Sacré. Illana Weizman, “Ceci est notre post-partum. Défaire les mythes et les tabous pour s'émanciper”, Marabout (2021)Paul B. Preciado, “Je suis un monstre qui vous parle”, Grasset (2020)Week-end, “Les thérapies en ligne: la révolution du self-care ?” (2021)Les comptes Instagram qui parlent de santé mentale : @freud.intensifies ; @millennial.therapist ; @lapsydufutur ; @anxietyjoshAudrey Chabal, “Instagram : le nouveau divan des psys”, Elle (2021)Virginie Ollagnier, “Nellie Bly”, Glénat (2021)Le bal des folles de Mélanie Laurent (2021)En thérapie de Eric Toledano et Olivier Nakache (2021)Fleabag de Phoebe Waller-Bridge (2016)Girls de Lena Dunham (2012)Crazy ex-girlfriend de Rachel Bloom et Aline Brosh McKenna (2015)Euphoria de Ron Leshem, Daphna Levin et Tmira Yardeni (2019)This way up de Aisling Bea (2019)L'album Happier than ever de Billie Eilish (2021)Jean-Victor Blanc, “Pop & Psy”, Plon (2019)Le podcast Mad Chat de Sandy Allen (2019)Scenes from a marriage de Hagai Levi (2021)Mona Chollet, “Réinventer l'amour. Comment le patriarcat sabote les relations hétérosexuelles”, La Découverte (2021)Quoi de Meuf est une émission de Nouvelles Écoutes. Rédaction en chef : Clémentine Gallot. Journalistes chroniqueuses : Emeline Amétis, Kaoutar Harchi, Anne-Laure Pineau, Pauline Verduzier. Montage et mixage par Laurie Galligani. Prise de son par Adrien Beccaria à l'Arrière Boutique. Générique réalisé par Aurore Meyer Mahieu. Réalisation et coordination : Cassandra de Carvalho et Mathilde JoninSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

In Episode 4, we welcome our spouses, David and Bonnie, back to the podcast to talk about movies that might be essays. Also: a very delayed mailbag, a story about three-thousand-dollar Pennsylvania whiskey, Arlo makes a cameo, we all do impromptu Werner Herzog impersonations, penguin suicide, essayistic film moves, and (much) more. Links to some things we mention: (In response to the question about queer & trans essayists): T Fleischmann’s books: Time is the Thing a Body Moves Through: https://coffeehousepress.org/products/time-is-the-thing-a-body-moves-through Syzygy, Beauty: http://www.sarabandebooks.org/all-titles/syzygy-beauty-an-essay-t-fleischmann Alex Marzano-Lesnevich’s website, with links to their essays/books: http://alexandria-marzano-lesnevich.com/ Alex’s Harper’s essay, “Body Language”: https://harpers.org/archive/2019/12/body-language-genderqueerness/ Berry Grass’ website: https://berrygrass.com/ Sung Yim: https://sungliketheword.com/ Jaquira Diaz: http://www.jaquiradiaz.com/ Sandy Allen: https://www.hellosandyallen.com/ Stephanie Burt: https://twitter.com/accommodatingly Wayne Koestenbaum: https://www.waynekoestenbaum.com/bio Tommy Pico: http://tommy-pico.com/ Jennifer Boylan: http://jenniferboylan.net/ Eileen Myles: https://www.eileenmyles.com/ Michelle Tea: https://twitter.com/teamichelle Denry’s latest episode art: https://twitter.com/denrywills/status/1311379250310574080?s=20 Commenter Andrew Forbes’ website, which Justin totally botched his plug for: https://andrewgforbes.com/ The 1993 Bill Murray movie Groundhog Day: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/ Dawson City: Frozen Time, the documentary about lost films Justin almost suggested for this episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5215486/ The Act of Killing, the documentary about Indonesian death-squad leaders Elena almost picked for this episode: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2375605/ Abstract, the Netflix documentary series about design & art: https://www.netflix.com/title/80057883 The Writer, a very short & odd 6-minute film/trailer we watched by accident while looking for The Rider: https://www.amazon.com/Writer-Xander-Bailey/dp/B08B7QGWDS Grizzly Man, the Herzog documentary Justin picked: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0427312/ The Rider, the Chloé Zhao film Elena picked: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt6217608/ Justin looking like a serial killer on video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WUL3Cp3w0xg This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

We always think of Canada, our neighbor to the north, as an idyllic place where fountains flow with maple syrup, moose roam freely and everyone is happy riding toboggans to work.But, just like the folks in the US of A, Canada has its own problems with race and police brutality.Joining us today is comedian Brandon Ash Mohamed, one of the few out gay black comedians in Canada, to talk about his new comedy album, Capricornication, where he talks about growing up black and gay in the Great White North.Listen as Brandon chats with us about his Trinidadian roots, the Black Lives Matter protests at the Gay Pride Parade and Brandon’s connection to Toronto’s gay serial killer.BRANDON ASH-MOHAMED: https://www.facebook.com/BrandonAshMohammedPlus--➤ How Liberace fell in love with the sounds of the steel drums of Trindad.➤ Trayvon Martin’s mom, Sybrina Fulton, announced that she’s running for political office.➤ Sandy Allen the world’s tallest woman.FEATURED MUSIC:

Season 1 of Mad Chat concludes with the one and only Tracy Clayton (living legend and former co-host of “Another Round”), who joins Sandy to defend a problematic fave holiday—Halloween. Along the way they talk costumes, pitfalls of being open about anxiety and depression on Twitter, and how E.T. kinda just looked like a loaf of bread. SANDY’S NOTES: Here’s Tracy’s Sexy Steve Harvey costume and her Prince one; here’s my Log Lady Here’s Tracy’s tweet about the Sexy Steve Harvey costume and times when you don’t look as bad on social media as you’re actually feeling (if you’re curious, check out the whole thread, though as we say, there’s some heavy stuff) Here’s the awful Halloween display I saw on a front stoop in Brooklyn Speaking of gender and Halloween costumes, here’s my essay that touches on that topic, for them. Speaking of trying to not say words like “insane” and “crazy”, here’s my essay about that from Gay Magazine Speaking of apologies and how to give them, here was an excellent Still Processing episode Reminder that our third Mad Chat Book Club pick is We’ve Been to Patient: Voices from Radical Mental Health, edited by L.D. Green and Kelechi Ubozoh. If you’re interested, pick up a copy and begin reading (it’s got numerous essays, articles, poems and so forth) and we’ll have our discussion sometime next year. I recommend it generally but especially if you’re looking for more points of view on madness/mental health written by people with first-hand experience. This is also an excellent resource (if you’re a mental health professional, for example) looking for more ‘data’ and ‘backup’ for the sorts of ideas you’ve been encountering on this podcast. This concludes Season 1! We’re taking and a break and will return with Season 2 next year! More exciting news hopefully forthcoming! Thanks for listening! If you love the show, please take some time to tell your friends/followers & rate/review us wherever you’re listening. The show is entirely independent for the time being and therefore entirely reliant on word of mouth. We appreciate your support! In the meantime, send us an email if you’ve got thoughts about what we’ve made so far, stuff you’d love to hear discussed on the future episodes, or just any question (and maybe someday we’ll answer it on the show). We’ll be on social media during the hiatus and maybe there’ll even be some surprises, so stay subscribed. Chat with you in 2020!

“Sometimes I doubt your commitment to Sparkle Motion!” [This episode contains the brief sound of gun shots at 1:36] Sandy and educator, technologist and activist Jonah Bossewitch ring in spooky season with a discussion of the cult classic film Donnie Darko. They talk about the portrayal of psychiatry (which includes hypnosis for some reason?) and whether all the movie's talk of time travel could be seen as a meditation on suicide.SANDY’S NOTES:

“I am vengeance. I am the night. I am Batman.” Yassir Lester — comedian and writer/actor on Showtime’s Black Monday — joins Sandy to dissect the beautifully dark and twisted Saturday morning cartoon, Batman: The Animated Series. They discuss Arkham Asylum’s model of mental healthcare, Batman’s own mental health, and whether Batman and Robin count as a Thing. Want to dive deeper into the dark history of mental health treatment in the US? Join our second Mad Chat Book Club meeting on Thursday, October 3rd at 8:30 pm on Instagram Live! This time around we’re reading Robert Whitaker’s Mad in America. The next episode of Mad Chat will be out in three weeks, but in the meantime, keep chatting with us on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook. And let us know #WhatsHelpingToday! Transcripts, resources and recommendations related to this episode available at madchatshow.com.

"I don’t know what to do with those tossed salads and scrambled eggs..." Writer, "Thirst Aid Kit" co-host, and Niles Crane super-fan Nichole Perkins joins host Sandy Allen to dissect the immensely popular sitcom, Frasier. They discuss the Crane brothers' complicated relationship to their patients and each other, and whether Dr. Frasier Crane, the radio psychiatrist, needed a psychiatrist of his own. The next episode of #madchatshow will be out in three weeks, but in the meantime, keep chatting with us on Twitter, Instagram, or Facebook. And let us know #WhatsHelpingToday! Transcripts available at madchatshow.com. Additional music: “Cupcake Marshall” by Blue Dot Sessions, under an Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 license. SANDY'S NOTES:Read Nichole’s collection of poetry, Lilith, But Dark! Subscribe to her (and Bim Adewunmi’s) podcast, Thirst Aid Kit, which is soon re-launching from Slate! For more about the recent history of the psychiatric profession, I highly recommend Robert Whitaker’s Mad in America (the book that spawned the media organization of the same name, a resource I also highly recommend). It’s also going to be the second Mad Chat Book Club pick! Join me for the discussion on the Mad Chat Instagram Live at 8:30 pm on October 3. Want to send a question or topic for discussion ahead of time? Message us on a social media, or email us at madchatshow@gmail.com. Hope to see you at Mad Chat Book Club. I truly truly love Esther Perel’s podcast Where Should We Begin?. It’s a great way to listen to what great therapy sessions can actually sound like (in this case, couples’ therapy sessions). Nobody has covered the Crane brothers, especially Niles, with as much depth and nuance as Daniel Ortberg at the The Shatner Chatner; I referenced this post analyzing the Crane Brothers as stock clowns. Frasier is a show driven by a laugh track and I was therefore reminded of this excellent episode of 99% Invisible about laugh tracks.

Prudence is joined this week by author Sandy Allen. Allen hosts a new podcast called Mad Chat, which unpacks what our pop culture is telling us about madness and mental health. Prudie and Allen dig into letters about how to handle your guilty feelings after kicking out your cheating ex, what to do about your brother’s habit of oversharing intimate information about your parents, should you be worried about not feeling sexually attracted to anyone, what to do when you fear that your fiancé’s drama prone daughter might end your marriage before it begins. Slate Plus members get an additional mini-episode of Dear Prudence every Friday. Sign up now to listen. Email: prudencepodcast@gmail.com Production by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Prudence is joined this week by author Sandy Allen. Allen hosts a new podcast called Mad Chat, which unpacks what our pop culture is telling us about madness and mental health. Prudie and Allen dig into letters about how to handle your guilty feelings after kicking out your cheating ex, what to do about your brother’s habit of oversharing intimate information about your parents, should you be worried about not feeling sexually attracted to anyone, what to do when you fear that your fiancé’s drama prone daughter might end your marriage before it begins. Slate Plus members get an additional mini-episode of Dear Prudence every Friday. Sign up now to listen. Email: prudencepodcast@gmail.comProduction by Phil Surkis Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

“There’s something about…the way you are…” [This episode contains the sound of brief gunshots at 4:35] Sandy chats with poet and “Sincerely, X” podcast host Sarah Kay about Killing Eve, the popular BBC series about the hunt for a supposedly psychopathic assassin. They discuss empathy, sociopathy/psychopathy and the show’s leaning on sensational, damaging stereotypes. For episode transcripts, more information on our guest and recommended resources related to this episode, visit our website www.madchatshow.com The next episode of #madchatshow will be out in three weeks, but in the meantime, keep chatting with us on Twitter, Instagram (both @madchatshow), or Facebook (Mad Chat Show). And let us know #WhatsHelpingToday!

Shaped: A comedy self-help podcast from two gals (women) who can't help themselves. In this episode Amy and Kelsie talk about the use of the word "crazy" and "insane" in our everyday language. The conversation was inspired by Sandy Allen's Article in Medium - Gay Magazine. www.shapedpodcast.com Discussed on this podcast: Sandy Allen (@sealln) article "That's So Crazy" : http://bit.ly/2Kb9iYf 250 labels article: http://bit.ly/315PVW4 CWFF at Stage 773: http://bit.ly/2Zm2Q5U The Gay Magazine on Medium is Roxane Gay’s endeavor! More info: @rgay @Medium @GayTheMagazine Resources: Between Friends Domestic Violence 24 Hour Crisis Hotline 800-603-HELP (4357) National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 800-273-8255 YWCA Rape Crisis Hotline Call 888-293-2080 in Chicago Metropolitan Area Call 630-971-3927 in DuPage County Call 708-748-5672 in the South Suburbs Looking for a Therapist? (Thanks listener and friend Ellen for this info) http://liveoakchicago.com Contact Us Here: http://bit.ly/2YDRUk0SHAPEDWEB

“It's a preposterous soap opera about a bunch of teenagers who talk too much." Host Sandy Allen is joined by writer Esmé Weijun Wang (author of ‘The Collected Schizophrenias’) to chat about Dawson’s Creek. Join Sandy on Thursday, August 1st at 8pm Eastern for the first-ever Mad Chat Book Club on the Mad Chat Show Instagram Live! We'll be discussing 'The Collected Schizophrenias.' Show up with questions or submit them ahead of time via DM on IG, Twitter, or Facebook or email us: madchatshow@gmail.com. Next episode of #madchatshow is in three weeks, but in the meantime, keep chatting with us on Twitter, Instagram (both @madchatshow), or Facebook (Mad Chat Show). And let us know #WhatsHelpingToday! For episode transcripts, more resources related to this episode recommended by Sandy, info about our guest and more, visit madchatshow.com.

Dug’s back on the road at Perks and Corks, with one of his favorite local singer/songwriters..."Sandman" Sandy Allen! http://sandmanmusic.net/

Tell your children! Host Sandy Allen is joined by reporter Amanda Chicago Lewis (Rolling Stone's cannabis columnist) to discuss Reefer Madness — the old movie, the less old spoof movie musical, a recent scientifically spurious but appallingly popular book, and the idea that reefer causes madness. They unpack how these arguments rely on fear, racism, and the flattening of science (both to do with cannabis and psychiatric diagnoses like schizophrenia). As prohibition of cannabis slowly comes to an end, it’s more important than ever to sort out: what’s truth and what’s myth? Read Amanda Chicago Lewis’ Rolling Stone column responding to THAT TROLL Alex Berenson and his bad book. For episode transcripts, more resources related to this episode recommended by Sandy, info about our guest and more, visit madchatshow.com.

“Your father is dead and my pot roast is ruined.” Hearing Voices movement activist, speaker, and rabbi-in-training Caroline Mazel-Carlton joins host Sandy Allen to discuss the seminal TV show Six Feet Under, how the characters respond to the voices around them, and Big Wand Energy. For episode transcripts, more information on our guest, and recommended resources related to this episode, visit our website www.madchatshow.com The next episode of #madchatshow will be out in three weeks, but in the meantime, keep chatting with us on Twitter, Instagram (both @madchatshow), or Facebook (Mad Chat Show). And let us know #WhatsHelpingToday!

"She's so broken inside!" "The situation's a lot more nuanced than that?" Writer Meredith Talusan joins host Sandy Allen to talk about Crazy-Ex Girlfriend, how the show depicts mental illness and antidepressants, the Philippines versus America, whether one can be addicted to dance, and more. The next episode of #madchatshow will be out in three weeks, but in the meantime, keep chatting with us on Twitter, Instagram (both @madchatshow), or Facebook (Mad Chat Show). And let us know #WhatsHelpingToday! Transcripts available at madchatshow.com

“Are you responsible for the dysfunction of others? Spoiler alert: you’re not!” Writer Hannah Giorgis joins host Sandy Allen to talk about their favorite cartoon about an alcoholic horse. Next episode of #madchatshow is in three weeks, but in the meantime keep chatting with us on Twitter, Instagram (both @madchatshow), or Facebook (Mad Chat Show). And let us know #WhatsHelpingToday! Transcripts available at madchatshow.com

Coming in May--Mad Chat, a podcast where we unpack what our pop culture is telling us about madness and mental health. Hosted by Sandy Allen, author of A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story About Schizophrenia. Follow @madchatshow on Twitter, Instagram or Facebook. Chat with you soon.

Sandy Allen is the author of A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story about Schizophrenia (Scribner). Sandy writes and speaks about mental health, gender, normalcy and power. Sandy’s essays and feature stories have been published by BuzzFeed News, CNN Opinion, Bon Appétit's Healthyish and Pop-Up Magazine. Sandy was previously BuzzFeed News' deputy features editor. They also founded and ran the online-only literary quarterly Wag's Revue. https://www.hellosandyallen.com

Cecelia Tichi of Vanderbilt University and Author of “What Would Mrs. Astor Do,” on when rules ruled society and Mrs. Astor was queen. Sandy Allen, Author of “A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise: A True Story about Schizophrenia” on schizophrenia.

Join host Cyrus Webb as he welcomes Sandy Allen to #ConversationsLIVE to discuss what it was like for them to share the story in A KIND OF MIRRACULAS PARADISE, delve into the topic of mental illness and the response from readers.

Sandy Allen translates her uncle’s autobiography by artfully creating a gripping coming of age story while sticking faithfully to the facts as he shared them. She also shares background information on her family, the culturally explosive time and place of her uncle’s formative years and the vitally important question surrounding schizophrenia and mental health care in America more broadly.W: https://www.hellosandyallen.com/T: https://twitter.com/sealln

This week, we explore how artists navigate disease, how disease can be both a stigma and an identity, and how artists both resist and embrace that identity even as it comes to define their work. We'll listen to the audio diaries of multimedia artist David Wojnarowicz, who died of AIDS in 1992. We'll also hear from author Sandy Allen, whose uncle Bob, a diagnosed paranoid schizophrenic, mailed them a manuscript of the “true story” of his life, which Sandy has translated into a new book, A Kind of Mirraculas Paradise, which questions our ideas on mental health. Andrew Leland discusses the #HowEyeSeeIt blindfold challenge, which pitted the ideologies of two different blindness organizations against each other. David Wojnarowicz's audio diaries are available as a three-LP vinyl release from the Reading Group record label and as a book, The Weight of the Earth, from Semiotext(e). Wojnarowicz's art and music were the subject of a recent retrospective at the Whitney Museum. Lastly, you can read learn more about Sandy Allen's book, A Kind of Mirraculus Paradise here.

Most Anacostia residents know the power and fame associated with the home of Frederick Douglass. A few even remember the period between the famous abolitionist's death and the property's designation as a national historic site — the years when the community, including a Cub Scout troop, took care of things. Jason Fuller talks with two longtime residents, Sandy Allen and Arrington Dixon, about their memories.