Mental Health
The Jayhawks on Depression, Anxiety, and the 24-Hour News Cycle
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public The Jayhawks lead man Gary Louris speaks with Kyle Meredith about XOXO. The new album finds the Americana legends heavily collaborating and features each member on the mic for lead vocals. Louris discusses the album’s artwork; themes of depression, anxiety, and the 24-hour news cycle; and life in Minneapolis since the murder of George Floyd. Louris also says the band could have recorded 30 records if the industry allowed them, but teases a finished solo album. Kyle Meredith With… is an interview series in which WFPK’s Kyle Meredith speaks to a wide breadth of musicians. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Meredith digs deep into the artist’s work to find out how th...
J.K. Rowling Won’t Stop Being Transphibic, Says Gay People Are Experiencing a “New Kind of Conversion Therapy”
J.K. Rowling Despite penning a 3,600-word pro-TERF manifesto, disgraced author J.K. Rowling still has more nonsense to spew regarding the transgender community. In a new series of tweets, Rowling argued that gay people who are struggling with mental health issues are being misguided into undertaking “a new kind of conversion therapy” that involves hormones and surgery. She also likened hormones — a common gender-affirming step in trans people’s transitioning process — to anti-depressants, and called those who used anti-depressants as “pure laziness.” It all started on Sunday, when Rowling liked a tweet that compared hormone to anti-depressants. “Hormone prescriptions are the new anti depressants,” the tweet in question reads. “Yes they are sometimes necessary and lifesaving, but they shoul...
Platform Simplifies Access to COVID-19 Interventions in Nigeria
Sourced from Mail & Guardian. Beating Corona Nigeria, the country’s leading virtual intervention database has restructured its model to help disadvantaged Nigerians in need of interventions connect with the relevant non-profits. The platform itself kicked off last month, 9 April, and has recorded a massive amount of data. It continues to actively connect interveners to the people who need access to interventions. After recommendations to resolve the platform’s challenges with making interventions accessible, the database was pivoted towards a new model. With this pivot, the intervention database properly complements the core of the platform’s mission. Some of the major updates on the platform now allows for a search bar that can enable interventions to be easily found, a breakdown of a...
Paul Banks on Muzz, Mental Health, and More Interpol
Kyle Meredith With… Paul Banks Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS Paul Banks calls up Kyle Meredith about his latest collaborative project Muzz. The Interpol frontman takes us through his history with his new bandmates and explains why trios seem to be his sweet spot these days. Of the lyrical content, we’re told many of the songs deal with mental health and its relationship with art, and were inspired by Leonard Cohen, Bob Dylan, and Neil Young. Finally, Banks says he wants to make another record with RZA and confirms more Interpol records in the future. Kyle Meredith With… is an interview series in which WFPK’s Kyle Meredith speaks to a wide breadth of musicians. Every Monday,...
Joy Division’s Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris to Celebrate Ian Curtis During Livestream Event
Next Monday, May 18th, marks the 40th anniversary of the death of Joy Division frontman Ian Curtis. To honor his memory and legacy of that day, his former bandmates/New Order members Bernard Sumner and Stephen Morris will be taking part in a benefit livestream event presented by United We Stream. Marking the beginning of the UK’s Mental Health Awareness Week, “Moving Through the Silence: Celebrating The Life and Legacy of Ian Curtis” will take place at from 3:00 to 5:00 p.m. ET at the United We Stream website and Facebook page. Billed as “a special evening of music, poetry and conversation,” the event will raise funds primarily for the Manchester Mind mental health charity, with 30% of the donations also going to the Nordoff Robins music therapy center and the Mayor of Greater Manchester’s...
