Occupy The Void with Xtina and Tim Christina Rowatt and Tim Charles
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- Gesundheit und Fitness
Mental health, making music and staying alive. Explore intimate, vulnerable and fascinating stories from major music artists on their real-life challenges, triumphs, and how they've navigated the world while making art. Hosted by Christina Rowatt and Tim Charles.
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Richie Hardcore on Mental Health, Porn, Domestic Violence Prevention & Redemption
Can we prevent domestic violence? Can porn ever be a good thing? Do abusive people deserve a road to redemption? How dangerous is social media? In this week's episode we chat to Kiwi speaker and activist Richie Hardcore about the answers to these questions. We also explore his work teaching men and boys about masculinity and consent, sex education, sobriety, online identity and straight edge culture. Learn more: richiehardcore.com
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8 - Connie (SeeYouSpaceCowboy) on Trans Freedom, Mental Health, Overcoming Addiction & Making "Sasscore"
Connie of SeeYouSpaceCowboy candidly shares her experiences of love, mental illness, staying creative, growing up in the hardcore scene, her own coming out story and some important musings on how we we can combat the trans mental health crisis.
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7 - Xtina & Tim on Grief, Loss & Love: Host Deep Dive
In this week's bonus episode, hosts Christina Rowatt and Tim Charles share their personal stories of grieving loved ones and how we coped with vastly different situations. As Nick Cave says, grief is the constant companion of love - if we love, we will grieve.
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6 - Stephen Brodsky (Cave In) on Kurt Cobain & Transcending the Grief of Losing Caleb
Stephen Brodsky of Cave In talks about the magic of Kurt Cobain and his long journey of grief and recovery six years after the death of his talented bassist and friend, Caleb Scofield. In the second half of the show, hosts Tim and Christina delve deep into their own experiences of grief, lost loved ones and finding solace in the aftermath.
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Devin Townsend on Mental Health, Creativity, Empathy, Meditation & Life After Psychedelics
Musician Devin Townsend reflects on mental health, mental illness, emphathy, trauma, the musical creative process, creating a meditation practice and the life-changing impact of psychedelics. Devin has created over 30 albums of music that defies the simplistic "heavy" tag and operates in its own sonic realm of emotional expresssion and experimentation - a truly unique sound.
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Rou Reynolds (Enter Shikari) on Why Our Mental Health Isn't Wired For Capitalism
Rou Reynolds of UK band Enter Shikari reflects on why capitalist society couldn't be a worse system for our mental health and how we could break the system to save the planet and our minds. He also reflects on what being open about his struggles did for his connection with his fans. As Rou says, "society's push for self interest, for competition, our thirst for more (of everything) completely disregards our need for community, for connection, our ability to empathise, to help each other, for altruism." After the interview, your co-hosts Tim and Christina do a deep dive on the themes raised during the thought-provoking conversation.