MeDIDa

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A podcast analysing all sorts of media about multiplicity and dissociative identity disorder. Books, movies, television, gaming, and beyond. Whether it's overt or covert, intentional or unintentional, I wanna talk about it!

3d ago

MeDIDa: Revisiting Split (2016) with Irene from The Solar System

Episode 15 of MeDIDa, and we're going back to Split, diving deeper in conversation with Irene from The Solar System! Split is a film written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. It premiered in 2016 before being released to the general, global audience in 2017. The film depicts a group of girls getting kidnapped by a man with DID, who plans to sacrifice them to a supernatural alter called The Beast. It is the current cultural touchstone for DID in media, and in this Revised episode, Irene from The Solar System talks about her experience with this piece of media (spoiler alert: it's still not good). If you have any comments or suggestions about media to cover, or even would like to be a guest on the podcast, send an email to medidapodcast@gmail.com. If you want to contact Irene from the Solar System, you can find her on various social media here: https://linktr.ee/ireneishealing Intro and Outro music: Bug Catching by Emily A. Sprague
Jul 12

MeDIDa: Heart and Souls

Episode 14 of MeDIDa, and we're talking about Heart and Souls. Heart and Souls is a 1993 film directed by Ron Underwood and starring Robert Downey Jr. The story follows the fate of a young boy who had four spirits attached to him as a child, and what happens when those spirits come back and interfere with his adult life. This film is not explicitly nor intentionally representing plurality, and yet I still feel like there's something there that speaks to multiplicity. Let's see if you agree that Heart and Souls is actually about multiplicity! If you have any comments or suggestions about media to cover, or even would like to be a guest on the podcast, send an email to medidapodcast@gmail.com Intro and Outro music: Bug Catching by Emily A. Sprague
Jun 28

MeDIDa: M. Night Shyamalan’s Split

Episode 13 of MeDIDa, and we are unfortunately discussing M. Night Shyamalan’s Split. Split is a film written, directed, and produced by M. Night Shyamalan. It premiered in 2016 before being released to the general, global audience in 2017. The film depicts a group of girls getting kidnapped by a man with DID, who plans to sacrifice them to a supernatural alter called The Beast. Split quickly became the cultural touchstone for dissociative identity disorder. For many people, this film is the only piece of media that they have seen explicitly representing DID. So, how does this film go about covering such a complex and sensitive topic while also making the person with DID the film's antagonist? (Spoiler alert: it doesn't cover it with any complexity or sensitivity). If you have any comments or suggestions about media to cover, or even would like to be a guest on the podcast, send an email to medidapodcast@gmail.com Intro and Outro music: Bug Catching by Emily A. Sprague
Jun 14

MeDIDa SPECIAL: Documentary Review and Interview, We Are Jeni featuring Dr. Jeni Haynes

Episode 12 of MeDIDa is a very special episode, where I review the documentary We Are Jeni, and speak one-on-one with Dr. Jeni Haynes (part 2)! The documentary, We Are Jeni, was released earlier this year, 2026, with premiere screenings in Brisbane, Sydney, and Melbourne on March 15th, 17th, and 19th respectively. The documentary was directed by Mariel Thomas and Akhim Dev, and specifically documents the Australian criminal case against Jeni’s father, Richard Haynes. The documentary is currently available for viewing in Australia on SBS On Demand, with a slight variation edit available as a docuseries available in the US and UK on HBOMax. Content warnings: childhood abuse, childhood neglect, childhood sexual assault, incest, rape, reference to Jeni’s trigger around babies due to childhood pregnancy and miscarriages, systemic injustices, silencing, ableism, fear of anatomy, homophobia, kink, Billy Milligan, and the representation of MPD/DID across various media. If you have any comments or suggestions about media to cover, or even would like to be a guest on the podcast, send an email to medidapodcast@gmail.com Intro and Outro music: Bug Catching by Emily A. Sprague
Jun 7

MeDIDa SPECIAL: Memoir Review and Author Interview, The Girl in the Green Dress by Dr. Jeni Haynes

Episode 11 of MeDIDa is a very special episode, where I review the memoir The Girl in the Green Dress, and speak one-on-one with Dr. Jeni Haynes about her book and recent documentary, We Are Jeni (review and second part of the interview coming soon)! The Girl in the Green Dress is a memoir, published in 2022 by Hachette Australia, is co-written by Dr George Blair-West, who treated Jeni for many years. It has also just recently been released as an audiobook, narrated by Jeni Haynes! The book chronicles Jeni’s life, including the abuse she experienced at the hands of her father throughout her childhood and how this childhood formed her complex system of over 2,500 alters, and goes on to tell her journey of justice, holding her father legally accountable for his crimes, and healing. Content warnings: childhood abuse, childhood torture, childhood neglect, childhood sexual assault, incest, rape, not being believed and gaslighting, victim blaming, systemic abuses and injustices, legal injustices, silencing, ableism, medical abuse, suicide baiting, false accusations, False Memory Syndrome and the False Memory Syndrome Foundation, and Billy Milligan. If you have any comments or suggestions about media to cover, or even would like to be a guest on the podcast, send an email to medidapodcast@gmail.com Intro and Outro music: Bug Catching by Emily A. Sprague
May 24

MeDIDa: Jack Stauber's Opal

Episode 10 of MeDIDa, and we are discussing Jack Stauber's Opal. Jack Stauber's Opal is a short musical film that premiered on Adult Swim in 2020. The short depicts a child, Opal, as she explores a dark house after being drawn into it by a wailing siren song, and is repeatedly mistaken for another young girl known as Claire. Jack Stauber's Opal is not explicitly depicting DID, but it is explicitly depicting an abusive household and the impact of that on a young child, and as a result I believe it shows strong evidence of the early stages of structural dissociation and DID. I'm curious as to if you'll agree... Does Opal depict DID? If you have any comments or suggestions about media to cover, or even would like to be a guest on the podcast, send an email to medidapodcast@gmail.com Intro and Outro music: Bug Catching by Emily A. Sprague
May 10

MeDIDa SPECIAL: Memoir Review and Author Interview, Fractured Motherhood by Maggie Walters

Episode 9 of MeDIDa is a Special Episode, this time a Mother's Day special! I am reviewing the memoir Fractured Motherhood, and I also sit down again with Maggie Walters for an interview! This episode is dedicated to all those who did not have the mother that they needed growing up. Fractured Motherhood has been independently published through Blue Gum Publishing in 2026, only officially released 15th April, and discusses her journey in parenting and also her own relationship with her parents, and how DID/MPD impacts her parenting. Walters has once again been incredibly vulnerable in sharing her life with us, showing the complicated and messy parts in a deeply authentic way, while also demonstrating that parenting with DID is not what you'd think and breaking down stigma around it. You can buy Fractured Motherhood through Maggie Walters website, https://www.maggie-walters.com, as well as through Amazon or other book retailers, and I would highly recommend! If you have any comments or suggestions about media to cover, or even would like to be a guest on the podcast, send an email to medidapodcast@gmail.com Intro and Outro music: Bug Catching by Emily A. Sprague
Apr 26

MeDIDa: Petals of a Rose

Episode 8 of MeDIDa, and we are discussing Petals of a Rose Petals of a Rose is a 2023 short film created by Dylan Crumpler, co-written by Dylan Crumpler and Holly Crumpler and draws heavily on Holly's lived experience with dissociative identity disorder. The 15-minute film shows a day in the life of Rose, a women living with DID while she tries to navigate a Valentine's Day date with her boyfriend, Jeremy, without triggering her alters. Petals of a Rose claims to be an accurate representation of dissociative identity disorder, but does it succeed? Let's discuss both the positives and the negatives of the plural community's favourite DID film. If you have any comments or suggestions about media to cover, or even would like to be a guest on the podcast, send an email to medidapodcast@gmail.com Intro and Outro music: Bug Catching by Emily A. Sprague

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A podcast analysing all sorts of media about multiplicity and dissociative identity disorder. Books, movies, television, gaming, and beyond. Whether it's overt or covert, intentional or unintentional, I wanna talk about it!

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Avoticat
Years Active

2026
Episodes

16
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Explicit
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