We're All Mad Here
161 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 2 years ago - ★★★★★ - 438 ratingsThe history of mental illness is insane.
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011: Inconvenient Relatives
August 30, 2017 03:20 - 21 minutes - 19 MBWay back when, if a relative was annoying you, you could just toss them into an asylum, no diagnosis needed- especially if they were women. Dullness of the mind; overexcitement. Menstruation; menopause. Religious fanaticism; atheism. Suppressed masturbation; too much masturbation… it was almost impossible NOT to be insane. And things didn’t get much better as […]
010: The Plural of Anecdote is Not Data
August 22, 2017 23:47 - 32 minutes - 32.5 MB“It’s so great that President Smith is finally bombing that country!” “But when President Johnson did the same thing, you thought it was a terrible idea.” “Well, this is different.” Why do humans constantly revert to what-aboutism, where, no matter their views on a subject, if someone or something they like is part of […]
009: Rosemary Made All the Difference
August 15, 2017 18:58 - 40 minutes - 38.8 MBThe Kennedy family is internationally famous for their high-achieving, beautiful, and influential members. But America took a stand to help the intellectually disabled because of the daughter they hid away: Rosemary. While surpassing her siblings in beauty and personality, Rosemary was born intellectually disabled and soon lagged behind her fast-moving family. Her parents believed […]
008: All Aboard the Lobotomobile!
August 09, 2017 05:26 - 20 minutes - 20 MBHumans have been trying to break into their skulls since there were humans and skulls, and we were still at it in the 1930s. After studying under an Italian doctor, Dr Walter Freeman returned to the States to perfect what he had learned overseas: the lobotomy. Armed with an ice pick and a hammer, […]
007: “Go Ballistic! Go Crazy!” (The Slenderman Stabbings)
August 04, 2017 03:51 - 36 minutes - 30.2 MBOn May 30, 2014, Morgan Geyser invited her two best friends, Anissa Weier and Bella Leutner, to a sleepover for her 12th birthday. The next morning, the girls went to a nearby park to play hide and seek. But unbeknownst to Bella, her two friends had been planning to kill her for months, as a […]
006: Student Stress = Historical Insanity? (minisode)
July 25, 2017 04:24 - 12 minutes - 12.6 MBA meme has been making the rounds, claiming that today’s students’ stress levels match that of psych ward patients in the 50s. But is this really true? Are students today dealing with more mental illness in a less helpful environment?
005: The Lafargue Mental Hygiene Clinic
July 25, 2017 04:18 - 13 minutes - 12 MBIn 1940s Harlem, Dr Frederic Wertham was worried about the youth in Harlem. So was Reverend Bishop, who ran Harlem’s Episcopalian church. Together, with a diverse staff of volunteers, they opened a clinic in the basement of Bishop’s church. Charging only 25 cents- and nothing if someone couldn’t spare that- they treated children, veterans, and […]
004: Modern Mental Illness in Black Culture
July 25, 2017 04:12 - 38 minutes - 39.3 MBThis week we’re talking about how mental health is treated today in the black community- and so it’s not just a white girl telling you facts, we have a guest! My friend Cameron of the Halfway Sober podcast talks about his experience living with a mental illness as a black man.
003: The History of Mental Illness in Black Culture
July 25, 2017 04:08 - 17 minutes - 13.2 MBThe presence of African Americans in North America was first documented in the 1600s, and since then, blacks have been “other”ed, physically and emotionally. Believed to feel no pain, black were ignored and experimented on while their psychological needs were cast aside. Eventually hospitals for the black mentally ill were constructed, but help wasn’t always […]
002: Nobody’s Child
July 25, 2017 04:01 - 19 minutes - 21 MBGiven up by her alcoholic mother at age 4, Marie Balter was adopted the next year. Abused by her adoptive family, she tried to strike out on her own, but after a suicide attempt, found herself at Danvers State Hospital. After 20 years on the ward, Marie achieved miraculous things, all while giving back to […]
001: The Echoes They Left Behind
July 25, 2017 03:30 - 15 minutes - 14.3 MBDanvers State Lunatic Hospital, built in rural Boston in the 1800s, was created with humane treatment in mind. But an overflow in patients resulted in botched lobotomies and missing charges, landing Danvers on every list of horrific hospitals.