The Oddball Show: Treatment or Terror? The History of Psychiatry's Midcentury "Miracle Cures"

Our latest Mental Health in Minutes segment explores the history of psychiatric treatments, from the infamous lobotomy to lesser-known oddities like malaria fever treatment. Listen to learn more as we uncover some of the strangest skeletons in psychiatry's closet.

 

The Oddball Show: A Conversation with Jim Gottstein

 

 

Check out Jason's interview with Jim Gottstein, lawyer, writer and a longtime advocate for the rights of people diagnosed with serious mental illness. 

This episode contains discussions of mental illness, homicide, and psychiatric treatment that may be upsetting for some listeners. 

Jim Gottstein's The Zyprexa Papers can be found here.

New Album

One Thing That Scares You is the latest album from The Duende Project, a band whose lineup includes poet and past Stone Soup Feature Tony Brown. You can pick up a copy on Google Play or iTunes.  

The Oddball Show with Kanye West (as a topic of discussion)

The Oddballs are back and on the docket is a topic that too often gets pushed aside on the podcast: Kanye West. We'll dig into Yeezy and G.O.O.D. Music's June dominance, and give Jason a chance for his fandom to run free. We'll also get an update on Jason's recent reading at This is My Brave, and we'll even save a little time to discuss the rapidly deteriorating reality of this dark and dystopian timeline in which we find ourselves. Tune in to the one and only Oddball Show, presented by Oddball Magazine and JP Lime Productions.

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The Oddball Show with Rokus Loopik

The Oddballs are pleased to welcome to the podcast Rokus Loopik, Innitiator at the Living Museum in The Netherlands to talk about the origin and success of this unique form of therapy.  

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The Oddball Show with Jus Enuf

The podcast the Oddballs welcome back emcee and multi-genre artist, Jus Enuf. We’ll explore the unique style of his Off The Cuff Productions video series and we’ll find out just what vegan fuel powers his brand of Hip Hop. We’ll also be talking about the Dakota Access Pipeline, the strong but preliminary victory of Sunday night, and what the water protectors will do going forward as they get hit by a North Dakota blizzard. It’s all right here on this edition of the #OddballShow.

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