People First Radio
People First Radio is an education and awareness program broadcast on traditional radio and in online podcasts.
Dec 7, 2024 • 26:39 The Victoria Hand Project is a charity that creates low cost prosthetic arms for lower income areas of the world. “Here in Victoria, we do the design, the engineering and the testing of the prosthetic arms,” said CEO Michael Peirone. “And then we partner with clinics in developing countries or… Dec 6, 2024 • 57:00 Breaking down Australia’s legislation around youth social media use with Lisa Given, a professor at RMIT University in Melbourne, a study into trying to use social media more thoughtfully from UBC’s Promoting Equitable, Affirming Relationships Lab (PEARL), getting the details on Island Health’s Youth Resilience grant program which is now… Nov 29, 2024 • 30:36 Edmonton resident Angelika Matson spoke with People First Radio about her experiences receiving electroconvulsive therapy. “All I heard online about ECT was that there was memory loss, and I was so scared that I was going to lose my memories,” she said. “I remember crying on the phone with my… Nov 28, 2024 • 57:00 Angelika Matson shares her experiences receiving electroconvulsive therapy (ECT). Victoria Hand Project CEO Michael Peirone explains the mission, history, and impact of the organization. Nov 24, 2024 • 57:00 Sandy Ernest Allan started on the path to becoming a journalist focused on mental health after receiving a 60 page, typewritten manuscript in the mail from a reclusive relative. “I had an uncle who assigned me to write a book about his life,” he said. “And that happened to include… Nov 22, 2024 • 57:00 Journalist Sandy Ernest Allan explores the cultural history of electrocunvulsive therapy (ECT), colloquially known as shock treatment. Nov 15, 2024 • 24:04 Abe Oudshoorn recently argued that success, rather than issues like addiction or mental illness, is driving visible homelessness across many Canadian cities. “When we look at the data, you get some really strange phenomena where perhaps more poor cities, cities with a lower income across the board, may have less… Nov 15, 2024 • 57:00 Success as a driver of visible homelessness? Checking in on a modular bridge housing site in Peterborough one year in, and a look ahead to a cultural history of electroconvulsive therapy. Nov 9, 2024 • 57:00 Philadelphia based social worker and doctoral student Olúṣèyí Ṣẹ́gun shared a message from two very different experiences of grad school at the master’s level. “Just because one environment might not seem hospitable, that doesn’t mean that there isn’t a space for you in the grander scheme of academics,” she said.… Nov 7, 2024 • 57:00 Olúṣèyí Ṣẹ́gun shares a story of two very different experiences of grad school, expanding on the experiences shared in a first person piece written for Mad in America.
Victoria research project led to charity helping with low cost prosthetics
People First Radio - December 05, 2024
A personal experience of ECT
People First Radio - November 28, 2024
A cultural history of shock treatment
People First Radio - November 21, 2024
Success as a driver of visible homelessness?
People First Radio - November 14, 2024
"There is a space for you" - finding an environment to thrive
People First Radio - November 07, 2024
People First Radio is a weekly one-hour radio broadcast to educate and raise awareness about issues related to health and wellness — with a particular emphasis on topics related to mental illness and mental health, homelessness and housing, and addiction, harm reduction and recovery.
It’s currently broadcast weekly from Nanaimo, B.C. on CHLY 101.7 FM, Victoria, B.C. on CFUV 101.9FM, and Saint John, New Brunswick on CFMH 107.3 FM. People First Radio is produced and presented by Joe Pugh.
The program is also available as a podcast, click below to listen and subscribe to People First Radio on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify.
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