Radio Totally Normal Toronto

On this episode of RTNT, Jerry hosts as we dive deep into The Toronto Writers Collective. The TWC was founded in 2012 to encourage voice and illuminate undiscovered strength in Toronto’s most vulnerable communities.  First up, RTNT’s Julie sits down with Erdine Hope, a TWC Facilitator to gain insight into the inner workings of the workshops. Next, Luis speaks with Roberta Taylor, a longtime m...

Radio Totally Normal Toronto sat down with Mahad and Adrian from Unity Charity to talk about youth, hip hop and mental health. Unity helps youth to flourish using a variety of programs designed to empower youth. This episode originally aired on May 9th 2018 on CJRU 1280 AM and cjru.ca

FoodShare is a non-profit organization that works with communities and schools to deliver healthy food and food education. FoodShare's Executive Director Paul Taylor joins Jerry Gluckowsky to discuss food justice and the implications on one's mental health. Rae hosts this episode, which originally aired on March 14th on CJRU 1280 AM and cjru.ca. At first glance, healthy food and mental health migh...

Since October 2017, Radio Totally Normal has expanded to have a live radio show on Ryerson University's CJRU 1280 AM and cjru.ca. The Yonge Street Mission is an organization in the downtown sector that aims to help support Toronto's most susceptible population. They aid families, children, youth, and even communities existing in daily poverty. Jerry from RTNT sat down with Jesse Sudirgo, Director...

On today's episode of RTNT we jump into CIRCUS!! And how it relates to mental health, of course. RTNT member Julie speaks with Rachel, Izzy and Dai (pictured above) about Social Circus Circle  or SoCirc, for short.  SoCirc is a Toronto based non-profit organization, that uses circus to provide social development and support through the physical activity and creativity of circus arts, for...

Inspired by the idea of red tape, Radio Totally Normal Toronto brings you an episode about money and mental health. Living with a mental illness sometimes means having a reliable and sufficient income can be challenging. In this episode, we'll be talking about social assistance, health, poverty and stigma. It's an eye opener.  Our guests are: (4:28) John Stapleton, a writer and instructor who...

The RTNT crew is so happy to bring you our second episode. A little late, but better late than never, right? This episode explores comedy and theatre as ways of exploring and understanding what it means to live with mental illness.  (3mo4), (11m13) Our first two interviews are with Bart Campbell and Michael Arnold  from Laughing Like Crazy , a peer support program that comes out of the M...

The RTNT team proudly presents Episode 1 of our new podcast. You'll find discussion about mental health, music and an audio tour of Progress Place. We hope you love it as much as we loved making it! ​Segment 1:  Music in this episode is by The Wooden Sky Elevator Boy Podington Bear Broke for Free Keith Holmes

We are so happy to showcase a preview of our brand new podcast, Radio Totally Normal Toronto (RTNT). Our first complete episode will be available in January but just to whet your appetite here is a piece created to celebrate the 2016 Flashmob to stomp out stigma! The flash mob took place on October 6th, 2016 as part of Mental Illness Awareness Week. If you would like to see a video, check it out h...