Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival

SMHAF Podcast

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Mental Health Arts is a year-round arts programme led by the Mental Health Foundation Scotland, built around the annual Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival (SMHAF). Established in 2007, the festival is one of the largest of its kind in the world and among Scotland's most diverse cultural events, covering everything from music, film and visual art to theatre, dance, and literature.

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Richard 25.03.2021 1:00:06

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Rachel 25.03.2021 1:04:40

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Neil 25.03.2021 24:41

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Mahmud 25.03.2021 36:18

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Larry 25.03.2021 1:19:37

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Keith 25.03.2021 41:58

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John S 25.03.2021 41:30

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John McC 25.03.2021 51:59

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Jeanette 25.03.2021 44:14

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Jane 25.03.2021 1:03:48

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Samantha 25.03.2021 58:23

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Alina 25.03.2021 1:47:01

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Abi 25.03.2021 45:46

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Anne 25.03.2021 53:42

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Trailer / Reclaiming Our Heritage 22.03.2021 2:24

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My Experience of Isolation: Amble Skuse 30.10.2020 10:58

Amble Skuse is a composer and violinist whose chronic fatigue syndrome has meant that she mostly worked from home long before lockdown. She has created an improvised musical piece that explores how isolation can cause a “looped psychological experience”. To make the piece, Amble created software that enabled her to scan her own brain waves using an EEG sensor and send the voltage of the brain wave...

Think Positive X Sally Nimmo For Thrive Edinburgh On WMHD2020 08.10.2020 24:53

Hosting a one-off, World Mental Health Day-themed spotlight conversation on student mental health, Reena Staves from Think Positive is in conversation with Sally Nimmo, a See Me Youth Champion, to discuss how use of the arts has provided some semblance of solace during COVID-19.

Mind Matters Ep 2, Michael McEwan 16.06.2020 8:22

In Episode 2 of Mind Matters, host Michael McEwan leads a conversation on how people on Scotland are experiencing lockdown. He is joined by Stuart James, who hosts a show at East End Community Radio in Glasgow, and William Rae, who is currently shielding in Aberdeen.

Mind Matters Ep 1, Michael Mcewan 03.06.2020 37:15

In this first episode of Mind Matters, journalist Michael McEwan's guests are Nick Jedrzejewski, Communications Manager with See Me Scotland, and Michael Byrne, Managing Director of Lived Experience Trauma Support (LETS). Michael and Nick discuss See Me Scotland's recent campaigns such as Pass the Badge and the ramifications of lockdown on mental health. Michael Byrne shares insights into his pers...

Being on the Inside: Body Talk 05.06.2019 37:16

Nina Abeysuriya presents Being On The Inside, a new podcast which addresses mental health issues. In the first episode, produced for the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival and Mental Health Awareness Week, Nina spoke to Tamar, an Edinburgh based belly dancer, teacher, choreographer and performer, about body acceptance.

Talking It Over: Crazy 02.07.2018 25:32

In this episode of Talking It Over, hosts Nicole Bell and Iain Mitchell are joined by Frances Simpson, Chief Executive of Support in Mind Scotland, to discuss Crazy, the Feature Documentary winner at SMHAF 2018. After eight years in the mental health system, Eric takes the decision to exercise control over his treatment for schizophrenia. What follows is an intense struggle with the law, his docto...

Interview with Darren McGarvey, aka Loki 28.05.2018 4:54

Talking Heads reporter Michael McEwan interviews Darren McGarvey, aka Loki, the Scottish rapper, about his new book Poverty Safari and what it has to say about inequality and mental health. Loki was speaking after a special spoken word and music event based on the book at Paisley Central Library, held as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival.

Paragon Music: Mindfulness Drumming 21.05.2018 13:29

Talking Heads reporter Michael McEwan spoke to representatives from Paragon Music, who are hosting mindfulness drumming workshops as part of the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival. They discuss how drumming can help with your mental health and why the organisation's ethos is an ideal fit for the festival. Features interviews with Charlotte Gibson, Communications Manager & Programme Coordinator a...

Mental 18.05.2018 27:26

Podcast series Talking It Over with Support in Mind Scotland is back for this year's festival. Hosts Nicole Bell and Iain Mitchell present more fun and fascinating conversations inspired by the festival programme and issues relating to mental health. In the first episode, they speak to the Mental Health Foundation's Arts Lead Andrew Eaton-Lewis about the theatre programme, before having a discussi...

Men's Mental Health: Jassy Earl speaks to Brothers in Arms and Duncan Cowles 07.12.2017 40:08

Jassy Earl chats with Dan Proverbs, founder of the campaign Brothers in Arms, and Duncan Cowles, a documentary filmmaker currently working on his first feature Silent Men, in this podcast from the Scottish Mental Health Arts Festival 2017. They discuss men's mental health, the barriers which inhibit men from opening up and the ways in which we can begin to talk and find other ways of talking about...