The Right Mind Media Podcast

Personal stories of addiction and recovery touch us the most and have the greatest potential to heal and educate.  Milan S. joins us to share her recovery journey in the 17th installment of our series "Recovery Stories".

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to talk about the hot topics of the month.

Carl Erik Fisher, M.D., addiction psychiatrist, bioethics scholar, and author joins us to talk about his new book  The Urge: Our History of Addiction , an intellectual and cultural history of addiction, interwoven with his own experiences as an addiction psychiatrist at Columbia and as someone in recovery himself.

Personal stories of addiction and recovery touch us the most and have the greatest potential to heal and educate.  Shade joins us to share their recovery journey in the 16th installment of our series "Recovery Stories."  

Sam Quinones, New York Times best-selling author of  Dreamland , joins us to talk about his follow-up book  The Least of Us , a searing expose of the terrifying next stages of the opioid epidemic and the quiet yet ardent stories of community repair.

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to discuss the hot topics of the month.

The unfettered prescribing of pain medications meets the massive influx of black tar heroin in this true, riveting tale of capitalism run amok.  Author and journalist Sam Quinones explains how this unintentional collision led to the catastrophic opiate crisis in this country in his book "Dreamland: The True Tale of America's Opiate Epidemic"

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to discuss the hot topics of the month.

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to discuss the hot topics of the month.

Dr. Delaney Rushton joins us to talk about her new book "Parenting In The Screen Age - A Guide for Calm Conversations", designed to help parents have calmer and more productive conversations with their children about the technology in their lives and its impact upon their health, happiness and development.

Personal stories of addiction and recovery touch us the most and have the greatest potential to heal and educate.  Jim S. joins us to share his recovery journey in the 16th installment of our series "Recovery Stories."

Personal stories of addiction and recovery touch us the most and have the greatest potential to heal and educate.  Haven T. joins us to share her recovery journey in the 15th installment of our series "Recovery Stories."

Families of loved ones with substance use disorders often suffer the most collateral damage because they're the closest ones to the tempest of addiction.  This week on the Right Mind Media Podcast we talk about how families can claim their lives back while supporting their loved one.

Personal stories of addiction and recovery touch us the most and have the greatest potential to heal and educate.  Bill joins us to share his recovery journey in the 14th installment of our series "Recovery Stories."

Personal stories of addiction and recovery touch us the most and have the greatest potential to heal and educate.  Tara G. joins us to share her recovery journey in the 13th installment of our series "Recovery Stories.  

It's been a tough year for adolescents.   Dr. Deborah Offner, an adolescent psychologist who works with middle, high school and college students, joins us to share tips on how to help teenagers through the pandemic.

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to talk about the hot topics of the month.

Personal stories of addiction and recovery touch us the most and have the greatest potential to heal and educate.  Pete C. joins us to share his recovery journey in the twelfth installment of our series "Recovery Stories".

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to explore the hot topics of the month.  

Erica Poellot, MSW, MDiv., Director of Faith and Community Partnerships at the Harm Reduction Coalition, joins us to talk about faith/theology and harm reduction, and the role of spirituality in recovery.

Dr. Laura Kehoe joins us to talk about the challenges of treating opiate use disorders during the pandemic, and how people can find treatment.

Jon and Abby go behind the headlines to talk about the hot topics of the month.

Personal stories of addiction and recovery touch us the most and have the greatest potential to heal and educate.  Pete D. joins us to share her story in the eleventh installment of our series "Recovery Stories."

Dr. Theresa Melito-Conners joins us to talk about the importance of self care, and how to take steps to begin a self care routine.  

Abby and Jon go behind the headlines to talk about the hot topics of the month.