Hunter Keegan is joined by a new guest, Jennifer Rocchio. Jennifer is a First Nation woman residing in Canada. Hunter and Jennifer met through the Twitter Spaces platform circa 2023. In this podcast installment, Jennifer discusses her journey with addiction recovery and Hunter shares a song from his new album (Autumn I Still Feel You).

By the way: Hunter will be appearing at Penn State AGAIN this October. More info to come.

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Hunter Keegan returns and provides an overview / recap of the Bipolar Recorder Project mission. This installment of the show also includes the official audio from Hunter's latest Penn State University outreach presentation (recorded April 2026).

This is a mission of peace.

Community.

Human rights.

And the creative arts.

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Hunter checks in (late) with a few personal updates about elevated mood cycles and hypomania*

*Hypomania is a symptom of bipolar disorder that involves abnormally elevated mood, it's often referred to as "mild mania."

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Hunter Keegan checks in for Mental Health Awareness Month with some commentary on HBO's The Dark Wizard documentary series, general Bipolar Recorder Project updates, and plans for the summer.

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Hunter Keegan checks in to discuss his upcoming 4/17/26 presentations at Penn State University and other dope Bipolar Recorder Project news and updates.

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From Hunter Keegan: Last week I received news from a longtime friend of the show that our mutual friend, Cecelia ("CeCeQ2" in our online @BipolarRecorder peer support Spaces) had died by suicide. In this installment of Bipolar Recorder, I share thoughts about the importance of looking out for one another.

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Hunter Keegan interviews Dr. Robert "Bob" Smith. Bob is a primary care physician (PCP) who wants to change the way doctors think about treating mental illness. Bob is the author of "Has Medicine Lost Its Mind? Why Our Mental Health System Is Failing Us and What Should Be Done to Cure It" (Prometheus Books, March 2025).

Bob's website link: www.robertcsmithmd.com

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Hunter Keegan speaks with James Kalupson, AMFT. James is an associate therapist -- as well as a psychedelic facilitator -- who Hunter studied with at Penn State in 2012. Hunter and James discuss mental health treatment and psychedelic therapy. James also appeared on Instalment #50 of Bipolar Recorder.

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***IMPORTANT: Be sure to listen to the intro segment for this installment of the podcast. It provides important context for the interview.

Hunter Keegan is joined for the 66th official installment of the Bipolar Recorder podcast by a new guest. Andrew "Smitty" Smith spent nearly three decades working as a sales representative for major pharmaceutical companies that develop and manufacture psych meds (including Risperidone). It wasn't until Smitty reached his late 30s that he received a diagnosis of Bipolar Disorder Type I (BD1) following an acute manic episode. In this interview, Smitty discusses his personal journey with bipolar disorder and explores with Hunter the unique intersection that his personal mental health played in the latter years of his career as a pharmaceutical sales representative.

Smitty is not on social media and did not have any projects that he wanted to plug during this interview.

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