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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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Hunter Keegan interviews “Lump,” a 37-year-old woman who recently became involved with mental health advocacy and outreach in Massachusetts. Lump discusses her personal journey with bipolar disorder and other serious mental illness (SMI) and how it has informed her advocacy work. This conversation emphasizes psychosis recovery, psychiatric hospitalization experiences, Moog Theremins, music therapy, art therapy, and the importance of mental health peer support communities.

Follow Lump’s writing on Substack! Direct link: lump.substack.com

Moog Theremin Demonstration Clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CyGl2BMKn0

Bipolar Recorder Mini-Documentary Link:

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Happy Valleys: A Bipolar Journey (HUNTER'S NEW BOOK!) Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Valleys-Bipolar-Hunter-Keegan/dp/B0DVGV7MKF

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This installment of the show features some select audio clips from the Bipolar Recorder peer support Spaces hosted on Twitter/X in September 2025. Hunter Keegan chats with a couple of folks about addiction recovery and dating disasters (!)

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Hunter's latest book, Happy Valleys: A Bipolar Journey is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Valleys-Bipolar-Hunter-Keegan/dp/B0DVGV7MKF

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Hunter Keegan is joined by Jennifer Suzanne, a biotechnology scientist and aspiring author from the greater Washington, DC area. During this interview, Jennifer discusses some of the experiences with bipolar mania that have occurred throughout her life and how they inspired her to begin writing a book, tentatively titled "Decadent Dreams."

Follow Jennifer's "Mining my Mind" publication on Substack @jsuzanne88

Remember that Hunter Keegan's latest memoir, "Happy Valleys: A Bipolar Journey," is now available on Amazon. Order a Kindle, paperback, or hardcover copy today!

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Hunter Keegan is joined once again by Ceci, a recent graduate of Penn State University. In this installment of the show, Ceci discusses her upcoming Master's Degree program, her volunteer experience for a mental health crisis text line, and helps Hunter brainstorm creating a Bipolar Recorder student internship program.

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Hunter Keegan provides some meditative life updates AND discusses the upcoming fundraising campaign for the Happy Valleys: A Bipolar Journey audiobook on Kickstarter.com

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Hunter Keegan reports in with updates on his life. Chickens, booze, and getting back on track.

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Some important Bipolar Recorder show updates! On September 30th 2024 Hunter Keegan will be appearing at Penn State University to do some screenings of the Bipolar Recorder mini documentary! Hunter also discusses some other cool stuff that's been going on behind the scenes.

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Ceci is a recent Penn State grad who Hunter Keegan met after one of his mental health outreach presentations in April. In this installment of the show, Ceci speaks with Hunter about living with anxiety and an eating disorder and how she was able to utilize various resources to support her mental health as a top student.

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