The 730 Podcast

Ashanti Branch, an Oakland-based educator and community organizer, joins Wali to discuss what it was like to grow up in poverty; how he learned of his father’s death; and how he left a career as a civil engineer to pursue his passion of providing mentorship to teenage boys in Oakland.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Current WNBA player and mental health advocate, Imani McGee Stafford, joins Wali to discuss growing up in the shadow of her mother's hall of fame basketball career; how poetry gave her a voice; the stigma associated with taking medication; and the work she is doing with her Hoops and Hope Foundation.

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Bob Fullilove (Professor of Sociomedical Sciences and Associate Dean at Columbia University’s Mailman School of Public Health) joins Wali to discuss the relationship between mass incarceration and HIV/AIDS; how the 1860s were a preview to the mental health issues currently confronting the black community; and the negative effect gentrification has on public health outcomes.  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Lorenzo Lewis, founder and CEO of The Confess Project, joins 730 to discuss the Barber Coalition. The grassroots initiative seeks to increase dialogue surrounding mental health among black men and trains black barbers on how to become mental health advocates. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Dr. Monnica Williams, a clinical psychologist and Director of the Behavioral Wellness Clinic, joins 730 to discuss race-based trauma, cultural responsive care, and new research on the use of Methylenedioxymethamphetamine (MDMA) to treat post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Chicago-based comedian Felonious Munk joins Wali to discuss the emotional implications of his mother's parenting style; the psychology behind being a drug dealer; and transitioning back into society after serving six years in prison. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Dr. Rosie Philips Davis (President of the American Psychological Association) sits down with Wali to discuss the relationship between deep poverty and mental health issues, mass shootings in the age of Trump, and how she discovered an emotional wound she never knew she had. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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The NYPD is in the midst of a mental health crisis, as nine of its officers have taken their lives this year. Wali sits down with Sgt. Aaron Johnson to talk about the recent spike in suicides, the psychological stressors that confront law enforcement officers, and the protocols the department uses when responding to Emotionally Disturbed Persons (EDPs). See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Wali sits down with Gabriel N. Mendes to discuss his book Under the Strain Color: Harlem’s Lafargue Clinic and the Promise of an Antiracist Psychiatry. They explore the history of Richard Wright, author of Native Son, and his role in co-founding one of the most radical mental health initiatives in American history. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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Former WNBA star Chamique Holdsclaw joins Wali to discuss her parents' battles with addiction and mental illness., the risk she took being one of the first professional athletes to share personal struggles with bipolar disorder, and emerging from it all to find a new purpose through mental health advocacy. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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