Breaking Mental Health Stigma through Honesty, Humour & Podcasting | Tim Mccarthy (20Timinutes) | Interview 27

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02/28/23 • 60 min

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Tom Meets Interesting People

CW: Deep dive into mental health and suicide

Tim McCarthy delves into what mental health means to him. We talk about his ADHD and bipolar diagnoses, how he uses them to create his podcast, 20Timinutes, through humor, insight, and personal stories. Tim very kindly opens up and shares how he tried to commit suicide and what saved him.

Tim’s Link:

Website: https://20timinutes.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/20TIMinutes

Tom's Links

Twitter: @tommeetspeople

Insta: @tommeetspeople

Tiktok: @tommeetspeople

Youtube: @tommeetsinterestingpeople

CW: Deep dive into mental health and suicide

Tim’s Link:

Website: https://20timinutes.com/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/20TIMinutes

Tom's Links

Twitter: @tommeetspeople

Insta: @tommeetspeople

Tiktok: @tommeetspeople

Youtube: @tommeetsinterestingpeople

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The Filmmaker Who Dared to Make a Film about North Sentinel Island | Jonathan Perry | Interview 26

Award winning filmmaker Jonathan Perry talks to me about "Sentinelese", his latest project which explores the isoloated people of North Sentinel Island. In 2006, islanders killed two fishermen whose boat had drifted ashore, and in 2018 an American Christian missionary was killed after bribing local fishermen to transport him to the island. I talk to Jonathan about why he would make a film about people who have made it very clear that they don't want any contact with the outside.

We also dive deep into Jonathan's other projects, and take a look behind the scenes at how a film gets made.

Jonathan's links:

Insta: https://www.instagram.com/sentinelesefilm/

Tom's Links

Twitter: @tommeetspeople

Insta: @tommeetspeople

Tiktok: @tommeetspeople

Youtube: @tommeetsinterestingpeople

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Feeddrop 1: Gamer Parents Podcast

Hey everyone. I'm going on a break for a little bit to produce some new interviews and have a chance to chill for just a little while. In the mean time, I've asked a bunch of awesome podcasters to come take part in a series of feeddrops where I get to introduce you to their awesome podcasts.

This first feed drop comes from the gamer parents podcast. One of the hosts of the podcast, Kevin, was also a guest on Tom Meets Intreresting People and is an all round awesome bloke. We've stayed in contact after our interview and when Kevin and Joanne celebrated their one year Podversary, I knew that was the epsiode I wanted to present to you.

The Gamer Parents Podcast includes discussions on games and their review and critique of the games they play on their live stream. They also rate each game they play in five categories that they know are important to gamer parents.