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Bipolar Recorder is an American mental health outreach initiative created by writer and musician, Hunter Keegan. The podcast revolves around stories from people who live with bipolar disorder and/or other forms of serious mental illness (SMI). Interviews with mental health professionals and other expert guests are also periodically featured.
Fiercely independent ever since its inception in 2021, Bipolar Recorder is known for providing candid, unfiltered, and sometimes controversial takes on living with SMI.
Over the years, Bipolar Recorder has evolved from a podcast series to a multifaceted grassroots advocacy project involving books, documentary films, online peer support communities, university presentations, and more.
Bipolar Recorder brings complex human stories that are often overshadowed by social stigma into the light and fosters dialogues about surviving (and sometimes thriving) with mental illness.
Twitter: @BipolarRecorder
Instagram: @BipolarRecorder
To learn more and support our ongoing activist efforts, visit Bipolar Recorder's official website at www.bipolarrecorder.com
Fiercely independent ever since its inception in 2021, Bipolar Recorder is known for providing candid, unfiltered, and sometimes controversial takes on living with SMI.
Over the years, Bipolar Recorder has evolved from a podcast series to a multifaceted grassroots advocacy project involving books, documentary films, online peer support communities, university presentations, and more.
Bipolar Recorder brings complex human stories that are often overshadowed by social stigma into the light and fosters dialogues about surviving (and sometimes thriving) with mental illness.
Twitter: @BipolarRecorder
Instagram: @BipolarRecorder
To learn more and support our ongoing activist efforts, visit Bipolar Recorder's official website at www.bipolarrecorder.com
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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:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cw5WnwlSuHQ
Happy Valleys: A Bipolar Journey (HUNTER'S NEW BOOK!) Amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Valleys-Bipolar-Hunter-Keegan/dp/B0DVGV7MKF
Follow Bipolar Recorder on Twitter/X @BipolarRecorder
Follow Bipolar Recorder on Instagram @BipolarRecorder
Follow Hunter Keegan on Twitter/X @HHKeegan
Email: hunterhkeegan@gmail.com
Donate and/or buy Bipolar Recorder merch at www.bipolarrecorder.com/shop
Thanks for listening!
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 (!)
DELUXE POETRY CARDS are now available on the official Bipolar Recorder web store: https://www.bipolarrecorder.com/product/deluxe-poetry-card-ships-for-free-to-the-usa-/MH3PFRMLIL7LEVSNEKJTXXCK?cs=true&cst=custom
Hunter's latest book, Happy Valleys: A Bipolar Journey is available on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Valleys-Bipolar-Hunter-Keegan/dp/B0DVGV7MKF
Follow Bipolar Recorder on Instagram and Twitter/X @BipolarRecorder
Hunter is on Twitter / X @HHKeegan
Hunter can also be reached via email at hunterhkeegan@gmail.com
Official Website: www.bipolarrecorder.com
Thanks for listening! Remember to follow this podcast and tell your friends about the show!
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!
"Happy Valleys: A Bipolar Journey" Amazon Link: https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Valleys-Bipolar-Hunter-Keegan/dp/B0DVGV7MKF
Bipolar Recorder is an independent mental health advocacy initiative. Make a donation and/or buy some Bipolar Recorder merch at bipolarrecorder.com/shop
Follow Bipolar Recorder on Twitter ("X") @BipolarRecorder
Follow Bipolar Recorder on Instagram @BipolarRecorder
Official Site: www.bipolarrecorder.com
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.
Remember to support this independent advocacy project! Cool merch is available at www.bipolarrecorder.com/shop
Hunter's latest book, Happy Valleys: A Bipolar Journey, is available on Amazon at https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Valleys-Bipolar-Hunter-Keegan/dp/B0DVGV7MKF
Follow Bipolar Recorder on Twitter/Instagram @BipolarRecorder
Hunter Keegan provides some meditative life updates AND discusses the upcoming fundraising campaign for the Happy Valleys: A Bipolar Journey audiobook on Kickstarter.com
Don't forget to share this podcast and Kickstarter campaign with your friends! Thanks for listening.
Kickstarter Campaign Direct Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bipolarrecorder/happy-valleys-a-bipolar-journey-official-audiobook
Happy Valleys: A Bipolar Journey amazon link: https://www.amazon.com/Happy-Valleys-Bipolar-Hunter-Keegan/dp/B0DVGV7MKF
Bipolar Recorder Official Website: www.bipolarrecorder.com
Follow on Twitter and/or Instagram @BipolarRecorder
Questions? Feedback? Contact Hunter directly at: hunterhkeegan@gmail.com
Hunter Keegan reports in with updates on his life. Chickens, booze, and getting back on track.
Remember to check out Hunter's new book, Happy Valleys: A Bipolar Journey on Amazon!
Support this project at www.bipolarrecorder.com
Follow Bipolar Recorder on Twitter/X and Instagram @BipolarRecorder
Email Hunter Keegan at hunterhkeegan@gmail.com
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.
Twitter/X: @HHKeegan, @BipolarRecorder
SUPPORT THIS SHOW AT www.bipolarrecorder.com
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.
Ceci is on instagram @cc.garci
Hunter Keegan is on Twitter/X @HHKeegan
Bipolar Recorder is on Twitter/X @BipolarRecorder
Remember to subscribe, rate, and review! Visit www.bipolarrecorder.com to get merch and support the show!
Audio from the student Q&A / discussions after Hunter Keegan's 4/19/24 Penn State University mental health outreach presentation.
Hunter Keegan is a mental health advocate from Virginia. His best selling memoir, My Brain is Trying To Kill Me, is available for purchase on Amazon. Signed copies are also available at bipolarrecorder.com
Twitter/X: @BipolarRecorder and @HHKeegan
Support this show at bipolarrecorder.com and Patreon to receive cool, limited run merchandise.
THANKS FOR LISTENING!
Audio from one of Hunter Keegan's 4/19/2024 mental health outreach presentations at Penn State University.
THE BIPOLAR RECORDER MINI DOCUMENTARY IS NOW AVAILABLE ON OUR X ACCOUNT AND ALSO ON YOUTUBE
Link to mini documentary: https://youtu.be/Cw5WnwlSuHQ?si=SxLh8YWfaBKrgzz3
Bipolar Recorder is on Twitter/X: @BipolarRecorder
Hunter Keegan is on Twitter/X: @HHKeegan
Check out our website www.bipolarrecorder.com to support this project!
Hunter Keegan provides a brief recap about all of the amazing stuff going on behind the scenes with the Bipolar Recorder project. The mini-documentary is in the final stages of editing and should be coming out within the next couple of weeks!
Hunter also discusses his recent trip back to Chapel of Sacred Mirrors (COSM) for 4/20.
Thanks again to everyone who came out to the Penn State presentations last month!
Follow us on Twitter/X to get the latest info about whats happening with Bipolar Recorder!
Twitter/X:
Hunter Keegan @HHKeegan
Bipolar Recorder @BipolarRecorder
Instagram:
@Bipolarrecorder
Remember to rate + subscribe + support on patreon / our official website www.bipolarrecorder.com
A special report from Hunter Keegan before he drives to Penn State for his presentations on 4/19/2024.
Hunter Keegan is on Twitter/X @HHKeegan
Bipolar Recorder is on Twitter/X @BipolarRecorder
www.bipolarrecorder.com
This installment of the show was recorded over the Noom Vibe (previously known as Wisdom) app. Hunter Keegan is joined by fellow mental health advocate, Palina Goodwitch to discuss diet and exercise, Palina's life over the last 12 months, and the power of NATURE.
Palina is on Twitter/X and Wisdom @Palina444
Hunter Keegan is on Twitter/X @HHKeegan
Bipolar Recorder is on Twitter/X @BipolarRecorder
Support the show at www.bipolarrecorder.com
Hunter Keegan is joined by investigative journalist Rob Wipond to discuss the ethics of involuntary psychiatric "treatment" in the United States. This intense conversation covers a lot of ground and touches on many facets of the problematic nature of forced medical intervention.
Rob Wipond is on Twitter/X @RobWipond
His official site is www.robwipond.com
Rob's book, "Your Consent Is Not Required: The Rise in Psychiatric Detentions, Forced Treatment, and Abusive Guardianships" is available on Amazon (and many other places): https://www.amazon.com/Your-Consent-Not-Required-Guardianships/dp/1637741480
Hunter Keegan is on Twitter/X @HHKeegan
Bipolar Recorder is on Twitter/X @BipolarRecorder
We're also on instagram and mastodon and stuff.
Support the show and buy some merch at www.bipolarrecorder.com
Thank you for listening!
Originally recorded in December 2023. In this audio pulled from a Twitter ("X") Space peer support conversation, a woman named Annette discusses her son, Matt.
Content Advisory: Discussion of suicide
Bipolar Recorder is on Twitter @BipolarRecorder
Annette is on Twitter @AnnetteMattsMom
To support this show: Visit www.bipolarrecorder.com to make a donation and/or buy some cool merch!
Thanks for listening. Subscribe, rate, review!!!
www.bipolarrecorder.com
1Hunter Keegan is joined by James Kalupson, AMFT. James is an associate marriage and family therapist (AMFT) pursuing his full licensure and who provides services to clients in California AND ALSO works as a psychedelic facilitator at a mental wellness retreat in Jamaica.
In this conversation James discusses his professional background and career pivot from the field of engineering to the field of psychology. But the main focus of is our discussion about the psychedelic retreat that James works at.
During this conversation James is speaking from his personal experience and perspective. He is not speaking on behalf of the retreat he works at and Bipolar Recorder is not sponsored by James or his employer.
Links:
James Kalupson's official website: www.jameskalupson.com
James Kalupson's Psychology Today profile: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/james-kalupson-los-angeles-ca/1168968
James is also on Twitter/X @JamesFKalupson
Hunter Keegan is on Twitter/X @HHKeegan
Bipolar Recorder is on Twitter @BipolarRecorder
Help support this project by spreading the word about the show and buying some cool merch on www.bipolarrecorder.com
Also remember to rate, review, and subscribe.
THANKS FOR LISTENING!!! STAY SAFE!!! HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!!
Amy Gamble competed in the Olympics in 1988 on the US Handball team. Just a few years later she suffered a psychotic break that resulted in a bipolar diagnosis. On this installment of Bipolar Recorder, Amy talks to Hunter about her life with mental illness.
Check out Amy Gamble's new book, "Unsilenced: A Memoir of Healing From Trauma" on Amazon! https://www.amazon.com/Unsilenced-Memoir-Healing-Amy-Gamble/dp/B0CNS15HPM
Amy's official website is: amygambleauthor.com
Amy can be found on Twitter/X @amyjgamble
Hunter Keegan is on Twitter/X @HHKeegan
Bipolar Recorder is on Twitter/X @BipolarRecorder
Support the show www.bipolarrecorder.com
Thanks for listening! Rate, review, subscribe.... tell a friend!
We pulled the audio from one of our Twitter / X Space conversations for this installment of the podcast. A couple of followers of the project and I were talking about psychosis and spirituality. One guest, Sharaiz, hails from Pakistan and brings his unique cultural perspective to the table. Later, guest MC Front Run, joins as well to add to the conversation.
There are no major content advisories for this installment of the show.
Follow Bipolar Recorder on Twitter / X @BipolarRecorder
Follow Hunter Keegan on Twitter / X @HHKeegan
We're also on Instagram and Threads @BipolarRecorder
Visit our official website to learn more about the BiIpolar Recorder project and support the show! www.bipolarrecorder.com
Hunter Keegan appeared at Penn State University for some bipolar outreach.
Hunter Keegan is on Twitter ("X") @HHKeegan
Bipolar Recorder is on Twitter ("X") @BipolarRecorder
We're also on Instagram and Mastodon @BipolarRecorder
Support the show on Patreon! patreon.com/bipolarrecorder
Thanks for listening! Remember to tell people about this show!
www.bipolarrecorder.com
On October 20th Hunter Keegan will be appearing at Penn State University (PSU) to deliver some presentations about bipolar disorder and substance abuse recovery. This installment of the podcast provides background and context about why Hunter has been invited to do this and what he hopes to accomplish via this outreach. This installment also includes a reading from Hunter's upcoming memoir, Happy Valleys: Being Bipolar At Penn State And Beyond.
Remember to subscribe, rate, and review!
Hunter Keegan is on Twitter/X @HHKeegan
Bipolar Recorder is on Twitter / X @BipiolarRecorder
Bipolar Recorder is also on Instagram, Wisdom, Threads, etc. @BipolarRecorder.
Subscribe to our Substack for more great mental health content at this link: bipolarrecorder.substack.com
THANKS FOR LISTENING!!!
www.bipolarrecorder.com
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