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Ordinary Madness Podcast
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Welcome to Ordinary Madness, a podcast about the history of mental illness. Each episode delves into the lives of creatives, doctors, psychopaths, the mad, the sad, the good and the bad that populate our history books and riddle our mental landscape with their stories of ordinary madness.
Hosted by Mat Robson
Hosted by Mat Robson
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On April 2nd 1836, Catherine Hogarth married Charles Dickens. Their marriage would be marked by wonderful moments of utmost happiness and irredeemable sadness. Throughout that time, she would go through ten full term pregnancies and have at least two miscarriages. He addressed her affectionately in his letters as ‘my dearest life’ and ‘dearest darling Pig’.
Written and Hosted by Mat Robson
Produced by Leanne Knibb
Original Theme by Patrick Davies
Following Music Sourced from freemusicarchive.org and used under an Attribution License - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Nothing (Bonus Track) by Kai Engel
Plague by Kai Engel
Realness by Kai Engel
Seeker by Kai Engel
Sunset by Kai Engel
Scenery by Kai Engel
All I Have Left Are These Photographs by Kai Engel
Low Horizonby Kai Engel
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The two extremes of mood, melancholy and mania, were first described by Hippocrates, who associated melancholia with an over abundance of black bile and mania with yellow bile. In the second century AD Arataeus of Cappadocia observed that ‘melancholia is without any doubt the beginning and even part of the disorder called mania’.
It wasn't until the 1970s when the first treatment became available: lithium. The genesis of its discovery belongs to a dermatologist, Dr Perry Baird, a man almost completely forgotten by history. From the beginning of his earliest experiments he spent the majority of his adult life in mental asylums.
Written and Hosted by Mat Robson
Produced by Leanne Knibb
Original Theme by Patrick Davies
Following Music Sourced from freemusicarchive.org and used under an Attribution License - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
Realness by Kai Engel
Delirium by Kai Engel
Periculum by Kai Engel
Cold War Echo by Kai Engel
Wake Up by Kai Engel
September by Kai Engel
Scenery by Kai Engel
All I Have Left Are These Photographs by Kai Engel
Daedalus by Kai Engel
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On 6th May 1946 Life Magazine published a devastating article on the state of mental institutions in the United States. Written by Albert Maisel, with photography by Jerry Cooke, Bedlam 1946 told of how many returning soldiers were being left to suffer in abject squalor in already overcrowded asylums. These understaffed hospitals often led to horrific brutality at the hands of the staff.
Written and Hosted by Mat Robson
Produced by Leanne Knibb
Original Theme by Patrick Davies
Following Music Sourced from freemusicarchive.org and used under an Attribution License - creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
September by Kai Engel
Wake Up by Kai Engel
Nothing Bonus Track by Kai Engel
Remedy For Melancholy by Kai Engel
Daedalus by Kai Engel
Scenery by Kai Engel
Delirium by Kai Engel
For Sources and mental health support visit us at:
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83 Beals Street in Boston is located in the affluent suburb of Brookline. It is a three story home with a balcony that overlooks the rest of the street. On Friday September 13th 1918, 28 year old mother of two Rose Kennedy was having contraction. Twenty years later, a meeting with Dr Freeman would change history...
Written and Hosted by Mat Robson
Produced by Leanne Knibb
Original Theme by Patrick Davies
Following Music Sourced from http://freemusicarchive.org used under an Attribution License - http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
September by Kai Engel
Daemones by Kai Engel
Meekness by Kai Engel
Remedy For Melancholy by Kai Engel
Periculum by Kai Engel
Cold War Echo by Kai Engel
For Sources and mental health support visit us at:
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Explanations of mental health problems in terms of possession have taken many forms over the course of history, and it is a form of explanation that has meant that many who have been suffering debilitating and distressing psychological problems have been persecuted and physically abused.
Written and Presented by Mat Robson
Produced by Leanne Knibb
Theme music by Patrick Davies
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On 22nd May 1826 Pringle Stokes set sail from Plymouth on a mission to chart the southern coast of South America. This expedition would mark his first official command of a ship and although ‘not practised in professional science’ he was nonetheless considered a highly respected seaman. The journey would be a difficult one for all involved...
Written and Presented by Mat Robson
Produced by Leanne Knibb
Theme music by Patrick Davies
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Sherman Hershfield was the medical director of the San Bernardino Community Hospital where he helped patients with debilitating brain injuries rebuild their lives. He had trained as a neurologist and was known as a diligent worker, it was not unknown for his workday to last from 6am to 3am even well into his 50s. During this time in the late 1980s he began to experience occasional blackouts. Hershfield, dismayed, put it down to overwork but couldn’t understand it. He was neither a smoker nor a drinker, exercised regularly and adhered to a strict vegetarian diet, so the source of the blackouts was a mystery.
Written and Presented by Mat Robson
Produced by Leanne Knibb
Theme music by Patrick Davies
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