Mental Illness Happy Hour: modern day real life 'Pump up the Volume'

During my early teens and before the internet (!), I was changed by an exciting and seemingly revolutionary film starring Christian Slater and Samantha Mathis.  Pump up the Volume was the first movie that touched my soul such that I rewound the video cassette (!) playing back seconds at a time so that I could copy monologues from the script into my journal.  The soundtrack is just the absolute coolest.  The movie exposed to me the for the first time the breach between "surface life" and unspoken deep inner pain and honest thoughts and feelings.

Paul Gilmartin- the guy who co hosted "dinner and a  movie" on TBS (if you're my age), has created a podcast that reaches the outcasts and solitary.  If you've ever felt loneliness, depression, addiction, abuse, or ever known someone who has, you can be affected by this show.  So basically, if you are a human, and living- this podcast is for you, every one.  The interviews include a most diverse assortment, and the site hosts tons of places for anybody to post feelings that cannot be uttered aloud. Warning, due to the raw honesty of this amazing show, there is strong content concerning abuse in all forms, and profanity (in my opinion justified language in this setting, if you can handle that kind of thing).  I don't really give money to podcasts, but loyally throw my five dollars each month to the "happy hour"- I sincerely believe that this podcast saves lives.

SO remember that YOU'RE NOT ALONE by listening to this:

*** advisory:  strong abuse related content, often profane ***

http://mentalpod.com/

I can't help but wonder if it might have saved lives back then, too.  As a teenager- I'd have been all over this podcast.  It reassures... you are not alone.