
Luke Severeid is a comedian with heavy metal running through his veins and increasingly making its way into his sets. In this far-ranging conversation, we talk about wrangling ADHD as a creative person, the strange...


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Hosted by Christina Rowatt · health · EN-AU
Mental health, making music and staying alive. Explore intimate, vulnerable and fascinating stories from musicians and creative people on their real-life challenges, triumphs, and how they've navigated the world while making art. Hosted by Christina Rowatt.
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Occupy The Void with Xtina is hosted by Christina Rowatt. The show has published 22 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Comedian Luke Severeid: Dealing Dopamine, Metal As Medicine & His New Double Special" (5 October 2026, 55 minutes), "024 - Caroline Harrison: Art vs. ADHD & Creating a Habitat for Big Feelings" (21 May 2026, 64 minutes), and "023 - Mel Bampton: The Psychology of Producing, Music Festivals & Mental Health in Music" (5 May 2026, 45 minutes).
Occupy The Void with Xtina publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 46 minutes across 22 episodes.
Booking probability for Occupy The Void with Xtina is 20%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Occupy The Void with Xtina requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Occupy The Void with Xtina's contact route on record: verified email.
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Christina Rowatt hosts Occupy The Void with Xtina, a health podcast with 22 episodes published.
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Luke Severeid is a comedian with heavy metal running through his veins and increasingly making its way into his sets. In this far-ranging conversation, we talk about wrangling ADHD as a creative person, the strange...

What happens when two people with loud brains, big feelings and years of surviving their own minds sit down and compare notes? Artist Caroline Harrison and host Christina Rowatt talk about the overlap between...

Mel Bampton has spent over thirty years on Australian radio. She is an author, yoga practitioner and accomplished music journalist who began her career at triple j in Brisbane. In this conversation, Mel reflects on...

<p>Brian Ritchie from Violent Femmes talks about how mental health was approached when he was starting out, the impact of breaking big early on his identity as a young musician, how he manages his mental health and lots...

Episode #21
<p>Donita Sparks of L7 talks about her experiences with mental health, the band's evolution and her frustration at the reaction to the overturning of Roe vs. Wade as the founder of Rock For Choice, a pro-choice concert...

<p>What does depression feel like? Artists including Corey Taylor (Slipknot), B Real (Cypress Hill), Lzzy Hale (Halestorm), Jessica Pimentel, Devin Townsend, Jake Duzsik (Health), Connie Sgarbossa (Seeyouspacecowboy)...

<p>Lindsay Schoolcraft is a Canadian singer, harpist, keyboardist and music producer who is an established solo artist who also spent seven years with Cradle of Filth. In this episode, she discusses her mental health...

<p >Jake Duzsik of LA industrial band HEALTH explores his experiences with mental health, creativity and illness plus "DSMV," the song they named after The Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders - a...

Episode #17
<p>B Real from Cypress Hill discussed his own mental health experiences and the challenges of expressing vulnerability in aggressive environments like gang life and hip hop. B Real also shared his journey with cannabis...

<p>Jessica Pimentel (extreme metal band Brujeria, Netflix's Orange is the New Black) shares her long history with Tibetan Buddhism and how to directly apply it to your life to elevate your mental health and combat...

<p >This week’s episode features Kyle from Canadian deathcore band Brand of Sacrifice, Sean from Australian metal band Make Them Suffer and Sam from British band Asking Alexandria, interviewed at Knotfest and Good...

<p >John Joseph first came to prominence as the singer for NYC hardcore band CRO-MAGS. Now an established writer, Ironman, athlete, plant-based living advocate and all-around creative, John joins Tim and Christina to...

<p>Music has the power to transform our lives. The extremely charismatic Benji Webbe of Skindred chats to Tim and Christina about the importance of positivity, projection, and choice in shaping mental health and...

<p>Lindsay from Frenzal Rhomb chats to Tim and Christina about addressing mental health issues in the Australian music industry, his journey to sobriety (and what it revealed), new conversations about mental illness and...

<p>Matt Tuck of Bullet For My Valentine and hosts Christina Rowatt and Tim Charles discuss the significance of vulnerability in creating meaningful and relatable music. He shares his experiences of opening up about...

Devil Wears Prada co-vocalist Jeremy DePoyster chats about his journey with mental health, how co-vocals work, his relationship with fellow musician Emma Boster of Dying Wish, and more.

Episode #9
<p>John Joseph first rose to prominence as the singer for legendary New York hardcore band the Cro-Mags. He's since become a published author, activist, Ironman athlete and outspoken advocate for thinking for yourself...

Episode #8
<p>Can we prevent domestic violence? Can porn ever be a good thing? Do abusive people deserve a road to redemption? How dangerous is social media? In this week's episode we chat to Kiwi speaker and activist Richie...

Episode #7
<p>Connie of SeeYouSpaceCowboy candidly shares her experiences of love, mental illness, staying creative, growing up in the hardcore scene, her own coming out story and some important musings on how we we can combat the...

<p>In this week's bonus episode, hosts Christina Rowatt and Tim Charles share their personal stories of grieving loved ones and how we coped with vastly different situations. As Nick Cave says, grief is the constant...
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