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Hosted by Vancouver Island Mental Health Society · health · EN-US
People First Radio is a weekly one-hour radio broadcast to educate and raise awareness about issues related to health and wellness — with a particular emphasis on topics related to mental illness and mental health, homelessness and housing, and addiction, harm reduction and recovery.
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Booking probability
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Signup to Generate a PitchPeople First Radio is a weekly one-hour radio broadcast to educate and raise awareness about issues related to health and wellness, with a particular emphasis on topics related to mental illness and mental health, homelessness and housing, and addiction, harm reduction and recovery.
People First Radio is hosted by Vancouver Island Mental Health Society. The show has published 381 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Psychologist talks ADHD and masking" (30 October 2026, 43 minutes), "Down and Out in Utopia explores experience of unemployment in Norway" (22 October 2026, 57 minutes), and "Prison caregiving program for inmates with dementia inspires film" (7 October 2026, 27 minutes).
People First Radio publishes roughly weekly, with episodes averaging 37 minutes across 381 episodes.
Booking probability for People First Radio is 45%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. People First Radio requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. People First Radio's contact route on record: verified email.
The strongest fits for People First Radio are Family & Social Services and Health & Wellness Services. People First Radio has a health audience.
Vancouver Island Mental Health Society hosts People First Radio, a health podcast with 381 episodes published.
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Psychologist and Simon Fraser University Professor Grace Iarocci has been looking at how people with ADHD may be working extra hard to try and blend in. “Masking is this concept that was first talked about in...
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Kelly McKowen spent years talking with people who were unemployed in Norway. In his book Down and Out in Utopia, the assistant professor of Anthropology at the College of William And Mary provides a look at what can...
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The Gold Coat Program at the California Men’s Colony State Prison sees long term inmates serve as caregivers for inmates with dementia. Filmmaker Petra Volpe first learned about the program 12 years ago, which...
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Justin Ducharme says his debut feature film Seventeen was inspired by his own experiences living in Vancouver. “ Something that I’ve always been really interested in as a filmmaker, and a lot of my work...
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In 2013, walking a Winnipeg labyrinth helped Corey Bialek consider a contemplative question: what would it mean to not be depressed? The labyrinth was not curative, but it was therapeutic. “There’s no real...
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Speakers in Parksville and Courtenay joined a chorus of voices all over the world coming together in their communities to mark International Overdose Awareness Day. Observed August 31 or the days leading up to it...
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Rob Csernyik is an investigative journalist who lives in Atlantic Canada and covers the gambling beat. He’s the author of A Losing Hand, a new book that takes a look at the issue of gambling related suicides in...
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Peers Victoria Resource Society recently marked its 30th anniversary. The organization helps sex workers in the capital region. “Sex workers in our area often can encounter stigma when accessing health and social...
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A team at the Canadian Centre on Substance Use and Addiction is working on a framework for a standardized unit of THC in Canada. “The concentration of THC found in cannabis has really increased over time,”...
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A project from UBC’s Housing Assessment Resource Tools (HART) team has identified public land across the province and scored it for housing potential. HART Associate Director Craig Jones spoke with People First...
A team in the Comox Valley has been working to understand and address the barriers faced by people when they visit the hospital. Sharon Karsten, a professor at Vancouver Island University, and Christohper Hauschild, a...
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During the outbreak of a new and potentially fatal disease in Toronto in 2003, it fell to psychiatrists Bob Maunder and Jon Hunter to help people in the SARS ward cope. The two have been focusing on coping in their...
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Journalist and author Jessica Barrett argues we can’t solve our housing crisis until we solve our crisis of home. Barrett is the author of No Place Like Home: The Missing Key to Our Housing Crisis, which combines...
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A group out of UBC says distraction blocking apps are often marketed at neurodiverse people, but little is known about how they are actually used. Kevin Chow and Marvel Hariadi were among the authors of a study that...
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A UBC law prof argues that homelessness in Canada is governed by a patchwork of municipal bylaws. Alexandra Flynn is co-author of The Bylaw State, a book that explores municipal government responses to homeless...
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After a decade of work with vulnerable populations, Cory Herzog-Fequet went back to school looking to help shine light on a structural issue. “It’s very meaningful to work one-on-one with people...
After years of construction work, new shelter space is expected to open this month in downtown Nanaimo. The Salvation Army Centre of Hope is located at 19 Nicol St. Formerly known as the New Hope Centre, it houses a...
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Yo Bro Yo Girl co-founder Joe Calendino is working to prevent young people from leading the life he used to live. A few decades back, Calendino was a full patch member of the Hell’s Angels. Dealing with drug addiction...
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A new audio drama airing on Radio Sidney tells a story of elder financial abuse. Beware Mysterious Mark is a 10 part series airing Thursdays through July. Producer Bill Collins spoke with People First Radio about the...
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When it opened in 1921, the Weyburn Mental Hospital was hailed as the last and largest asylum in the British Commonwealth. Managing Madness co-author Erika Dyck writes that in the beginning, it was a symbol of both...
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professor of History and Canada Research Chair in the History of Medicine, University of Saskatchewan
Head of the Commercial Law & Justice Centre at the Sunway Business School, Recovery Tails Society
pediatrician and addictions specialist, Pittsburgh Paranormal Society
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