Top Mental Health + Music Interviews of 2024
9 Cool Peeps We Interviewed This Year
The Recovery Rocks podcast is our ongoing love letter to the recovery community, mental health advocacy, and the power of music—especially rock' n roll. Lisa Smith and I launched our podcast in 2018, releasing new episodes every Friday. We even won a Signal Award for Best Buddy podcast in 2022! And ICYMI, we just released a card deck based on our podcast.
Our podcast focuses on the nuances of how sobriety intersects with everyday life. This year, we talked sobriety + nutrition with
, sober-friendly friendships with , alcohol + consent with , how to find a therapist with , and much more.
We also interviewed the iconic Art Alexakis from Everclear about how “Father of Mine” spoke to me on a visceral level while I was growing up, raised by a single mom. Then, in a wild turn of events, my dad listened to that episode, resulting in some much-needed healing on both sides.
Mental health advocacy is power.
Conversation is power.
Music is power.
That’s why I’m sharing 9 of my favorite conversations about mental health and music on Recovery Rocks in 2024:
How to Find a Therapist + Maggie Rogers with
Campus Binge Drinking + Todd Rundgren w/ Ted Mandell, Notre Dame Professor
The Whole 30 Queen + Chet Baker with
Sober-Friendly Friendships + Bossa Nova Beats with
Self-Diagnosis on TikTok + Taylor Swift with Amanda E. White, LPC
Drink Spiking Prevention + The Police with
Gambling Addiction + LoFi Hip Hop with a Ph.D. in Sociology
Father of Mine: The Interview + The Beatles with Art Alexakis of Everclear
Eating Disorders, Consent, and Elvis with
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XO,
Tawny
Still can’t believe you had Art Alexakis on the show!!