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Voices For Suicide Prevention
The suicide crisis in Ohio and in America has no boundaries and neither will our conversations. We'll talk openly about the how, the why and the solutions to suicide prevention. This vital conversation is brought to you by the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation as we'll highlight experts, counselors, clinicians, advocates and ordinary people doing extraordinary things in the name of saving lives.
Episodes
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How OSPF and Life Side Ohio Brought Gun Owners Into The Suicide Prevention Conversation
A firearm is part of everyday life for many, many Ohioans, from police officers to hunters to competitive shooters. That also means it’s part of Ohio’s suicide…
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Veteran, Mom, Grandmother, Now Advocate. A Story Of Hope and Healing
Hope can feel useless right before it becomes the thing that saves you. We sit down with Pristina Jackson, a military veteran, recovery advocate, and mental…
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Workplace Mental Health That Works. How AEP Ohio Brought Suicide Prevention to Field Crews
A power line job can mean 16 hour days, severe weather callouts, and making split second safety decisions while you’re exhausted. So what happens when a…
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Meet 'Nate' and Remember 988
A teen is scrolling at 1 a.m., feeling overwhelmed, and the difference between spiraling and reaching out can come down to one thing: remembering a simple…
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Why Older Adults Face Higher Suicide Risks and the New Toolkit to Start the Conversation
Older adults have the highest suicide rates in the United States, and we still don’t treat that fact with the urgency it deserves. We sit down with Dr. Jessica…
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Yale and OSU Collab To Bring Suicide Specific Care To More People
A phone app that helps cut suicide attempts by more than half sounds like science fiction until you hear the data and the design choices behind it. We sit down…
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Putting Black Girls at Promise Through Community Support
If you’ve ever wondered why some mental health programs actually stick while others fade after a single event, this conversation is for you and your…
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What If Calm Is A Warning Sign: Autism and Suicide Prevention
Autistic people are at higher risk for suicidal thoughts and behaviors, yet too many support systems still treat autism and mental health as separate worlds…
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When Infection Hijacks The Mind: PANS and PANDAS Explained
Overnight personality changes are every parent’s nightmare, especially when the symptoms don’t fit a neat box. Scott and Stephanie are joined by Gabriella…
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How One Woman Turned Two Decades of Anxiety and Depression Into a Mission to Break Stigma
A raw, generous conversation with iHeart radio personality and OSPF ambassador Sol Tsonis that transforms stigma into strategy and rock bottom into a starting…
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Local Voices Together Create National Impact on Suicide Prevention
A dinner conversation sparked a movement. We sit down with leaders from SAVE and Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation CEO Tony Coder to share how the National…
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A Farmer Shares Why Mental Health Matters In Agriculture
The heart of Ohio agriculture beats inside family trucks, quiet cab rides, and long rows that hold equal parts pride and pressure. We sit with first‑generation…
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How Being Brave Means Asking for Help
Raw honesty meets hard-won wisdom in a conversation with three veterans who open up about service, identity, and the messy middle of healing. We explore how…
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Healing Behind The Walls: A Conversation with Ohio's Corrections Director
What if a prison operated like a bridge back to community rather than a dead end? We sit down with Director Annette Chambers-Smith of the Ohio Department of…
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988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Saving Lives One Call at a Time
The lifesaving work happening behind the scenes at Ohio's 988 Suicide and Crisis Lifeline is both humbling and extraordinary. With over 592,000 contacts in…
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Pedaling for Purpose: The Ride for Hope Story
When COVID-19 forced the world into isolation, four friends with beat-up bikes started riding around their neighborhood to escape cabin fever. Those simple…
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Breaking Stigmas: How Young People Are Transforming Mental Health Conversations
Breaking down the walls of silence surrounding youth mental health takes courage, creativity, and compassion – qualities that shine brightly in our remarkable…
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Beyond the Stigma: Why Companies Can't Afford to Ignore Mental Health
The workplace mental health crisis is costing American businesses billions while leaving employees struggling without adequate support. This eye-opening…
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Beyond the Darkness: A Family's Journey Through Grief and Advocacy
What does resilience look like in the face of unthinkable loss? Debbie McClintock found herself navigating that question when she lost both her husband Pete…
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The Hidden Cost: Domestic Violence's $1.2 Billion Impact on Ohio
According to the Ohio Domestic Violence Network, the economic impact of domestic violence in Ohio is formidable, costing the state $1.2 billion annually. Yet…
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Beyond Politics: Finding Common Ground in Ohio's Suicide Prevention
The looming deadline for Ohio's budget, which Governor Mike DeWine must sign by June 30th at midnight, creates an urgent backdrop for critical conversations…
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This ONE word describes suicide prevention efforts in 2025
Executive Director Tony Coder describes OSPF's continual evolution to save lives by saying 2025 is a year to innovate. Tony joins this episode to look at the…
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'Life Is Better With You Here' campaign drives outreach and advocacy in Black communities
There are statistics and there is culture. And sometimes, when the two mix, the outcome, to be very blunt, can be deadly. Black children 5-12 years old have…
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Legendary broadcaster turned movie producer urges men to get loud about mental health
You've heard people say, 'Now that guy has lived a life!' It's an axiom that absolutely describes Dino Tripodis. You may know him as a former morning DJ for…
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Ohio leaders break stigmas and create programs to address suicides in the construction industry
When you bring together a Marine and construction safety executive with a youth pastor, two-time cancer survivor, and fellow construction leader, you get a…
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Ohio leader takes on a national role in postvention leadership and advocacy
Clinicians, mental health specialists and non-profits around Ohio know Denise Meine Graham and her passion, humanity, grace and yes, trauma, related to…
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Nationwide Children's Hospital researchers lead Ohio and the country on media suicide reporting guidelines
When was the last time you clicked on a story knowing full well it was pure clickbait but you wanted a quick smile during your day and that story did its job!…
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Suicide Prevention Through Resilience Training in Student-Athletes
Many people see a young, powerful and supremely fluid athlete on a field or court and think, 'What it must be like to have the world in the palm of your hand?'…
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OhioMHAS executive is THE definition of resiliency from a life of love and challenge
Tia Marcel Moretti is Chief Advisor and Deputy Director of The Office of Community & Family Resiliency within the Ohio Department of Mental Health and…
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Two educators talk Pride Month and what young people aren't telling their parents
Just about every city, town and county in Ohio is celebrating June and Pride Month. Columbus hosts one of the largest Pride celebrations in the entire country!…
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May, Mental Health Awareness Month and the passionate work of County Suicide Prevention Coalitions across Ohio
According to NAMI, 50% of all lifetime mental illness begins by the age of 14. 75% by the age of 24. This tells us many things including the vast importance of…
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More farmers are dying by suicide. The Ohio Department of Agriculture has 'got your back'
Data doesn't lie. Agriculture is Ohio's biggest industry. $124 BILLION-plus in economic output every year. But there's another number on which we want to focus…
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A mom gets real about difficult pregnancies, postpartum depression and suicidal ideation
March is Women's History Month and for a long time in history, women have heard things like this when it comes to pregnancy, parenthood and postpartum…
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NBC 4 journalist, advocate and CEO on her faith-based journey to better mental health
Just about every time Jordyn Peaks speaks out about her suicide attempt, she breaks stigmas, which is why we're so grateful she shared her story with us and…
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Recovery Ohio meets Ohioans where they are in mental health and substance misuse
The Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation is so proud to kick off another year of 'Voices for Suicide Prevention' to break stigmas, break barriers and save lives…
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'Man Therapy' is just that. And yet, so much more.
Legendary news anchor Ron Burgundy, Parks and Rec's Ron Swanson and Man Therapy's Dr. Rich Mahogany. What's that? Dr. Mahogany not quite ringing a bell? Well…
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Hispanic culture is American culture. Celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month while recognizing cultural mental health challenges
Have you ever worn a cowboy hat or boots? Ever ordered barbeque at a restaurant or hickory smoked some ribs 'low and slow' on your own? Cowboy hats didn't…
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Messages of hope from survivors
September is Suicide Prevention Month, a time to reflect on our efforts across the state, spread awareness, and end stigma surrounding suicide. Suicide can…
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'It's not a fair fight.' A new movement launches to help parents and kids with cyber addiction and bullying
Christine Vineis builds big things. She's done it her whole career and now she's taking on cyber addiction with her grassroots movement, Families Against…
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Meet an Americorps Vista changing minds and perceptions on mental health and suicide prevention
Learn the name Fatimah Kobo. She's going places, doing big things, shaping minds and re-shaping perceptions on mental health, especially among minority…
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The Trevor Project and OSPF talk data, research and responses from thousands of LGBTQ+ youth
The Trevor Project has done and continues to do so much every day for LGBTQ+ youth: from research to crisis services to education to Trevor Space, this…
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'My parents don't believe in depression.'
It's estimated that Asian American women are the second highest suicidal demographic and yet Asian Americans are often the least likely to receive mental…
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One of the nation's leading experts on sexual violence talks prevention, college assaults and the Red Zone
In this episode, we talk to Tracey Vitchers, the Executive Director of 'It's On Us', whose mission is to combat sexual assault on college campuses by engaging…
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'The Black Box'. Understanding, talking about and breaking stigmas on traumatic brain injuries
If traumatic is in the name, that can make it a subject all the more difficult to talk about. However, we must. 1 in 4 Ohioans have or will experience a…
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The suicide crisis in African Black communities is rising. Let's give it the seriousness it deserves.
Numbers and data don't lie. Compared to White communities, African Black communities experience more suicides and known factors that lead to them like…
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Strides in suicide prevention and the work still to be done
2022 brought about the launch of 988, and the continuing effort to bring suicide prevention and mental health under the overall scope of everyone's health…
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An Ohio veteran opens up about a suicide attempt, coming home from war and life-saving therapy
If you read Danny Eakins resume, you'd immediately say, 'Now, that's a life of service to others.' He rose to the rank of Major in the U.S. Military, led a…
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'Depression feels like an old friend visiting me.' How to recognize, treat and live fully with depression.
October is National Depression and Mental Health Screening Month and this episode is dedicated to just that; talking about depression as the debilitating…
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OSPF's 'Art of Healing Benefit' is truly that
The Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation has launched many firsts and will do so again September 29th for the first ever, Art of Healing Benefit for Suicide…
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'Our kids brains aren't equipped to fight this battle.'
The title of this month's episode is a quote from our guest but it has nothing to do with fighting the battle of suicidology or suicide prevention. It's…
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Take off the mask that is 'Midwest niceness'
By no means are we saying, 'don't be nice'. Of course not. But for our latest episode dedicated to youth mental health, you'll hear from a man whose family…
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Ohio LGBTQ+ organizations share their voices and want yours on suicide prevention
OSPF celebrates and honors June Pride month with special guests from the LGBT Community Center of Greater Cleveland https://lgbtcleveland.org/ and Kaleidoscope…
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There IS growth, optimism and healing after a loss from suicide
We wrap up the month of May and honor its designation as Mental Health Awareness Month with 2 guests who show the world on a daily basis their strength, grace…
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Join us, save lives and make history in Ohio!!
May is Mental Health Awareness Month and to honor it, the Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation is launching a brand new and historic campaign! It's called Life…
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An Ohio State University football star sparks a conversation for all of us on mental health
OSU offensive lineman, Harry Miller, medically retired from the sport this month to focus on his mental health. He told his emotional story to a worldwide…
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'I'm 41 and alive!'
*Warning: this episode contains graphic content such as rape and molestation. If you or someone you know is a victim of sexual assault please reach out to the…
Voices For Suicide PreventionLet's get real and loud about suicide prevention
Ohio Suicide Prevention Foundation, Executive Director, Tony Coder, and Ohio Department of Mental Health and Addiction Services Bureau Chief, Stacey…