Unseen & Unheard, The Podcast
To change the way people see schizophrenia, we changed what they heard. Seven untold stories of life with schizophrenia, straight from the real people living with it.
Radio Mercury Awards, Best Branded Podcast
MM&M Awards, Gold
We found our host in Glynn Washington (Snap Judgment, Heaven’s Gate) and interviewed nine people affected by schizophrenia. Then, we partnered with two artists living with schizophrenia to create all artwork used for the podcast and digital experience.
Episode 1: Tanara
An easygoing and hopeful woman’s 20s are thrown off course by paranoia and delusions. A powerful story of facing enormous challenges, only to come full circle in the face of her diagnosis.
Episode 2: Tim and Chrisa
A mother and son’s struggles with schizophrenia put their tight-knit family to the test. A story that proves “living with schizophrenia” includes more than just those diagnosed with it.
Episode 3: Ruby
She sets off for college to discover who she is, only to have schizoaffective disorder threaten everything she thought she knew. This is Ruby’s story. One of finding yourself, and your voice, in the midst of mental illness.
Episode 4: Ann
As a caregiver for her son living with schizophrenia, Ann never expected to receive a schizophrenia diagnosis herself in her late 40s. But hers is a story of surviving the unimaginable, both the harrowing and the hopeful, thanks to the support all around her.
Episode 5: Joshua
A musician, comedian and storyteller, Joshua was on tour when mania and delusions threw him into a tailspin. This is a story about the boundary between creativity and schizoaffective disorder, and how one man traversed it to move forward.
Episode 6: Swiyyah and Dederick
When Swiyyah and Dederick got married, her schizophrenia was under control. Until it wasn’t. When Swiyyah’s condition leads to their daughter being taken from them, the only way these two can face life’s insurmountable challenges is together.
Episode 7: Aviva
A self-described “black sheep” in the Orthodox Jewish community, Aviva* found an unlikely home in the New York metal scene. A story of discovering who you are, and where you belong, in the throes of schizoaffective disorder.
*Name has been changed to protect the privacy of those involved
