Re-threading Madness Radio

ReThreading Madness is a weekly radio program that brings together voices from across the world to reconsider what mental health means and to reclaim self-definition.

We create space for survivors, advocates, artists, researchers, and thinkers whose work or lived experience helps reimagine healing, identity, and justice on their own terms. Our conversations are trauma-informed, respectful, and real: stories that restore dignity, agency, and connection around an issue fraught with stigma. These are necessary conversations as research has shown that 1 in 2 of us will face a mental health challenge in our lifetime. We rarely interview professionals; however, we do make exceptions.

About our name:   ReThreading Madness is a deliberate act of reclamation. Within the Mad Pride Movement, words once used to shame (crazy, nuts, loony) become expressions of strength and solidarity. Like the LGBTQA+ and BIPOC communities reclaiming language once used against them, these labels belong within the community where context and lived experience matter. Where some hear slurs, mad individuals hear defiance, resistance, and find belonging.

We also deliberately avoid terms like mental illness or disorder:  language rooted in a medical model that defines people by what's wrong with them and pathologizes normal responses to trauma. At ReThreading Madness, we focus on what people have lived, learned, and survived while rethreading the stories that restore dignity, agency, and connection, one conversation at a time.

Where to find us:  Produced and broadcast out of Vancouver Co-op Radio CFRO 100.5 FM, re-aired on CKXU 88.3 FM in Lethbridge, and distributed through the Mental Health Radio Network and podcast platforms to a global audience. We are currently heard in 25 countries.