Episode 23: Hip Hop and Mental Health – Hip Hop Psych with Dr Akeem Sule and Dr Becky Inkster

In this episode, I'm exploring the effects of hip hop on mental health, with senior Cambridge university hip hop academics Dr Akeem Sule (Psychiatrist, lecturer in medicine) and Dr Becky Inkster (Neuroscientist), who together co-founded Hip Hop Psych. Hip Hop Psych Website: https://www.hiphoppsych.co.uk/ Academic papers: https://www.hiphoppsych.co.uk/publications.html Community links: https://www.hiphoppsych.co.uk/links.html Social media: Twitter: https://twitter.com/hiphopsych Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HIP-HOP-PSYCH-244036239063749/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1u0nmhGUSrYlxENccfPetQ Dr Becky Inkster: https://www.beckyinkster.com/ Dr Akeem Sule: https://www.cam.ac.uk/people/akeem-sule Hashtags: #hiphopandmentalhealth #hiphoppsych #soundaffectspodcast #musicandmentalhealthSound Affects Podcast Twitter: @SoundAffectsPod Facebook: @SoundAffectsPod Insta: @sound_affects_podcast Email: soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com Send me an audio message: soundaffectspodast@gmail.com Support Sound Affects Podcast: Ko-fi.com/SoundAffectsPod Leave an Apple Podcast review: Open Apple Podcast App, go to the icons at the bottom of the page, choose search. Search for Sound Affects Podcast: Music and Mental Health with Katy Georgiou, then scroll down to ‘ratings and reviews’. Mental health support info Samaritans: jo@samaritans.org, or call 116 123 National Suicide Prevention Lifeline (USA): 1 800 273 8255 Mind: www.mind.org.uk Hearing Voices Network: https://www.hearing-voices.org/ Addiction support: https://www.talktofrank.com/get-help/find-support-near-you Crisis support: https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/crisis-services/useful-contacts/ https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/crisis-services/ Find a therapist at:https://www.psychotherapy.org.uk/ https://www.bacp.co.uk/ https://www.bps.org.uk/ https://www.hcpc-uk.org/ Further linksLogic 1-800 at the MTV VMA Awards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Ju6Q8Azcmg Key Changes: https://twitter.com/keychangesmusic Spoke: https://www.spoke.world/about-1 Kombat: https://www.beckyinkster.com/lyrical-kombat Cambridge Department of Psychiatry: https://www.psychiatry.cam.ac.uk/ 'Hip Hop Saved My Life Podcast' by Romesh Ranganathan: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/hip-hop-saved-my-life-with-romesh-ranganathan/id982388481

Om Podcasten

Welcome to Sound Affects Podcast – featured in NME's Podcasts for the People series. A music & mental health podcast exploring all crossovers between music and mental health: how music and sounds affect us somatically and psychologically, the songs that see us through, what drives people to music careers/a life on the road, the music industry climate, music therapy as support for mental illness, music fandom, music journalism and research in all these crossovers. I speak to well-known musicians and figures, experts, therapists, academics, researchers, authors, journalists, charities, and music fans. Each episode is an interview with a guest centred around a specific theme of music and mental health. Sound Affects is produced, edited and hosted by me, Katerina – a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist working professionally in both the NHS and private practice. I'm also a freelance sub-editor and writer published in The Independent, The Guardian, The Times and Wellcome Collection. Before becoming a therapist, I was a Samaritan helpline listener supporting people struggling to cope with suicidal feelings, and I worked full time as a copywriter and editor for Samaritans during the time of the charity's male suicide research launch. I've worked in magazine and newspaper publishing for many years and spent a lot of time during this time speaking to musicians and creative people. The idea for Sound Affects came while writing about and interviewing bands – I noticed a theme emerging around existential identity and just how sad some of the so-called "rock n roll" stories of excess were. I was also aware of just how much music impacts me, and in particular, specific bands and sounds. It is no secret that I'm a huge Oasis fan, and this theme features regularly in this podcast as alongside my interviews, I occasionally pause to reflect and consider what draws me to this music and how it has shaped me. When I trained as a psychotherapist, I drew together all my interests, culminating in this podcast. I often see musicians as clients for therapy, and I routinely appear in the press and radio commenting on various aspects of therapy and emotional health. I've been a guest on BBC Radio, and appeared in OK! Magazine, Psychologies, Stylist, Grazia, The Independent and more.