Woke Mental Wellness

Woke Mental Wellness

Woke Mental Wellness is a podcast devoted to Black Queer mental wellness and the issues which impact our community. Currently we play tabletop role playing games and talk about gaming and how it relates and impacts Black Queer mental wellness. Woke Mental Wellness aims to increase knowledge and awareness about Black Queer mental wellness and intersectionality to help both people in the Black Queer communities as well as providers and allies. Cassie, is the founder and GM of Woke Mental Wellness and a Black Queer person with a mental illness as well as a mental health professional.

Episodes

July 14, 2025 44 mins

Windy City Nihilism is an Urban Horror Podcast Series. We do not shy away from touchy topics and the politics of horror, mental health, games, and life as a person of targeted identities. 

This is our talkback for Episodes 1-3. We discuss the game and our lived experiences and how they relate to mental health, activism and live as Black Queer people in the US. 

Please also be aware that talkback episodes cover a wide range of topics ...

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Windy City Nihilism is an Urban Horror Podcast Series. We do not shy away from touchy topics and the politics of horror, mental health, games, and life as a person of targeted identities. 

It is summer in Chicago and once again protests have taken over the city as the people demand more care and community and less state violence and austerity cuts to public programs. Romero is an experienced activist who is struggling with the const...

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June 16, 2025 42 mins

Windy City Nihilism is an Urban Horror Podcast Series. We do not shy away from touchy topics and the politics of horror, mental health, games, and life as a person of targeted identities. 

It is summer in Chicago and once again protests have taken over the city as the people demand more care and community and less state violence and austerity cuts to public programs. Romero is an experienced activist who is struggling with the const...

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June 2, 2025 66 mins

Woke Mental Wellness is back with a new cast and a full season! 

Windy City Nihilism is an Urban Horror Podcast Series. We do not shy away from touchy topics and the politics of horror, mental health, games, and life as a person of targeted identities. 

It is summer in Chicago and once again protests have taken over the city as the people demand more care and community and less state violence and austerity cuts to public programs. Ro...

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WELCOME BACK!!

It took some time, but Woke Mental Wellness is back with another new cast and a full season! Want to know what you are in for? Well luckily this is our Session 0! you can get a vibe for the cast and hear about the general idea for the story!

Content Warnings:

Please also be aware that talk back episodes cover a wide range of topics which may be hard for some listeners. Topics include but are not lim...

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Welcome back for the final discussion of Season 2 of our actual play series on Woke Mental Wellness!

This is our final episode. 

We are discussing the entirety of our play through of  Kalymba, a new TTRPG by Daniel Pirraca.  We are using the quickstart as the game is not yet released, but it did successfully Kickstart!!

This series is called Finding Home and our 3 players are, Randall, Kevi, and Moon!

Please be awar...

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Apologies for the delay. As you know the world has been a lot, but we are back with the final game play episode! 

Welcome back for the finale of Season 2 of our actual play series on Woke Mental Wellness!

This is our final game play episode. 

See how our play through of  Kalymba, ends .  We are using the quickstart as the game is not yet released, but it did successfully Kickstart!!

This series is called Finding Hom...

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June 4, 2022 48 mins

Welcome back to Season 2 of our actual play series on Woke Mental Wellness!

This is our 2nd discussion episode. 

We are discussing up to episode 6 of our play through of  Kalymba, a new TTRPG by Daniel Pirraca.  We are using the quickstart as the game is not yet released, but is on Kickstarter NOW!  http://kck.st/3w8kyeS 

This series is called Finding Home and our 3 players are, Randall, Kevi, and Moon!

Please be ...

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May 21, 2022 49 mins

Welcome Back to Season 2 of our actual play series on Woke Mental Wellness! 

We continue our adventure with Episode 6!

We are continuing our play through of Kalymba, a new TTRPG by Daniel Pirraca.  We are using the quickstart as the game is not yet released, but is now on Kickstarter! 

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/craftandogames/kalymba-roleplaying-game?ref=clipboard-prelaunch

This series is called Finding H...

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May 7, 2022 40 mins

Welcome Back to Season 2 of our actual play series on Woke Mental Wellness! 

We continue our adventure with Episode 5!

We are discussing episodes 1 -3 of our play through of  Kalymba, a new TTRPG Daniel Pirraca.  We are using the quickstart as the game is not yet released, but is now on Kickstarter! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/craftandogames/kalymba-roleplaying-game?ref=clipboard-prelaunch 

This series is ...

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April 30, 2022 46 mins

Welcome to Season 2 of our actual play series on Woke Mental Wellness! 

This is our first discussion episode.  

We are discussing episodes 1 -3 of our play through of  Kalymba, a new TTRPG Daniel Pirraca.  We are using the quickstart as the game is not yet released, but will be on Kickstarter April 29th! This series is called Finding Home and our 3 players are, Randall, Kevi, and Moon!

Please be aware that this ser...

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April 16, 2022 35 mins

Welcome to Season 2 of our actual play series on Woke Mental Wellness! 

This week the adventure continues as our Yumboes look for their next step! 

We are playing Kalymba, a new TTRPG Daniel Pirraca.  We are using the quickstart as the game is not yet released, but will be on Kickstarter April 29th! This series is called Finding Home and we have 3 new players, Randall, Kevi, and Moon!

Please be aware that this seri...

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April 9, 2022 42 mins

Welcome to Season 2 of our actual play series on Woke Mental Wellness! 

This is the start the adventure! 

We are playing Kalymba, a new TTRPG Daniel Pirraca.  We are using the quickstart as the game is not yet released, but will be on Kickstarter soon! This series is called Finding Home and we have 3 new players, Randall, Kevi, and Moon!

Please be aware that this series will contain and discuss possibly triggering ...

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April 2, 2022 29 mins

Welcome to Season 2 of our actual play series on Woke Mental Wellness! 

This is our set up to start the adventure. Get to know our new cast and new game!

We are playing Kalymba, a new TTRPG Daniel Pirraca.  We are using the quickstart as the game is not yet released, but will be on Kickstarter soon! This series is called Finding Home and we have 3 new players, Randall, Kevi, and Moon!

Please be aware that this seri...

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September 18, 2021 74 mins

Join us for a very special episode as we interview the fabulous folks from Witch & Craft Games, Amelia and Xoco! We'll discuss game design, inspirations, and much more. Please be aware that this series will contain and discuss heavy and possibly triggering content that includes: Strong Language, Violence, Various Mental Health Symptoms, Abuse, and Abandonment.  Please  take care of yourself.

XII Inner Demons is a new TTRPG ...

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September 11, 2021 65 mins

With the campaign finished, we talk about everything that's happened in our final discussion episode. Woke Mental Wellness Presents: Windy City Demons, A XII Inner Demons Actual Play and Mental Health Conversation.

We are playing XII Inner Demons, a new TTRPG from Witch & Craft   Games.  Our game is set in a Chicago that is a few years in the future   after the pandemic. The game sees our group of 3 trying to save their   w...

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September 4, 2021 51 mins

The party find their journey rapidly drawing to a close. Woke Mental Wellness Presents: Windy City Demons, A XII Inner Demons Actual Play and Mental Health Conversation.

We   are playing XII Inner Demons, a new TTRPG from Witch & Craft   Games.  Our game is set in a Chicago that is a few years in the future   after the pandemic. The game sees our group of 3 trying to save their   world from the coming Archdemon. Problem is that ...

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August 28, 2021 32 mins

The party continues their fight against a greater demon as a mysterious entity tries to intervene. Woke Mental Wellness Presents: Windy City Demons, A XII Inner Demons Actual Play and Mental Health Conversation.

We   are playing XII Inner Demons, a new TTRPG from Witch & Craft   Games.  Our game is set in a Chicago that is a few years in the future   after the pandemic. The game sees our group of 3 trying to save their   world ...

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August 21, 2021 38 mins

Up against a Greater Demon called the Stormbringer, how will the party survive? Woke Mental Wellness Presents: Windy City Demons, A XII Inner Demons Actual Play and Mental Health Conversation.

We   are playing XII Inner Demons, a new TTRPG from Witch & Craft   Games.  Our game is set in a Chicago that is a few years in the future   after the pandemic. The game sees our group of 3 trying to save their   world from the coming Arch...

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August 14, 2021 31 mins

The group unpacks the events of the last three episodes (with some slight interruptions by July 4 fireworks.) Woke Mental Wellness Presents: Windy City Demons, A XII Inner Demons Actual Play and Mental Health Conversation.

We   are playing XII Inner Demons, a new TTRPG from Witch & Craft   Games.  Our game is set in a Chicago that is a few years in the future   after the pandemic. The game sees our group of 3 trying to save thei...

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