Choose Your Struggle
Discussing issues of Mental Health, Substance Misuse and Recovery, and Drug Use & Policy with host Jay Shifman, Speaker, Storyteller, and Advocate. Each week Jay chats with interesting guests as they seek to destroy stigma and advocate for honest, educational conversations that motivate positive change. You can learn more at https://jay.campsite.bio/. Choose Your Struggle has been streamed in over thirty-five countries and is available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and wherever else you get your podcasts. Leave a review! https://ReviewThisPodcast.com/Choose-Your-Struggle
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Season 3, Episode 10
Hiatus: So Long And Thanks For All The Fish
This is the last episode of this show for a while. Jay is burnt out from making Made It and three seasons of this show in three years and is going to take some time work on other projects for a while. But stay subscribed because Season 4 will be back... at some point! And Made It: Season 2 will drop... sometime as well!
Thank you for all your love and support.
To...
Season 3, Episode 9
By Any Other Name With The Reverend Robert W. Lee
The Reverend Robert Wright Lee, IV (Rob) is an author, activist, commentator, and preacher. His work has appeared on and in MTV, the View, The New Yorker, CNN, the New York Times, NPR, and countless other sources. As his name suggests, Rob is a descendant of Confederate General Robert E. Lee and has been engaged as an activist in the field of racial reconc...
Season 3, Episode 8
A Life of Advocacy with Larry D. Mass
Larry D. Mass has been an advocate for the gay community for his entire adult life. From working with Larry Kramer at Act Up to writing an article that's now recognized as the first report on what would eventually become the AIDS crises, Larry is a hero to the advocate community. He's also written about what it's like to be a gay Jew and interestingly his love of Rich...
Season 3, Bonus Episode
A Week Off Note From Your Host
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Season 3, Episode 7
You've Got That (Desi) Spark In You! with Nehal Tenany and Annika Sharma
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Annika Sharma is a co-founder and co-host of That Desi Spark podcast, one of the largest independently run South Asian...
Season 3, Episode 6:
From Prison to Policy Changemaker with Morgan Godvin
Morgan Godvin is a student at the OHSU-PSU School of Public Health in Portland, where she was born and raised. She is a person in long-term recovery. As a harm reductionist, she performs syringe exchange, naloxone distribution, overdose prevention outreach, and infectious disease testing. In addition to her studies, she works as a freelance writer cove...
Season 3, Episode 5: Advocacy In Action With Garth Mullins
Today's episode is a conversation with Garth Mullins! Garth is the Host and executive producer of the Crackdown Podcast. www.crackdownpod.com and an amazing drug use and user advocate. He's also a guy Jay really looks up to and an awesome musician.
For more on Garth:
Crackdown Podcast Episode Resign: https://www.crackdownpod.com/episodes/episode-29-resign
Gar...
Season 3, Episode 4: Rethinking Manliness Through Vulnerability with JT Frank
JT Frank is a proud veteran and first responder. He started his career in the United States Air Force and has spent the last 23 years protecting and serving his country as a civilian federal employee. Through his extensive time in the military and as a first responder, he has become intimately familiar with both the positive and negative lifestyle...
Season 3, Episode 3: The Medical Side of Cannabis with Dr. Peter Grinspoon
Dr. Peter Grinspoon saw from an early age that the way our country handled cannabis wasn't build on science or fact. Through watching his brother die of cancer, go through med school and struggle with his own issue of Addiction, Dr. Grinspoon never lost his desire to see cannabis handled in a safer and more fact-based way. Now an advocate for increas...
On this special feed drop episode of the Choose Your Struggle Podcast, Jay plays a story from the podcast Abortion, With Love Titled To My Strength followed by a conversation between Omkari Williams and Renee Bracey Sherman on Ms. Williams' podcast Stepping Intro Truth. Ms. Williams is a storyteller who teaches women how to use their stories to make a change. Ms. Bracey Sherman is the Founder and Executive Director of We T...
Check out the rest of Season 1 of Choose Your Struggle Presents: Made It at https://kite.link/CYS-Stay-Savage.
Made It is a member of the Shameless Podcast Network and a Choose Your Struggle production. Learn more at https://www.shamelessnetwork.com/ and at https://www.chooseyourstruggle.com/.
Learn more about Sarah and Savage Sisters, including how to support, at https://savagesisters.org/.
Season 3, Episode 2: Living By The Book with Kristen Meinzer
Kristen got into podcasting early, over a decade ago, as a film critic for WNYC, a passion she still lives through her show Movie Therapy with Rafer & Kristen. But it was when she launched By The Book Pod in 2017 with Jolenta Greenberg, that she became a household name. Over the last five years, they've reviewed over 70 self help books, living, as the name sug...
Season 3 is here!
Season 3, Episode 1: The Evolution of Modern Drug Policy with Ethan Nadelmann.
Ethan Nadelmann is the founder of Drug Policy Alliance! He tells Jay about his introduction to drug use and drug policy decades ago and his move, in the 90s, to bring multiple organizations under one roof which gave birth to the legendary DPA.
After retiring half a decade ago, Ethan continues to be a force on drug policy scene ...
Season 3 is here! This is kind of a season kick off, more final trailer than full episode. So we'll call it Season 3, Episode .5.
We'll officially kick off Season 3 next week, Friday the 15th, with a conversation with Ethan Nadlemann.
Sorry for the echoey sound. Still finishing the recording booth but I said screw it I want to use it.
Follow the Cookies for Breakfast Podcast! https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/cookies-fo...
In this last preview to Season 3 of the Choose Your Struggle podcast, Jay chats with Adam al-Asad of Savage Sisters.
Consider subscribing to Choose Your Struggle Presents: Made It, Season 1: Stay Savage https://kite.link/choose-your-struggle-presents-made-it to make sure you don't miss a single moment of our new show when it drops in a few weeks!
Looking for someone to wow your audience now that the world is reopening? My s...
Originally released as Season 2, Episode 75
Dispelling Myths and Destroying Stigma with David Poses
This week, Jay chats with an incredible guest, the author and advocate David Poses. David is in recovery and advocates for better treatment of drug users and those struggling with substance misuse. David is a guy Jay really looks up to and admires for his advocacy and his beautiful writing ability.
Season 3 Update and Preview, an official audio introduction to Choose Your Struggle's producer Ryan Holzhauer, and the Made It Trailer.
Subscribe to Choose Your Struggle Presents Made It! https://kite.link/choose-your-struggle-presents-made-it
Looking for someone to wow your audience now that the world is reopening? My speaking calendar is booking up fast! But if you're interested in bringing me to your campus, you...
Season 2, Episode 85
Leading With Empathy In Addiction Treatment With Dr. Nzinga Harrison
The season finale of the 2nd season of the Choose Your Struggle podcast is here! It's been an amazing season but all good things come to an end.
The Season Finale features Jay chatting with Dr. Nzinga Harrison, the host of one of his favorite podcasts In Recovery! She's also the Chief Medical Officer and Co-Founder of Eleanor Health and ...
Season 2, Episode 84
Monday Motivation: Season 2 Wrap Pt. 2, To Infinity and Beyond!
Today's Monday Motivation is the completion of the season wrap up that we started with last week's Monday Motivation. Friday, November 5th is the final episode. We're looking forward to everything else that's coming down the line for Choose Your Struggle!
CHOOSE YOUR STRUGGLE IS A FINALIST FOR THE HARM REDUCTION COALITION'S YEARLY AWARDS! The...
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