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Let’s Talk About Suicide

Let’s Talk About Suicide


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Presented by Hamish Blunck
Email Letstalk@joy.org.au

 

Let’s Talk About Suicide is a JOY 94.9 podcast that provides support, conversation, and comfort to people affected by suicide. The podcast has a particular emphasis on suicide bereavement in the LGBTIQA+ communities as it is more prominent in these communities. The podcast is produced in association with Support After Suicide and Switchboard Victoria.

Listening to this podcast may raise issues for you and if this is the case we would encourage you to contact one of the following services in Australia:

  • Qlife: 1800 184 527 
  • Suicide Call Back Service: 1300 659 467
  • Lifeline: 13 11 14

Many people are affected by the suicide of a loved one (a partner, sibling, parent, or friend). It can be a devastating experience that is difficult to make sense of and difficult to cope with. This podcast raises awareness of suicide, how it affects people, and how people can learn to live with the death of a loved one.

The podcast has a particular emphasis on suicide bereavement in the LGBTIQA+ communities as it is more prominent in these communities. For example, LGBTI young people aged 16 to 27 are five times more likely to attempt suicide in their lifetime compared to the general population.

The podcast features the voices of four people who have lost a loved one to suicide: Beau, Lara, Peter, and Alice. They share their lived experience in an incredibly open and honest way. To help make sense of their experience are two experts in the field of suicide bereavement and suicide prevention: Dr Louise Flynn from Support After Suicide and Joe Ball from Switchboard Victoria.

Let’s Talk About Suicide was produced (with no government or sector funding) by Hamish Blunck a JOY volunteer, and in association with:

  • Support After Suicide a program of Jesuit Social Services, that provides support to people who have been bereaved by suicide.
  • Switchboard Victoria which provides peer-driven support services for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and gender divers, intersex, queer and asexual people, their families, allies and communities. Switchboard is also a partner of Qlife.

 
 

PODCASTS

Full Interview with Peter

9 Nov 2020

Full Interview with Peter

Health, Self-Help

In this extra of the Let’s Talk About Suicide podcast, you will hear about Peter’s experience with losing his partner, ...

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http://joy.org.au/letstalk/wp-content/uploads/sites/430/2020/11/S01E18-LetsTalkAboutSuicide-Interview-Peter.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:29:17 — 81.7MB)

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Full Interview with Lara

9 Nov 2020

Full Interview with Lara

Health, Self-Help

In this extra of the Let’s Talk About Suicide podcast, you will hear about Lara’s experience with losing her good ...

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http://joy.org.au/letstalk/wp-content/uploads/sites/430/2020/11/S01E17-LetsTalkAboutSuicide-Interview-Lara.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 46:56 — 43.0MB)

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Full Interview with Beau

9 Nov 2020

Full Interview with Beau

Health, Self-Help

In this extra of the Let’s Talk About Suicide podcast, you will hear about Beau’s experience with losing his partner, ...

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http://joy.org.au/letstalk/wp-content/uploads/sites/430/2020/11/S01E16-LetsTalkAboutSuicide-Interview-Beau.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:06:39 — 61.0MB)

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Full Interview with Alice

9 Nov 2020

Full Interview with Alice

Health, Self-Help

In this extra of the Let’s Talk About Suicide podcast, you will hear about Alice’s experience with losing her good ...

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http://joy.org.au/letstalk/wp-content/uploads/sites/430/2020/11/S01E15-LetsTalkAboutSuicide-Interview-Alice.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 1:14:32 — 68.2MB)

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Ep 14 – Remembering and Honouring Your Loved One

30 Oct 2019

Ep 14 – Remembering and Honouring Your Loved One

Health, Self-Help

In this final episode we talk about how you can remember and honour your loved one. For some people this ...

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http://joy.org.au/letstalk/wp-content/uploads/sites/430/2019/10/S01E14-LetsTalkAboutSuicide-Remembering-and-Honouring-Your-Loved-One.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 34:53 — 32.0MB)

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Ep 13 – The Funeral

30 Oct 2019

Ep 13 – The Funeral

Health, Self-Help

In this episode we talk about the funeral, including some of the challenges you might face both in the planning ...

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http://joy.org.au/letstalk/wp-content/uploads/sites/430/2019/10/S01E13-LetsTalkAboutSuicide-The-Funeral.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 24:54 — 22.8MB)

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Ep 12 – Supporting a Person Who Has Lost Someone to Suicide – Part 2

30 Oct 2019

Ep 12 – Supporting a Person Who Has Lost Someone to Suicide – Part 2

Health, Self-Help

In this episode we talk more about how you can support a person who has lost someone to suicide. If ...

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http://joy.org.au/letstalk/wp-content/uploads/sites/430/2019/10/S01E12-LetsTalkAboutSuicide-Supporting-a-Person-Who-Has-Lost-Someone-to-Suicide-Part-2.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 30:51 — 28.3MB)

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Ep 11 – Supporting a Person Who Has Lost Someone to Suicide – Part 1

30 Oct 2019

Ep 11 – Supporting a Person Who Has Lost Someone to Suicide – Part 1

Health, Self-Help

In this episode and the next one we talk about how you can support a person who has lost someone ...

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http://joy.org.au/letstalk/wp-content/uploads/sites/430/2019/10/S01E11-LetsTalkAboutSuicide-Supporting-a-Person-Who-Has-Lost-Someone-to-Suicide-Part-1.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 27:42 — 25.4MB)

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Ep 10 – The One Year Anniversary

30 Oct 2019

Ep 10 – The One Year Anniversary

Health, Self-Help

This episode is all about the one year anniversary. When you are grieving any death, the one year anniversary can ...

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http://joy.org.au/letstalk/wp-content/uploads/sites/430/2019/10/S01E10-LetsTalkAboutSuicide-The-One-Year-Anniversary.mp3

Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 31:20 — 28.7MB)

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Ep 09 – Preparing for Special Occasions

30 Oct 2019

Ep 09 – Preparing for Special Occasions

Health, Self-Help

There are a lot of occasions that we celebrate in our lives, things like birthdays, wedding anniversaries, Christmas and other ...

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http://joy.org.au/letstalk/wp-content/uploads/sites/430/2019/10/S01E09-LetsTalkAboutSuicide-Preparing-for-Special-Occasions.mp3

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