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Talk with Tenney

by Lauren Tenney

You don't have to be mad to call in . . . It helps. From abuse, torture, murder, and slavery coordinated by state-sponsored organized psychiatry to current events and critiques of modern society, we talk. Have a news tip? Want to be a guest? Have an idea for a show? Call the Talk with Tenney Tip Line: (516)319-4295 24-hours a day. It can be anonymous tip or you can leave a number for me to follow up with you. In a burst of energy in the middle of the night of May 16, 2014, I decided to establish a call-in radio talk show. Uncertain of what this really entailed, I embarked on this journey and have become more amazed with each step. I am amazed at the response and thank all of the people who have assisted in making this happen! Guests, from the United States and Canada have included people who are: Psychiatric survivors; Users of psychiatry; Advocates; Activists; Life Coaches; Peer workers; Spiritualists; Veterans; Authors of books and articles on psychiatry and anti-psychiatry; Psycholo

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  1. Talk with Tenney: Gerrit Smith’s Letter Concerning the 1859 Jerry Day Anniversary Celebration

    🎙️ Talk with Tenney: Gerrit Smith’s Letter and the 1859 Jerry Day Controversy In this episode of Talk with Tenney, Lauren Tenney revisits a powerful moment in abolitionist history. She reads Gerrit Smith’s 1859 letter to the Jerry Day Celebration Committee, in which Smith declines an invitation…

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  2. Mary Maddock MindFreedom Ireland Electroshock Protest Talk with Tenney

    Sunday, May 21, 2023 at 2:00 PM Eastern join Talk with Tenney for a chat with Mary Maddock of MindFreedom International! MindFreedom Ireland is holding their first electroshock protest in Dublin on Sunday, May 28, 2023! Tune in to Talk with Tenney for a chat with Mary Maddock on MindFreedom...

  3. CENSOR DESANTIS IS HERE TO PROTECT US AGAIN

    CENSOR DESANTIS IS HERE TO PROTECT US . . . AGAIN! Governor DeSantis Plans to Hold Higher Ed Captive, The Florida College System Presidents Remove DEI, CRT, and Personal Identity from Public Colleges and Universities Across Florida as of February 1, 2023. WHAT: When it comes to protecting and...

  4. Live Editing of manuscript on Lauretta Bender MD

    I don't know if I'm going to be able to pull this off, but my plan is to try to read this on Talk with Tenney on Blog Talk Radio while I stream the document I am reading and live editing on Twitch. This is a live reading of Lauretta Bender, M.D.: The Children's Shock Doc as I prepare to send it…

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  5. Chaya Grossberg Author Freedom from Psychiatric Drugs Talk with Tenney 12222021

    12/22/2021 6PM EST Call in to talk with Chaya!: (914) 205-5794! On this show Chaya Grossberg will discuss with Lauren Tenney her work consulting with people coming off psychiatric drugs, what helps them the most, and her other experience working with people in withdrawal from psych meds. She will...

  6. Electroshocking Veterans and Their Fetuses 2015 Lauren Tenney Mad in America

    During the spring of 2015 I began a series of Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) exchanges with the Department of Veterans Affairs, Veterans Health Administration. FOIA (FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT) RESULTS OF THE VA FROM 2015. This is a 2021 Veterans Day Reading of "Electroshocking Veterans and...

  7. #InstitutionalAbuseAwarenessWeek2021 10/17-23 Felice Eliscu #TalkWithTenney

    On Sunday, October 17, 2021, join Talk with Tenney with guest Felice Eliscu, Human Rights Advocate, who will talk about the new proposed Federal Legislation: A.C.C.A. and Placements for Youth that are Completely Unregulated and Abusive. We will discuss what some of these treatments are and how…

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  8. #TalkWithTenney #NY #LegislativeAlert 2 Involuntary Outpatient Commitment Bills

    On February 12, 2021, with more than one dozen co-sponsors and one dozen multi-sponsors, the new involuntary outpatient commitment bill in New York State, sponsored by Assemblywoman Gunther, titled, "An act to amend the mental hygiene law and the correction law, in relation to enhancing the...

  9. Jyl Anais on Talk with Tenney Soft Out Spoken 10312020

    Call in (914) 205-5794 to talk with poet and visual artist Jyl Anais on October 31, 2020 from 9PM - 11PM Eastern on Talk with Tenney! Jyl Anais is a poet and visual artist who works at the intersections of a variety of media. Her debut poetry collection, Soft Out Spoken, was released in 2019.…

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  10. Kathy Flaherty on Talk with Tenney #Advocacy for #DisabilityJustice 10282020

    Kathy Flaherty has lived at the intersection of mental health and the law since her first 1L year at Harvard Law School, when she was civilly committed to a psychiatric hospital. She interned for Connecticut Legal Rights Project (CLRP) after her second 1L year, back in the early 1990's. Kathy has...

  11. Talk with Tenney A Conversation with Jacob Moses #Seance #MAMMonster 10-24-2020

    Call in to talk with Jacob Moses (914) 205-5794 and hear about his newest publication, Seance, October 24, 2020 at 9:00 PM Eastern 6:00 PM Pacific on Talk with Tenney. Jacob Moses (AKA Jack M. Freedman) is a poet and spoken word artist from Staten Island, NY. Publications featuring his work span...

  12. Lauretta Bender MD The Children's Shock Doc on Talk with Tenney 10232020

    Hi Everyone - Tonight 10/23 @9PM Eastern! Call in 914-205-5794! I will be reading an unpublished manuscript concerning the history of the use of electric shock treatment (ECT, electroconvulsive treatment) on children. I will also discuss how Lauretta Bender, MD, the psychiatrist who created the...

  13. #BehindTheScenes #MadAnnals Part 3 Talk with Tenney #MAMMarathon #TSoAP #SoAP

    Call in 914-205-5794 Part 3 of Mad Annals The Suppression of Challenges to the Biomedical Model by the Leaders of the Field Dates Back to the Early Twentieth Century

  14. #BehindTheScenes #MAMMarathon #TSoAP #MAM #SOAP # #MadAnnals Part 2 10202020

    Call in (914) 205-5794 to talk with. Join me as I continue reading Chapter 9, Mad Annals #BehindTheScenes - I am recording this reading to incorporate edited clips into Mental American Monster: The Sprawl of American Psychiatry a #TrueHorror #HorrorHistory #History Help me test the technology of...

  15. #MAMMarathon #BehindTheScenes #TalkWithTenney #MadAnnals A Reading of Chapter 9

    914-205-5794 Call in! Say hi! #BehindTheScenes Tonight I am reading some of the history about psychiatry that I wrote to capture a recording of it to edit into Mental American Monster: The Sprawl of American Psychiatry! #MAMMonster #TheSprawlOfAmericanPsychiatry Obviously, I will not get through...

  16. Talk with Tenney: Test Broadcast and Wild Card Open Lines #MAMMarathon

    Guest Call In number: (914) 205-5794 You don't have to be mad to call in. It helps. Talk with Tenney tonight: Testing the streaming platforms gearing up for the new season! Help me through the hiccups! Wild Card Open Lines

  17. Talk with Tenney: Electric Shock Update 2020: Allegations Filed With FDA

    Allegations of regulatory misconduct against the NewYork State Office of Mental Health, Butler Hospital, and others filed with the FDA. Here is the full article: https://www.madinamerica.com/2020/05/ect-regulatory-misconduct-filed-fda/ #FDAStopTheShockDevice. Talk with Tenney is going live. 9PM...

  18. Late Night with Hero Ann mcDaniel,John Mcatee ,Renate Pore host Yvonne Smith

    Late Night with Hero host Yvonne Smith has on this Sunday3 solid Advocates ANn McDaniel of State indepent living council and John McAtte of WV Leadersip Academy Renta Pore of Affordable HealthCare WV Please call in 267 521 0167 or listen on line. 830pm Eastern p730m Central 630pm Mtn 530pm…

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  19. Obamacare and What is happening in your state

    Last week Repeal of Obama Care was withdrawn but Repel fanatics are back. What would a health care system that serves the needs of your state look like. Congress seems intent on still robbing the poor and disabled for tax cuts. How is Medicad handled in your state what is happening. How also will...

  20. Talk with Tenney: A Conversation with Paula Joan Caplan on Trump and Psychiatry

    Once you know a crucial fact about what gets called "mental illness", the debate about whether or not President Donald J. Trump is "mentally ill" disappears, and what is left is what really matters. What really matters is that President Trump apparently has no desire to change behavior that has...

  21. Talk with Tenney Burstow and Associated Scholars Antipsychiatry/Mad Conversation

    Call (267)521-0167 to Speak with Dr. Bonnie Burstow and Associated Scholars about groundbreaking advances in antipsychiatry on February 17, 2017 from 5:30 - 7:30 PM Eastern - This show is coming in midst of the triumph of a scholarship, the relentless media backlash against the scholarship and…

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  22. Late Night with a Hero Host Yvonne Smith with Ron Manderscheid Ph.D.

    Join Yvonne Smith on Late Night with Hero with Ron Manderscheid, Ph.D.Call in at (267)521-0167 on December 11, 2016 at 9PM Eastern, 8PM Central, 7PM Mountain, 6PM Pacific. This week, Yvonne's guest is Ron Manderscheid, Ph.D. Executive Director of the National Association of County Behavioral…

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  23. EMERGENCY SENATE Vote on Amendment to HR 34 is Near: Ideas for Legislators

    On Sunday, December 4, 2016 at 9PM Eastern, call in to (267)521-0167 to be part of the program. This is an urgent call for you to speak out to your legislators. On this show, Yvonne Smith, Lauren Tenney, and others will discuss things that you can talk about with your Senators AND Representatives...

  24. Donald Trump is President How do you Feel

    This is a general call in 267 521 0167 8 pm Eastern 5pm Pacific. Yvonne Smith your host will be taking live calls at (267)521-0167. If you would like to be a formal guest, contact Yvonne before the show. The Nation is clearly divided. Half the people are happy. Others are grief stricken. Where do...

  25. Late Night with a Hero: Special Live Call-In on the 2016 Presidential Election

    On November 6, 2016 from 9-11PM Eastern Join Late Night with a Hero with Host Yvonne Smith. Guests include: Val Marsh and others for a LIVE CALL-IN Show on the 2016 Presidential Election. Call in and and tell us what is up in your state including Congress and Senate elections. (267)521-0167

  26. Call in After the Clinton Trump Debate

    Disability and Diverse Communities Speak Out about the Presidential Debate and How the Candidates will Impact Our Communities. This is a current events show that will be looking at our analysis of the Clinton/Trump debates and how the candidates will impact our diverse communities. One candidate...

  27. Attacks on Community in legislation and Media

    267 521 0167 9pm Eastern 8pm Central 7pm Mtn 6 pm Pacific Call in Especially MAssachusetts, TN WV, CA NM. We are at a crucial time with the Media and Murhpy bill still in play. Congress is coming back in a few days. I hope that others who joined us last Sunday will return, Naomi Pinson Sera...

  28. Massachusetts Mental Health and the Boston Globe

    Late Night with Hero present Sera Davidow Courtney Tara Neely and Naomi Ruth Pinson on MA under Fire. The Boston Globe has been running a sensational one sided piece on people with mental illness designed to encourage forced interventions and to silence those who speak up for Human Rights. Tara...

  29. Talk with Tenney: A Conversation with Jack M. Freedman on new chapbook "Tobias"

    "Tobias" is the latest chapbook of poetry written by Jack M. Freedman. Just as his previous book, "Never Lick the Spoon", was a tribute to those who passed, "Tobias" is a celebration of life. Jack has been published in the following journals: Unquiet Desperation, Third Rail, First Literary...

  30. How are other organization across disability lobbying on Mental illness legislat

    August 21 Sunday- 6pm Pacific 7pm Mountain8 Central 9pm Eastern 267 521 0167 Mike Huber is the Chair of NICL ( National Independent Living Linving CEnters) menatal health Committe. Mike is Executive Director of CIL in Wisconsin. He has been a strong advocate within NICL to have people across…

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  31. Update on Major Mental Illness Bill

    CAll in number 6pm Pacific 7pm Mountain, 8 Centratl 9pm Eastern 267 521 0167 Late Night Returns From Summer Vacation to Welcome Host Yvonne Smith & Guest VAL Marsh to update us on the Battle Congress is out of Session but where are we now on the Mental Illness Bills. What is the Climate Around…

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  32. Talk with Tenney: Report Division 35 Involvement with PENS and its Aftermath 3

    I am very proud to be a co-author of the Member-Initiated Task Force of Division 35 of APA. RELEASE Of MEMBER INITIATED TASK FORCE REPORT On DIVISION 35 INVOLVEMENT IN PENS AND ITS AFTERMATH By CURRENT AND PAST MEMBERS OF DIV 35 Sharon Lamb, EdD, PhD (Co-Chair) Sarah E. Ullman, PhD (Co-Chair)…

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  33. Talk with Tenney: Report Division 35 Involvement with PENS and its Aftermath 2

    I am very proud to be a co-author of the Member-Initiated Task Force of Division 35 of APA report. RELEASE Of MEMBER INITIATED TASK FORCE REPORT On DIVISION 35 INVOLVEMENT IN PENS AND ITS AFTERMATH By CURRENT AND PAST MEMBERS OF DIV 35 Sharon Lamb, EdD, PhD (Co-Chair) Sarah E. Ullman, PhD...

  34. Talk with Tenney: Report on Division 35 Involvement with PENS and its Aftermath

    I am very proud to be a co-author of the Member-Initiated Task Force of Division 35 of APA. RELEASE Of MEMBER INITIATED TASK FORCE REPORT On DIVISION 35 INVOLVEMENT IN PENS AND ITS AFTERMATH By CURRENT AND PAST MEMBERS OF DIV 35 Sharon Lamb, EdD, PhD (Co-Chair) Sarah E. Ullman, PhD (Co-Chair)…

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  35. Surviving Race: Responding to the Aftermath of Police Brutality

    Headlines this week are filled with Police killing individuals in Baton Rouge, Minnesota, and New York who are African American and Latino and/or who also have a perceived disability. African Americans being racially profiled and killed by Police is not new. What is new and becoming more common…

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  36. Talk with Tenney: To Future Babies Who Will Never Know Life Without Psychiaty

    OPEN LINES. (267) 521-0167 On July 6, 2016 #HR2646 PASSED 422 to 2; A sad day in America. Our fight continues. On July 8, 2016, we again warn of the realities future generations will be subjected to under Murphy's Law, if enacted. Call in (267) 521-0167 9-11PM ; On July 8, 2016, Call in to the…

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  37. Talk with Tenney: Open Lines Murphy Bill HR 2646 passes E and C. Action Required

    Call in 267-521-0167 on June 15, 2016 from 9-11PM Eastern, 8-10PM Central, 7-9PM Mountain, 6-8PM Pacific. The Murphy Bill passed in the Energy and Commerce Committe, with a vote of 53 - 0. We are invisible in the process. Our rights are quickly slipping away. Join in the conversation as we now go...

  38. Talk with Tenney: OPEN LINES: HR 2646 Stop the Murphy Bill

    TONIGHT! OPEN LINES -- CALL IN: SPEAK OUT AGAINST THE MURPHY BILL. Monday night, June 13, 2016 9-11 PM Eastern 8-10 Central, 7-9 Mountain 6-8 Pacific Lauren Tenney and Yvonne Smith will be joined by Val Marsh, Executive Director of National Coalition for MH Recovery. Tune in for the latest…

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  39. OPEN LINES. ORGANIZED PSYCHIATRY AND PSYCHOLOGY IN THE MILITARY

    OPEN LINES. Monday, May 30, 2016: 9-11 PM Eastern, 6-8PM Pactic, 8-10 CALL: (267) 521-0167 to be part of the program. People who are veterans or friends or famiily members of those who died or who are injured are most welcome to Call (267)521-0167 to be part of the program as we honor those who...

  40. Late Night with James Gottstein & Host Yvonne Smith

    Call in 267-521-0167 6pm Pacific 7pm Mtn 8 central 9 pm Eastern. James Barry "Jim" Gottstein is an Alaska based lawyer who specializes in business matters and public land law, and is well known as an attorney advocate for people diagnosed with serious mental illness. Gottstein has sought to check...

  41. Late Night with Yvonne Smith Takes a Look at the Making of Healing Voices

    Oryx Cohen along with Will Hall took a different look at recovery from Mental health system.The subject of the film is around 3 individuals and their experiences. We want to know what did it take to make this ground breaking film and spread the word in 130 locations in one day. What happens if we...

  42. Healing Voices the Movie: Impressions and Call IN.

    Friday night there is the Premier of Healing Voices this show is for people to extend the conversation about the movie and the issues addressed. All are Welcome to call in. Invited Oryx Cohen http://healingvoicesmovie.com/

  43. Working in the Mental health system and being a system Advocate

    Sunday' special guest is Scot Spicer A certified peer support specialist, public health professional and co-founder of National Mental Health and Dignity Day, Scott Spicer has over 15 years of experience in the non-profit and human services sectors. His experience includes working with youth and...

  44. Talk with Tenney: Special Update on #FDAStopTheShockDevice Campaign

    On March 22, 2016, from 9-11PM Eastern, call (267) 521-0167 The rule proposed is that for people who are 18 years of age and older, who experience a “depressive episode” as part of “major depressive disorder” or “bipolar disorder” and are “treatment-resistant” or “require rapid response” that the...

  45. Late night with Joseph Rogers and Host Yvonne Smith

    Sunday March 20 6 pm Pacific 7pm Mtn 8pm Central &9Pm Eastern. Current events on how Mental health Community is effected by the Current Events. Late Night Hero and Frequent Guest Joseph Rogers. Confirmed guest also Daniel Fisher. Gina Calhoun invited but not confirmed.. Please Call in 267 621 521...

  46. Talk with Tenney: Comment on complaint: FDA Ombuds Office #FDAStopTheShockDevice

    Tune in on March 17, 2016 from 9-11PM Eastern (267)521-0167 to hear and comment on the Final Draft of Official Complaint to Ombuds Office at FDA concerning the processes that FDA has taken in the proposed down-classification of the shock device The rule proposed is that for people who are 18…

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  47. Talk with Tenney: Special: 13 Days Left to Say #FDAStopTheShockDevice

    On March 15, 2016 from 9 - 11 PM Eastern, call in (267) 521-0167 to join people who are shock treatment survivors and allies discuss the current state of the FDAs attempts to down-classify the shock device to a class II device putting it in the same category as eyeglasses or wheelchairs. The rule...

  48. Late Night With NICL Director Kelly Buckland and Host Yvonne SMith

    Lets Talk Legislation effecting the Disabled with Kelly Buckland and Cross Disability Activism Sunday March 6 9Pm Eastern &8pm Central 7pm Mtn 6Pm Pacific The ADA was a good start but thier are much more work to do. Several pieces of legilation in Congress and State Houses are effecting the...

  49. Call in on Legislation Pending in the States

    Call in 267 521 0167 Sunday febuary 21 9pm Eastern 6 pm Pacici There is much legisltion around the USA that will effect disabled people labled mental illness. Federal and state policies have these individuals under attack for loss of thier rights. Call in to discuss your effort in your community....

  50. Talk with Tenney: A Conversation with Tina Minkowitz on CRPD Campaign Part 2

    Tina Minkowitz speaks about the Campaign to Support CRPD Absolute Prohibition of Commitment and Forced Treatment CRPD = Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities Survivors, researchers, service providers, lawyers - all welcome to write or contribute art work demonstrating support for...

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

You don't have to be mad to call in . . . It helps. From abuse, torture, murder, and slavery coordinated by state-sponsored organized psychiatry to current events and critiques of modern society, we talk. Have a news tip? Want to be a guest? Have an idea for a show? Call the Talk with Tenney Tip Line: (516)319-4295 24-hours a day. It can be anonymous tip or you can leave a number for me to follow up with you. In a burst of energy in the middle of the night of May 16, 2014, I decided to establish a call-in radio talk show. Uncertain of what this really entailed, I embarked on this journey and have become more amazed with each step. I am amazed at the response and thank all of the people who have assisted in making this happen! Guests, from the United States and Canada have included people who are: Psychiatric survivors; Users of psychiatry; Advocates; Activists; Life Coaches; Peer workers; Spiritualists; Veterans; Authors of books and articles on psychiatry and anti-psychiatry; Psycholo

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