#502 Surviving Music & Drugs - Charlie Springer

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

Health & Fitness, Relationships, Society & Culture, Mental Health, Sexuality

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2020

⏱️ 93 minutes

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Paul's long-time friend, Charlie Springer, talks about giving up the seminary to move to San Fran in the Summer Of Love, beginning a career working with music greats while battling his alcoholism and drug addiction. Some great hippie stories :) Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18. For those under 18 you will be redirected to or can go directly to TeenCounseling at www.teencounseling.com WAYS TO HELP THE PODCAST ______________________ Subscribe via iTunes and leave a review. It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2 ————————————————————————— Spread the word via social media. It costs nothing. Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod -------------------------------------------------------- Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal or Zelle (make payment to [email protected]) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Try Our Sponsor’s Products/Services --------------------------------------------------- See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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0:00.0	Miss Fit toys.
0:02.0	Welcome to episode 502 with my guest Charlie Springer.
0:06.0	My name is Paul Gilmart and this is the metal illness happy hour.
0:09.0	Yeah, maybe you're here by mistake.
0:11.0	Maybe you've fucked up. Maybe you're all thumbs on your phone.
0:15.0	Or your computer.
0:16.0	I wonder if there was ever somebody born with all thumbs.
0:20.0	It certainly would be easy for them to show their approval of something.
0:25.0	The website for the show is metalpod.com, metalpod also the social media handle.
0:33.0	You can follow us at this interview today with my buddy Charlie.
0:39.0	I shut up all just let the interview roll.
0:44.0	Why feel like I got a prepare you.
0:48.0	Oh, yeah, actually there is something I did want to say the audio quality on this.
0:52.0	Because of COVID, I'm having to do some remote recordings, which I always try to avoid doing.
0:59.0	But I had to record Charlie remotely and the audio quality could definitely be better.
1:08.0	But I think it's a great interview and I didn't realize until after I recorded it.
1:14.0	Instead of using the microphone I'm talking into right now, I had chosen the microphone on my computer,
1:21.0	which is not the best sounding, but there you have it.
1:27.0	I want to read a couple surveys before we get to the...
1:30.0	Oh, before we get to those two things, if you are considering helping out the podcast financially, that would be awesome.
1:38.0	We could definitely use some support, either PayPal or Patreon.
1:42.0	Either one-time donation or recurring monthly.
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