#749 Murder, Grief & Activism - Abby Reyes

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Paul Gilmartin

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

4.8 • 6.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2025

⏱️ 120 minutes

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Summary

Abby Reyes is an author, lawyer, and climate justice leader. She shares her story of activism, the tragic loss of her partner, and the mindfulness techniques she uses to manage her grief. Look for her new book, Truth Demands: A Memoir of Murder, Oil Wars, and the Rise of Climate Justice.

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0:00.0	Welcome to episode 749 with my guest, Abby Reyes.
0:04.2	I am Paul Gilmartin.
0:06.8	The producer, the host of this show.
0:11.7	Speaking of hosting, let me say this first.
0:16.6	The website for this show is metalpod.com.
0:19.4	Metalpod, also the social media handles.
0:21.5	You can follow us at blah, blah, blah. We'd love it if you would subscribe.
0:26.4	Whatever your podcast player is, it just helps greatly. If you're a subscriber, then we get more
0:34.5	downloads. Of course, we need help on Patreon.
0:43.8	The podcast is in a financial deficit right now. And, yeah, it's pretty stressful.
0:49.4	If you get something out of this show, we'd love it if you could help out in any way that you can. Now that that's out of the way. The other thing is, this show's not meant to be a substitute for professional mental counseling.
0:59.3	I am not a therapist.
1:01.5	Speaking of hosting, I was invited to appear on the new edition of dinner and a movie.
1:09.7	For those of you that don't know, I was the host of it from when it came on the air in 1995
1:16.2	to when it went off the air in 2011.
1:19.4	Interestingly, also a six-month overlap between doing dinner and a movie at the end
1:25.0	and me starting this podcast.
1:28.5	So I was invited to appear on the show and very excited.
1:35.8	You know, when they rebooted the show, I got messages from a bunch of my friends.
1:40.5	Did you hear they're bringing it back and are you going to be a part of it?
1:43.8	And, you know, my
1:45.1	initial thought was, no, when that, when that show ended in 2011, I felt like it, we had done
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