Learning to Soar: A Conversation With Artist Kev G Mor
Mad in America: Rethinking Mental Health
Mad in America
4.7 • 212 Ratings
🗓️ 17 December 2025
⏱️ 43 minutes
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Summary
Musician and artist Kev G Mor joins us to discuss his experience of psychosis, his daily support strategies, and the pros and cons of having a hundred-pound pit bull terrier for emotional support.
Kev is a suicide survivor who grew up with early childhood trauma and has experienced homelessness as a teen, is a single father, and is now again in recovery. His work is about showing what staying well looks like on hard days and keeping it practical for people who live with psychosis.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to the Madden America Podcast, your source for science, psychiatry, and social justice. |
| 0:14.6 | Welcome to the Madden America podcast. My name is Brooksim, and I am the author of the award-winning memoir May Cause Side Effects. |
| 0:23.0 | Today I am with Keb G. Moore, a Massachusetts certified peer specialist and Boston-based musician |
| 0:29.9 | with 15 years in recovery from schizoaffective disorder. |
| 0:34.2 | Kev is a suicide survivor who grew up with early childhood trauma, and has experienced homelessness as a teen, is a single father, and is now again in recovery. |
| 0:44.0 | His work is about showing what staying well looks like on ordinary hard days and keeping it practical for people who live with psychosis. |
| 0:51.5 | I am very much looking forward to this conversation with Kev because |
| 0:55.9 | I have been struck in my research by his honesty and vulnerability with whatever shows up at any |
| 1:03.0 | point because I know that especially this time of year it can be a little difficult for people |
| 1:08.7 | and I just really respect the fact that you showed up here today |
| 1:12.9 | and said to me, I almost thought about rescheduling because I'm not having a great day. And I'm |
| 1:19.0 | dealing with some issues, but I didn't want to hide that. And so I think we're just going to start |
| 1:24.7 | there. And I would love for you to tell us, what's |
| 1:27.5 | it like to be you today, Kev? |
| 1:29.2 | First of all, thank you so much for having me today on this podcast and speaking with me. |
| 1:35.0 | Today, I am dealing with a week of being triggered through my PTSD. |
| 1:44.1 | A lot of it is because I'm working on a memoir, |
| 1:47.0 | and I've gone through a lot of trauma in my life, |
| 1:51.0 | and in working on that memoir, |
| 1:53.0 | it's bringing a lot of things to the service. |
| 1:56.0 | Yesterday was Thanksgiving, and it was a very difficult day for me. |
| 2:01.1 | I spent it with friends and they helped me work my way up the emotional ladder with |
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