Welcome back to the Blister podcast on the Blister Podcast on the Blister Podcast Network.

Today, I'm your host, Dylan Wood, senior editor at Blister, and you can check out everything

we're doing and reviewing at Blister Review.com.

Today's guest is filmmaker, director, innovator, skier, and overall solid human being John Padilla.

Before we get into today's episode, I want to issue a warning.

In this conversation, we get into some sensitive topics, including suicide, depression, and substance abuse.

And while I think this is an important conversation, the content may be triggering to some folks. And if that's the case for you,

feel free to skip it or save it for another day. It'll always be here. Also, 988 is the National

Suicide and Crisis Lifeline here in the U.S.

And we have some more resources linked in the show notes if you or someone you know is experiencing

suicidal thoughts or a mental health crisis.

Okay, some background here.

John lost his brother, Jack, to suicide in 2019.

And since then, he's made it his mission to open the conversation about mental

health in mountain communities. His action-oriented personality has taken him from starting a

foundation in his brother's name to touring the country showing three films that he had a very

large role in producing. They're all part of a film series called Mountain in My Mind.

John and I have known each other for almost a decade now, and our lives and stories have

intersected in some really interesting and some really tragic ways. As some of you may know,

I lost my father to suicide a little over a year ago, so this topic and

John's mission are very close to my heart too. We talk about how John got into skiing and

filming, how losing his brother changed his trajectory, the content and intentions behind his

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