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Inside Schizophrenia

Rachel Star Withers, Gabe Howard

Booking Overview

This monthly mental-health interview show focuses on schizophrenia, caregiving, family dynamics, crisis response, stigma, and treatment, featuring clinicians, behavioral-health professionals, advocates with lived experience, and documentary creators. Credible pitches include psychiatrists, psychologists, crisis-service leaders, schizophrenia or schizoaffective-disorder advocates, caregivers, mental-health authors, and policy or systems experts; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 90

Frequency: Monthly

Rating: 4.6/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 469.0k subscribers

Instagram: 31.0k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

gabehoward29@gmail.com

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Host

Rachel Star Withers - Entertainer, international speaker, video producer, and mental-health advocate who lives with schizophrenia. She creates educational content about schizophrenia and symptom management and has appea...

Gabe Howard - Award-winning writer, speaker, and podcast host who lives with bipolar disorder. He is the author of Mental Illness Is an Asshole and Other Observations and co-hosts mental-health programs.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium
Typical Credentials:  
Licensed or academically established mental-health clinicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, behavioral-health and crisis-response professionals, mental-health advocates with relevant lived experience, caregivers, authors, filmmakers, and experts involved in serious-mental-illness systems or policy.
Required Achievements:  
Clinical or behavioral-health leadership, Published books or substantial educational work, Mental-health advocacy or lived-experience content, Documentary or public-interest media production, Academic or professional expertise in psychiatric care and recovery

Recent Guest Discussions

Daniel Morehead - The Anti-psychiatry Movement, Psychiatric Treatment, Mental-health Advocacy, Patient Rights, And Navigating Anti-psychiatry Perspectives When Living With Schizophrenia.

Kit Wallis - Schizophrenia Myths, Schizoaffective Disorder, Psychosis, Bipolar Symptoms, Research Literacy, And Reducing Mental-health Stigma.

Touray Beaton Jr. - Responding To Acute Schizophrenia-related Mental-health Crises, Mobile Crisis Services, Safety, Stabilization, And Community-based Emergency Care.

C. Alec Pollard - Caregiver Burnout, Supporting Loved Ones With Serious Mental Illness, Recovery Barriers, Family Communication, And Promoting Treatment While Protecting Caregiver Well-being.

Gail Freedman - Systemic Failures In Severe Mental-illness Care, Homelessness And Criminal-justice Cycling, Documentary Filmmaking, And Grassroots Efforts To Reform Mental-health Systems.

Recent Topics

Health, Mental Health, Schizophrenia, Caregiving, Crisis Intervention

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Inside Schizophrenia
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Anti-Psychiatry and Schizophrenia

September 16, 2026

Schizophrenia has long been intertwined with the anti-psychiatry movement. The anti-psychiatry movement is based on the belief that psychiatric treatments often cause more harm than good. It challenges the legitimacy of mental illness diagnoses, medical interventions, and institutional authority. But the anti-psychiatry movement has also helped to significantly transform modern mental health care, patient rights, and legal, ethical, and clinical reforms. Host Rachel Star Withers, a diagnos...

Top Schizophrenia Myths Debunked

August 19, 2026

There are many myths that surround people with a schizophrenia diagnosis. Some examples of these myths are that people with schizophrenia have multiple personalities, that those with schizophrenia are dangerous and need to be hospitalized permanently, or that schizophrenia is caused by childhood abuse. None of these are true. Schizophrenia spectrum disorder is one of the most misunderstood mental health conditions. Dispelling these myths is crucial for reducing stigma. Host Rachel Star With...

Crisis in Schizophrenia: What to Do First

July 15, 2026

The intersection of schizophrenia and an acute mental health crisis typically involves a profound, overwhelming disruption of cognitive processing, emotional stability, and grasp on reality. During these periods, symptoms of the disorder such as hallucinations or delusions frequently intensify, leaving someone unable to distinguish internal psychiatric distress from the external reality. This internal chaos is often compounded by severe agitation, a sudden withdrawal from social support syste...

Frequently asked questions

Here's some frequently asked questions for
Inside Schizophrenia
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How do I get in touch with Inside Schizophrenia?

Inside Schizophrenia is hosted by Rachel Star Withers and Gabe Howard. Its publicly listed email is gabehoward29@gmail.com. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.

What is the email for Inside Schizophrenia?

The publicly listed email for Inside Schizophrenia: gabehoward29@gmail.com.

How many listeners does Inside Schizophrenia have?

Podseeker estimates Inside Schizophrenia reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.

Who is an ideal guest for Inside Schizophrenia?

Inside Schizophrenia typically books working professionals with real expertise. Typical guest background: Licensed or academically established mental-health clinicians, psychiatrists, psychologists, behavioral-health and crisis-response professionals, mental-health advocates with relevant lived experience, caregivers, authors, filmmakers, and experts involved in serious-mental-illness systems or policy. Common among recent guests: Clinical or behavioral-health leadership; Published books or substantial educational work; Mental-health advocacy or lived-experience content. Recent guests include Daniel Morehead, Kit Wallis, and Touray Beaton Jr..

How hard is it to get booked on Inside Schizophrenia?

Medium. Guests usually need solid credentials in the topic and an idea that fits the show.

What topics does Inside Schizophrenia cover?

Recent episodes cover Health, Mental Health, Schizophrenia, Caregiving, and Crisis Intervention. Pitch an idea tied to one of these topics and mention a recent episode.

Publicly listed emails

gabehoward29@gmail.com

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