Will Sadler
willsadlerne.bsky.social
Will Sadler
@willsadlerne.bsky.social
Film, radio, podcasting, mental health and supporting disabled screen talent in North East England. Website: anyamedia.net

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@zackpolanski.bsky.social when the media inevitably come gunning for you, challenge the editors of the sun, mail, express, telegraph to a televised 4 on 1 debate.

They won't of course. So then you can call them out as the cowards they are & methodically unpick their histories and vested interests
October 18, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Great conversation
New episode!

We spoke to the wonderful Dr Judith Joseph about her research into High Functioning Depression and her latest book, High Functioning: Overcome Your Hidden Depression and Reclaim Your Joy

livelymindspod.com/listen/

#MentalHealth #HighFunctioningDepression #MentalHealthPodcast
August 1, 2025 at 5:40 PM
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This was a great magazine Mark, I subscribed for a bit.

If you’ve not heard it, I think Ellie Page and @willsadlerne.bsky.social are doing great work with Lively Minds podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/l...
Lively Minds, the UK Mental Health Podcast
Mental Health Podcast · Monthly · Lively Minds is a monthly podcast about mental health challenges that go beyond the ebb and flow of the everyday. Led by people with lived experience, the show looks ...
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July 17, 2025 at 8:15 AM
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Series 3 Episode 13 is here!

We talked to expert ethologist, Professor Melissa Bateson, about the evolutionary basis for anxiety; its biological functions, its evolutionary importance, and how it prepares humans and animals to detect and respond to threats.

Listen now!

www.livelymindspod.com
July 4, 2025 at 8:14 AM
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Series 3 Episode 12 has landed!

We take a deep dive into SSRIs, which are the most commonly prescribed form of antidepressant in the UK. We talk to Dr Alex Curmi from Thinking Mind podcast about their evidence base, what we don't know, and why there is so much debate about their use.

#MentalHealth
June 13, 2025 at 10:44 AM
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#NoMoreBenefitDeaths

Please support this crowdfunder in memory of Krissi Hunt. Krissi family and lawyers have set up a crowdfunder so that @johnpring.bsky.social book #TheDepartment can be sent to every coroners office

Link to crowdfunder & article

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May 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Our latest guest @markfabian.bsky.social on how aligning our actions with our personal values & finding like-minded individuals to share them with, can help us towards a fulfilling life.

His book 'Beyond Happy' is available now

Listen by searching Lively Minds wherever you get your podcasts
May 15, 2025 at 8:10 AM
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Lively Minds is an outstanding podcast about mental health centring people with lived experience and exploring mental health in a wholistic way.

They occasionally talk to academics, and I was lucky enough to be interviewed about my new book, Beyond Happy.
Our latest episodes are a 2 part series called 'Rethinking Happiness'.

In part 1, Prof William Tov discusses the definition of 'happiness'. In part 2 Prof @markfabian.bsky.social chats to us about what it means to live a 'happy' life.

🎧 at livelymindspod.com/listen or your favourite podcast app!
May 8, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Great conversation!
Particularly enjoyed the part about how nihilism can lead eventually to a kind of happiness ...
We chat to @markfabian.bsky.social, Associate Professor of Public Policy at Warwick University about his book 'Beyond Happy' and what it means to live a 'happy' life.

Listen to the whole conversation at livelymindspod.com/listen or search Lively Minds in your favourite podcast app!
May 8, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A two part series on the podcast I co-host... What is happiness? How does it differ between cultures? And what does it mean to live a 'happy' life?
Our latest episodes are a 2 part series called 'Rethinking Happiness'.

In part 1, Prof William Tov discusses the definition of 'happiness'. In part 2 Prof @markfabian.bsky.social chats to us about what it means to live a 'happy' life.

🎧 at livelymindspod.com/listen or your favourite podcast app!
May 8, 2025 at 4:15 PM
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Has anyone - anyone at all - vaguely adjacent to government decision makers provided any justification for keeping FPP for combined authority elections? I can’t think of any strong reason not can I recall seeing anyone making such a defence. Perhaps I’ve missed it.
For for the West of England mayoralty More in Common have:

Lab: 23%
Con: 21%
Reform: 18%
Green: 18%
LD: 15%

It is genuinely absurd to have an election with that kind of spread decided by first past the post. Unjustifiable.
UPDATED post:

I've added new mayoral polling from YouGov and More in Common to my comprehensive local elections preview post. And I've also changed a few predictions for councils.

(£/free trial)

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April 27, 2025 at 11:57 AM
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Great piece this. I’d love to see those figures in the graph over, say, the last 20 years…has the MH situation worsened? I mean, I expect it has, from what I saw with Theatre Hullabaloo and Newcastle City Council, and as a member of an ICB Place Committee.
January 9, 2025 at 12:01 PM
North East England has an “unspoken mental health crisis” according to @johntomaney.bsky.social

I spoke to @alisdairc.bsky.social of ReCoCo to try and find out why.

I wrote about it in @nebylines.bsky.social and made a podcast about it for Lively Minds

northeastbylines.co.uk/news/health/...
Why is North East England (still) so mentally unwell?
"...your lack of proximity to power means that your voices are not heard, your concerns are not heard, and you are essentially forgotten about.”
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January 9, 2025 at 10:41 AM
Thanks! It was a great conversation with @alisdairc.bsky.social
A must listen for NE health folk. Why is the north east so mentally unwell? The frankly ace Alisdair Cameron , ReCoCo talks with equally ace Will Sadler on Lively Minds. Listen for regional analysis and understanding, local solutions, empathy. Thanks both

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S3E6 - Why is North East England so mentally unwell? With Alisdair Cameron
Podcast Episode · Lively Minds, the UK Mental Health Podcast · 06/12/2024 · 27m
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December 11, 2024 at 8:29 PM