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Dr. Peter Breggin Hour

Today's hour is the deepest I have gone in talking about empathy as an intentional listening to, acceptance and understanding of another person.  It is…
My guest is Los Angeles psychiatrist Judith Orloff and as I predicted in my Frequent Alert before the show, it was an astonishingly inspiring and…
My guest Andrew Thibault is the film maker who made Speed Demons, one of the best documentaries ever on how psychiatric drugs drove a real-life…
Between Terry Lynch MD and me, I think we have a hundred years of experience working with patients or clients, and that is what our…
This was such a great show, I had to reassure my wonderful audience that every single caller was spontaneous and as surprising to me as…
My guest Kim Witczak represents consumers on the FDA committee that makes recommendations to the agency about drug approval.  Kim lost her husband to suicide while…
My guest Michael Fontaine is a Professor of Classics who, every time he comes on my radio show, creates an hour of conversation that is…
This January 2, 2019 “Dr. Peter Breggin Hour” is one of my shows I most wish everyone would hear.  It’s about “Love in the New Year.”  I…
The last show of 2018 was amazing.  Although it was Open Mic Wednesday (the last Wednesday of the month), it became focused on the FDA’s recent…
My guest Sarah Price Hancock survived more than 100 ECT and dozens of psychiatric drugs as well as psychiatric hospitalizations to go on to become a certified…
Today is open mic day, devoted to callers, as always on the last Wednesday of the month at 4-5 pm NY time. The  focus is on…
Richard Lawhern PhD became an activist in the field of pain treatment and opiates in response to his wife’s suffering with physical pain.  An information analyst…