**“Rescued by Ruby” & RISP K-9 Unit** (7/11/22)
Corporal O’Neil acquaints us with the K-9 Unit of the RI State Police and describes how his search and rescue dog Ruby became a star in the movie “Rescued by Ruby.” Ruby died shortly after the movie was released. O’Neil introduces us to his current work partner, Koda who sat beside him throughout this entire interview. We learn how the K-9 unit was established, the variety of “disciplines” such as search and rescue and a newly established discipline for certain dogs “therapy/comfort.” The interview is not only enlightening, but also inspirational.

**RI State Police Museum Foundation** (6/13/22)

Ret. Lt. Kenneth Bowman and Ret. Lt. James T. Beck, discuss the museum’s origins and the persons involved. They brought a video which provides an overview of the museum’s creation and another about Trooper O’Brien, who died while on duty during Hurricane Carol. They share their memories and commentary on some favorite topics: Troopers in Uniforms on the Dave Letterman Show, Red Disk use; the unique Social Investigator Corp, and the upcoming 100 year book, 2025 Centennial and charitable events.

**Therapy and Life’s Challenges** (6/27/22)
Host and guest are mental health practitioners. Included in this discussion is the reluctance/resistance to seeking help and the barriers associated. Goals of therapy typically include how to remain well and healthy; understanding what factors have contributed to their situation; the troubles and problems they will learn to manage, and much more.

**Intervention & Recovery Coach** (5/23/22)
Duffy begins with a candid account of her own addiction to alcohol and its impact on her life, her family members, and her current work as an intervention and recovery coach. She describes the trials, challenges, and failures of getting the help she needed. Over time and with greater self-awareness, she eventual succeeds in becoming sober and begins her transition to becoming a helpful agent of change for others.

**Mental Health & Law Enforcement** (4/11/2022)
Following a brief review of past changes in mental health practices in R.I., Cicilline discusses current matters facing Rhode Islanders. The discussion includes changes in process at the Eleanor Slater Hospital and mental health issues and concerns facing law enforcement and other first responders, including the Policeman’s Bill of Rights and mental health care for police and fire personnel.

**Living Successfully with Visual Impairment** (3/28/22)
Michael Prusko began experiencing vision problems at age 45. Over time, he was seen by four different eye doctors and was eventually diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa. He takes us step by step through this diagnostic process and numerous life changes.

Many exciting things have happened at the Tomaquag Museum since Loren Spears’ last appearance. She reacquaints us with the museum’s beginnings and updates with some of the most important program changes, partnerships developed, enhancements to historical collections, exhibits, classes in indigenous history, and much more.

Dr. Archambault is a pharmacist, women’s sexual health coach and much more. The focus of this interview discusses the differences between marijuana and CBD, their uses and their effects on the human condition and development.

Mental health practitioner Bud Cicilline discusses some major issues and concerns facing mental health practice today. With many years of experience, he walks us through the history of mental health services in Rhode Island and talks about what is needed to improve services and meet the growing need for mental health services.

There are a variety of programs initiated in Washington County which focus on meeting mental health needs in this community. They range from mental health first aid training for various groups and ages, man-therapy, which serves as the doorway to getting help needed for men.

Dalton is founder and prime mover of the Dare to Dream Ranch in Foster, RI. She brings to her work a love for horses and a devotion to helping veterans and their family members cope with their challenges and succeed in various aspects of their lives.

Guests discuss mental health first aid training. This training is offered to anyone genuinely interested in helping people in need. Guests describe their personal and professional involvement in the training and the various community agencies which are involved and support this training.

**Pat Serpa & Underperforming Agencies** (7/22/2019)

Representative Patricia Serpa, Chairwoman of the House Oversight Committee, discusses its role and purpose — to look at and evaluate the performance of government agencies. In the case of DCYF, some children have died while in state care.

**Barriers to Mental Health Care** (5/13/2019)

Drs. Bassen and Tarnoff discuss the barriers to mental health — barriers clinicians face in providing care to patients and obstacles presented by the health care insurance industry, practices prevalent in the health care service community, shortage of resources for care, professional parity concerns, stigmata affecting the patient, and more.

**Homelessness & Mental Health** (5/13/2019)

Dr. Hirsch is an urban sociologist. His discussion by identifying what he believes are the more frequent/dominant causes of homelessness and what needs to be done to significantly reduce homelessness.

**Mental Health Rights & More** (4/22/2019)

Dr. Reamer and Attorney Landau discuss mental health rights, laws and important court decisions, which have shaped the evolution of mental health practices and laws. They work with practitioners, clients and mental health institutions.

**Adolescent Mental Health & Marijuana Use** (4/22/2019)

Mr. Cerullo is a mental health practitioner specializing in adolescent and young adult care. He discusses the adolescent mental health concerns as associated with marijuana use. His discussion is research based from a wide array of professional sources.

**State Plan on Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders** (3/11/2019)

Lt. Governor McKee discusses the new State Plan on Alzheimer’s Disease & Related Disorders as well as other initiatives of his office, including proposing utility emergency response legislation; launching the 2nd Lt. Governor’s entrepreneurship challenge; advocating for small businesses; and his ongoing 39 city & town tours in an effort to understand local needs and concerns in order to encourage local organized self-advocacy and assertiveness vis-a-vis state government.

**Behavioral Health Link Triage and Call Centers** (1/28/2019)

This is a fascinating story of human service professionals coming together to first survive and then to serve their intended clientele better. Challenges remain, but progress has been substantial.