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Boom Goes The Stigma
Welcome to Boom Goes The Stigma! BGTS is a production of the Construction Suicide Prevention Partnership (CSPP). According to the CDC, the construction industry has the second-highest rate of suicide and has one of the highest rates of death from overdoses. Our country loses more construction workers to suicide than to Jobsite injuries or accidents. BGTS is a tool that normalizes and elevates the conversation around mental health. On every episode, guests from within and outside the construction industry discuss critical issues, share stories, and, most importantly, blow up the stigma of talking about mental wellness as a sign of weakness.
Episodes
23 episodes
Forging A New Perspective
We are thrilled to share our dynamic conversation with Paul Diaz. Paul is a Business Representative with Iron Workers Local 29. With nearly twenty years of experience in ironwork, Paul brings a fasci...
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44:34
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Reality Check: Understanding the Challenges Facing Hispanic Construction Professionals
We are thrilled to share our conversation with George Carrillo. George was the former Executive Director of LatinoBuilt. He is now the Chief Executive Officer of the National Hi...
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47:14
Rethink the Drink
We are excited to share our conversation with Rebecca Garza. Rebecca is a Health Promotion Strategist at the Oregon Health Authority. She supports strategic communications and mobilization initiatives and is the lead for the Rethink the Drink(R...
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45:11
Got GUTS? Building Space for Mental Wellness
We are excited to share our conversation with Adam Garske. Adam Garske is a Project Engineer for Hoffman Construction and the Chairman of the Resource Technology subcommittee within their wellness task force. He provides insightful and personal...
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39:26
Supportive Supervision
We are excited to share our conversation with Dr. Leslie Hammer. Dr. Hammer specializes in the effects of workplace conditions, including supportive supervision at work and occupational stress, on workplace mental health and well-being. She is ...
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44:36
Making Things a Little Bit Better
We are excited to share our conversation with Christi Pilutik. Christi is the founder and president of ALTA Consulting. Coming from a long line of construction professionals, she has an intimate knowledge of the unique challenges facing the con...
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52:29
Painting a New Perspective on Suicide Prevention
We are excited to share our conversation with Hunter Moen. Our long-time listeners will remember that Hunter conceived and is one of the original hosts of Boom Goes the Stigma. Hunter is now the QPR training specialist at Lines for Life. QPR (Q...
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47:53
Constructing Hope
We are excited to share our conversation with Pat Daniels, the Founder and Executive Director of Constructing Hope.Constructing Hope’s mission is to rebuild the lives of people in the Portl...
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46:16
Catching Up and Looking Ahead
The Construction Suicide Prevention Partnership crew has wrapped up recording our next series of podcasts! In this teaser, you will get caught up on what we have been doing since our last season ended and what we have in the hopper moving forwa...
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19:31
Oregon's Opioid Crisis: Correlation v Causation
Here is our season one finale episode of Boom Goes the Stigma! We are excited to share our conversation with Dr. John W. McIlvee. Dr. Mcllvee serves as the State Opioid Treatment Authority (SOTA) for the State of Oregon and is the manager of th...
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49:21
An International Perspective: Construction Suicide Prevention in New Zealand
We are excited to share our conversation with Dr. Andy Walmsley from Building Wellness, a nonprofit in New Zealand that focuses on supporting mental well-being and reducing suicide rates in the ...
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43:53
Horizontal Thinking: The Road Forward
We are excited to share our conversation with John Hickey, the Executive Director of the Asphalt Pavement Association of Oregon. In leading the Asphalt Pavement Association, John focuses on...
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48:49
Keeping It Simple
We are excited to share our conversation with Mike Ellis and Barte Hess from Apollo Mechanical Contractors apollomech.com.As safety manager for Apollo Mechanical, Mike has developed, taught...
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52:34
Compassion, Love, and Science: Responding to the on-the-ground impact of the opioid crisis.
We are excited to share our conversation with Dr. Nabarun Dasgupta. Dr. Dasgupta is a scientist at the Opioid Data Lab at the University of North Carolina with two decades of experience in overdose epidemiology and prevention. Through his uniqu...
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47:06
Resiliency Required
We are excited to share our conversation with Crystal Larson. Crystal manages Lines For Life's Community Training Program and has been instrumental in implementing QPR (Question, Persuade, and Refer), an evidence-based suicide prevention...
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47:08
Being There
In this episode, we spoke with Steven Frost. We had an expansive conversation about connecting construction with responsive resources, building a culture of care, and creating diverse training modules. Steven is an experienced Safet...
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45:19
Tapping Into New Pathways
We are excited to share our conversation with Kristina Ewing from Andersen Construction. She discussed the evolving mindset in construction, shared alternative avenues for delivering suicide prevention on the job site, and provided insight on h...
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Season 1
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Episode 1
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44:49
Boom Goes The Stigma-The Next Chapter! (Trailer)
The Construction Suicide Prevention Partnership crew is recording our next series of podcasts. In this teaser, you will hear what Anna and Max have in store for this upcoming season. Starting in November 2002, we will release new episod...
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11:06
Season Finale: Continuing the Conversation
Welcome to our season finale! Max, Anna, and Hunter held a roundtable discussion reflecting on the podcast project. Our discussion included initial inspiration for the show and how we can continue to expand this work.Let us know what yo...
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33:37
Texas-Sized Joy
We were joined today by Michael Hawes, the executive director for the Pacific Northwest Carpenters Institute (PNCI). We discussed his involvement with the apprenticeship program and how he has helped transform ideas into action by combating sti...
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45:49
Embedding the Message
In today’s episode, we had a conversation with Natalie Cordova, Vice President of Construction Risk Practice at Marsh and a Construction Suicide Prevention Partnership (CSPP) Outreach and Engagement Committee Member. We discussed the importance...
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43:58