Podcast: Let's Talk Hope: Ending the Stigma around Suicide

Let’s Talk Hope: Ending the Stigma around Suicide

Let’s Talk Hope: Ending the Stigma around Suicide is a powerful podcast series dedicated to opening conversations around suicide prevention, mental health, and community support. Hosted by Gemma Cutting and Professor Pooja Saini, each episode features real stories, expert insights and practical solutions to break the stigma surrounding suicide. From barbershops to postvention support, menopause to crisis intervention, this series highlights the voices of those with lived experience and the importance of hope, awareness and action in saving lives.

Welcome to Let's Talk Hope: Giving a Voice to the Unheard. Following the success of its first series, Let's Talk Hope returns on 9th February 2026 exploring some of the most pressing and under-discussed issues in suicide prevention. We'll be hearing from young people and hearing about their experiences of using services. This series continues to blend lived experience with professional insight, opening up conversations that are too often avoided.

I will be taking you inside the experiences of children and families bereaved by suicide, young carers supporting suicidal parents, children growing up in adoptive families and parents of children in crisis. It examines the latest research on Adverse Childhood Experiences, the role of neurodiversity in shaping risk and the practical steps schools can take under the new suicide prevention guidance. Each episode features a mix of voices from children and families directly affected to academics, therapists, teachers and those working on the front line of support services. Together they share honest reflections and practical knowledge with the aim of reducing stigma, improving awareness and ultimately saving lives.

Credits

Series conceived & hosted by Prof Pooja Saini at Liverpool John Moores University

Produced and distributed by Innobella MediaSound Recording & Post-Production: Paul Freeman-Powell Music Composed & Produced by Tom Anderson