Content note: This episode discusses suicide and medical assistance in dying. Support: call or text 9-8-8 anytime in Canada.
Zack Heil was at a Subway in Hamilton at 1am when something small changed his life. A homeless woman couldn't afford her sub. He bought it for her, and she told him no one had ever done that for her before. He went home and started a men's mental health movement that night. He's 19.
Trevor McLaughlin is on the other side of the conversation. In 2022, he applied for therapy in Ontario and was told the wait was 14 months. His next phone call was to ask how to apply for medical assistance in dying. He's still here. In June 2027, he's biking 8,200 kilometres across Canada with a campaign called Annihilate the Walls.
Hosts Mike Cameron and Trevor Botkin sit down with both of them. Two men recognizing each other across a twelve-year gap. One figuring it out in real time. And the other who's been to the bottom and back.
This episode kicks off Canadian Men's Health Month. Get your Suspenders On for the men in your life. Wear them. Share why. Donate. Invite others.
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