This week, Chad and Jeff visited the new Passenger Recovery community center on Caniff, where they interviewed the organization's director, Christopher Tait, and their director of programming, Bryan Wolf. They talked about the origins and mission of Passenger, as well as a lot of new developments over the last couple of years; both Tait and Wolf shared their own stories as well as their musical backgrounds.
We talked a lot about their upcoming Guided Music Listening program (hosted at Passenger Recovery) on Saturday, October 6th at 2pm: Innovation and Revolution – Polish Music from Medieval to Modern.
We didn't get a chance to feature this on the episode, but Passenger is also partnering with Metropolis
Records to increase awareness and advocate for support for those struggling with addiction and/or Substance Use Disorder (SUD) within the music industry. More details are forthcoming, so make sure you either visit Passenger's community center in person, contact them via email, or follow them on socials. The hope, for this new campaign, is to help people heal from whatever battle they may be struggling with internally by de-stigmatizing Mental illness, offering resources and support information, and using music as a pathway to healing.