Anti-Anxiety Hour with
Illicit Ghost

A conversation about music and mental health on Instagram Live

I started the “Anti-Anxiety Hour” show and playlist in 2020 on Instagram Live as a way to build a community around music and mental health. A lot of my listeners struggle with mental health and I wanted to try and help them feel less alone.

I invite guests onto the show to share their journey and how they stay grounded. The show usually runs between 20-45 minutes. I ask my guests about how they got to where they are, if they faced any obstacles along the way, and what their day-to-day is like. I also ask them to share a little bit about their experience with mental health. Guests are welcome to share as little or as much as they’d like. At the end of the show I like to ask each guest three questions:

1. What is your anti-anxiety anthem (a song that makes you feel relaxed/uplifted)?

2. What are you most grateful for right now?

3. What is something that brings you peace, other than music?

Season 1 ran on a weekly basis from May 2020 to July 2020 and was 12 episodes long. Season 2 just premiered on February 20, 2021 and will run on a bi-weekly schedule for 12 episodes in 2021.

Pasts guests include artists such as Shamir, TRACE, Georgia Meek, ÊMIA, Vania, Satellite Mode and Dead Emerson.

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