Woke Mental Wellness

Woke Mental Wellness is a podcast devoted to Black Queer mental wellness and the issues which impact our community. Currently we play tabletop role playing games and talk about gaming and how it relates and impacts Black Queer mental wellness. Woke Mental Wellness aims to increase knowledge and awareness about Black Queer mental wellness and intersectionality to help both people in the Black Queer communities as well as providers and allies. Cassie, is the founder and GM of Woke Mental Wellness and a Black Queer person with a mental illness as well as a mental health professional.

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Windy City Nihilism - Episode 1

June 02, 2025 • Cassie • Season 4 • Episode 2

Woke Mental Wellness is back with a new cast and a full season!

Windy City Nihilism is an Urban Horror Podcast Series. We do not shy away from touchy topics and the politics of horror, mental health, games, and life as a person of targeted identities.

It is summer in Chicago and once again protests have taken over the city as the people demand more care and community and less state violence and austerity cuts to public programs. Romero is an experienced activist who is struggling with the constant cycles of organizing, marching and fighting with little noticeable change. After a particularly distressing nightmare about an upcoming action turning into an apocalypse, they awaken with the mark of a clock on his hand,

Content Warnings: Series wide content warnings include, Violence, Manipulation, State Surveillance, Police, Player Conflict, Gentrification, Racism, Unwanted Romantic Gestures, Anti-Blackness, Sexism, Tension, Body Paralysis, Trauma, Monstrous forms, Complicated Relationships, Sex, Toxic Work Environments, Death, Hopelessness, Blood, Eldritch Horror, Colonization, and Existential Crisis and Dread.

CAST:
Synxiec as Romero Marcus the Targeted
https://bsky.app/profile/synxiec.bsky.social
Emrys as Genissa Wallace the Human Street Medic
https://linktr.ee/dragonemrys
Bluu as Ruin the Social Media Vampire Demon
https://kyngvee.carrd.co/
https://beacons.ai/baddiebards
And
Cassie as the Storyteller
https://bio.link/mentalwoke

Episodes Edited by: Marissa Ewing of Hemlock Creek Productions
https://www.hemlockcreekprod.com/

NOTE: While some cast members are mental health professionals, nothing in this episode or series is medical advice. We speak to our lived experiences. If you have concerns please contact someone in your community of care and/or seek out an appropriate professional. No podcast can or should be used as a substitute for a relationship with a doctor, therapist or other trained professional.

Background music and sound from Epidemic Sound : https://www.epidemicsound.com