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Press: Interviews


Aug 2023

Audio: The One You Feed: Insights on Mental Health and Resilience

In this conversation, mental health advocate Andrew Solomon talks with The One You Feed host Eric Zimmer about his efforts to challenge societal norms and explore the complex relationship between depression and identity.

Jun 2023

Video: Celebrating Pride Month: A Conversation with Andrew Solomon

A talk and Q&A with members of Morrison & Foerster’s Diversity + Inclusion Group.

Feb 2023

Audio: TED Radio Hour: Lessons on love and acceptance from today’s dynamic families

Andrew Solomon and TED Radio Hour host Manoush Zomorodi discuss and challenge the concept of what an “ideal” family looks like.

Jan 2023

Video: Amanpour: America’s ‘center tends to shift towards justice’

Andrew Solomon speaks with Christiane Amanpour about identity, mental health, and social progress in America, and explains why he finds hope “simply in the lives that people are leading.”

Nov 2022

Audio: The Ask Beatty Podcast: Give Yourself Permission to Reach Out and Ask for Help

In which Andrew and Beatty discuss Andrew’s article, The Mystifying Rise of Child Suicide, how our systems of care are failing young people, and the many ways that our political, educational and healthcare systems could work to reverse this downward trend.

Oct 2022

Audio: Nine Questions with Eric Oliver: The Interpreter of Shadows

Dr. Eric Oliver of the University of Chicago asks Andrew Solomon nine questions the answers to which are essential for crafting “a well-examined life.”

Jul 2022

Video: Psychologist Explains Why Anger With Gunmen Families Isn’t Always Fair

After a mass shooting, many wonder how the family of a gunman didn’t see the signs, but one expert says the shooter often keeps their plans secret.

Jun 2022

Audio: Apple News in Conversation: Why child suicide is on the rise

For the New Yorker, Solomon writes about the alarmingly high rate of youth suicide, why it’s on the rise, and why it’s so difficult to prevent. Apple News In Conversation host Shumita Basu spoke with Solomon about this issue.

May 2022

Writing about the unthinkable pain of child suicides

The tendency of bullies to be desperate was one of the real revelations.

Apr 2022

Video: Democracy Now! Subway Shooting Highlights NYC and Nation’s Failure to Address Growing Mental Health Crisis

“Often people who commit homicide are expressing their own despair, their own internal mental health problems, as well as expressing anger and hatred and bias.”