The Laughter Clinic
The Laughter Clinic Podcast brings a refreshingly different approach to mental health education. Your host Mark McConville, is an Australian professional Comedian of 25+ years who also has a Masters Degree In Suicidology from Griffith University. Mark delivers you evidence-based self-care strategies, curated research insights, and meaningful conversations that inspire, educate and entertain.
The Laughter Clinic
Latest Episodes
Chatting with Comedian Danny McGinlay. Weird Comedy Gigs, The Art of TV Audience Warm Up, and Sport as a Practical Antidote to Loneliness.
This week I catch up with Australian comedian Danny McGinlay. We unpack Danny's comedy career, acting gigs, his behind the scenes work as a TV audience warm-up guy, along with his role writing the banners for his beloved Western Bulldogs. We al...
Chatting with film maker Medhavi Fernando about her upcoming docuseries 'Seriously Unserious'
In this episode, Mark chats with filmmaker Medhavi Fernando about her upcoming docuseries Seriously Unserious, a project exploring the real-life power of humour and laughter. They discuss documentary storytelling, therapeutic humour, c...
Chatting with Comedian David Smiedt about Comedy, Cancer, and the power of a good joke.
In this episode, host Mark McConville speaks with Australian comedian and writer David Smiedt about laughter, cancer, stand-up comedy, resilience and mental health. David discusses his journey from South Africa to Australia, his early days in S...
Moral Injury: The Hidden Wounds of Service, Organisational Betrayal and Recovery. A conference wrap up with Jodi Allen.
In this episode Jodi Allen joins me to unpack the first ever Australia and New Zealand Moral Injury Conference that we both attended recently. We get clear on what moral injury is and what it is not. We talk through how betrayal, guilt, shame, ...
The Prescription We're Not Writing: Social Prescribing and Australia's Missed Budget Opportunity
"The evidence is no longer the problem. The problem is political will."The central message in this solo episode is clear: Australia now has a government-commissioned national feasibility study showing that social prescribing is evidence-...
