In this episode Jonathan is joined by counselor, author and professor; Dr. Allan Hunter. He has written 12 books including The Sanity Manual (affiliate link), Life Passages: Writing Exercises for Your Life Journey (affiliate link), and From Coastal Command to Captivity: The Memoir of a Second World War Airman (affiliate link). Dr. Hunter has a PhD in Literature from Oxford and Jonathan had him as a professor in college.
Last time he was on the podcast they talked about how tabletop gaming can help those living with anxiety and depression. See: Episode 245. This time they talk about toxicity and and what it looks like.
Jonathan and Dr. Hunter cover some of the notable examples of toxicity in the tabletop gaming community. The big three that they cover are the Satine Phoenix incident; the Wizards of the Coast potential change to the Open Game License; and the Wyrmwood Gaming allegations. They will discuss the negative catalysts of each and healthy ways people can move forward having lived through such awfulness.
The will then talk about how, and if, trusting them again would be possible. There is even talk about forgiveness and how it can help with healing and if it is right for someone to consider forgiveness. It is highly likely that all these incidents are are not unique, and Dr. Hunter offers some potential red flags to look for in order to protect yourself.
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Credits
Our theme song is “Downtown” by Matthew Ebel. The podcast logo was created by Peter Bryant. Audio editing was done by Jonathan J. Reinhart. Show notes for this episode were written by Robert Dunn.
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