Summary:
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My story is powerful, but telling it can feel lonely.
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Kevin Hines survived jumping off the Golden Gate Bridge and now advocates through the Hinesights Podcast.
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It’s not a performance, but real conversations about mental health – a place where truth is messy but welcome.
Everyone told me my story was powerful. What they didn’t tell me was how lonely it would feel to keep telling it the same way.
I’m Kevin Hines. In 2000, I jumped off the Golden Gate Bridge and survived. I’ve spent the years since turning that experience into something: advocacy, speaking, authoring 5 books, filmmaking, and now, the Hinesights Podcast. Over 180 episodes in, I can tell you the show isn’t what most people expect when they hear “mental health podcast.”
It’s not a wellness brand. It’s not a campaign. It’s conversations.
Real ones. The kind where pauses happen, where words don’t always come easily, where laughter carries weight. Episodes like “The Power of Brotherhood | Men’s Mental Health | The REAL Edition” don’t work because we planned them perfectly. They work because nobody in the room was pretending.
That’s the whole point.
Mental health content is everywhere right now. But most of it still feels filtered, safe enough to sponsor, polished enough to post. I’ve been on enough stages and panels to know the difference between a conversation and a performance. Hinesights is built around the former. Guests like Zac Clark, Erik Sebusch, and Michael Vanzetta don’t come on to sound good. They come on to be honest. And honestly, that’s harder than it sounds.
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What I’ve learned hosting this show is that people aren’t starving for more information about mental health. They’re starving for something they can actually trust. A place where the truth is welcome, even when it’s messy.
That’s what we’re building. Episode by episode.
You can find Hinesights on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, YouTube, and Instagram. But more important than where you listen is how you listen. Don’t multitask. Let the pauses breathe. Notice what stays with you after it ends.
That’s where the real conversation starts.
