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The Phone Call That Saved Barry Barry Du Bois' Life

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Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of suicide and mental health issues.

Barry Du Bois had been a successful builder who had retired young and was sailing around the world, when he was tapped to join the TV world, becoming a beloved face on our TV screens thanks to the hugely popular TV series The Living Room. But behind the beaming smile that greeted audiences was a lifetime of trauma and pain, including his public cancer battle.

In this candid conversation, Barry recounts how he almost let his deteriorating mental health get the better of him, until a well-timed phone call from a mate saved his life. He also details his struggle to start a family with wife Leonie, and why he fired one of the doctors treating his cancer.

SUPPORT

  • For immediate support in a crisis, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14
  • More resources are available from Beyond Blue
  • As this episode demonstrates - a conversation can change a life. Ask R U OK? any day.

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CREDITS

Host: Ant Middleton
Editor: Adrian Walton
Executive Producer: Damien Haffenden
Managing Producer:
Ricardo Bardon

Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Content Warning: This episode includes discussion of suicide and mental health issues.

Barry Du Bois had been a successful builder who had retired young and was sailing around the world, when he was tapped to join the TV world, becoming a beloved face on our TV screens thanks to the hugely popular TV series The Living Room. But behind the beaming smile that greeted audiences was a lifetime of trauma and pain, including his public cancer battle.

In this candid conversation, Barry recounts how he almost let his deteriorating mental health get the better of him, until a well-timed phone call from a mate saved his life. He also details his struggle to start a family with wife Leonie, and why he fired one of the doctors treating his cancer.

SUPPORT

  • For immediate support in a crisis, contact Lifeline on 13 11 14
  • More resources are available from Beyond Blue
  • As this episode demonstrates - a conversation can change a life. Ask R U OK? any day.

LINKS

CREDITS

Host: Ant Middleton
Editor: Adrian Walton
Executive Producer: Damien Haffenden
Managing Producer:
Ricardo Bardon

Nova Entertainment acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which we recorded this podcast, the Gadigal People of the Eora Nation. We pay our respect to Elders past and present.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

  continue reading

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