Evive Live
Evive Live is a conversation series at the intersection of gambling harm and behavioral health. Hosted by Adam Lyons (The Modern Meeting) and Christina Cook (The Broke Girl Society), each episode features clinicians, researchers, treatment providers, peer specialists, and people in recovery having the honest conversations the field needs — about what gambling disorder really looks like, what treatment actually works, and what it takes to build a recovery that lasts.
Evive Live
Latest Episodes
Sam DeMello Returns | Evive Founder and CEO
The founder and CEO of Evive Sam Demello sits down with Adam and Christina for a wide-ranging update on where the platform is headed — and doesn't shy away from the elephant in the room: whether the recovery space should accept money from the g...
Dr. Wiley Harwell | Executive Director, OAPGG
Dr. Wiley Harwell has run the Oklahoma Association for Problem Gambling and Gaming for nearly two decades. When he started, Oklahoma had zero Gamblers Anonymous meetings and no certified gambling counselors. Today, it's one of the most respecte...
Kitty Martz | Voices of Problem Gambling Recovery
Kitty Martz, Executive Director of Voices of Problem Gambling Recovery in Oregon, joins Adam and Christina on this episode of Evive Live to talk about what she calls "ideological biodiversity" — the idea that no single recovery path works for e...
Kriston Vanhorn | Problem Gambling Help Network of West Virginia
Adam and Christina are joined by Kriston Vanhorn, Program Coordinator for the Problem Gambling Help Network of West Virginia. Kriston shares what problem gambling looks like in West Virginia, why calls to the state's helpline continue to rise, ...
Adam & Christina | Expectations vs. Reality in Recovery
Adam and Christina sit down without a guest this week to get into something that doesn't get talked about enough: the gap between what people expect recovery to look like and what it actually is.They cover the fear of losing gambling as ...