Hey, this is Rob Lundberg, host of Uncontaminated Sound. Broadcast #21 
brings a previously unreleased 2024 conversation to light: with actor, 
disability advocate, and philanthropist RJ Mitte. 

I'm releasing this episode as a tribute, as last week the world learned of RJ’s passing by taking his own life.  In this conversation we touch base on (then) current projects, of course Breaking Bad, but more importantly go deep into the seen and unseen challenges of living with a disability.

The current version you hear now has been edited for Broadcast from the original 1hr 22min recording. Which will be posted on the Uncontaminated Sound YouTube channel.

As a reminder to listeners, help is available if needed:

Here in upstate NY please call or text 988


Web Chat: 988lifeline.org

NYS Health & Human Services Info/Referrals: Dial 2-1-1 (or visit 211ny.org) for localized community mental health support and local county mobile crisis teams.

You are not alone. 

What started as a photography series then video series, "Uncontaminated Sound" is a conversation series for radio that follows comedians, musicians, fine artists, and actors with the primary objective to gain a particular insight into their creative processes which can only be fully unravelled by truly going behind the scenes. With "Uncontaminated Sound," Robert attempts to offer an intimate look into all of the rarely seen or known “little things” that take place during interviews and other similar social and private interactions with artists and performers. These features offer listeners real, raw, and authentic conversations.

Originally from Boston and moved to Brooklyn, Robert Lundberg now finds himself in New York's Hudson Valley. His photographic works have been featured in publications such as The Huffington Post, Paste Magazine, Brokelyn, Vents Magazine, Do NYC, No Depression, The Patch, and countless others including podcasts. Lundberg explores his own primal instinct through the making of subconscious markings, using a diverse array of mediums including acrylic, India ink, and charcoal, he hopes to express the visceral and nebulous inner workings of the self. He is also an advocate for a better planet and traveler, and in June had the honor of being a volunteer crew member and onboard reporter on the famed "American Promise," a 61' oceanographic research vessel for The Rozalia Project. Sailing out of Bar Harbor, ME he documented a 7 night excursion in the Gulf of Maine, while participating in a marine debris cleanup from Bois Bubert Island in collaboration with Maine Island Trail Association. Currently he is hashing out a few documentary ideas based off his experiences in Maine and his travels in Central America.