‘The prison has become a black hole into which the detritus of contemporary capitalism is deposited’ – Angela Davis

In the long-awaited return of Bensplaining podcast, I interview activist and academic Marlee Raible about the prison-industrial complex. We chat about:

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What’s it like to lose contact with reality? In Episode 6 of Bensplaining, artist and activist Alex Childs shares the moving story of her experience of psychosis.

Alex has studied psychology and cared for a friend experiencing schizophrenia, so brings a multidimensional insight to questions of mental health.

We discuss:

• The process of healing

If you’d like to have a better understanding on how to assist people experiencing a mental health crisis, why not do a Mental Health First Aid course?

If you’d like to speak to someone about anything in this podcast, please don’t hesitate to contact SANE Australia or Lifeline.

Thanks for listening, and thanks again to Alex for sharing her experience.

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In this episode, audio engineer and musician Mitchell Pasmans makes a theme song for the show and talks music industry, art, baselines and automation. Check out his stuff at:

https://mitchellpasmans.bandcamp.com

Welcy Welcy to Episode Two of Bensplaining. I chat to writer and activist Kay Wilde about:

• Trans rights!

And heaps more.

Here are the legendary trans and non-binary figures Kay mentions:

• Norrie May-Welby

Here is Helen Razer’s controversial queer case against Marriage Equality.

And here is the Ursula Le Guinn quote from The Dispossessed at the end of the episode:

“Shevek saw that he had touched in these men an impersonal animosity that went very deep. Apparently they, like the tables on the ship, contained a woman, a suppressed, silenced, bestialized woman, a fury in a cage. He had no right to tease them. They knew no relation but possession. They were possessed.”

Welcy welcy to the first ever episode of my podcast, Bensplaining!

Listen to me and Pat chat about:

Time!

And heaps more.