<p>The day Christy died, I decided not to repost this podcast. I went for a podcast based on a celebratory chat we had about music. But things have changed. I am now reposting this podcast because Dave Fanning, an Irish DJ, seems to have suggested on RTE radio that Christy may have been lying about the link between rape at a young age and drug addiction later in life. It would have been better had Fanning remained silent. Here Christy Dignam tells me the truth, a truth I would never contest, about the black hole in his soul. </p>

The day Christy died, I decided not to repost this podcast. I went for a podcast based on a celebratory chat we had about music. But things have changed. I am now reposting this podcast because Dave Fanning, an Irish DJ, seems to have suggested on RTE radio that Christy may have been lying about the link between rape at a young age and drug addiction later in life. It would have been better had Fanning remained silent. Here Christy Dignam tells me the truth, a truth I would never contest, about the black hole in his soul.

<p>The day Christy died, I decided not to repost this podcast. I went for a podcast based on a celebratory chat we had about music. But things have changed. I am now reposting this podcast because Dave Fanning, an Irish DJ, seems to have suggested on RTE radio that Christy may have been lying about the link between rape at a young age and drug addiction later in life. It would have been better had Fanning remained silent. Here Christy Dignam tells me the truth, a truth I would never contest, about the black hole in his soul.&nbsp;</p>

Christy Dignam ”My rape at 6, disconnected me from myself and led to heroin addiction.”

Joe Jackson is a journalist, interviewer, author and IMRO-Award nominated radio presenter/producer. He has interviewed roughly 1,400 people in the world of the arts, politics, and entertainment for all major media outlets in Ireland, including RTE Radio 1, The Sunday Independent, The Irish Times, and Hot Press. His articles have been published globally in magazines such as Vox, Rolling Stone, and Snoozer. His radio shows include The Years Go Pop, 26 one-hour documentaries a 26 on the history of popular culture, People Get Ready, 52 one-hour documentaries on the greatest music acts of the 20th century, and Under The Influence, which was nominated for a 'Best Music series' award. In 2018, his documentary about Elvis Presley, Conversations about the King, was nominated for an IMRO Award in the 'Best Music Documentary' category.

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