The Deep by Zoe Marshall

The Deep acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.
Cleonie Quayle is a survivor of “the stolen generation”. She was taken as a 4 year old but the government took her away from her family and community and placed in a group home with other children that had been stolen. This is a part of our culture as Australians and it happened not that long ago.
This is a story that needs to be heard.
Content warning. This episode contains descriptions of child abuse, sexual abuse and neglect. It also contains course language. Support services include:

• 1800RESPECT is the national sexual assault, domestic and family violence counselling service
• Lifeline 13 11 14
• Kids helpline on 1800 55 1800.

See more of Cleonie's story on the documentary Stolen Generations.
Credits:

• Joanne Helder - Producer
• Caleb Jacobs - Music
• AJ Davis - Comms Manager

Please DM us your thoughts and burning questions to @whatsthedeep or head to zoemarshall.com/thedeep.
The Deep is a place for you. If you love it please subscribe and leave us a rating or comment if that tickles your fancy.

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If I told you there was a man, who said since having his "real dolls" aka sex robots- his life has never been more fulfilled would you believe me?
Brick Dollbanger has been living with real dolls for 12 years. He in fact is so deeply immersed in the community that the creators of real doll have asked him to be the sex robot test driver. This episode is mind blowing but you may want to listen to it with earphones in.
Content warning. This episode is extremely sexually explicit.
Check out Brick's website brickdollbanger.com and follow him on Instagram @brickdollbanger.
Credits:

• Joanne Helder - Producer
• Caleb Jacobs - Music
• AJ Davis - Comms Manager

Please DM us your thoughts and burning questions to @whatsthedeep or head to zoemarshall.com/thedeep.
The Deep is a place for you. If you love it please subscribe and leave us a rating or comment if that tickles your fancy.
The Deep acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

There have been many questions from you all about my own story/traumas and if I will ever share it. At this point I won’t. The deep isn’t about me. But today I will share a glimpse and that’s because it was a huge gift that The Deep gave me. I am forever changed by this podcast and by this moment you will hear right now.
Credits:

• Joanne Helder - Producer
• Caleb Jacobs - Music
• AJ Davis - Comms Manager

Please DM us your thoughts and burning questions to @whatsthedeep or head to zoemarshall.com/thedeep.
The Deep is a place for you. If you love it please subscribe and leave us a rating or comment if that tickles your fancy.
The Deep acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Imagine falling in love with your soul mate, having a child together and living blissfully ever after. Then in one moment life as you know it is decimated. Over. What happens the moments after you live through the worst moment of your life? How do you recover? How do you go on? How do you grieve?
For help processing grief, Jo has published Grief - a guided journal.
You can also follow Jo on Instagram @jo.betz and at her website jobetz.com.au.
Credits:

• Joanne Helder - Producer
• Caleb Jacobs - Music
• AJ Davis - Comms Manager

Please DM us your thoughts and burning questions to @whatsthedeep or head to zoemarshall.com/thedeep.
The Deep is a place for you. If you love it please subscribe and leave us a rating or comment if that tickles your fancy.
The Deep acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Charlie has survived extreme neglect, abuse and cruelty at the hands of his mother. At the age of 12 she dropped him off at a care home and never returned.Charlie was thrown into the foster system like 1000's of other children. Moved 10 times in 8 years. This is his story.
Content warning: This episode deals with child abuse and neglect. For help, children can contact Kids helpline on 1800 55 1800. Adults can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.
If you feel moved to donate to children in foster care, please visit Create - an organisation that aims to create a better life while in care.
Credits:

• Joanne Helder - Producer
• Caleb Jacobs - Music
• AJ Davis - Comms Manager

Please DM us your thoughts and burning questions to @whatsthedeep or head to zoemarshall.com/thedeep.
The Deep is a place for you. If you love it please subscribe and leave us a rating or comment if that tickles your fancy.
The Deep acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Parenthood is hard. Of course there are great parts, rewarding, exciting, loving parts. But a lot of it is terrifying and confronting. What if you knew your child was heavily depressed and was giving suicidal hints? What if you found out the reason for that was because they were incredibly unhappy with the gender they were assigned at birth?What if on the edge of puberty you found out it was no longer possible for them to pretend any longer. They wanted to be the opposite sex. They wanted to transition.
Content warning: this episode addresses childhood mental illness and suicide. For help, children can contact Kids helpline on 1800 55 1800. Adults can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14.
Read more in Lyndsay's book What Would Love Do?
Credits:

• Joanne Helder - Producer
• Caleb Jacobs - Music
• AJ Davis - Comms Manager

Please DM us your thoughts and burning questions to @whatsthedeep or head to zoemarshall.com/thedeep.
The Deep is a place for you. If you love it please subscribe and leave us a rating or comment if that tickles your fancy.
The Deep acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Sarah Kearns is a cop -you can imagine she’s seen some bad stuff, lots that would shake you to the core. But she took it all in her stride, she loved her job and had been privileged not to have had to deal with anything like she’d seen at work.
Until one day whilst 28 weeks pregnant she was faced with the worst news possible. The baby inside her had died. Sarah’s world stopped.
This is a story of love, grief and courage and what happens after you find out the worst news ever.
Content warning: This episode deals with pregnancy loss and stillbirth. For support please contact Bears of Hope on 1300 11 4673.
To support Cuddle Cots donate here.
Follow Sarah on Instagram @sarahkearnsofficial or Facebook and visit her website.
Credits:

• Joanne Helder - Producer
• Caleb Jacobs - Music
• AJ Davis - Comms Manager

Please DM us your thoughts and burning questions to @whatsthedeep or head to zoemarshall.com/thedeep.
The Deep is a place for you. If you love it please subscribe and leave us a rating or comment if that tickles your fancy.
The Deep acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

When I think of the stereotypical psychic I think of a middle aged woman with a crystal ball and flowing clothes, lots of candles and crystals. But David is the opposite, youthful, super intellectual, his last job was working in criminal prosecution. He wears designer labels and hangs out with the cool kids. It's almost jolting to see his gifts in action. Before he worked as a medium psychic he was a sceptic.
You can follow David and his predictions on Instagram @davidthemedium or Facebook.
Credits:

• Joanne Helder - Audio Producer
• Caleb Jacobs - Sound and Music
• AJ Davis - Comms Manager

Please DM us your thoughts and burning questions to @whatsthedeep or head to zoemarshall.com/thedeep.
The Deep is a place for you. If you love it please subscribe and leave us a rating or comment if that tickles your fancy.
The Deep acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

What do you know about BDSM? Is it what you have seen in Bollywood films, read about in 50 shades of grey or have you experienced it first hand? Mistress Eva takes us deep inside her dungeon and shares the intimate world of being a mistress. We talk about who these people are that seek her services, how much it costs to worship her and how far she is willing to go to take someone to the edge of their desires. The most shocking part - this isn't "just" Eva's work, she doesn't clock off after a shift, this is her full time way of life.
Content warning: The episode is extremely explicit. It contains graphic descriptions of sexual acts.
You can check out Eva's website and follow her on Instagram @youwillplease_me.
Credits:

• Joanne Helder - Audio Producer
• Caleb Jacobs - Sound and Music
• AJ Davis - Comms Manager

Please DM us your thoughts and burning questions to @whatsthedeep or head to zoemarshall.com/thedeep.
The Deep is a place for you. If you love it please subscribe and leave us a rating or comment if that tickles your fancy.
The Deep acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Do you recycle? Turn off the tap when you brush your teeth? Maybe you even stopped eating meat to save the planet. What if I said someone is dumpster diving, eating road kill and only has 44 possessions to help save the world? Would it inspire you or freak you out. Rob Greenfield was just like us, but now he is the environmental guru. Rob has dedicated his life to extreme activism and to teach humans how to be better.
Find out more about Rob on his website robgreenfield.org.
Follow Rob on Youtube, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter.
Credits:

• Joanne Helder - Audio Producer
• Caleb Jacobs - Sound and Music
• AJ Davis - Comms Manager

Please DM us your thoughts and burning questions to @whatsthedeep or head to zoemarshall.com/thedeep.
The Deep is a place for you. If you love it please subscribe and leave us a rating or comment if that tickles your fancy.
The Deep acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work and live, and recognise their continuing connection to land, water and community. We pay respect to Elders past, present and emerging.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.