The Volteface Podcast

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The Volteface Podcast episodes

  • #12 'DM for Details': Selling Drugs in the Age of Social Media

    To mark the release of DM for Details: Selling Drugs in the Age of Social Media, Volteface hosted a panelled discussion in Westminster featuring- Mariam, a Youth Ambassador at the Daniel Spargo-Mabbs Foundation; Nick Hickmott, a Young People, Early Intervention and Harm Reduction Worker; Scarlett Furlong, Volteface Policy Advisor and co-author of DM for Details; and as Chair Hardeep Matharu, Editor at Byline Times. Introduced by Liz McCulloch, Director of Policy at Volteface and co-author of DM for Details. 

    58 min
  • #11 Live from the Big Tent with Andrew Boff
    Last week the Volteface team headed to the Docklands for the second annual Big Tent Ideas Festival at Mudchute Farm. To ensure cannabis reform was on the festival's agenda we hosted 'In Conversation with Andrew Boff'. 
     
    London Assembly member Boff, a long term advocate for cannabis reform, sat down with current Editor of Byline Times and ex-Volteface Senior member Hardeep Matharu to discuss the current situation and what the future holds.
    Conversation around cannabis ranges from 'Westminster hypocrisy' to 'young person prevention and protection' and is topped off with some very interesting insight from a Festival Security Director. 
     
    This show was produced by Matt Holborn. If you need help setting up and producing a podcast, get in touch with him at [email protected] or through his website www.northlondonpodcasts.com
    44 min
  • #10 'E for effort': Chris Snowdon on Canadas Cannabis Regulations

    In this episode Paul talks to Chris Snowdon, Head of Lifestyle Economics at the Institute of Economic Affairs. They have a lively chat discussing their recent trip to Canada with three UK MP's which was covered by the BBC. Chris explains how cannabis nearly made him miss his flights and his impressions of the regulated market.

    47 min
  • #9 Live from Cannabis Europa
    'This episode was recorded live from Cannabis Europa.
     
    In the first part of the show we talked to Clark (CEO) and Carly (Head of Creative Ops) from the United Patients Alliance (UPA) about all things medical cannabis. We explore the future of the UPA, what medical cannabis actually is and how hard it is to self medicate in an illicit market.
     
    From the 28:50 mark we speak to Dan Prior, Head of Programmes at the Adam Smith Institute. We chat about why Neo liberals and 'the right' are interested in cannabis reform and who are the main propionates to legalisation. We also examine concerns around decriminalisation and the strengths of a sensibly regulated cannabis market.
     
    Enjoy the show
    1 hr 1 min
  • #8 Psychedelics & Therapeutic Tripping with Orson Boon

    On this month's edition of the Volteface Podcast, Paul North catches up with cannabis culture veteran & positive thinker Orson Boon. Up for discussion is the effects of psychedelics with the pair considering potential therapeutic benefits of certain psychedelics.

     

    This show was produced by Matt Holborn. If you need help setting up and producing a podcast, get in touch with him at [email protected] or through his website www.northlondonpodcasts.com

    1 hr 16 min
  • #7 Making the Grade (report special)

    This edition of the Volteface podcast is audio recorded from the launch of our most recently released report 'Making the Grade', written in partnership with Mentor. In a change from the regular format, this feature is a panelled discussion focussing on drug education in schools. We hear from an ex-PRU student, a PRU headteacher, CEO of prevention charity Mentor Boris Pomeroy & the mother of an exploited child.

     
    The report 'Making the Grade' considers how the UK’s education system responds to drugs by examining the approaches taken to preventing, identifying and responding to illegal drug use and selling in schools. It looks at the policy frameworks that these responsibilities operate within and considers howefficacious they are in safeguarding children and young people from drug-related harm.
     
    This show was produced by Matt Holborn (recorded by Matt Davies). If you need help setting up and producing a podcast, get in touch with him at [email protected] or through his website www.northlondonpodcasts.com
    1 hr 9 min
  • #6 Sunny Hundal - Cannabis & Labour: Left Behind?
    On this month's edition of the Volteface Podcast, Paul catches up Volteface board member Sunny Hundal. Sunny has been a journalist and commentator on politics and current affairs for more than 15 years. As a commentator, he has been a columnist at The Guardian, Independent, Hindustan Times (India) and Labour List.
     
    This feature takes a dive through drug policy reform through the lens of the 'left' with Sunny and Paul pondering the challenges that face drug policy reformers from this angle. In doing so, there is careful consideration of the fears and apprehensions that arise from the left when considering reforming drug laws.
     
    This show was produced by Matt Holborn. If you need help setting up and producing a podcast, get in touch with him at [email protected] or through his website www.northlondonpodcasts.com
    43 min
  • #5 Volteface TV Extra with Mike Trace and Joe Tibbets
    On this supplementary edition of The Volteface Podcast, taken as a recording from our recent Volteface TV, our Director of External Affairs, Paul North, chats with Mike Trace of Forward Trust & Joe Tibbetts of CLGdotTV about the prospects for legislation in the UK. 
     
    On the schedule is conversation centring on global changes in cannabis regulation, current issues with UK policy & what next for UK drug policy. The video recording is available via the link below.
     
    https://connectedlocalgovernment.tv/post/cannabis-legal-in-the-uk-this-year-or-any-time-soon
     
    This show was editing by Matt Holborn. If you need help setting up and producing a podcast, get in touch with him at [email protected] or through his website www.northlondonpodcasts.com
    43 min
  • #4 Jessica Steinberg: Women in Cannabis
    The Volteface Podcast #4: Women in Cannabis.
     
     
    This month on the Volteface Podcast, our Director of Policy Lizzie McCulloch catches up with Oxford University PhD student, and Co-Founder of entOURage Network, Jessica Steinberg. Liz & Jessica discuss women's experience of regulated markets, both from the perspective of consumers, professionals and entrepreneurs, before honing in on what is like to be a female cannabis user in an illicit market. Finally, the pair chat about the stigmatisation of using cannabis and the extent to which this lessens in countries after legislation.
     
    Our show (as well as the theme music) is recorded and produced by Matt Holborn. If you need help setting up and producing a podcast, get in touch with him at  [email protected] or through his website www.northlondonpodcasts.com
    29 min
  • #3 Cannabis and mental health, the chat no one wants to have: Derek Tracy

    On this month's edition of the Volteface Podcast, host Paul North catches up with Dr. Derek Tracy of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. On the agenda is an in-depth discussion of cannabis & potential links to mental health issues. Key questions covered include: Why can cannabis impact mental health? Why should we talk about cannabis and mental health? Why does talking about it result in such strong reactions from the community? Subscribe and follow us for monthly drug policy related discussion.

     
    Our show (as well as the theme music) is recorded and produced by Matt Holborn. If you need help setting up and producing a podcast, get in touch with him at  [email protected] or through his website www.mattholborn.com
    41 min

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