UNSW SpeakEasy Podcast

To coincide with the release of their ground-breaking new report, in this our second to last episode of SpeakEasy for 2020, Carla and Annie speak with the totally amazing Assoc. Profs Christy Newman and Myra Hamilton about their work on the 'my health, our family' project – an ambitious and important multi-year research project documenting stories of family life in the context of HIV, hepatitis B or hepatitis C. It’s a ‘must hear’ show as we roll ever closer to the holiday season and encounters of the family kind…

Here is the main project page:

https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/csrh/our-projects/my-health-our-family

Literature review on families affected by blood borne viruses

https://doi.org/10.1155/2017/4352783

How families matter in the context of a stigmatised viral infection

https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112620

Viewpoint article on queer families

https://doi.org/10.1080/13691058.2018.1468032

In this episode of SpeakEasy, Annie & Carla take a deep dive into the ‘PhD journey’ with Carla interviewing Annie about her recently published paper, the first from her PhD research, focusing on issues of drug user representation and political legitimacy in UN drug policy settings over the past 3 decades.

50 days of free access to the article via IJDP: https://authors.elsevier.com/c/1b~JF3PEroSnMY

In celebration of International Drug Users Day on 1 November, in this episode Annie & Carla have a chat to Jake Agliata from the International Network of People Who Use Drugs (INPUD) all the way from Philadelphia in the US about being young and political in the States, about the true racist history behind global drug policy and about how a group of young people turned a UN hallway into ‘a corridor of power’. Oh… and we also do a special shout-out to Jake’s mum for being so excited about him being on SpeakEasy!

For INPUD International Drug Users Day campaign go to www.inpud.net and https://www.facebook.com/INPUD

In this episode Annie & Carla speak with legendary drug user activist and all-round amazing woman Jude Byrne about the early days of drug user organisations in Australia, the importance of peer involvement in research and why she is so damned proud of her community.

INPUD documentary: Taking Back What's Ours! A documented history of the movement of people who use drugs

Report: https://www.inpud.net/sites/default/files/Taking%20back%20whats%20ours%20-%20interactive.pdf

Oral history site: https://www.inpud.net/en/taking-back-whats-ours-oral-history-movement-people-who-use-drugs

Australia and NZ film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VWYRpHmXmC0&feature=youtu.be

Annie and Carla are back in the salubrious surrounds of the SpeakEasy after an enforced hiatus due to a big deal with a little name called “COVID”. In this return episode, Annie and Carla catch up on what they’ve been doing during “the Rona”, hot topics that are exercising their minds and the value of a good murder mystery in #iso.

NUAA/NADA resource - Language Matters

https://www.nuaa.org.au/language-matters

INPUD resource - Words Matter

https://www.inpud.net/en/words-matter-language-statement-reference-guide

Scottish Drug Deaths Taskforce – Strategy to Address Stigma

https://drugdeathstaskforce.scot/media/1111/stigma-strategy-for-ddtf-final-290720.pdf

INPUD COVID-19 Survey Research reports on the Health & Human Rights Of People Who Drugs in a COVID-19 Environment: https://www.inpud.net/en/covid-19-survey-reports-health-rights-people-who-use-drugs-covid-19-environment

Religious freedom or smokescreen for bigotry? In this episode, Annie and Carla dive into the ‘hot mess’ that is the draft Federal Religious Discrimination Bill and speak with Jonathon Hunyor (PIAC) and Daniel Comensoli (LGBTI Health Alliance) about their organisations’ work and views on this super important topic for the Australian community.

https://piac.asn.au/about-us/

https://lgbtihealth.org.au/

Submissions and resources to get involved:

https://equalityaustralia.org.au/freedom-from-discrimination/

https://lgbtihealth.org.au/submission-religious-discrimination-bill-second-exposure-draft/

https://piac.asn.au/tag/religious-freedom/

https://www.humanrights.gov.au/our-work/legal/submission/religious-freedom-bills

Find your electorate and MP

https://electorate.aec.gov.au/

https://www.aph.gov.au/senators_and_members/members

Research:

The Impact of Institutional Discrimination on Psychiatric Disorders in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Populations: A Prospective Study

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2820062/

In this episode Carla and Annie speak with Dr Kerryn Drysdale from the UNSW Centre for Social Research in Health about the recently presented 4th annual Sex Lecture drawing on insights from the Crystal Pleasures and Sex between Men research project on gay, bisexual and queer men who use crystal methamphetamine for sex. The lecture was co-presented by Dr Max Hopwood with an introduction from Emeritus Professor Gary W. Dowsett and included an expert panel of discussants.

Crystal, pleasures and sex between men project page (which includes links to papers from the study):

https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/centre-social-research-health/our-projects/crystal-pleasures-and-sex-between-men

Podcast from the crystal project:

https://soundcloud.com/crystal-clear-podcast

Sex (and Drugs) Lecture:

https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/csrh/sex-and-drugs-lecture

In times like these, we all need good information to guide us and sometimes what we need goes beyond the general advice to something a little more specialised... In this episode we talk with NUAA Deputy CEO Charles Henderson about the most recent harm reduction info and advice for people who are using drugs in a COVID-19 environment.

NUAA’s COVID-19 advice

https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5cc8ed0465019fb4eca08a46/t/5e71c14f55248a329725efae/1584513363076/UPDATED+COVID19+a5+handout++THN+edit.png

www.nuaa.org.au

How to contact drug user organisations around Australia

http://aivl.org.au/aivl-member-organisations/

Factsheet for people with hepatitis B and C – Hepatitis Australia

https://www.hepatitisaustralia.com/Handlers/Download.ashx?IDMF=e9924223-888a-47a3-8295-5add820aa204

AFAO COVID-19 Factsheet for LGBTIQ & HIV Communities

https://www.afao.org.au/our-work/coronavirus-covid-19/

Full disclosure: Our guest for this episode - Charles Henderson is in an ongoing relationship with Annie Madden.

Staying hot on the trail of the ‘big issues’, this episode Annie & Carla get some quality time with the amazing Dr Cassandra Goldie, CEO of the Australian Council of Social Service (ACOSS) and tireless advocate for tackling poverty and inequality to reflect on a recent Report into Poverty in Australia by ACOSS & UNSW and to ‘crack the code’ on some of our biggest social issues including “Raising the Rate” of Newstart and how to make housing more affordable. We also talk about why the topic of Superannuation is REALLY interesting… really ☺

Link to ACOSS website:

https://www.acoss.org.au/

Poverty in Australia report 2020, Part 1

http://povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/Poverty-in-Australia-2020_Part-1_Overview.pdf

Poverty and Inequality Partnership – ACOSS and UNSW

http://povertyandinequality.acoss.org.au/poverty/

How to talk about poverty in the UK

https://frameworksinstitute.org/assets/files/PDF_Poverty/JRFUKPovertyMessageMemo2018Final.pdf

The standard of human dignity

Carla and Annie are kicking off season 5 with a ‘deep dive’ into human rights – What are they? Where do they come from? Who gets them? And how can they help us to think about issues of health and rights more broadly? With two stellar guests (Louise Chappell and Rosemary Kayess) who are genuine legends and experts in the field we are in good hands to have a cracker first show that is guaranteed to make ya think!

Learn more about Louise’s work

https://www.humanrights.unsw.edu.au/

learn more about Rosemary’s work with the Disability Innovation Institute

https://disabilityinnovation.unsw.edu.au/

Learn more about the human rights charters of the ACT, Victoria and Queensland

https://hrc.act.gov.au/humanrights/

https://www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/human-rights/the-charter

https://www.qld.gov.au/law/your-rights/human-rights