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.

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 A

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

In what’s become an annual tradition, Annie and Carla wrap up the year that’s been, reflect on the amazing guests that have joined them in the “SpeakEasy Lounge” in 2019 and announce an exciting new SpeakEasy venture commencing in early 2020. Enjoy the episode and thanks for listening in 2019! Winner Announcement: 2019 National Competition for Excellence in Hepatitis C Health Promotion: https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/centre-social-research-health/news/winner-announcement-2019-national-competition-excellence Published paper linked to interview with Joanne Byrant on her presentation to the 2019 Australasian Viral Hepatitis Elimination Conference (AVHEC): Making sense of ‘side effects’: Counterpublic health in the era of direct-acting antivirals (2019), International Journal of Drug Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.06.002

After 25 years at the helm of Hepatitis NSW, Stuart Loveday takes his final bow as CEO. Annie and Carla chat with Stuart about what’s happened during his time leading the organisation and what’s left to do in this valedictory episode. LINKS Community Restorative Centre https://www.crcnsw.org.au/ Hepatitis NSW https://www.hep.org.au/ For more info: https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/csrh/about/speakeasy-podcast

Carla and Annie sit down with Professor Alison Ritter, Director of the Drug Policy Modelling Program at the Social Policy Research Centre at UNSW Sydney, to discuss the recurrent threat in Australian politics to drug test welfare recipients and why this makes for bad drug policy. LINKS How philosophy 101 could help break the deadlock over drug testing job seekers https://newsroom.unsw.edu.au/news/social-affairs/how-philosophy-101-could-help-break-deadlock-over-drug-testing-job-seekers ASPC 2019 Keynote by Professor Alison Ritter https://soundcloud.com/unsw-arts-social-sciences/alison-ritter-aspc-2019-keynote The Drug Policy Modelling Program https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/sprc/research/drug-policy-modelling-program

It’s our final AVHEC19 episode! This week Felicity Sheaves, Blood Borne Viruses Coordinator, and Louise Maher, Hepatitis C and Senior Health Promotion Officer, both of the Nepean Blue Mountains Local Health District, sit down with Carla and Annie to chat about the good ol’ days of the SIC Project and the beauty of not knowing how to navigate the health system (and doing it anyway). LINKS Sheaves, F., et al. (2001). "That's SIC: mobilising youth for hepatitis C prevention." Health Promotion Journal of Australia 12(3): 217-222. Evaluation of the Deadly Liver Mob program: insights for roll-out and scale-up of a pilot program to engage Aboriginal Australians in hepatitis C and sexual health education, screening, and care https://doi.org/10.1186/s12954-018-0209-y Deadly Liver Mob https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/centre-social-research-health/our-projects/deadly-liver-mob For more info: https://www.arts.unsw.edu.au/csrh/about/speakeasy-podcast

Associate Professor James Ward, a Pitjantjatjara/Narungga man and a national leader in Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander research on STIs, health and wellbeing, and Professor Chris Cunningham, of the Ngati Toa and Ngati Raukawa tribes of New Zealand and Professor of Maori Health, join Annie and Carla in our second AVHEC19 special episode. The awesome foursome join heads to discuss how viral hepatitis elimination is going in Australian and New Zealand Indigenous communities and where there's room for improvement. LINKS AVHEC 2019 plenary https://ashm.eventsair.com/QuickEventWebsitePortal/avhec19/agenda/Agenda/AgendaItemDetail?id=1980f168-b559-4924-a98f-bea5286abd7a Young Deadly Free STI campaign https://youngdeadlyfree.org.au/ Hepatitis Foundation NZ https://www.hepatitisfoundation.org.nz/ NZ Butterfly Campaign https://www.hepc-action.nz/resources/the-butterfly/ Associate Professor James Ward profile https://portal.sahmriresearch.org/en/persons/james-ward Professor Chris Cunningham profile http:/

It's Australasian Viral Hepatitis Elimination Conference time and once again Carla and Annie are ‘in the mix’ chatting to an assortment of keynote speakers and other amazing people at the forefront of hepatitis elimination across Australia and New Zealand. First up, Annie and Carla talk ‘counter-publics’, ‘lay experts’ and power dynamics in health promotion with A/Prof Joanne Bryant. Next up, a change of pace with the Cairns Hepatitis Action Team talking about their “surprise” at winning the 2018 HCV Health Promotion Resource Competition and what they did with the loot! LINKS Making sense of ‘side effects’: Counterpublic health in the era of direct-acting antivirals (2019), International Journal of Drug Policy. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugpo.2019.06.002 Evidence-making interventions in health: A conceptual framing https://doi.org/10.1016/j.socscimed.2019.112488 “Doing the devil’s work”: Emotional labour and stigma in expanding Needle and Syringe Programs https://doi.org/10.3109/09687637.2015.1057553 He

For this very special 2019 World Hepatitis Day episode, Annie and Carla talk with Australian researchers Dr Tanya Applegate from The Kirby Institute and Professor Margaret Hellard AM from The Burnet Institute about the ‘awesomely massive’ “Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis: a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission” and discuss the power of collaboration in the global fight against viral hepatitis. Links Accelerating the elimination of viral hepatitis: a Lancet Gastroenterology & Hepatology Commission https://doi.org/10.1016/S2468-1253(18)30270-X

Carla Treloar and Annie Madden welcome Jules Kim, Scarlet Alliance CEO, to the SpeakEasy lounge to do some sex work myth busting and discuss the importance of Scarlet Alliance, the national peak body for sex worker organisations that pursues equity and justice in the sex work industry. LINKS Scarlet Alliance website http://www.scarletalliance.org.au/ Scarlet Alliance on Twitter https://twitter.com/scarletalliance More info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

It’s our final HR19 episode this week. First up, Carla steps outside (literally) with Graham Brown to discuss the ‘spaghetti and meatballs’ project on peer-led programs, also known as What, Works and Why or W3. Our final guest of the special HR19 episodes is Andrew Scheibe from Cape Town, South Africa. Andrew is an harm reduction implementer, with a focus on implementation science that is valid in local contexts. LINKS W3 (What Works and Why) http://w3project.org.au/ ARCSHS at La Trobe https://www.latrobe.edu.au/arcshs TB HIV Care http://www.tbhivcare.org/ Andrew Scheibe https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andrew_Scheibe For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/

As part of a series of interviews from HRI19, in this episode Annie and Carla speak with legendary activist Zoe Dodd about setting up a ‘pop-up’ SIF, her Masters research and life and politics on the frontlines of the Canadian OD crisis. LINKS Zoe Dodd on Twitter https://twitter.com/ZoeDodd Toronto Overdose Prevention Society https://twitter.com/TorontoOPS For more info: https://csrh.arts.unsw.edu.au/research/podcast-speakeasy-with-annie-madden-and-carla-treloar/