Latest Livedexperience Podcast Episodes
Mark Eustice - Life After Football
Straight From the Source - October 11, 2021 00:08 - 1 hourMark Eustice – or Wally, as he’s known to many – is a former AFL player who turned out for Essendon, Richmond and Sydney Swans. Like many professional athletes, his career was defined not only by remarkable achievements, but also the trauma of relentless competition in an unforgiving, high-press...
David Higham - Founder of The Well
Straight From the Source - August 06, 2021 03:42 - 38 minutesOur guest this time is David Higham, founder of The Well, a peer-run alcohol and other drug (AOD) service in the northwest of England. For more than 20 years, David was a habitual heroin user more accustomed to life in prison than the outside world. He joined a 12-step program during his final...
Pharmacotherapy and COVID-19 - Part 1 - Consumers respond
Straight From the Source - May 31, 2021 05:30 - 17 minutesPharmacotherapy is a treatment for opioid dependence that plays a vital role in many Victorians' lives. In response to COVID-19, a number of changes were made to the way it is delivered. Some of these changes had profound effects on peoples' lives, and there is ongoing debate as to which, if ...
Pharmacotherapy and COVID-19 - Part 2 - Sarah Lord of Harm Reduction Victoria
Straight From the Source - May 31, 2021 05:30 - 39 minutesPharmacotherapy is a treatment for opioid dependence that plays a vital role in many Victorians' lives. In response to COVID-19, a number of changes were made to the way it is delivered. Some of these changes had profound effects on peoples' lives, and there is ongoing debate as to which, if ...
Garry Rothman - Financial Counsellor at Odyssey House
Straight From the Source - February 26, 2021 04:11 - 41 minutesOur guest for this episode is Garry Rothman, a financial counsellor at Odyssey House. Many people are facing financial strife after the year we’ve just experienced, but drug dependency and its aftermath can certainly be a cause and complicating factor. Garry offers a fascinating insight into...
S02E12 Garry Rothman - Financial Counsellor at Odyssey House
Straight From the Source - February 26, 2021 04:11 - 41 minutesOur guest for this episode is Garry Rothman, a financial counsellor at Odyssey House. Many people are facing financial strife after the year we’ve just experienced, but drug dependency and its aftermath can certainly be a cause and complicating factor. Garry offers a fascinating insight into...
S02E11 Lyle May - Writing from Death Row
Straight From the Source - October 01, 2020 01:50 - 28 minutesFor this episode we spoke to Lyle May, who among other things is an inmate on Death Row at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the States. The occasion for the interview was the release of Crimson Letters, Voices from Death Row, a collection of essays that Lyle co-authored with journ...
Lyle May - Writing from Death Row
Straight From the Source - October 01, 2020 01:50 - 28 minutesFor this episode we spoke to Lyle May, who among other things is an inmate on Death Row at Central Prison in Raleigh, North Carolina, in the States. The occasion for the interview was the release of Crimson Letters, Voices from Death Row, a collection of essays that Lyle co-authored with journ...
Overdose Awareness Day - Part 2 - Adrian Farrugia and Renae Fomiatti of Latrobe University
Straight From the Source - August 30, 2020 23:06 - 40 minutes31 August is International Overdose Awareness Day. For Part 2 of this special episode to mark the occasion, we spoke to researchers Renae Fomiatti and Adrian Farrugia, from the Australian Research Centre in Sex, Health and Society at Latrobe University, about two of their recent projects, Ove...
Overdose Awareness Day - Part 1 - Tributes to people lost to overdose
Straight From the Source - August 30, 2020 23:03 - 36 minutes31 August is International Overdose Awareness Day. Being unable to gather in person, we asked listeners for their personal remembrances of loved ones lost to overdose. The resulting tributes are equal parts sad and joyful. They also make an implicit case against stigma and for decisive action ...
AOD services during COVID-19 - A resident at Windana's therapeutic community
Straight From the Source - July 29, 2020 00:21 - 29 minutesThe world is changing fast due to COVID-19. As part of APSU's broader effort to understand the impact on people who use alcohol and other drug (AOD) services, Straight From the Source is inviting a range of consumers and peer workers to share their experiences. Our guest in the final episode o...
AOD services during COVID-19 - A resident at SHARC's Oxford Houses
Straight From the Source - July 15, 2020 00:48 - 19 minutesThe world is changing fast due to COVID-19. As part of APSU's broader effort to understand the impact on people who use alcohol and other drug (AOD) services, Straight From the Source is inviting a range of consumers and peer workers to share their experiences. Our guest in this episode is Bri...
AOD services during COVID-19 - A dual diagnosis peer worker
Straight From the Source - June 24, 2020 04:52 - 28 minutesThe world is changing fast due to COVID-19. As part of APSU's broader effort to understand the impact on people who use alcohol and other drug (AOD) services, Straight From the Source is inviting a range of consumers and peer workers to share their experiences. Our guest in this episode is Rhi...
AOD services during COVID-19 - A family member perspective
Straight From the Source - June 12, 2020 04:20 - 56 minutesThe world is changing fast due to COVID-19. As part of APSU's broader effort to understand the impact on people who use alcohol and other drug (AOD) services, Straight From the Source is inviting a range of consumers and peer workers to share their experiences. Our guest in this episode is the...
AOD services during COVID-19 - A harm reduction peer worker
Straight From the Source - May 20, 2020 02:54 - 33 minutesThe world is changing fast due to COVID-19. As part of APSU's broader effort to understand the impact on people who use alcohol and other drug (AOD) services, Straight From the Source is inviting a range of consumers and peer workers to share their experiences. Our first guest in this series i...
AOD services during COVID-19 - Jane from Harm Reduction Victoria
Straight From the Source - May 20, 2020 02:54 - 33 minutesThe world is changing fast due to COVID-19. As part of APSU's broader effort to understand the impact on people who use alcohol and other drug (AOD) services, Straight From the Source is inviting a range of consumers and peer workers to share their experiences. Our first guest in this series i...
S02E03 Kate Borland - Nutrition and well-being
Straight From the Source - May 11, 2020 02:10 - 44 minutesNutritionist Kate Borland offers an expert view on food and cooking, with special regard to AOD issues and the current historical moment. This episode is packed with practical advice and information on nutrition, which Kate passionately presents as foundational to well-being. Anyone intere...
Kate Borland - Nutrition and well-being
Straight From the Source - May 11, 2020 02:10 - 44 minutesNutritionist Kate Borland offers an expert view on food and cooking, with special regard to AOD issues and the current historical moment. This episode is packed with practical advice and information on nutrition, which Kate passionately presents as foundational to well-being. Anyone intere...
Bree - A loving daughter
Straight From the Source - April 21, 2020 02:48 - 1 hourBree tells the story of growing up with a mother whose drug use ultimately led to a fatal overdose. She describes the emotional range and complexity of a loving relationship affected and tragically shortened by addiction, but not necessarily defined by it. This episode contains references to d...
S02E02 Bree - A loving daughter
Straight From the Source - April 21, 2020 02:48 - 1 hourBree tells the story of growing up with a mother whose drug use ultimately led to a fatal overdose. She describes the emotional range and complexity of a loving relationship affected and tragically shortened by addiction, but not necessarily defined by it. This episode contains references to d...
Frank - Living through heroin
Straight From the Source - March 12, 2020 00:37 - 1 hourAt a young age, Frank left a violent family home to enter Melbourne's bikie scene, discovering along the way that heroin enabled him to thrive in a hostile environment. The criminal lifestyle offered a steady supply of his drug of choice but eventually wore him down, setting him on a 10-year p...
S02E01 Frank - Living through heroin
Straight From the Source - March 12, 2020 00:37 - 1 hourAt a young age, Frank left a violent family home to enter Melbourne's bikie scene, discovering along the way that heroin enabled him to thrive in a hostile environment. The criminal lifestyle offered a steady supply of his drug of choice but eventually wore him down, setting him on a 10-year p...
Poetry
Brilliant Beyond 60 - October 16, 2019 22:05 - 7 minutesA 'poetry slam lite' offering no apologies for being a kitchen table poet. In fact, taking deep delight in it. Hear "Wonder", "Sky" and "Share".
Reinvention
Brilliant Beyond 60 - October 16, 2019 21:15 - 9 minutesWhat empowers you when you need to pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and begin again?
Words
Brilliant Beyond 60 - October 16, 2019 20:53 - 10 minutesThoughts are things. Your words have power. Two reasons to consider a shift in the language you use to talk about the concept of age.
Dedication
Brilliant Beyond 60 - October 16, 2019 20:01 - 12 minutesBrilliant Beyond 60 is dedicated to Mom and this is a story of my heartache around her passing. If you need it, I hope this episode helps you reach out for culturally competent mental health support...in your own grief or anything else you're walking through.
Narratives
Brilliant Beyond 60 - October 03, 2019 23:45 - 12 minutesEver wonder about narratives...even just a little? Do you want to know why BB60 got started? Can you repeat, "Our Stories Are Valuable Because We Are In Them"? Then you're ready for this episode.
Ep. 13 Jenny – Letting go of shame and finding love in her sexuality
Straight From the Source - September 25, 2019 11:23 - 1 hourShame, sexuality and self-love. In this episode we speak to Jenny who is an APSU speaker’s bureau member and a multi-talented woman who has done a variety of work in the alcohol and other drug space. Jenny speaks to us about growing up experiencing family dysfunction in South Africa, about relat...
Welcome
Brilliant Beyond 60 - September 24, 2019 00:39 - 8 minutesIf there was ever a podcast produced by and for black women about our lives at 60, 70, 80 and beyond and it was in a category called "YOU: Empowered, Growing, Evolving", then it would be this podcast! Here's the welcome episode to you, from host, Liz King.
Ep.12 Emma- Stigma vs love
Straight From the Source - August 23, 2019 11:15 - 50 minutesThis episode of Straight from the Source is a little different, in this episode Emma, the Systemic Advocacy Lead at APSU and podcast host, talks about a little part of her story and her partner Dan’s story. The story is about young love, supporting a partner through addiction and the human impac...
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