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