Tour an exceptional health service with the people who know it best, health workers and people who inject drugs, in this twelve episode series.
Winner Best Documentary Australian Podcast Awards 2023
A fully independent and self-funded Alongside Radio (Australia) production.
Recorded on unceded Wurundjeri land, produced on unceded Turrbal/ Yagera land.
Created with the cooperation of North Richmond Community Health’s Medically Supervised Injecting Room.
You can support the show here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Tour an exceptional health service with the people who know it best, health workers and people who inject drugs, in this twelve episode series.
Winner Best Documentary Australian Podcast Awards 2023
A fully independent and self-funded Alongside Radio (Australia) production.
Recorded on unceded Wurundjeri land, produced on unceded Turrbal/ Yagera land.
Created with the cooperation of North Richmond Community Health’s Medically Supervised Injecting Room.
You can support the show here.
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
John’s history with heroin and other drugs includes making the front page of the Herald Sun after overdosing in a laneway. Having been around Melbourne since the deadly late 90s, he's a staunch defender of the MSIR, and opioid replacement, Buvedal.
Episode contains: strong language, overdose death and adult themes
Help & Support - Alcohol and Drug Foundation
Lifeline (remember you can call 13 11 14, 24 hours in Australia)
Credits
Host - Pudgey
Featuring - John
Producer/ Interviewer/ Editor - Michelle Ransom-Hughes
Mix assistance - Dylan Ransom-Hughes
Host recording - Shelley Cogger
Theme - Jen Anderson
Field recordings - Michelle Ransom-Hughes
Recorded on unceded Wurundjeri land, produced on unceded Turrbal/ Jagera land.
An independent production of Alongside Radio (Australia), made possible by the cooperation of the North Richmond MSIR.
You can support the production here
Read the Ryan Review to get more stats and facts about the trial of the North Richmond MSIR
Thanks
(MSIR) Nico Clark, Zoe, Jen Anderson, James Fitzpatrick, Shelley Cogger, Donna, Lisa, and the staff who helped make these interviews possible.
Dylan Ransom-Hughes, Daniel Semo, Sophie Ransom, Jaye Kranz, Lucy Osborne, Kim Lester, Dave Suttee, Pippa Williams, Adele Pickvance.
Series art by Eloise McCullough.
Music
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.