Soberly Speaking

Growing up as a second-generation Chinese Australian in Canberra, Alex spent much of his childhood wanting to be anything but himself. At just eight years old, he made a quiet but powerful connection:...

29 Mar 53min

Trigger warning: this episode contains discussion of sexual assault.Raj's earliest memory is of his father leaving him on the side of the road to teach him a lesson. It was the first of many moments t...

22 Mar 45min

Trigger warning: this episode contains detailed discussion of sexual assault. Stacey was 14 years old when two strangers assaulted her. One night. A warehouse. An experience no child should ever survi...

15 Mar 32min

“Comedy is a hotbed of mental illness" Sian Smyth is a stand-up comedian whose past includes domestic violence, drug abuse, sex addiction, and sex work. After leaving an almost decade-long violent rel...

8 Mar 35min

Trigger warning: This episode discusses sexual assault, substance use disorder and mental health including psychosis.Have you ever been in psychosis? You hear the horror stories of people staying in i...

1 Mar 38min

At 26, Henry Brayshaw was drowning in hundreds of thousands of dollars in debt from his gambling addiction.Gambling had felt normal since childhood. Some of his earliest memories were placing bets on ...

22 Feb 41min

What really goes on inside the world of selling sex online? I was invited into the home of Australia’s most sexually active woman, Annie Knight, one of the country’s top OnlyFans creators. From the bo...

15 Feb 27min

Soberly Speaking is back with a brand new season starting Monday February 16th.This season marks an evolution of the podcast. Once a month, you'll receive a documentary-style episode. These episodes t...

8 Feb 1min