Classmates with Your Persecutor - Vika of Viasna
In this episode, I chat with Vika, a human rights defender exiled from Belarus and now based in Lithuania. This was my first conversation with someone who hasn’t been incarcerated, and I was unexpecte...
14 Mars 202542min
Croissants In Norway - Jisu Checks Into Jail
Jisu started the day by collecting the forbidden apples of her neighbours’ garden. By evening time she was imprisoned.How do you process and accept a situation where it feels like the universe is agai...
3 Mars 202541min
Therapy Through Action - Lisa from Russia, Incarcerated in Armenia
Lisa is a Russian music artist based in Armenia, where she fled after the Russian invasion of Ukraine. ‘Based’ is a nice way of putting it because she’s currently under arrest, pending trial for a ...
24 Feb 20251h 2min
Swimming to Freedom - Kseniya Flees Belarus
When you think of student protestors you might think of philosophy students at UCL smoking cigarettes and finger painting. In Belarus they get in trouble for less, and Kseniya was one of them back i...
4 Feb 202541min
Hostage in Iraq - Prof. Paul Dieppe faces Science and Spirituality
Professor Paul Dieppe, was, as he puts it, conventionally satisfied. A blossoming medical career, producing great research and raising a happy family. One day he was invited to a conference. He go...
24 Jan 202558min
The French Masseuse in Chinese Prison Pt. II - Dreams & Unity
This is the second half of my conversation with Robin, a French citizen and masseuse who ended up in prison in China for drugs offences. In this part we discussed much more of how we made sense of...
19 Jan 20251h 4min
The French Masseuse in Chinese Prison, Pt. I - Robin's journey
I spoke with Robin this week. His story involved adventurism, cannabis, an authoritarian government and a 3-7 year prison sentence. Sound familiar? Singing jazz while cleaning out shit trenches, Rob...
14 Jan 202544min
