The Dr. Junkie Show
The Dr. Junkie Show is a podcast hosted by addicted person, convicted criminal, prison educator and college educator Ben Boyce. Topics include drugs and those who use them, media, and communication, along with an overall focus on systems of power.
Episodes
168 episodes
168: Cocaine with Freud
This week I talk about Freud's love of cocaine, the historical legacy of Freud's cocaine use, and the cultural changes that have occurred since then in relation to cocaine. The stories we tell about drugs impact the experience we have when we c...
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Episode 168
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15:28
167: Duct Taping Drugs to Bad Behavior
This week I dive into some of Trump's recent comments about "Venezuelan gang members" and the USA's legacy of dehumanizing people based on their drug use. I discuss Rodney King, Joaquín Guzman aka "El Chapo," George Floyd, dehumanization, Hanna...
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Episode 167
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23:40
166: A Conversation with One of My Students about Drugs, Addiction and Neoliberalism (Maddy Grace/Levin)
This week I share a conversation with one of my students, Madeline Grace/Levin, who is creating a podcast of her own called Dependence. I will update this episode description with a link to her podcast when it's live, but in the mean t...
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Episode 166
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44:53
165: Beers with my Dad (Steve Boyce)
This week I sat down to record a conversation with my dad, Steve Boyce. We talk about my childhood, his first marriage to my bio-mom, addiction and drug use in his life, what I was like as a kid, cocaine, marijuana, alcohol, and religion (plus ...
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Episode 165
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1:04:55
164: The Kratom Wars
This week I talk about the kratom wars: the argument over whether kratom is a deadly drug or a miracle cure (or somewhere in between). While some states are currently trying to ban kratom, others are working to make it easier and safer to get. ...
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Episode 164
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25:18
163: Kendrick, Drake, Christian Nationalism, and Accountability without Free Will
This week I tackle some of the questions and comments I've been getting over the last couple months. I talk about Trump's neoliberal agenda, his capture of the Evangelical Right, Consistency and Accountability in both criminal justice and relig...
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Episode 162
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162: New Projects, Old Problems, and I Can't Leave Religion Alone (Dr. Christy Perez)
This week Dr. Christy Perez (C Dreams) is back to talk about her new projects, and to be dragged back into old theological debates. We talk about trans rights, Christianity, the capture of Evangelical Christianity by MAGA, expectations for the ...
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Episode 162
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1:22:19
161: Drugs and Free Will
This week I get back to the heart of the show: drug policy, drug addiction, and drugs. I talk about free will as it relates to the war on drugs, addiction and intoxication, and I dig into genetics, criminal justice, punishment and prevention.&n...
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Episode 161
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32:28
160: Dialectics of Coffee
This week I talk about coffee: the history, the pharmacology, the politics and the legal battles. I take a dialectical perspective, which just means I focus on both sides of the coffee discussion: it has been blamed for sexual promiscuity and i...
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Episode 160
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28:38
159: Religious Trauma, Morality & Truth
This week I finally finish the topic a started a few weeks ago: religious trauma and why religion often makes people into worse versions of themselves without them noticing. I discuss two of the most important questions in life: how does one fi...
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Episode 159
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32:15
158: Alcohol, Culture & Capitalism
This week I get back to the roots of the show and talk about drugs, specifically alcohol. How does it work? What does it do in the body? Why is it so popular in so many cultures? How has capitalism both attacked and e...
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Episode 158
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25:42
157: Religious Addiction and Why I am not a Christian
The title of this week's episode is a shout out to philosopher Bertrand Russell, who wrote a book by the same name: Why I am not a Christian. This week I talk about religion as an addiction, responsible use of religion, how religion of...
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Episode 157
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30:11
156: Abuse, Trauma & Addiction (Jeremy Pavlik)
Today's episode includes an interview with formerly incarcerated activist Jeremy Pavlik. Jeremy was incarcerated in Colorado for more than 15 years before his release in 2014. Since then, he has worked with multiple agencies who assist other re...
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Episode 156
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51:50
155: The Heroin Diaries (Ben Boyce & Meghan Cosgrove)
This week friend of the show Meghan Cosgrove stopped by to interview me in our ongoing series about previously incarcerated people who have used education to find a pathway to success. Long time listeners have heard pieces of my story, but I've...
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Episode 155
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1:04:25
154: Cocaine, Prison Ink & 28 Years for Attempted Murder (Taylor Doucet)
Today I continue a series of interviews with recently incarcerated people who are doing some great things in the community. Taylor Doucet was sentenced to 28 years in prison for two attempted murderers in 2013. While inside he found a different...
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Episode 154
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1:09:05
153: Capitalism, Ponzi Schemes & A Few Millions Dollars of Missing Money (Sean Mueller)
This week I host another interview with a previously incarcerated student who is doing some great work in the community. Sean Mueller was sentenced to 40 years in prison in 2010 after being convicted of running a "Ponzi Scheme" and losing a few...
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Episode 153
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1:01:31
152: Drugs, Bullets, Recovery & Role Models (Geordan Morris)
This week I share a story from another previously-incarcerated person who is doing some incredible work in the community. Geordan Morris was one of my students in the CU-Denver Strategic Communication program, and since his release earlier this...
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Episode 152
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1:01:09
151: Life in Prison, College Degrees and 16 Grams of Coke (David Carrillo)
This week I sat down with Colorado's David Carrillo, who was sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole thirty years ago, when he was 19 years old. Since then, David has accomplished some incredible things behind bars. He enr...
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Episode 151
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1:06:56
150: Jesus, Meth and Naked Arrests (Dr. Erin Boyce)
Today is the first episode in a series about people who are justice impacted and who managed to break out of the trap of recidivism. I start with my partner, Dr. Erin Boyce, whose story winds through 20 years, 5 drugs, 4 states and 3 felony arr...
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Episode 150
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1:13:47
149: How Big Pharma Ruined it for Everyone
This week is about the evolution of drugs and the role of big pharma (#Capitalism) in creating and exploding the war on drugs. From Cannabis to Marinol to Spice/K2...From coca leaves to cocaine to crack...From willow tree bark t...
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Episode 149
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25:11
148: Drugs, Commercials & Social Media
Email us at DrJunkieShow@gmail.comWhy does everyone in the 2020s seem to have their own version of reality? And why does truth seem to be up for debate in every area? Marshall McLuhan explained why 50 years ago. This week I answ...
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Episode 148
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24:05
147: The Opium of the Masses
Email us at DrJunkieShow@gmail.comThis week I talk about Karl Marx's claim that religion is the opium of the masses. I also talk about Friedrich Engels's concept of exploitation by wage labor, Friedrich Hegel's dialectics, capitalism, g...
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Episode 147
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22:50
146: Life in Guy Debord's Society of the Spectacle (pt 2)
Email us at DrJunkieShow@gmail.com This week I dive back into some philosophical theory related to why we are so prone to struggle with anxiety, addiction and alienation in today's world. Guy Debord wrote
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Episode 146
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22:58
145: Addiction, Ideology & the Society of the Spectacle
Email us at DrJunkieShow@gmail.com This week I dive back into some philosophical theory related to why we are so prone to struggle with anxiety, addiction and alienation in today's world. Guy Debord wrote
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Episode 145
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27:34
144: C. Dreams Free at Last (Dr. Christina Perez)
Email us at DrJunkieShow@gmail.com C. Dreams, Dr. Christina Perez's moniker while incarcerated, joins me today to talk about addiction, recovery, reentry, education, stigma, social movement, reappropriation, colorism, plus she shares he...
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Episode 142
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