The Seeking Justice Podcast™

The Seeking Justice Podcast™ (TSJP) Episode (0) Zero - Introducing TSJP & Benedict Bloggs

Benedict Bloggs Season 1 Episode 1

[A background episode for posterity, for the archives, and for those interested in the inspiration for starting The Seeking Justice Podcast and to introduce the host Benedict Bloggs a.k.a Bennarama, Bennaddiction, Bennabuzz, Benna Zenabomb, the Wunderland, Gaiatribe, 3 Eyed Fish and on goes the list...]

Summary 

In the inaugural episode of the Seeking Justice Podcast, host Benedict Bloggs introduces himself and shares his multifaceted journey as a human rights advocate, barrister, and social justice activist. He reflects on the motivations behind starting the podcast, his diverse experiences, and the vision for future episodes that will explore themes of justice, activism, and creativity. 

Chapters
 00:00 Introduction 
 00:46 Acknowledgement of Country
 01:57 TSJP Video Intro (produced by Ahmed Al Shanti in Northern Gaza)
 02:20 Journey to Law through Activism
 13:59 The Vision for the Podcast
 16:29 Closing Thoughts 
 17:06 TSJP Video Outro (produced by Ahmed Al Shanti in Northern Gaza)
 17:21 Credits

Greetings Justice-Seekers! Welcome to The Seeking Justice Podcast (TSJP), dedicated to exploring and spotlighting issues of justice and injustice throughout the world. I am your host, Benedict Bloggs, a passionate and dedicated social and environmental justice advocate throughout my entire adult life and now a Barrister-at-Law and international human rights advocate based in Brisbane Australia. I want to use this platform to give a voice to the voiceless, to interview interesting guests working on important human rights and social and environmental justice issues and as an independent media mechanism to clarion call forth positive change in our societies and our world.

The name of the Podcast is inspired by the motto of my Catholic High School which I resolutely hated. The school I hated, the motto “Seek Justice” must have got seared on the insides of my eyelids and after spending my late teens and twenties being a globally adventuring outlaw and ratbag from blockading old growth forests, breaking onto secret American spy bases, cycling across Australia to promote sustainability, I became a lawyer and now a Barrister and international human rights law (IHRL) advocate having completed an IHRL Masters at the University of Oxford where I met my Puerto Rican fiancée and now we have two gorgeous Aussie-Rican kids.

Before studying law, I completed a Diploma in Holistic Counseling, inspired by a seve

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