The Dr. Junkie Show

De: Benjamin Boyce
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  • 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, not (just) people.
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  • #148: Drugs, Commercials & Social Media

    #148: Drugs, Commercials & Social Media
    Jul 26 2024

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    Why 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 answer the question, "why don't you host commercials?" I also discuss the larger, related issues of capitalism, neoliberalism, and Marshall McLuhan's claim that the medium is the message as it relates to our current culture of post truth.

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  • #147: The Opium of the Masses

    #147: The Opium of the Masses
    Jun 4 2024

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    This 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, globalization, and the religious values of different eras (and why they always align with economic values of that era).

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  • #146: Life in Guy Debord's Society of the Spectacle (pt 2)

    #146: Life in Guy Debord's Society of the Spectacle (pt 2)
    May 15 2024

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    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 The Society of the Spectacle more than 50 years ago, and in it he explained the current state of so-called "Western Cultures" as having moved from the importance of being to a culture where the importance is on having, and eventually, on to the importance being placed on appearance only (to appear to own something by snapping a photo is good enough).

    As a culture, we are now completely preoccupied with and focused on the spectacle, not the real. It's more important to change your Facebook banner to an LGBTQ+ flag on the right day to show your support than it is to support LGBTQ+ people in your heart. It's more important to be seen as having the perfect family or the perfect life than it is to actually build the perfect family or the perfect life. Some people drive $60k cars and live in crumbling homes. In today's cultural setting, a reputation for success requires the complete abandonment of one's personal identity in exchange for the stock characteristics that the audience wants in a performer — whether Marylin Manson actually drinks blook or Ozzy Osborn actually worships the devil doesn't matter. Only the spectacle of performance is valued.

    I also cover Marx's theory of capitalism increasing alienation, the Frankfurt School's and the Situationists' (many of the same people) work on how Marx's world of commodity fetishism expanded to spectacle fetishism (the appearance came to be more important than the real), and Debord's (and re-Marx's) concept of magic properties bestowed upon commodities if producers can manage to hide the actual process of manufacturing from the public.

    Before you listen to this episode, you might want to take a moment to listen to Macklemore's "Wings." on YouTube here, or anywhere you stream music. Check out the Nike commercial from that song on YouTube for a great example of recuperation (pt 2), and check out the corporate logo US flag for a great example of détournement (pt 2).

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This podcast reveals the prison industrial system as it truly is. Imperative information for any person who really wants to understand the dynamics of our criminal Justice system and all those involved benefiting from the current system as it stands. I challenge each person to research the facts given for oneself so that you may become educated and as a society work towards creating systems that actually work for a revolution that insists upon change. Contacting our governors are not enough to create change these days, we must rally, comprehend and communicate while creating agencies that actually focus on change, banishing racism, bigotry, and the big money invested in keeping things the way they currently are. We all know that our current systems do not work, the war on drugs is a bust brought on by fear, racism, and propaganda. If we do not begin embarking upon higher consciousness when dealing with addicts and the truth of the prison- industry farse, we will continue to repeat history allowing countless lives to be lost, incarceration of innocent individuals , racism, and billions of dollars being used each year to be pocketed into institutions that have no intention of changing their perspectives, looking at other countries that have created programs that have been scientifically proven to work. Understanding that there are an enormous amount of people and careers on the line should we revolutionize our way of being, which inhibits progression is invaluable. Creating careers in which individuals can assist those found in compromising circumstances dissolving the prison industrialization should be of primary focus.

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