The Dr. Junkie Show

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 of power.

  1. 178: Kids on Cocaine, Bisexual Young Women and Other Cultural Taboos—A Review of the Film Bodies, Bodies, Bodies (Madeline Grace)

    FEB 21

    178: Kids on Cocaine, Bisexual Young Women and Other Cultural Taboos—A Review of the Film Bodies, Bodies, Bodies (Madeline Grace)

    Maddy is back to talk about the film Bodies, Bodies, Bodies from 2022, a cool, thriller-horror film that plays on the generational zeitgeist of Gen Z. We talk about how the film reflects cultural fears, cultural fetishes, and unspeakable taboos, and how it keeps us all engaged by appealing to our preexisting cultural stereotypes, our natural reaction to protect certain groups of people while fearing others, and a generational gap that has many Gen Zers stuck on their phones living a life that's fake, digital, and maybe where we are all headed in the future.  Support the show

    1 hr
  2. 177: Meth, Pervitin, Benzedrine, and Secret Nazi Speedball Drugs

    FEB 15

    177: Meth, Pervitin, Benzedrine, and Secret Nazi Speedball Drugs

    This week I discuss the secret drugs developed in Nazi Germany during WWII, and I cover the role of methamphetamine in the Nazi Blitzkrieg attacks, the role of amphetamine in the Allies ability to eventually win the war, and I also cover Hitler's drug addiction, technologies of war, social stigma and how easy it can be disassembled in times of war, and lots more.  Support the show

    21 min
  3. 176: Bad Coke, Objectification, and Stigma in Porntopia (Madeline Grace)

    FEB 6

    176: Bad Coke, Objectification, and Stigma in Porntopia (Madeline Grace)

    Madeline is back to finish up our conversation from last week, and to jump into some new topics. We talk about how education works in neoliberalism, the returning appreciation of learning for learning's sake, objectification in sex work and how feminist can think about navigating that sexwork landscape ethically, cocaine and why it's so hard to get good blow when you're young, the increasing popularity of completely selling out, the way capitalism objectifies nearly everyone who works for a corporation, and lots more, including cocaine injection, MDMA and other drugs.  Support the show

    1h 4m
  4. 175: Sex Work, Cocaine, Porn and Ozempic in a Neoliberal Culture (Madeline Grace)

    JAN 26

    175: Sex Work, Cocaine, Porn and Ozempic in a Neoliberal Culture (Madeline Grace)

    This week Maddy Grace returns to talk about all sorts of stuff, mostly focused on Gen Z and the different world they grew up in compared to Gen X oldies like me. We talk cocaine and it's increasing popularity in Gen Z, Cigarettes, sex work, politics, protest, power, and we dive into the current pornscape and its impact on young heterosexual men, who have a very different relationship with their sexuality on the whole than Gen X did.  Support the show

    48 min
  5. 174: Dialectics of Alcohol Prohibition

    JAN 13

    174: Dialectics of Alcohol Prohibition

    This week I talk about alcohol prohibition and the birth of the 18th Amendment. Mainstream media, strategically manipulated by a woman named Carrie Nation and her posse of temperance propagandists, talked the United States into responding to problems stemming from rapid industrialization (addiction, homelessness, etc.) by outlawing alcohol in 1919, and they pulled it off by using Christianity and Femininity as tools of social change despite being unable to vote as women at that time.  Support the show

    22 min
  6. 173: Life after Life without Parole (David Carrillo)

    12/23/2025

    173: Life after Life without Parole (David Carrillo)

    This week author, academic and previously incarcerated rock star David Carrillo stops back by to talk about his new book, Kiko: From Life without Parole to Life with Purpose, available wherever you buy books. We discuss prison politics, drugs in prison, slow and fast changes in perspective through aging and experience, academics in prison, the concept of redemption, morality, prison media and his continuing role as an in-prison educator working with multiple colleges in Colorado.  You can find the Territorial Prison story of the warden's wife and the death row letter-writing DU-PAI video on YouTube here. Support the show

    1h 4m
  7. 172: Drug Boats, Hellfire Missiles and Foucault's Knowledge/Power

    12/12/2025

    172: Drug Boats, Hellfire Missiles and Foucault's Knowledge/Power

    Today I talk about the US military missions against alleged drug boats near Venezuela using Foucault's theory of knowledge/power.  Support the show

    23 min
  8. 171: Media, Monopolies, and the Fairness Doctrine

    08/12/2025

    171: Media, Monopolies, and the Fairness Doctrine

    This week I talk about who owns the media and why that matters. I get into the consolidation of media outlets from local owners a century ago to mostly multinational super-rich corporations today, and I unpack some of the ways that change has shaped the media we consume, which in turn shapes us. I talk about the Fairness Doctrine, the war on drugs, free speech, Buster Brown shoes, monopolies and why they are generally discourages in the US, Reagan, neoliberalist policy and lots more.  You can find a visual version of this episode with graphics on YouTube.  Support the show

    24 min
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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 of power.

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  • Creator
    Benjamin Boyce
  • Years Active
    2020 - 2026
  • Episodes
    178
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2026 The Dr. Junkie Show
  • Show Website
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