In the fifth Cutting of Season 3, Dave considers different elements of identity. He talks to Scout Pup about furries and puppies, and speaks to Alex Iantaffi about genograms, intergenerational trauma and mind plasticity. The episode features more clips from the Meg-John and Justin podcast, which consider hierarchies of love and relationships.
CONTENT NOTE: trauma, holocaust, genocide and intimate partner violence.
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Alex Iantaffi: http://www.alexiantaffi.com/
Gender Stories Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/gender-stories/id1353717550
Meg-John and Justin (podcast, book, zines): https://megjohnandjustin.com/
Meg-John Barker (writing, zines): https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/
Justin Hancock’s sex and relationship education for young people: Bish
https://www.bishuk.com
Life Isn’t Binary by Meg-John Barker and Alex Iantaffi: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Life-Isnt-Binary-Beyond-Between/dp/1785924796
In the fourth Cutting of Season 3, Dave considers different forms of and approaches to therapy; talks to poet, playwright and performer, Tanaka Mhishi about consent, masculinity and recovering from trauma; and plays some clips from the Meg-John and Justin podcast, which consider social and personal scripts, staying with our feelings, and power.
CONTENT NOTE: rape, sexual assault, suicidal ideation, mental health issues, racism, violence, trauma
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Tanaka Mhishi: https://tanakamhishi.co.uk/
Tanaka’s work around sexual violence: https://www.angles.org.uk/profiles/tanaka-mhishi/
The Consent Collective: https://www.consentcollective.com/
Meg-John and Justin (podcast, book, zines): https://megjohnandjustin.com/
Meg-John Barker (writing, zines): https://www.rewriting-the-rules.com/
Justin Hancock’s sex and relationship education for young people: Bish
Tanaka’s episode of Getting Better Acquainted: https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-347-tanaka-mhishi
In the third Cutting of Season 3, Dave talks to Philosophy Tube’s Oliver Thorn, witchcraft scholar Dr. Alice Tarbuck, and historian Dr Robert Poole about the history, philosophy and ideology of persecution. Dave also considers how the legacy of Lancaster Castle, his own family tree, and an excellent twitter thread by Dr Clare Askew fit within idea that ‘we are the heirs of the witch hunters.’
This episode follows on from the last Cutting, which looked at Magic – http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/cuttings/the-family-tree-season-3-cuttings-2-magic/ – and is a companion piece to this Cuttings episode from Season 2: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/cuttings/the-family-tree-season-2-cuttings-2-systems-and-structures/
Zoe Prosser, who gives a reading in this episode, was a guest in this Cuttings episode from Season 1: http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/cuttings/cutting-5-fantasies-and-conspiracies/
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Oliver Thorn: Twitter - @OllyThorn, @Philosophy Tube Philosophy Tube - https://www.youtube.com/user/thephilosophytube
The video featured in this episode is Witchcraft, Gender & Marxism: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmk47kh7fiE
Dr. Alice Tarbuck - https://alicetarbuck.net/
Dr Clare Askew: https://twitter.com/OneNightStanzas
The twitter thread featured in the episode is this one: https://twitter.com/onenightstanzas/status/1049601689089728512
Dr Robert Poole: https://www.uclan.ac.uk/staff_profiles/dr_robert_poole.php
The book focused on in this episode is The Wonderful Discovery of Witches in the County of Lancaster https://www.amazon.co.uk/Thomas-Wonderful-Discovery-Witches-Lancaster/dp/1874181780
In the second Cutting of Season 3, Dave talks to Dr. Alexander Cummins and Dr. Alice Tarbuck about magic and its role in society from the past to the present. And the creators of The Boy Who Hasn’t Lived, CJ Bruce and Arlie Adlington, discuss their families’ perceptions of magic as they were growing up, as Arlie prepares to introduce CJ to the Harry Potter series.
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Dr. Alexander Cummins - http://www.alexandercummins.com/
Dr. Alice Tarbuck - https://alicetarbuck.net/
CJ & Arlie on The Boy Who Hasn’t Lived - http://www.theboywhohasntlived.com/
In the first Cutting of Season 3, Dave talks to Professor Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad and Philosophy Tube’s Oliver Thorn, discussing philosophical questions around transition, change and belief.
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Professor Chakravarthi Ram-Prasad – publications - https://www.amazon.co.uk/s/ref=nb_sb_noss?url=search-alias%3Daps&field-keywords=Chakravarthi+Ram-Prasad
Papers - http://lancaster.academia.edu/ChakravarthiRamPrasad
Lancaster University - http://www.research.lancs.ac.uk/portal/en/people/chakravarthi-ramprasad(02068fdc-a65d-4a1f-982f-659e6620190f).html
BBC Radio 4 – In Our Time - Hindu Ideas of Creation - https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b03k289f
Oliver Thorn: Twitter - @OllyThorn, @Philosophy Tube Philosophy Tube - https://www.youtube.com/user/thephilosophytube
In the fifth Cutting of season 2, Dave tries to process recent developments on The Family Tree and get perspectives that will help with issues in his personal life by asking questions about how we deal with loss and with death.
Content Note: Death, bereavement, dementia, illness, suicide, euthanasia, violence, murder
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Imam Monawar Hussain: https://www.theoxfordfoundation.com
Reverend Azariah France-Williams: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-shapeshifters/id1100385786?mt=2
Rabbi Charley Baginsky: http://www.liberaljudaism.org
Wasi Daniju: http://wasidaniju.com/
Against Borders For Children: https://www.schoolsabc.net/
Shaun Attwood: http://shaunattwood.com/
Marlo Mack: http://www.howtobeagirlpodcast.com/
Tony Pickering: Pick-Art.com
Peter Wohlleben: https://www.waterstones.com/book/the-hidden-life-of-trees/peter-wohlleben/9780008218430
Peter Pickering: Dave's essays about his father: Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad
Previously on The Family Tree Cuttings:
http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/cuttings/cutting-6-the-big-questions/
In the fourth Cutting of season 2, Dave tries to make sense of recent developments on The Family Tree by talking to an Imam, a Priest and a Rabbi about death, change, transition, faith and belief.
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Imam Monawar Hussain: https://www.theoxfordfoundation.com
Reverend Azariah France-Williams: https://itunes.apple.com/gb/podcast/the-shapeshifters/id1100385786?mt=2
Rabbi Charley Baginsky: http://www.liberaljudaism.org
Previously on The Family Tree Cuttings:
http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/cuttings/cutting-1-podcasts-and-priests/
http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/cuttings/cutting-8-stories-and-more-stories/
***CONTENT NOTE: This episode generally deals with interpersonal, systemic and state violence but the section from 9.29 min to 26.10 min involves the experience of living in prison and includes graphic descriptions of violence.***
In the third Cutting of season 2, Dave looks at the ways that systems and structures hurt people considered different, other or lesser, in order to contextualise the ways that society might treat Changelings.
We hear from Schools ABC about their work fighting to keep immigration checks out of UK schools (1.55-9.29); from writer, activist and ex-prisoner Shaun Attwood about his experience in the Arizona Prison system (9.29-26.10); from intersectional feminist, therapist and equality consultant, Guilaine Kinouani, who reflects on how the mental health system operates for marginalised people (26.10-48.33); and from Marlo Mack from the How to Be A Girl podcast, who considers how being a parent of a transgender child feels in Trump’s America (48.33).
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Against Borders For Children: https://www.schoolsabc.net/
Schools ABC crowdfunder: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/againstbordersforchildren
Wasi Daniju: http://wasidaniju.com/
Shaun Attwood: http://shaunattwood.com/
Guilaine Kinouani: https://racereflections.co.uk
Marlo Mack: http://www.howtobeagirlpodcast.com/
On Getting Better Acquainted:
https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-314-wasi
https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-218-shaun-attwood
https://soundcloud.com/gettingbetteracquainted/gba-274-guilaine-kinouani
Previously on The Family Tree Cuttings:
http://thefamilytreepodcast.co.uk/cuttings/the-family-tree-season-2-cuttings-1-flesh-and-blood-bark-and-seed/
In the second Cutting of season 2, Dave talks to his dad about living with dementia, his brother about making art about diagnosis, and with true storyteller Radcliffe Royds about addiction, past lives and what it's like to come back from the dead. These conversations explore the kinds of human experiences that might help us to understand the experiences of Changelings.
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Tony Pickering: Pick-Art.com
Radcliffe Royds: The Radcliffe Episodes
Peter Pickering: Dave's essays about his father: Down to a sunless sea: memories of my dad
In the first Cutting of season 2, Dave talks to Marlo Mack about her podcast How to Be a Girl and to Peter Wohlleben about his book The Hidden Life of Trees. From Marlo, he looks for guidance on balancing telling important true stories with protecting the lives of the people whose stories you're telling. And from Peter, he finds out how trees feel and communicate, and considers whether there is precedent for humans and trees communicating with each other.
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Marlo Mack:
How to Be a Girl
Peter Wohlleben:
The Hidden Life of Trees
The final Cutting of Season 1 gives you an extra slice of the drama: Dave takes the Sullivans aside as the cheesecake is served and asks them about their experiences since the podcast has aired.
In Monday’s episode, Dave talked to Sam. When they finished recording, they asked him to turn the mic back on so they could explain what being non-binary means. This week’s Cutting takes that as its starting point, and Dave talks to CN Lester and Sez Thomasin about being non-binary. Featuring poetry by Sez Thomasin.
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Sez Thomasin: Twitter
CN Lester: Twitter, Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us, music
In this week’s Cutting, Dave plays clips from the series so far to members of his family and is as surprised and concerned about their reactions as they are about what they hear.
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As the podcast audience widens and the Sullivans reveal more and more personal information, Dave’s concern about protecting their privacy grows. In this week’s Cutting, he talks to Alix Fox and Girl on the Net, both of whom regularly share personal information online, about maintaining privacy in a public forum.
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Alix Fox: Close Encounters podcast, The Modern Mann podcast
Girl on the Net: Twitter, books
Also mentioned: Brook
Since Jane’s shocking revelation, Dave has been thinking about the impact of sharing true stories in public spaces. In this week’s Cutting, he talks to Joanna Yates, Kevin Allison, Andre Radmall and Azariah France-Williams about the importance and ethics of true storytelling.
The Family Tree's Cuttings discuss the real issues raised in the show with special guests from podcasting, journalism and the arts. They are also a space to platform listener information. If you know anything about what happened to Mark, you can call 0203 290 0592. Please be aware that your message may be played on the show.
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Andre Radmall and Azariah France-Williams: The ShapeShifters
Since Beech’s revelation, questions about humanity have been playing heavily on Dave’s mind. In this week’s Cutting, he asks his guests the big questions: ‘What does it mean to be human?’ and ‘What is Consciousness?’ In this episode, you’ll hear voices from both past and future Cuttings.
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Helen Zaltzman: The Allusionist, Answer Me This!
Martin Zaltz Austwick: The Sound of the Ladies, Song by Song, Global Lab, Brain Train
Andre Radmall and Azariah France-Williams: The ShapeShifters
Sonja Todd: Erwin (a comic about Erwin Blumenfeld)
Charlie Phillips: The Guardian, Article about PopCo
Jackie Hagan: Some People Have Too Many Legs
Samantha Asamadu: Media Diversified, The Feminist Filmmaker, twitter
Alix Fox: Close Encounters podcast, The Modern Mann podcast
Girl on the Net: Twitter, books
Zoe Prosser & Gary Blake: Zoe & Gary on Getting Better Acquainted
Rusty Quill: The Rusty Quill Gaming Podcast, Rusty Quill Twitter
Dean Haglund & Phil Leirness: The Truth is out There, Chillpak Hollywood Hour, Dave on Chillpak Hollywood Hour, Chillpak Hollywood Hour Twitter, The Lady Killers
Sez Thomasin: Twitter
CN Lester: Twitter, Trans Like Me: A Journey for All of Us, music
Today’s Cutting comes in two parts. After hearing Nathan’s concerns about the conflict between live action role play and table top gaming, Dave investigates this issue with the table top role-playing gamers from The Rusty Quill Gaming Podcast and LARPers, Zoe Prosser and Gary Blake. In the second half of the show, Dave focuses on some of Nathan’s other interests and speaks to the makers of the documentary, The Truth Is Out There, Dean Haglund (from The X-Files) and Phil Leirness, about conspiracy theories and other-worldly views.
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Zoe Prosser & Gary Blake: Zoe & Gary on Getting Better Acquainted
Rusty Quill: The Rusty Quill Gaming Podcast, Rusty Quill Twitter
Dean Haglund & Phil Leirness: The Truth is out There, Chillpak Hollywood Hour, Dave on Chillpak Hollywood Hour, Chillpak Hollywood Hour Twitter, The Lady Killers
Having personal conversations in public is always a risky business, but Dave is particularly aware that his guests this week were under sixteen. With Melissa and Melanie’s well-being at the front of his mind, he reaches out for guidance and advice. In this week’s Cutting, Dave explores issues of privacy, sharing your private life publically, navigating the internet as a young person, and sex and education. He talks to journalist, broadcaster and sex educator, Alix Fox; writer and sex blogger, Girl on the Net, and podcasters Biz Ellis and Theresa Thorn from One Bad Mother.
The Family Tree's Cuttings discuss the real issues raised in the show with special guests from podcasting, journalism and the arts. They are also a space to showcase listener theories about the mystery. If you have a theory about what happened to Mark, you can call 0203 290 0592. Please be aware that your message may be played on the show.
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Alix Fox: Close Encounters podcast, The Modern Mann podcast
Girl on the Net: Twitter, books
Biz Ellis & Theresa Thorn: One Bad Mother podcast, One Bad Mother Twitter
Picking up on some of the themes of this week’s episode of The Family Tree, Dave speaks to founder of Media Diversified, Samantha Asamadu; Nikesh Shukla, editor of the brilliant state-of-the-nation essay collection, The Good Immigrant and poet and journalist, Musa Okwonga about issues around representation and lived experience in fiction, drama and the media.
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Samantha Asamadu: Media Diversified, The Feminist Filmmaker, twitter
In Mark Sullivan’s absence, Dave is aware of the dangers of discussing issues without involving those affected by them. Mark’s decision to become a vegan was one that shaped the life of both himself and his family, so Dave talks to Sonja Todd and Charlie Philips about their experiences living in the world as vegans. Another issue that affected Mark deeply was the loss of his arm in a car accident. Dave speaks to poet, theatre maker, comedian and community arts worker Jackie Hagan about her experiences as an amputee.
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Sonja Todd: Erwin (a comic about Erwin Blumenfeld)
Charlie Phillips: The Guardian, Article about PopCo
Jackie Hagan: Some People Have Too Many Legs (The Frog and Bucket, Manchester 23/10/16)
The Family Tree is a very different podcast from the one Dave normally produces, so he talks to podcasters Helen Zaltzman and Martin Zaltz Austwick about what it's like to change the kind of show you make, and asks for some advice on the craft and ethics of podcasting. And to give more context to the life of Reverend Philip Beech, we hear from Andre Radmall and Azariah France-Williams about their experiences as priests in the community.
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Helen Zaltzman: The Allusionist, Answer Me This!
Martin Zaltz Austwick: The Sound of the Ladies, Song by Song, Global Lab, Brain Train
Andre Radmall and Azariah France-Williams: The ShapeShifters