Stay ConnectedFor the next two weeks, Ben Lee is in Hotel Quarantine in Sydney, as he and his family return to Australia after years abroad. Ben Lee In Quarantine is his candid, daily quarantine catchup with writer, broadcaster and musician Max Quinn (triple j).
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WEIRDER TOGETHER is a new podcast from Ben Lee and Ione Skye. It's about being eccentric, married artists. It's great, you'll like it!
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Surprise! We're back with a brand new episode. Ben's got a brand new song and video -- Born For This Bullshit (watch the fantastic video here) -- and he's learned a lot since Quarantine. In this episode: a new strain of a global pandemic, masked singers, and a giant question up front: Is 2021 The Year Of Ben Lee?
Be in touch with Ben @Benleemusic, and Max @MaxQuinn.
About the show: for two weeks in 2020, Ben Lee was in Hotel Quarantine in Sydney, as he and his family returned to Australia after years abroad. Ben Lee In Quarantine is his candid, ad-hoc catchup with writer, broadcaster and musician Max Quinn (triple j).
Today: Ben's out of quarantine! But - a twist in the tail of 2020 has him feeling pangs of COVID angst all over again. If you’re listening along in real-time, please wear a mask if you’re out in public. You’re going to stop people from getting sick.
Huge thanks to you for listening along. This is the final episode of Ben Lee In Quarantine. Be in touch with Ben @Benleemusic, and Max @MaxQuinn.
Go well.
Today: a model for conspiracy resistance, and Ben’s cryptocurrency journey with the platform SteemIt - whose share prices plummeted from about $18 to about 18 cents a few years back. So, spoiler alert: it didn’t work out. But the intent was there, and Ben learned some stuff, so we’ll call it even.
Stay tuned tomorrow as Ben is released from hotel quarantine into the wild.
Resources
'Dinner With Chris Stein'- Ben Lee
Murdoch Blocker - Bye Rupert Chrome Extension
John Feldmann’s wiki
Foster Kamer on twitter
The Soviet Cookie Monster Scam - New York Times
Today: we take some listener questions on QAnon, Cults and Conspiracies, before we got stuck into trauma and therapy. We haven’t even gotten into Ben’s foray into cryptocurrency. Maybe tomorrow.
Resources:
River_Advntures on Twitter
Brett Kavanaugh and the Information Terrorists Trying to Reshape America
Today: what happens when you die? Srs qstn.
Ben talks through his work a death midwife for people in hospice care, and how it has affected his live performances.
Also, deeper examination of the beautiful Christian Lee Hutson record, as well as The Band, and The Bens.
Today: our second episode on Ben’s journey with DoTerra Essential Oils, and Multi-Level Marketing companies. Is there something about MLMs that make them feel cult-y?
Also, Ben has a very nice hat.
Today: the first of two episodes on Ben’s relationship with essential oils, and the Multi Level Marketing company called DoTerra.
Why did Ben cancel his DoTerra account after spending years as a customer and wellness advocate?
You'll also get notes on the nature of obsession, and the movies Adaptation and Office Space.
Today: BIRTH 2012, and brand marketing. Ben deliberates whether or not it’s okay to judge a spiritual movement by the way it markets itself, and Max explains an accidentally created a viral branding movement of his own from 2019.
You’ll also get notes on touring with Dashboard Confessional, eating at Sizzler, and propaganda film Plandemic.
Resources
Debunking the most dangerous claims of 'Plandemic'
Today: we address some listener feedback from episode 3 about how New Age Culture intersects with Darwinism, Ableism, and the pandemic (find Ben's tweets about that below).
Plus, what are the politics of getting a song to #1? Andin what way are psychedelics like boxing?
Episode Notes
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