For 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). Max: max-quinn@hotmail.com
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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! Subscribe on Apple. Subscribe on Spotify. Find Weider Together on Instagram.
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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, …
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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 to…
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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 q…
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11: “The 10 ways to deprogram yourself”
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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: Ben's Save The Senate gig River_Advntures on Twitter Brett Kavanaugh and the Information Terrorists Trying to Reshape America Conspirituality Po…
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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.
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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.
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8: “I know you’re upset, but we don’t like Nazis”
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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.…
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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? And in what way are psychedelics like boxing? Episode Notes Ben's tweet thread Christian Lee Hutson on Spotify…
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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. Resource…
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Today: how do you break up with your Guru? Ben talks through his spiritual separation, with notes on the responsibility you have to the people you bring with you into deeper waters. Plus, notes on relationships, autonomy and parenting -- and what did Russell Crowe have to say in Ben's DM's??
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4: “Don’t Ever Invite Me Into Your Cult, Because I’m Going To Burn It Down”
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Today: Cults. How many of them has Ben been in? What sort of person joins one? And what does Ben have to say about gurus and cult leaders, and their relationship to spirituality? Plus, notes on Good Charlotte and Josh Homme, and Russell Crowe sends Ben a DM.
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3: "What are Gurus, Aside from Fascists?"
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Today: Why have spiritual wellness groups been picking up the QAnon baton? We rapel further down the canyon of conspiracy, and talk about Ben’s experiences with cults. For 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 wi…
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Today: Ben Lee vs QAnon. How does a celebrated Australian singer/songwriter take up the cause of fighting the political far-right? Let’s find out. For 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, b…
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Ben Lee is uniquely fascinating. You know him as one of Australia's most successful singer-songwriters - 'Catch My Disease' , 'Love Me Like The World Is Ending', 'Cigarettes Will Kill You' - but did you know that Ben Lee is currently fighting QAnon? Or that he's written an album about Islam "for the whole family'"? There's so much more - cults, hal…
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