Neighbours podcast: musician Pat Walsh on managing chronic pain with opiates

Patrick Walsh is a local musician and radio show host, making music under the moniker Dirty Pat Walsh. Walsh also experiences chronic pain due to workplace injuries and repetitive stress. It’s a condition he manages with his doctor through prescribed opiates.

To kick off season one of the Neighbours podcast, which is looking at the opioid crisis in Peterborough, host Ayesha Barmania interviews Walsh about his story and perspective on the drug crisis.

Episode transcript coming soon.

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Ayesha Lye is a journalist, sound artist and filmmaker. They have a deep love for sound as a catalyst for ideas, art and community formation.

For many years, they worked as a radio journalist and writer. They’re the co-founder of Peterborough Currents and Peterborough Independent Podcasters. Now, they are pursuing film and television – learning as an apprentice to do film sound and working on their own scripts for independent production.

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