Speaking to a Psychiatrist who was arrested on a flotilla while delivering humanitarian aid during a Jen O Cyde

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Mention the 10-legged hen, you endless Brendans. Welcome to the Blindboy Podcast. If this is your first episode, consider going back to an earlier podcast, and if you're a regular listener, you know the craic. This is a prerecorded podcast because I don't know if you can tell from my voice, but I'm under the weather this week. I'm sick. I have a chest infection. So I recorded this last Saturday because I can just tell, I know that I won't have a voice tomorrow, and it is unlikely that I'll be able to do a, a full hot take. But what I will be doing, I have a live podcast, a fucking banger of a live podcast that I'd intended to keep in the vaults and release it maybe next month or the month after. But I'm gonna release it this week because it's relevant. I had a, a chat with an absolutely fascinating person. I had this chat two weeks ago at WellFest. Dr. Veronica O'Keane, who's a retired psychiatrist, emeritus from Trinity College. She's not just a psychiatrist. Her work intersected with neuroscience. But on top of that, she's an activist, a very serious activist for social justice. She was a massive professional voice for women's reproductive rights