You're listening to Thursday Breakfast's Summer Programming Series on 3CR Community Radio!

Today's show features a selection of interviews covering public health topics such as young people's experiences of chronic pain, First Nations medical trailblazers, the campaign to Save Cohealth, a Palestinian physician in Gaza practicing medicine during genocide, and the importance of drug checking.//

Acknowledgement of Country//

Joshua Pate - Young People & Chronic Pain (04 Dec 25)//

Physiotherapy researcher and health science communicator Dr Joshua Pate joined us to unpack the impacts of chronic pain on young peoples' lives, and the consequences of failing to believe young people and and adequately resource paediatric pain care in Australia. Joshua co-authored the 2025 National Kids in Pain Report commissioned by Chronic Pain Australia, released in September 2025, which details the scale and impact of chronic pain for young people in Australia. The report documents how these experiences shape young peoples' worlds and have flow-on effects in all parts of their lives, and you can read it here.//

Kimberley Benajamin - Our Medicine (10 Jul 25)//

Kimberely Benjamin is a Yawuru, Bardi and Kija woman from Rubibi/Broome, and proudly living and working on Country. Kimba discussed the directing and making of SBS & NITV show Our Medicine, a 6-part series behind-the-scenes look showcasing First Nations medical trailblazers and traditional healers, who, through their work, care and knowledge are making change and having positive impacts on community. Watch it on SBS on Demand now.//

Shaday - Save Cohealth Campaign (06 Nov 25)//

Shaday, a GP trainee at a community health clinic joined us to discuss organising for the Save Cohealth Rally and rally at Sarah Witty’s office. The rally is calling on federal or state emergency funding to save the clinics that service over 12,500 people and prevent a statewide health catastrophe. Some symbolic motions in parliament have been moved but it’s mass mobilisations like the Town Hall in Fitzroy and the rally that will win this campaign.// 

Dr Ezzideen Shehab - Palestinian Physician in Gaza & Author (06 Nov 25)//

Dr Ezzideen Shehab, a Palestinian physician in northern Gaza, shared his reflections on practicing medicine during Israel's ongoing genocide. Dr Shehab has collaborated with Readers and Writers Against the Genocide to publish Diary of a Young Doctor a remarkable collection of diary entries that he has kept to document eyewitness accounts of the genocide. Order your copy of Diary of a Young Doctor by heading to linktr.ee/readerswritersagainstgenocide, and follow Dr Shehab on Instagram at @ezzideenshehab.//

Cameron Francis - The Loop Drug Checking (27 Nov 25)//

Cameron Francis is the CEO of The Loop Australia - a national harm reduction charity delivering drug checking services in Victoria and New South Wales, and until recently in Queensland. He joined us to discuss the importance of drug checking and harm reduction, particularly at mobile sites ahead of festival season. You can access free drug checking in Victoria at 95 Brunswick Street, Fitzroy. Follow them on instagram for drug alerts or contact them for more information.//

Songs//

Our Blood & Firekeeper by FAMILI

Buy their latest EP 'BLOODFIRE' on bandcamp//