Episode 35: Jeff Slate – rock n roll's reckoning with the internet, social media, racism, misogyny and MeToo

Musician, Rolling Stone/New Yorker music journalist and author Jeff Slate released his new book 'Guitar' earlier this year co-authored with Earl Slick, and is on tour with The Wallflowers. We explore social media politics and rock n roll's reckoning with historical racism, misogyny and MeToo.    Get in touch: Email: soundaffectspodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @SoundAffectsPod Insta: @sound_affects_podcast   Jeff Slate: Book: https://www.penguin.co.uk/authors/308449/jeff-slate Album and singles: https://jeffslatehq.com/store Twitter: https://x.com/jeffslate Insta: https://www.instagram.com/jeffslate/ Website: https://jeffslatehq.com/ Linktree: https://linktr.ee/jeffslate   Links to things mentioned: https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/eric-clapton-s-covid-vaccine-conspiracies-mark-sad-final-act-ncna1281619 David Bowie internet clip: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LaHcOs7mhfU   Support Sound Affects Pod: www.kofi.com/SoundAffectsPod Become a Patron of Sound Affects Podcast:hhttps://www.patreon.com/user?u=7816406&fan_landing=true&view_as=public

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Welcome to Sound Affects Podcast – featured in NME's Podcasts for the People series. A music & mental health podcast exploring all crossovers between music and mental health: how music and sounds affect us somatically and psychologically, the songs that see us through, what drives people to music careers/a life on the road, the music industry climate, music therapy as support for mental illness, music fandom, music journalism and research in all these crossovers. I speak to well-known musicians and figures, experts, therapists, academics, researchers, authors, journalists, charities, and music fans. Each episode is an interview with a guest centred around a specific theme of music and mental health. Sound Affects is produced, edited and hosted by me, Katerina – a qualified counsellor and psychotherapist working professionally in both the NHS and private practice. I'm also a freelance sub-editor and writer published in The Independent, The Guardian, The Times and Wellcome Collection. Before becoming a therapist, I was a Samaritan helpline listener supporting people struggling to cope with suicidal feelings, and I worked full time as a copywriter and editor for Samaritans during the time of the charity's male suicide research launch. I've worked in magazine and newspaper publishing for many years and spent a lot of time during this time speaking to musicians and creative people. The idea for Sound Affects came while writing about and interviewing bands – I noticed a theme emerging around existential identity and just how sad some of the so-called "rock n roll" stories of excess were. I was also aware of just how much music impacts me, and in particular, specific bands and sounds. It is no secret that I'm a huge Oasis fan, and this theme features regularly in this podcast as alongside my interviews, I occasionally pause to reflect and consider what draws me to this music and how it has shaped me. When I trained as a psychotherapist, I drew together all my interests, culminating in this podcast. I often see musicians as clients for therapy, and I routinely appear in the press and radio commenting on various aspects of therapy and emotional health. I've been a guest on BBC Radio, and appeared in OK! Magazine, Psychologies, Stylist, Grazia, The Independent and more.