The Feed: Apr 4 – 18

Stories coming up on The Feed include #metoo, the Love Simon cast, postnatal psychosis and turning tragedy into comedy.

Wed Apr 4: Tonight: doctors used to think Chronic Fatigue Syndrome was imaginary. Now we know better. So why is it still so hard for CFS sufferers to get support from the NDIS?

Thu Apr 5: Tonight: co-writer of Master of None, Lena Waithe, chats to Marc Fennell about ‘MeToo’, activism in Hollywood and why young queer people are still being kicked out of home.

Mon Apr 9: Tonight: it’s the first mainstream Hollywood romantic comedy with a gay lead character. Patrick Abboud sits down with the stars of ‘Love, Simon’.

Tues Apr 10: Tonight: the scourge of fentanyl addiction in regional areas tearing apart lives and communities. Has ‘ice’ been replaced by a prescription painkiller?

Wed Apr 11: Tonight: competitive wood chopping. It’s as Australian as meat-pies and racism. Marty Smiley meets the modern champions of a traditional Aussie sport.

Thu Apr 12: Tonight: the arrival of a newborn should be joyous. But what if you want to harm your baby or yourself? As sufferers told Marc Fennell: this is postnatal psychosis.

Mon Apr 16: Tonight: imagine getting a breast cancer diagnosis and double mastectomy in your early 20’s. Laura Murphy-Oates chats with Chloë Reeson about turning tragedy into comedy.

Tues Apr 17: Tonight: why did Zach Bryers go from the warzone of Afghanistan to the gang wars of Baltimore and Rio, all while suffering PTSD? He was addicted to trauma.

Wed Apr 18: Tonight: Sandra Pankhurst is an extraordinary woman: as a trauma cleaner, she mops up crime scenes and hoarder houses. It’s tough work. Oh, and Sandra was born a man.

7:30pm Monday – Thursday on SBS VICELAND.