About The Host
Greetings. My name is Ben Reiman. My father is Barry and my mother is Mary Lou. I am the husband of my rock and best friend, Jan who I love so much. When I'm not doing this work, I provide clinical support to a team of wonderful leaders who work with adults and youth with developmental disabilities and am the Assistant Fire Chief in my local volunteer department. I started this podcast in 2020 in the aftermath of the murder of George Floyd by police in Minnesota, USA during the COVID-19 pandemic. I had recently been diagnosed at the age of 45 with ADHD and through treatment of both counseling and medication started my life anew. For the first time I realized how ignorant I had been of my privilege and the plight of so many without that privilege. I began my journey of antiracism work and committed to do this work for the rest of my life. Thanks to the courage and humility of my first podcast guest, a brilliant behavior analyst named Danni Reid, I began my work toward centering and uplifting voices from the global majority. In 2021, I became aware of how we treated the Indigenous people of these lands when 215 child graves were uncovered at the Kamloops Residential School on the lands of the Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc Nation. This shook me to the core and was the catalyst for me to learn about and from Indigenous peoples and uplift their voices. I am incredibly grateful to each and every guest who has been willing to share their space and their story with me. This has become my life's project and one of my greatest passions and I thank you for taking the time to listen.
I am a Settler/Occupier of ʔi:səm on Sah-Yah-Yeen on the traditional lands of the four sister Nations Tla'amin, Klahoose, Homolco, and K'omoks First Nations who have been stewards of this land since time immemorial
