Trauma dumping at the salon, police assaults + student music festivals

What is it about the salon chair that makes people open up? New research has found some customers use hair and beauty salon workers as substitute therapists.So what impact does all this emotional dumping have on workers? And should they get more training to deal with it?Also, a Four Corners investigation has raised questions about police accountability in New South Wales.Plus, Year 12 students on the Central Coast have thrown their own music festival.Listen now:01:21 - Are NSW Police being held accountable?09:09 - Why people trauma dump at the salon24:38 - High schoolers hold their own music festivalGuests:Dylan Welch, Four Corners reporterDr Hannah McCann, Senior Lecturer in Cultural Studies at the University of MelbourneGet the whole story from hack:Follow us on Instagram and TikTokSubscribe to the hack podcastListen on the triple j app or on your radio live every weeknight at 5:30pm