Ben Pester
speaker
327 appearances
1 recordings
1 series
first heard Jul 2026
last heard 4 Jul
Ben Pester’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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London Review Bookshop Podcast · Claire-Louise Bennett & Ben Pester: Magic & Mechanics · 4 Jul 2026
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His pants often had that horrible stains in them because he was too scared to be in there long enough to wipe himself.
He was too scared to go at all.
The shame of him admitting it.
The anger in our voices, clumsy and desperate for him to just tell us so we could fix it.
Unbearable.
His tiny frame and the smell.
I remember being so angry I wanted to burn the school down, but I couldn't and I couldn't get the names of the kid out of him and we didn't know what to do.
It was devastating waiting to see his little face pinched, unhappy and unable to speak about it.
Do you know, even today, I still remember this moment when I could join him on a video call.
I wait to see his face.
I wait to see the marks that have been left there by the treatment he receives from others.
He works now, of course, is out there in a leadership role somewhere, I expect, or if not, then probably leading in some other way.
I receive a text message from him like jewels mined out of rock.
I'm sorry, he says.
It has been a very long time.
It has been a very long time since I saw him.
Have you seen him?
Of course.
No, no, you wouldn't have.
this problem, this problem, my son's problem, I mean, with those boys had gone away without my doing anything, which was lucky because I was completely powerless.
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