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We’ve heard of poet laureates. What is a DRAG laureate? And why has drag, an increasingly popular form of entertainment, become a political footbal...
Bought by WORT
- Added: May 15, 2024
- Length: 54:58
- Purchases: 1
Matthew Shepard was brutally killed 25 years ago for being gay. His mother Judy founded the Matthew Shepard Foundation 25 years ago this December a...
Bought by WORT
- Added: Oct 13, 2023
- Length: 28:59
- Purchases: 1
In part as a “joyful antidote” to the escalation of anti-LGBTQ laws across the US, San Francisco’s all-transwomen rock band Lipstick Conspiracy is ...
- Added: Jun 15, 2023
- Length: 29:30
California Supreme Court Associate Justice Kelli Evans, the first out lesbian on the state's high court, was raised by her grandmother in public ho...
Bought by WORT
- Added: Apr 04, 2023
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
Dwayne Ratleff grew up Black, poor and gay in 1960s Baltimore. As a youngster, his grandma taught him: “Don’t explain yourself, be yourself.” His a...
Bought by WMUU-LP, KUCR 88.3 fm Riverside, Calif., KALW, and WORT
- Added: Oct 04, 2022
- Length: 29:10
- Purchases: 4
In My Body Odyssey’s (MBO) first episode, we meet Ultimate Mark – uber-competitive weekend warrior in Ultimate Disc: “If it hurts me but helps the ...
- Added: Jul 27, 2022
- Length: 18:49
Canada's nationwide ban on conversion therapy took effect January 7. Why no national ban in the US? Despite clear evidence that conversion therapy ...
- Added: Jan 07, 2022
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 2
Reverend Dr. Megan Rohrer has made LGBTQ and religious history as the first openly transgender bishop in a major Christian denomination. Rohrer spo...
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- Added: Nov 11, 2021
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
Martin Jenkins makes history as the first openly gay Supreme Court of California justice, and only the third Black man ever to serve on the state's...
- Added: Sep 09, 2021
- Length: 29:30
Pamela Sneed’s prose and poetry can reach out and grab you. She reads selections from her memoir, Funeral Diva, and shares some of her life story. ...
- Added: Aug 27, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
In our queer nod to Veterans Day, we bring you writer Lauren Hough, who grew up in the infamous Christian free-love cult The Family. At 18, she joi...
Bought by KWMR
- Added: Jun 08, 2021
- Length: 29:30
- Purchases: 1
Is there such a thing as a good death?
In this episode we reflect on some of our own experiences of death, and get some fresh perspective from Sa...
- Added: May 21, 2021
- Length: 52:04
It comes in at just over 650 pages, and weighs-in at just under three-and-a-half pounds. It’s also worth every word. Why? Because, if there’s anyth...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 13, 2021
- Length: 29:01
- Purchases: 1
What's in a name? We reflect on where we belong and what it means to be American, especially in the wake of anti-Asian hate crimes.
- Added: Apr 06, 2021
- Length: 52:02
Just over 30-years ago, Laura Levitt was brutally raped. At the time, she was close to completing her graduate work in religion and Jewish studies....
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Jan 12, 2021
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Shortly after the outbreak of WWII, President Roosevelt signed Executive Order 9066. It called for the forced removal of over one-hundred-thousand ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 17, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
There is an ongoing “us” and “them” argument in our society. Realistically, politics and religion have always managed to create deep divisions.
- Added: Nov 11, 2019
- Length: 28:19
- Purchases: 2
A craftsman spells out the Bassic Fundamentals: get your Jazz chops right!
- Added: Oct 27, 2019
- Length: 23:50
Intolerance is increasing in the world of academia. A poisonous climate at universities and colleges is creating, what is known as, identity politi...
- Added: Oct 09, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
The hardest book to write is the one about you. I’ve heard that story from so many authors. You want to be honest, yet there are times that can fee...
- Added: Sep 17, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Hate. There’s no question that it’s on the rise in America and around the world. White supremacy, racism and xenophobia are all part of our polariz...
- Added: Aug 13, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
OutCaster Andrew speaks with Drew Adams, a transgender student who sued his high school for discrimination, and his lawyer from Lambda Legal, Tara ...
Bought by KZYX, C89.5 - KNHC Seattle, and KWMR
- Added: Apr 30, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 3
The island became a workhouse in the 1880s. Converted to a jail 50-years later, Rikers Island is not a prison.
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Apr 12, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
Just two generations ago, breastfeeding was considered second best to infant formula. Today, however, it’s regarded as a newborn’s birthright.
- Added: Mar 07, 2019
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 2
Cancer is the second leading cause of death in children from 1 to 14 years old. According to the American Cancer Society more than 10,000 children ...
Bought by KCBX
- Added: Dec 18, 2018
- Length: 29:00
- Purchases: 1
