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A weekly LGBT talk show on community radio station WDBX 91.1 covering news and topics of interest to Southern Illinois LGBTQ communities.
20 NOV 2024 · Jonny and Heather pause to recognize the Trans Day of Remembrance with information about services in Carbondale while also taking a moment to hear the names of the trans folks who have died in the last year in the US. They lean into why times are so rough right now for queer and trans folks with a general discussion of resources avaialble to get through the coming rough(er) times. In the back half of the show they discuss the weaponization of mental illness aganst trans people and how LGBTQ folks are leaving Twitter/X in mass for social media platforms like Blue Sky.
13 NOV 2024 · Jonny and Heather discuss the outcome of the 2024 election. They try to avoid finger-pointing and armchair quarterbacking campaign choices and, instead, process their feelings and look to evidence of a shifting political landscape. They find glimmers of hope where they can while preparing for the worst. They note that, while the top of the ticiet and the majorities in Congress are pretty dire, there was considerable good news in state referenda on abortion access and historic elections of LGBTQ candidates. They end with with a call to community and the experienced advice of queer veterans (literally and figuratively) on what we need to do going forward.Â
6 NOV 2024 · Jonny and Heather face the challenge of recording a show on a Monday afternoon before it airs on a Wednesday morning in the first week of November....in a very contentious and signficant election year. Acknowledging the challenge of recording before any results or consequences are yet known, they offer some escapes from election anxiety and, perhaps, a harsh return to one. The review and gush over Disney+ and the MCU's "Agatha All Along." The then turn to reminding folks to check in on how the LGBTQ and 2S candidates in the race, lower down the ballot and out of the likely headlines did in the election. In the back half of the show, the turn to Uganda and the lessons that can be taken from an African nation that has given the death penalty to LGBTQ identities. How the rest of Africa is treating queer refugees from Uganda and the impacts of the policy for Uganda's economy are important lessons for the US to attend to as we flirt with a similar degree of regulation for queer and trans bodies.
30 OCT 2024 · Jonny and Heather discuss the horrors of Halloween--that is, the actual horrors of these last days of the Presidential campaign alongside the queertastic holiday celebrations of Halloween. In the back half of the show, Jonny interviews Sister Texas Hotbox of the SOIL Sisters about their holiday card project, sending holiday greetins to queer and trans folks who may not be receiving such worm wishes from their families of origin, If you would like a personalized holiday greeting from from Sister Texas, fill out these confidential forms here:
Thanksgiving: https://tinyurl.com/yttceyvf
December Holidays: https://tinyurl.com/yb8tjvhp
23 OCT 2024 · Heather and Jonny kick off the show with a geek-out over good Dr. Who news before moving into the threatened dystopia of a President Vance. They dig into the irony of the anti-LGBTQ senator's gay billionaire patron, delving into the influence ot technolibertarians and a philosophy of Dark Enlightenment. After detailing this bleakness, they check in on queers actually serving in the federal government and running for office, including the psychological challenges of such work. They close out with a bit more queer-positive media as a tonic for the anxieties we face in these final weeks of the 2024 election season.
16 OCT 2024 · Jonny and Heather record the episode on Columb--er, Indigenous People's Day, and have some things to say about the costs of colonialism and the importance of Two Spirit/Q-Spirit. The review some events last week, one a planned pesentation on the queer history of the region and the other a grassroots protest for an anti-trans speaker brought to speak in Carbodale on National Coming Out Day. They then switch to some TERF-y women causing additional problems for queer and trans folks with their loose connection to history, science, and reality. They end with excitement for new films in the works by the Wachowski sisters celebrating trans horror, as well as other films available for streaming that avoid the Bury Your Gays trope.Â
9 OCT 2024 · Jonny and Heather reunite and check back in on the stormy weather, from Hurricanes to politics and a a whirlwind of lies. In the back half of the show, the review some recent court cases and try to predict from their mostly favorable aoutcomes for trans folks what we might expect from forthcoming Supreme Court decisions on LGBTQ+ issues. The close out with some muche appreciated LGBTQ+ entertainment worth following.
2 OCT 2024 · Jonny details his experiences with Hurricane (Tropical Storm, by the time it got to him) Helene during the 35th Annual Gay Spirit Visions Fall Conference at The Mountain Retreat and Learning Center outside Highlands NC. He tells a story of adaptation and resilience and communities coming together to deal with a crisis. In the back half of the show, he takes on the misinformation already circulating about the storm's damage and the Federal response to it. In the process, he assesses both the political and spiritual need to be aware of the world as it is, to respond mindfully to the conditions on the ground.
25 SEP 2024 · Jonny and Heather lean into their various fandoms and geek out a bit over genre fiction before diving into recent news. The quuer geekdom follows as they discuss 2 LGBTQ+ history making actions by Joe Biden in the last week and the queer alignments of the parties and candidates in the 2024 election. In the back half of the show the briefly check in on the St. Louis gay bar that was crashed into by a police hehicle. They then turn to Eastern Europe and the struggles against and capitulations to Russian anti-LGBTQ+ policy.
18 SEP 2024 · Jonny turns over the first half of the show to fellow SOIL Sister, Sr. Benedeta Cuna-lingee, and her new podcast dealing with queer spirituality, Holy Spectrum. Episode 1, "Queer Spirituality 101," lays out the plan for the podcast's future episodes and some basic starting assumptions of queer spirituality. In the back half of the show, Jonny and Heather are joined by Sr Cuna-lingee's alter ego, Dr. Christina Ivy, to discuss the episode and why a podcast about queer spirituality is much needed.
A weekly LGBT talk show on community radio station WDBX 91.1 covering news and topics of interest to Southern Illinois LGBTQ communities.
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