Best Amethysta Podcasts (2024)

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Within Madness Lies Power - 31 May 2024 1:05:53

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In today's episode, I speak with Karen Anne Coccioli. Karen is a queer author and public speaker whose queer memoir "Paradise" is available on Amazon. We cover topics as disparate as fleeing fascism, madness as a source of gender, and the purple light within. REFERENCES: Karen Anne Coccioli’s website: https://www.karenannecoccioli.com/ Annie Moon’s…

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'That's Where Cruising Tends To Happen...' - with Marcus McCann 43:56

2h ago43:56

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So, this week we’re doing something a little different. Rather than visit a lost space we’re setting out to answer the question ‘is the ancient art of cruising about to be lost?’. I know that's a fairly dramatic question, but there are a number of factors - like hook up apps and the over-gentrification of our cities - that seem to threaten these li…

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24 May 2024 - Changing the Narrative 1:03:25

1h ago1:03:25

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Today's episode features the effervescent Cherish Amber! Cherish is a queer sex, love, and relationship coach who teaches we must know ourselves in order to have good sex and solid relationships. We talk about topics as diverse as prerequisites to good sex, stigmatizing sex to maintain control, and Virgin Condoms. REFERENCES: Cherish Amber’s websit…

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Krystal 41:06

1h ago41:06

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Krystal is a woman of many talents. She is a dedicated Field Service Technician with a diverse educational background. She holds qualifications in Aircraft Maintenance, both in civilian and military fields, and graduated in the top 5 of her class from an LPN Nursing program. Currently, Krystal is expanding her horizons by studying Animation and Vid…

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'Every Letter Of The Alphabet Mafia...' - with Karl Dunn 49:08

1h ago49:08

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LA. Los Angeles. City of Angels. It's not really known to be the easiest of towns to live in. But, i think that's part of what makes it so exciting, right? Not to completely plagiarise a popular song, but if you can make it there then... you know the rest... And this is what brought Karl Dunn, who has just released his first book How To Burn A Rain…

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Jack: Daoism, Martial Arts, and Chinese Medicine 45:32

10d ago45:32

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Jack Schaefer was only five or six-years old when he took his first judo class. Since then, he has learned more about the culture and language of Asian countries. First training and teaching martial arts, he was guided to learn medicine and went on to study Chinese medicine in both the US and China. More recently, Jack's lifelong interest in Daoism…

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17 May 2024 - Doing What It Takes Because You Must 1:02:00

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In today's episode, I speak with the incredible Jasmine Vine! If you've been living under a rock for the past decade, Jasmine is a trans empowerment specialist with training in several modalities of mental health treatment. Jasmine and I discuss the urgency of gender transition, being able to identify with your therapist, and West Coast Privilege. …

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'I Felt That Way About Pulse' - with JJ Ivey 44:44

2h ago44:44

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So, if you're reading these show notes I'm going to go ahead and make the assumption that you know about the Pulse nightclub shooting that happened in Orlando in 2016. And I'm also going to assume that you've heard some of the stories from survivors and families of victims about the impact of that night. But, now that we're a few years on and peopl…

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Edward: Cancer, Musical Theatre & Other Chronic Illnesses 48:58

6d ago48:58

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Edward Miskie has spent his life in the theatre and ten years ago, cancer didn’t stop him. Edward was diagnosed with a rare Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma right before he turned 25. He got back on the stage after he went through treatment, but now he’s more focused on writing and producing. Edward recently republished his book, Cancer, Musical Theatre & Ot…

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Gender Without Identity with authors Avgi Saketopoulou and Ann Pellegrini 1:12:43

4h ago1:12:43

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This week on the show, Emily speaks with the authors of Gender Without Identity. Ann Pellegrini and Avgi Saketopoulou are psychoanalysts who have focused their attention on gender and sexual identity. In their work, they have found the notion of a “core gender identity” or the “born this way” argument too simplistic and even problematic. All gender…

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10 May 2024 - Breaking All the Rules 1:13:40

7d ago1:13:40

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In this episode, I am proud to feature my dear friend Kaedyn Nedopak. Kaedyn is an Award-winning Queer Transgender Producer, Author, Podcaster, and Activist...and he really lives up to the list! Kaedyn and I talk about such interesting topics as Hollywood's failure to break gender roles, Pagan practices with Irish goddesses, and dissin' from the 80…

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'I Didn't Have Any Gay Friends' - with Rudy Jeevanjee 43:00

24d ago43:00

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I've been thinking a lot lately about how your life can just happen to you. And, if you're not careful you can wake up one day wondering how you ended up there. But then, there are times when we take the bull by the horns and throw caution to the wind (and all the other cliches that you can think of), even if we know we might fail. Anyway, I had a …

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Miguel: Nomadic Writer & Adventurer 48:55

9d ago48:55

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For the past eight years, Miguel Yga has been traveling to experience different cultures. He grew up in a conservative Mexican culture and became a corporate lawyer. But Miguel decided to quit his job, pay off his debts, and with little in his bank account, embarked on a journey of exploration and self-discovery that led him to travel throughout No…

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03 May 2024 - Evolving Past Adversity 54:05

18d ago54:05

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This episode features Win Charles, an award-winning author, podcaster, and advocate for people with disabilities. Win and I discuss the abuse people with disability face, the help available after abuse, and why you should have a rainbow sticker on your wheelchair. REFERENCES: Win Charles on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ButterfliesofWisdom Win…

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'Where Do Lesbians Go For Fun?' - with Layne the Auctionista 47:32

5d ago47:32

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I love hearing people's stories of places that are close to their hearts - places where they spent tonnes of time, met lots of wonderful people, and figured out things about themselves. But, you know what else I love? When people want to talk about places that they HATED! And hate is maybe too strong a word for this week's guest's experience, but I…

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26 April 2024 - The Stories That Must Be Told 1:08:50

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Today I present an amazing conversation with Lindsay Law. Lindsay retired from a career as an executive producer and President of Fox Searchlight Pictures to become a novelist. Lindsay and I discuss the story of "Boys Don't Cry," why we need more gay people in media, and the magic of Vermont. REFERENCES: Lindsay’s personal website: https://www.lind…

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Jasmine Vine 59:54

11d ago59:54

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This week's guest is Jasmine Vine, a 25 year old transgender woman from Adelaide, South Australia and host of the Trans Boss Podcast. Her story is one of great hardship including bullying, domestic violence, serious mental illness, and both parents dying by 21, yet she's overcome it all to become a powerhouse inspiration to her thousands of followe…

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'Disco 2000 Was The Hub Of The Club Kids Scene' - with Abdi Nazemian 1:05:46

12d ago1:05:46

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So, if you were to ask me to overly generalise and boil down the types of experiences that guests on this show have had when first accessing a queer space I'd say they neatly fit in to two categories: 1) there are those who feel instantly at home and like they've arrived. 2) there are those who feel like an outsider, or a 'tourist' in the space. So…

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Nicole: Professional Attorney and Competitive Bodybuilder 53:59

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Nicole “Nikki” Lewis knew she wanted to go into law in the fourth grade and has now been a practicing attorney for more than twenty years. She got her first attorney job at the LA County Children’s Support Services Department and now owns and operates a family law firm in the San Francisco Bay Area. As a kid, Nikki thought that fitness wasn’t for h…

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19 April 2024 - Reclaiming the Present Moment 1:04:34

19d ago1:04:34

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In this episode, I host Dr. Lino Martinez! Dr. Lino is an author, podcaster, and Professor of Psychology who views his ability to survive not as extraordinary, only human. Lino and I discuss existential psychology, depleting ourselves to please others, and The Meaning to Life. REFERENCES: Lino’s professional website: https://www.alittlelessfear.com…

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'I Can't Be Gay Because I'm Christian...' - with Dr Luke Wilson 1:10:50

19d ago1:10:50

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We seem to have, in the last few months, had a lot of religious guests, and through that we've had a lot of conversations about how religiosity can be in direct conflict with queerness, and all the issues that that can create. But what we haven't really talked about are the similarities between religion and queerness. And, to be fair, there probabl…

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Hanan: Helping Back Home in Ghana 42:37

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In 2012, Hanan Merabi started the non-profit Earth’s Angels with a main focus of helping combat infant and maternal mortality. Orphaned at 8-years-old in Ghana, Hanan moved to the US at 15, but ran away at 18 from her adopted family and later started her career in nursing. Now a mother of two sons, Hanan works to help other mothers and folks in Gha…

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12 April 2024 - Music, Community, and How We Become 1:05:17

2M ago1:05:17

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Today's episode features Mx. Crys/ta Song, a Speech Language Pathologist and vocalist who is also Board Co-Chair of Queer Oriented Radical Days of Summer (QORDS). Crys/ta and I talk about such topics as why the South should not be discounted as a political forum, how we cannot help but be part of humanity, and obscure William Makepeace Thackeray qu…

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Toni Leslie 53:50

25d ago53:50

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Tuesday night, Emily welcomes Toni Leslie to The Transgender Show. She's a Native American transgender female writer and artist From upstate New York. Her many past jobs have included professional photographer, contractor, pilot, radio station DJ, and photo collage artist. Toni is currently working as a peer recovery coach in addiction and working …

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'This Kid's Probably Gay...' - with Matt Fishel 45:58

2M ago45:58

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Can you really call yourself queer if you don't have a weird love/hate relationship with your home town? Because even if you love the place that you're from and you had an idyllic childhood there's still that reckoning that you need to have with all of those feelings of isolation and anticipation judgement and scorn when you came to terms with your…

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Jason: Gay-owned Real Estate 54:54

2M ago54:54

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In 2016, Jason Muth made his first investment in real estate and has since left the traditional workforce. Prideaway Stays offers short-term rentals in Provincetown with a commitment to the LGBTQ+ community. He also hosts the podcast, The Real Estate Law Podcast with his real estate attorney husband. In this episode Jason shares how his journey in …

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05 April 2024 - Marketing to the Transgender Experience 1:09:32

2M ago1:09:32

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This week's episode features the ever-talented Danni Velasquez-Mora. Danni is Founder and Creative Director of Womankind Creative and - because we had such a great conversation about women's representation the first time (see the link below), Danni wanted to interview me to get an angle on how the transgender community would appreciate representati…

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"I Needed To See Masculine-Of-Centre Black Lesbians" - with Anna DeShawn 42:15

2M ago42:15

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How much of yourself do you bring to the spaces that you spend time in? How much of the different sides of yourself do you bring out when you are at work? At dinner with friends? Spending time with your family? Hanging out at the club? Do you dial back your queerness, do you push down your beliefs or censor your thoughts? Or, are you one of those p…

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Boots: Education from an Open Heart Surgery Patient 45:35

2M ago45:35

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Boots Knighton was diagnosed with three separate congenital heart diseases in 2020. Delayed from COVID, she was able to have open heart surgery in 2021 and has been working her athleticism back up. Boots started her podcast The Heart Chamber to help other patients like herself know what to expect. In this episode, Boots goes into detail about her s…

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29 March 2024 - In Praise of the Mammal Brain 58:52

2M ago58:52

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In this week's episode, I speak with Professor Loretta Breuning about human behavior. Loretta is a Professor Emerita of Management, the Founder of The Inner Mammal Institute, and author of the book "Habits of a Happy Brain." We consider such topics as how our undesired behavior can be modified given the appropriate reward, finding forgiveness even …

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"It Took Almost 30 Years Before I Actually Transitioned" - with Amethysta Herrick from Gender Identity Weekly Podcast 59:25

2M ago59:25

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There's one question that gets asked in this week's episode that’s really stuck with me and that I continued to ponder even after we'd said our goodbyes and turned our microphones off... And that question is: how do you know when you have become the person that you’re supposed to be? By that I mean - at what point do you say 'yes this is the person…

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22 March 2024 - The Stories That Live between the Lines 1:07:46

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Today's episode features an amazing artist and friend, Cendrine Marrouat. Cendrine really has done it all: poet, photographer, painter, podcaster, and author. We discuss topics as diverse as camels, the importance of haiku, and why Hemingway is boring. -- REFERENCES: Cendrine’s professional website: https://creativeramblings.com/ Auroras & Blossoms…

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"Oh, But I AM Queer..." - with Eric Kostiuk Williams 53:31

2M ago53:31

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Have you ever shown up at the tail-end of a really exciting party just as everything was ending, and you get that overwhelming feeling of having had missed out on something big? Well, that's kinda what happened to illustrator and cartoonist Eric Kostiuk Williams. He had moved to Toronto in 2008, and took a few years to discover the corner of the sc…

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Jennifer: Disabilities Aren’t Disappointments 47:28

2M ago47:28

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Jennifer Gasner was diagnosed with a rare, neuromuscular disease called Friederich’s ataxia at age 17. She had always been clumsy, but her handwriting had gotten worse and about a decade later, she started using a wheelchair. At first, Jen had a lot of fear, but eventually found acceptance and has recently authored her memoir, My Unexpected Life: F…

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Dean FM 24:52

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Dean FM (Dean-Fraser Milford) is a Boston Massachusetts based non-binary rapper, activist and influencer. His music encapsulates eclectic thoughts that scat over percussive rhythms and exotic sounds. His performances exude drag culture and satiric expression. In 2016, Dean released his debut EP “Watch It”, which received local and national coverage…

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15 March 2024 - The Effect of Childhood on Who We Are 58:47

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In today's episode, I have a fun discussion about a serious topic with Brittany Sandoval. As a registered nurse and foster parent, Brittany had to process her childhood trauma to help her children become better people. Brittany and I talk about the meaning of anger, how generational trauma can be healed, and Lesbian TikTok. P.S. No cats were harmed…

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"This Hotbed Of Trans Activism..." - with Dr Syrus Marcus Ware 42:43

3M ago42:43

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So, it's well documented on this show that queer spaces are good for many things - they're for dancing, socialising, drinking, falling down, getting back up, losing yourself, finding yourself in the arms of some strange men at 2am in the morning... BUT, they are also for organising and activism, and I think that's something we don't talk about enou…

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Amethysta: Gender Identity as an Ordinary Human 50:56

3M ago50:56

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At a young age, Amethysta (Ami for short) believed that genetics held the key to engineering a better human being. Struggling with mental health and identity, Ami transitioned genders in 2022 to better align with who she always knew she should be. In doing so, she now knows that you can’t engineer a better human and her professional focus has shift…

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Amethysta Herrick, Ph.D. 54:58

3M ago54:58

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Amethysta Herrick, Ph.D. is a writer, podcaster, and activist. Her works focuses on the origin and nature of identity, especially gender. Ami has been a geneticist, a chemist, a software engineer, and a manager, but her greatest challenge to date is taking on the entrenched fallacy that identity and gender are only of concern to the LGBTQ community…

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"'Love Is Love' - Until You're Black, Trans, Disabled, Non-Binary..." - with Andrew Gurza from Disability After Dark 49:26

3M ago49:26

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I know there's always the risk with this show of completely romanticising queer spaces as these glistening oasis' of tolerance and acceptance. But, that's really not the case - despite how wonderful and freeing they can be, they can also be a bit shitty and exclusionary. And I was reminded of that this week when I sat down to talk to talk to Andrew…

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Jacey: Parental Loss and Grief Coaching 46:47

3M ago46:47

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Jacey Keller lost her mom, Shawn, ten years ago when she was still in high school. Three years ago she was inspired to help others with their own grief and she started coaching. In this episode, she shares her personal grief story, her growing family, and how to support other people through grief. Connect with Jacey: https://www.instagram.com/rebui…

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01 March 2024 - Becoming Unstoppable 46:16

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In today's episode, I have an honest conversation with Victoria Pelletier, an executive leader, best-selling author, and motivational speaker. Victoria talks me through what it takes to push through adversity, how transgender care is even more difficult for parents, and why jerks need honesty more than the rest of us. -- REFERENCES: Victoria’s webs…

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Kalie Hargrove 1:03:14

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Kalie is an ordained pastor in Georgia and an advocate for LGBTQIA+ inclusion in religious institutions. She has a passion for building community and supporting and protecting the rights of individuals. She was dismissed from her seminary after being outed as trans. She joined the lawsuit challenging religious exemptions in Title IX in order to sto…

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"My Faith Side And My Queer Side" - with Crystal Cheatham 50:51

3M ago50:51

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I have a fairly straightforward relationship with religion in that... well, I don't have one. I wasn't brought up religious, I've never dabbled in religiousity, and it's never seemed to be something that particularly drew me in. Where it's a bit more fuzzy for me is when talking about the intersection between queerness and religiousness. It'll come…

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23 February 2024 - Representing Humans in Marketing 59:49

3M ago59:49

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In this episode, I talk with Danni Velasquez-Mora, an absolutely amazing woman who ups the game in marketing as Founder and Creative Director at Womankind Creative. Danni and I talk about important topics as healing through representation, seeing our own possibilities, and why Wonder Girl should have had a longer run. -- REFERENCES: Womankind Creat…

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Corey Schiller (aka Goose) 1:13:55

3M ago1:13:55

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Corey is a transgender man who began his gender journey 21 years ago at the age of 25. Since then, he's lived mostly in stealth and integrated into male culture undetected. He worked as an automotive mechanic for 10 years before beginning his spiritual journey on the Appalachian Trail in 2011. That adventure taught him a lot about true strength and…

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"I've Never Really Liked This Concept Of 'Coming Out'"- with Lamya H 50:28

3M ago50:28

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We talk in this episode a little about Lamya's new memoir, Hijab Butch Blues. If you're interested in snagging yourself a copy why not take a look at my Bookshop store? https://uk.bookshop.org/a/13642/9781785788499 Books! Is there anything more inviting and accepting than a good book - one that seems to know you better than you know yourself? Books…

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Asher: Electric Violinist 40:56

3M ago40:56

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Asher's musical journey began at the tender age of two, though he never anticipated it would become his full-time pursuit as an adult. Initially, while residing in NYC, he took up the violin as a means to supplement his income. However, over time, his musical endeavors blossomed into a full-fledged career, diverging from his academic background in …

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Van Ethan Levy 45:18

3M ago45:18

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Van is a queer, non-binary, socialized as female, autistic, trans person dedicated to social justice. They are dually licensed as a Marriage & Family Therapist and a Professional Clinical Counselor. Van is passionate about holding space for all intersections of one’s identity(ies). Van aims to use a trauma informed lens to help folks learn ways to …

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16 February 2024 - Finding Our Soul in Dance 58:58

4M ago58:58

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In this on-location podcast shoot, I have a grand time with Julia DiVerdi. Julia is a stunning burlesque and belly dancer who shifted her focus to an inclusive dance studio where she can teach anybody how to dance! We talk about subjects as far afield as accidentally starting to teach, how learning dance can be healing, and Julia's plan for my firs…

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