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You Made Me Queer! is the two-time Canadian Podcast Award-winning accusatory podcast in which host Trevor Campbell asks his enchanting 2SLGBTQIA+ guests to set the record straight about who and or what left them bent for life. It's judgment day for Lisa Frank sticker sheets, tartan blazers, the spooning volcanic ash mummies of Pompeii and Elizabeth Arden's Sunflowers as worn by your Estonian dental hygienist. We're here, we're queer and it's your fault!
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The Changing Room

The Changing Room

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We are dedicated to witnessing and exploring the emotional journey of professional footballers with the aim to provide insight for those outside of the football environment and validation for those within it. Why? we know there is a a huge gap between the perception and reality of the football journey and this misunderstanding causes hate, resentment and judgement towards players plus loneliness, fear, illness and, even tragically, completed suicide for some within the game. The Changing Roo ...
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Send us a text This episode welcomes Danny Haynes to The Changing Room. An Aston Villa schoolboy and apprentice who earned a 2 year pro contract, Danny talks about his struggle with anxiety from a very early age and the respite he gained from alcohol. Danny shares some dark and heartbreaking reflections of his journey as a child and young adult in …
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Send us a text Once pipped as Manchester United's next big thing, Tom Thorpe joined Paul and Sue to explore and reflect on his emotional journey in football. From a first team debut at Old Trafford, to India to taking 5 years away from football completely, an honest and vulnerable account of the not so glamorous side of pro football. We apologise f…
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Send us a text Joining Sue and Paul this week, as promised, is Darren Bent. Darren drops into The Changing Room to share some of his reflections on his football journey from a more personal perspective. He wrestles with 'who is Darren Bent', stepping into the real world and becoming a real person and why Sunderland will always be held fondly by him…
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Send us a text An impromptu episode from the pilot we ran last year. Darren Bent and Steven Caulker joined us for a conversation when we were exploring the value of football's emotional journeys and how sharing these could provide validation and understanding for the younger athletes coming up through the pathway. Both were instrumental in our deci…
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Send us a text In celebration of the 2024 Olympics and in support of other elite athletes in their emotional journeys, this episode hears Sue and Paul speak with the impressive double Olympian Jack Green. Jack provides a vulnerable insight into his early career, his superhero persona and a feeling of 'falling off a cliff' following the 2012 Olympic…
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Send us a text Bruce Dyer holds a place within the history book of English football as the first one million pound teenager. Bought by Crystal Palace in 1994 as they were chasing for promotion, Bruce's future as a potential Premier League player looked to be the stuff teenage boy's dreams were made of. Episode 5 provides a look beyond the headlines…
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Send us a text In this episode, Sue and Paul welcome Ben Clark Eden into The Changing Room as he reflects on his academy journey, explores his struggle with anxiety, staying true to himself and the freedom he now feels playing in the American Collegiate system. Ben shares valuable insights from his time at Brighton & Hove Albion's Academy and with …
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Send us a text We are joined in the is episode by Craig Mackail Smith. Craig explores his lost identity and how he needed to rediscover who he was following retirement from the pro game. He discusses suppressed emotion, not trusting himself and unlearning his dependance on the football structure. If you are or someone you know is struggling with me…
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Send us a text Thank you for listening and supporting us. If you have any comments or would like us to consider sharing your story in this space contact us at thechangingroom.online If you are or someone you know is struggling with mental and emotional health issues please get in touch with your GP, a registered support organisation such as MIND or…
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Send us a text In this episode, Steven speaks to Sue and Paul about his compulsive gambling addiction from its origins to how it has impacted on his life and career. Thank you for listening and supporting us. If you have any comments or would like us to consider sharing your story in this space contact us at thechangingroom.online If you are or som…
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Send us a text In our first episode Sue and Paul chat with Steven Caulker about his emotional experience of the football journey. They explore some of his early experiences as a child in the system through to his senior pro years. Thank you for listening and supporting us. If you have any comments or would like us to consider sharing your story in …
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Send us a text The Changing Room is a space for those who make a living from football, those on their football journey and all those interested to hear about the not so talked about emotional journey of pro football. Thank you for listening and supporting us. If you have any comments or would like us to consider sharing your story in this space con…
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On the series finale of YMMQ!: Danny Roberts (MTV’s The Real World) talks Czech eye candy, spiders vs. snakes and the mother of all reality shows (spoiler: it’s not Marjorie Taylor Greene). From the bottom of my big, bent heart, thank you for five monstrous seasons. Until next time, remember: we’re here, we’re queer, and it’s your fault! ——- If you…
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As we careen towards our FINAL episode, we’re taking it back to the series debut of YMMQ! with our very (!) first (!) guest (!): sweet-toothed sweetheart Colin Asuncion. Original air date: (02/07/21) In our first of three debut episodes, Colin Asuncion (The Great Canadian Baking Show, The Social) talks matrimonial pavlovas, consensual kidnapping an…
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On the Season 4 premiere of YMMQ!, dream daddies Michael Chan and Christopher Jacot (YTV's The Popularity Papers) talk inline skating, cuteness > safety, and the first person in recorded history to read a university handbook from cover to cover.Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/…
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In this episode I chat with Alex, a normal guy living his life, working, raising a family who then discovers he has bowel cancer. Alex opens up about what happened, how he felt and how it changed the relationship with his body. Now 9 months cancer free, we talk about what changes he has made and how he is enjoying the new respect he has for his bod…
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Cath Pendleton is the first woman to swim an ice mile in the antarctic circle. She swam the English Channel and competed for Great Britain at ice swimming. She sounds like a super hero but really she's just a down to earth mother of two doing the incredible. We talk about mermaids, ice swimming, chat about safety, killer whales, competing for Great…
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Arron is a PT, Qi-Gong coach, gym owner and co-Founder of Ice Breakers, a community based around talking, breathwork and cold water. In the episode Arron shares how he came to Qi-Gong through a client and how it now informs his wider training as well as the work he does with his clients. We also discuss the formation of Ice Breakers, why it was nee…
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Trauma Informed Yoga Teacher Trainer / Yoga Educator Ellie Grace speaks openly and honestly about what bought her to yoga in the first place and how a desire to connect the woo woo magic of yoga to the science behind the changes it made to her life. Ellie holds an MA in Yoga Studies from LMU, California where her research specialism focussed on the…
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JFB is a ridiculously talented scratch artist. He's the 3 x World DMC Champion and has worked with so many top artists. I know him from Lovetrails Festival - where I MC the Beer Mile and he's dropping beats. It's absolutely HUGE!!!! I popped over to his house where he cooked me some dinner, chatted, and he even let me play on his turntables! We tal…
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Emma Sayle is Founder and CEO of Wearekk brands; Killing Kittens, Safedate, Sistr and The Sisterhood. and a leader in female sexual liberation and empowerment. Feeling there was nowhere women could go to feel in control and explore their sexuality in a safe environment, Emma created Killing Kittens (KK). Since its conception the KK empire has grown…
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For #15 I sat down with Jaime Amor from Cosmic Kids Yoga. Every week, millions of kids do yoga and mindfulness sessions on video in class and at home with Jamie. She has also trained thousands of teachers to lead classes in their own communities. We discussed how she approaches the creation of the Cosmic Kids Yoga stories and how her own yoga pract…
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Danny shares a beer with adventurer Jasmine Harrison. She rose to fame when she became the youngest female to row across the Atlantic Ocean at the age of 21. In 2022, at 23, she became the first woman to swim the length of Great Britain from Lands End to John O'Groats - that is 1,500km. They talk about her life leading to these adventurers, the tri…
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Todays guest is Alex Pardhy she is a shamanic practitioner and psychedelic healer. She had years of experience as a regular doctor before following the draw of alternative medicine and has an absolutely lovely soul. We get deep into the powers of psychedelics, her own varied experiences with frog poison, mushrooms (psilocybin), Ayahusaca, and LSD a…
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At the end of January I'm releasing the first episode of my podcast. I've been interviewing those people I see as the wild tigers of our society. I'm hoping they'll help us reconnect with our wild sides and might lead to some unexpected journeys along the way. Expect sex, drugs and the rock and roll of the adventure world. When Riding Tigers Untame…
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JP Larocque (Sort Of, Jann, 1 Girl 5 Gays), Tamara Shevon (NXNE, JFL 42), and Bombae (Canada's Drag Race) talk briefs stuffed with toast, slapping suspensions and punching a friend in the face "as a joke." Recorded live at Buddies in Bad Times Queer Pride.Brought to you By: The Sonar Network https://thesonarnetwork.com/…
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