Best Rosie Tran Podcasts (2024)

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Ep 145 Looking for Something Serious with Lauren Josephine 53:05

5h ago53:05

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Comedian/Author Rosie Tran (⁠@FunnyRosie⁠) interviews Lauren Josephine (⁠@lookingforsomethingserious⁠) , the author of 'Looking for Something Serious,' discusses her journey in the online dating world and the challenges of modern dating. She shares her experiences and frustrations, which led her to start an Instagram page and write a book to help o…

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It is complicated Episode 61 - Queer Voices - CN Lester - Working is complicated 1:11:44

1M ago1:11:44

1:11:44

Dr J, Josephine and CN Lester discuss their multi-hyphenate, portfolio working lives. Even for those with salaried jobs, there is always the side gig (or two or three) and projects. Performers, academics, scientists, consultants, photographers, authors - there is not a single role that defines them. This was recorded in March 2023 - since then - Jo…

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Pressure is complicated 57:55

5M ago57:55

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This episode comes with a content warning - it is dark! Some of the darker places ended up on the cutting room floor, and it is still dark. Be safe when you listen to this. An apology to Brianna Ghey and her family. Dr J managed to mispronounce their surname all the way through. We picked this up in the final edit. In this episode we tackle the lev…

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Queer Voices - Samantha Béart - Performing is complicated 1:21:38

8M ago1:21:38

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In the fifth in our Queer Voices series we talk with Samantha Béart, actor, currently known for playing Karlach in Baldur’s Gate 3. We talked about how games and performances and performing in and for games, allowed us to explore, examine and find ourselves. We get into the ways games have allowed us to understand the world and ourselves, the joy o…

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Queer Voices - Laura Kate Dale - Is joy complicated? 49:51

9M ago49:51

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In the fourth in our Queer Voices series we talk with Laura Kate Dale, games journalist, author, and accessibility consultant. We started on how some of our narratives are routed in negativity, and how that can be turned into talking about Joy and Euphoria, small or large. This leads into us talking about how the little things can fight back agains…

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Episode 142 Censorship and Aron Flam 37:25

9M ago37:25

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Comedian Rosie Tran (@FunnyRosie) interviews Swedish Author and Comedian Aron Flam ( @TheAronFlam ) - about his book "This is a Swedish Tiger". Aron's book was censored by the Swedish Government but he won a landmark case to speak his truth. Become a supporter by earning Bitcoin while listening to the podcast. Download the Fountain FM app (⁠ ⁠⁠⁠ref…

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Episode 143 Wise Money Tools with Dan Thompson 34:55

9M ago34:55

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Comedian Rosie Tran (@FunnyRosie) interviews Wise Money Tool's Dan Thompson ( @wisemoneytools ) - about changing your wealth mindset. Dan talks about his journey to financial success and using alternative strategies to build wealth. Become a supporter by earning Bitcoin while listening to the podcast. Download the Fountain FM app ( ⁠⁠⁠referral link…

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Episode 144 - What is Polyamory with Elizabeth Ann Cunningham 59:49

10M ago59:49

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Comedian Rosie Tran (@FunnyRosie) interviews love coach, Elizabeth Cunningham (@ELCunningham) about Non-monogamy, communication, and how to manage multiple partners in a loving way. Elizabeth is a love, relationship, and life coach that focuses mostly on self-love, attachment, and open relationships. Although, she works with monogomous couples and …

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Queer Voices - Rosie Garland - Routine is complicated 1:10:13

11M ago1:10:13

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In the third in our Queer Voices series we talk with novelist, poet and performer Rosie Garland. We set off talking about what we all have on (and sadly some of the opportunities to see Rosie are now in the past due to our slowness to release this due to 2023). We talk about performing and writing. We move onto what feeds us, the activities that we…

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Complicated more than usual 44:04

1y ago44:04

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This is a special episode where we have Dr J on the Mind the Product podcast - https://www.mindtheproduct.com/business-analysts-in-product-dr-j-harrison/ Dr J also talks about 2023 and why they haven’t had a chance to watch any Keanu Reeves recenlty We have a transcript for this episode - IIC Special Complicated Complicated Transcript Our Patreon -…

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Episode 141 - Living Opera with Soula Parassidis 38:25

1y ago38:25

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Comedian Rosie Tran (⁠@FunnyRosie⁠) interviews Author and Soula Parassidis (@living_opera) - about her app, Living Opera, which is a combination or art technology and music. Soula shares her experience of empowering other classical musicians Worldwide! Become a supporter by earning Bitcoin while listening to the podcast. Download the Fountain FM ap…

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Safe is complicated 47:22

1+ y ago47:22

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Released on Trans Day Of Visibility. This episode we talk about the way you can tell if a space is safe, the flags we see, both green and red, how they can co-exist, and that we can spot duplicity and performative actions. We also talk about being here - for each other. That simple notion of being here, as someone to talk to, as someone to step up,…

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Episode 140 - Lou Perez Freedom of Speech 50:03

1+ y ago50:03

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Comedian Rosie Tran (@FunnyRosie) interviews Author and Comedian Lou Perez (@thelouperez) - about his new book "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore". They discuss cyber mobs and cancel culture. Become a supporter by earning Bitcoin while listening to the podcast. Download the Fountain FM app (⁠ ⁠⁠⁠referral link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) Create account, open the Main Menu a…

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Episode 139 - Mike Evans Hangry 29:43

1+ y ago29:43

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Comedian Rosie Tran (@FunnyRosie) interviews Mike Evans (@m_evans) the founder of GrubHub about his new book Hangry. A memoir about what he learned creating GrubHub and then finally selling it years later to then ride his bike across country. Become a supporter by earning Bitcoin while listening to the podcast. Download the Fountain FM app (⁠ ⁠⁠⁠re…

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Queer Voices - Dr Joe Parslow - Breathing together is complicated 1:01:09

1+ y ago1:01:09

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In the second in our Queer Voices series we talk with Dr Joe Parslow - Lecturer in Popular and Queer Performance and Hashtag Doctor Husband Boyfriend Joe - about drag and queer performance, breathing and togetherness - and the complications around making space and getting to breathe in those spaces. The queer notion of breathing together, coming to…

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eNBy City - being on a panel is not a binary 31:50

1+ y ago31:50

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This is a special episode of a panel discussion recorded at eNBy City with Dr J, malakai, Haz and Lilly. We are talking to a room of mostly students. The event focussed on Queer Joy. This is the third part of a three part recording. We have done our best with the recording to clean up the sound during this last part of the panel discussion. This wa…

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eNBy City - being on a panel has multiple parts 28:58

1+ y ago28:58

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This is a special episode of a panel discussion recorded at eNBy City with Dr J, malakai, Haz and Lilly. We are talking to a room of mostly students. The event focussed on Queer Joy. This is the second part of a three part recording. Be aware about half way through we pulled the recording equipment apart - and it means the audio quality drops - I’v…

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eNBy City - being on a panel is complicated 31:07

1+ y ago31:07

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This is a special episode of a panel discussion recorded at eNBy City with Dr J, malakai, Haz and Lilly. The event focussed on Queer Joy. This is the first part of a two (or more) part recording. This was recorded for the Hear & Queer Podcast - https://www.youtube.com/@hearqueer5656 We have a transcript for this episode - IIC Special eNBy City Tran…

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Ambition is complicated 1:05:44

1+ y ago1:05:44

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When asked the question “where do you want to be in ten years?” we break down - why? We spend so much time surviving, how do we then look towards a future? Our futures we see are not chrononormative, and we often step outside of the standard expectations. How do we see ambition, and its link to opportunity? Can you be ambitious when you can’t belie…

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Queer Voices - Kate Bornstein - Hope is complicated 51:03

2y ago51:03

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In the first in our Queer Voices series we talk with queer legend, writer and performer Kate Bornstein. We set off talking about Hope, flow through ideas of gender expression and authenticity, the nature of being authentic. If Hope and Fear are a binary, or can co-exist in a moment. We enter the realms of superheroes and secret identities, why Batm…

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Episode 138 - Demi Chang RV Across America 31:32

2y ago31:32

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Comedian Rosie Tran (@FunnyRosie) interviews Demi Chang (@thedemichang) about selling all her things and RVing across America! Become a supporter by earning Bitcoin while listening to the podcast. Download the Fountain FM app (⁠ ⁠⁠⁠referral link⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ) Create account, open the Main Menu and press Refer to Earn. Press Redeem Code at the bottom of th…

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Having a plan is complicated 34:42

2y ago34:42

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We’re back in a rare in the room together recording - We touch on the last six months for both of us - covid features prominently, as does fatigue and mental health. Talking about plans, having one, and ambition, or appearing not to have some. Why we want to keep doing this podcast and what plans we have into 2025. How does it feel to have a three …

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Episode 137 Valerie Durham Freedom and Liberty 30:23

2y ago30:23

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Comedian Rosie Tran (@FunnyRosie) interviews Valerie Durham (@libertydancer) Executive Director of Freedom Fest 2022. This is the largest festival promoting the ideas of freedom and liberty in the US. #FreedomFest2022 #Freedom #Liberty Become a supporter by earning Bitcoin while listening to the podcast. Download the Fountain FM app (⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠referral…

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Hearing it is complicated 36:40

2y ago36:40

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Well 2022 has been a right nightmare already!! This time we talk (in Dr J’s case very excitedly) about the words we need to hear and what it means to hear them. Dr J has four things they always wanted to hear - and by saying them to another person - they get to also hear them for themselves: - I am proud of you - I love you - I think you are an ama…

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Making it is complicated 48:01

2+ y ago48:01

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This time we celebrate creating 50 podcast episodes - or 51, or 52 depending on how you count. We are excited about this - and there are moments when Dr J is obviously super excited. Josephine maintains some sort of dignity. When we started the podcast we were both locked down in our spaces without structure from our day jobs (Dr J was furloughed, …

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Episode 136 - Free Mom Hugs with Valencia Foster 29:03

2+ y ago29:03

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Comedian Rosie Tran (@FunnyRosie) interviews Valencia Foster of Free Mom Hugs Southern California Chapter (@FreeMomHugs), an LGBTQ Advocacy Group that spread love in the community through hugs. Free Mom Hugs focuses on education, outreach, and community. #FreeMomHugs #LGBTQ #Hugs #Mom Become a supporter by earning Bitcoin while listening to the pod…

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Taking up space is complicated 39:51

2+ y ago39:51

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Being in the room and taking up space is difficult. It takes a lifetime to believe that we should be in *this* room having *this* conversation, having self faith, self belief and humility is a challenge. Saying “I am here” is the hardest thing. It is simply correct that it is this way - I am here is sufficient. It is right that I am included. Lack …

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Episode 135 - Chris Trew Being in the moment 30:05

2+ y ago30:05

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Comedian Rosie Tran (@FunnyRosie) interviews Improv teacher and mindfulness expert (@ChisTrew) about blending comedy and mindfulness to be more present and curious in your everyday life! Chris brings his unique twist on Improv to students and corporate trainings, showing everything one that being in the Present is one of the best tools to improve y…

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Episode 134 - Chowtime with Sammy Larsen 28:04

2+ y ago28:04

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Comedian Rosie Tran (@FunnyRosie) interviews holistic pet chef, Sammy Larsen (@ChowtimeSammyL) about how she started her online show! Sammy started making natural and whole foods meals to help her special needs dog, and learned that it's all about nutrition and real food to give pets a longer, happier life! Great episode for any pet owner who wants…

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Performance is complicated 35:25

3y ago35:25

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Performance changes your life, it changes how you think about things, it changes how you feel about yourself. This is a favourite theory of Dr J’s, and in our case it is true. We met over performance, we found ourselves and identity through performance, and we find ourselves and our experiences reflected in performance. We tell the tale of workshop…

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Scheduling a podcast is complicated 37:25

3y ago37:25

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This week we cover two topics - Working full time and creating a podcast, and the movie Constantine starring Keanu Reeves. We have gone from a time when we had less restrictions on our time (lockdown, combined with furlough/unemployment was good for podcasting) and we both now have very full on full time jobs, one of us has a partner, and a child t…

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Working from home is complicated 44:10

3y ago44:10

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Based on a listener request for a discussion on working from home in the current culture environment from a perspective that is not a middle class straight white cis man - we touch on the advantages we have as queers that’s made this easier, and what advantages that others within our community might not have. We cover the way work has changed, and …

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Etiquette is complicated 38:57

3y ago38:57

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How did covid change how we do this politeness thing? Is there queer etiquette? What happens when we rub against people’s expectations when we state our boundaries? Is our queer etiquette a reaction to the hypocrisy of the middle-class “polite”? How can we be respectful, equitable, and inclusive? What is the height of “good manners”? Is making peop…

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Allies are complicated 38:21

3y ago38:21

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Recorded during Pride Month, when everything has a rainbow slapped on it, what is allyship? When is it performative? What is the context that Allyship can happen within? When does the allyship have an investment? When is it solidarity? When will people stand between their LGBTQ+ employees and harm? How can we tell the difference? Is there a macro l…

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Being upbeat is complicated 38:11

3y ago38:11

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Being upbeat is complicated - when is the smiling face a mask? In the face of a continuing pandemic and life doing it’s worst, we discuss being upbeat, having humour about the situation. How do we engage in a non-cynical way when we have this rolling anger underneath it all? Is our humour and positivity good for us, and for those around us? Should …

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Lockdown easing is complicated 30:44

3+ y ago30:44

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Lockdown easing is complicated - what is this normal we will return to? One of us has had a second vaccine and can stop shielding - and now we can think about what this means for us and how this is impacting on our mental health. It is more complicated than you’d first think - when we talk about “returning to normal” what does that mean when “norma…

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Episode 133 Davina Kotulski - The Manna Paradigm Shift 1:04:36

3y ago1:04:36

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Comedian Rosie Tran (@FunnyRosie) interviews Psychologist and Author, Davina Kotulski (@drkotulski) about her new book "The Manna Paradigm Shift". Dr. Kotulski describes Manna as an abundant energy from the Universe, and coaches clients on how to access the divine energy within them through being authentic to who they really are, mediation, and thi…

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Imposter Syndrome is complicated 38:41

3+ y ago38:41

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Imposter Syndrome is complicated - if I had cis white straight man confidence I would.. We talk about the impact of imposter syndrome on queers. The extra layers that we deal with at times - when you’ve been told by a culture that you’re not good enough, that you’re somewhat suspect - how do we start to enter more normative spaces? We give examples…

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Being visible is complicated 32:58

3+ y ago32:58

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Being visible is complicated - Positive visibility matters. For Trans Day of Visibility we decided to do an episode on why we are visible. Dr J celebrates a ten year anniversary of being out publicly as non-binary in their workspaces. What it means to be visible in spaces where we are celebrated and how that impacts on us, and people who see us. Wh…

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Why we need Queer Spaces 31:11

3+ y ago31:11

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Why we need Queer Spaces - Special Episode for the Queer House Party Radio Show. You can see it here: https://foundation.fm/show/the-friday-takeover Talking about how we met and how queer spaces were involved in that - why queer spaces are needed and what they provide to queers that other spaces don’t - tldr; it’s being in a space where we are not …

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Gaining our voice is complicated 34:50

3+ y ago34:50

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Gaining our voice is complicated - So is making ourselves heard. This week we have a guest - Michelle Belcher - https://www.michellebelcher.tv/ and we three talk about voices, gaining our voices and giving voice to our thoughts. What does it mean to gain your voice? What decisions do we make to be heard (and seen) as ourselves? How can we prepare o…

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Being Trans is complicated 36:54

3+ y ago36:54

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Being Trans is complicated - especially in times of covid! This week we have a guest - Michelle Belcher - https://www.michellebelcher.tv/ and we three talk about coming out as trans or non-binary, how we found ourselves, how this changes in the midst of covid, and how that reflects on the ways we’ve all come out, as queer, as trans, as non-binary -…

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Getting healthcare is complicated 37:01

3+ y ago37:01

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Getting healthcare is complicated - what script can we use? We talk about getting healthcare/medical interventions and the experiences we have had. We talk about ‘Trans broken arm” (or in one of our cases Trans Broken leg), and while sometimes we think we’ve had privilege - we find out we didn’t. Content Note: We discuss medical procedures and tran…

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Being queer is complicated 30:28

3+ y ago30:28

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Being queer is complicated - are we queer enough? We talk about the notion of queer and the extended ideas that come with queer and when are we “queer enough” - and when can we call ourselves queer? Where does “queer enough” begin? Who gets to decide? Do we recruit? We have a transcript for this episode - IIC Episode 35 Transcript The short film we…

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Episode 132 - The ExPat Life with Mikkel Thorup 58:41

3+ y ago58:41

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Comedian Rosie Tran (@FunnyRosie) interviews Expat Mikkel Thorup (@ThorupMikkel) about his podcast and network, The Expat money show. Mikkel helps people learn to secure their money and move overseas, take advantage of location, financial arbitrage, and live a more free life. Informational podcast with an interesting and knowledgeable expert. Websi…

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Being bullied is complicated 34:17

3+ y ago34:17

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Being bullied is complicated - and how others respond is also. This comes with a content note - we discuss bullying and violence. We talk about that phrase “Don’t be a victim” and the status quo warriors who say it to us - and what that means in terms of how bullying works and the complications of our responses - the social scripts we play and thos…

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Lockdown and Covid trauma 40:50

3+ y ago40:50

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Lockdown and Covid trauma - and queer survival is complicated. How queers are surviving the lockdown and the extended trauma of the Covid pandemic. We talk about privilege, and the privilege of being able to shelter - and how we as queers have developed superpowers to survive these long slow trauma events - we are glittery cockroaches who will be t…

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2021 continues 9:06

3+ y ago9:06

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Bonus Episode 2 - 2021 continues - and is 2020 plus one. A special episode, recorded live (so unedited, and one of us is on pain medication), where we cover the last 26 hours or so… and why our “homework” is late. TLDR; Josephine has a broken leg after a fall in the snow This will lead to another episode in the future - “So you’re trans/non-binary …

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Media is complicated 32:33

3+ y ago32:33

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Media is complicated - or maybe not. We talk through the Bechdel test, what it is for and how it works and propose our own version for Trans and Non-Binary representation in film/TV/shows. The Laverne Totah Test: 1) Have a Trans or Non-Binary Character 2) Played by a Trans or Non-Binary actor 3) Whose main narrative purpose is not tragedy It’s simp…

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Introducing ourselves is complicated 32:18

3+ y ago32:18

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Introducing ourselves is complicated - and it can be an emotional journey. We talk through what a change in employment can mean, what being visibly ourselves when we are employed can mean. We cover the notions of visibility and safety, and how this complicates our lives and the decisions we make every day about visibility. How our fear of loss can …

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