Episodios

  • 2026-04-01 - Stepping Away from Conversion

    2026-04-01 - Stepping Away from Conversion
    Apr 1 2026
    Jonny and Heather are joined by T--Dr. T!--who recently defended his dissertation about leaving a local cult. They discuss the No Kings protest, the Supreme Court's decision on conversion therapy bans, and the cult like qualities of MAGA all through the lens of surviving an actual cult. Now that the dissertation is done and the degree is earned, Dr. T moves on to diving into local engagement through a variety of art and performance projects, motivated by connection to community as the best response for the global and national news that keeps pressing us down.
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    58 m
  • 2026-03-25 - The Destructive Reductive

    2026-03-25 - The Destructive Reductive
    Mar 25 2026
    Jonny welcomes Heather back from complications with a routine operation removing a kidney stone. They dive right into the hot mess that is the war/not war with Iran, noting the slipperyness of the Administration in sticking with or abanding strict definitions when it suits their purposes. They connect this to the rationales for demonizing trans people for not fitting their rigid gender definitions. In the back half of the show, they take this critique of binary thinking to the SAVE Act, the Senate confirmation of Markwayne Mullin, and the-on-the fence dilemma faced by Tulsi Gabbard, among other political shenanigans of the week. They end with the usual response these frustrations of destructive reductive thinking to engage more in local community involment, including the 3rd No Kings rally and local events associated with the Trans Day of Visibility.
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    58 m
  • 2026-03-18 - Bullysh*t

    2026-03-18 - Bullysh*t
    Mar 18 2026
    Jonny is joined by Craig to discuss queer neurodivergence and bullying. In the front half of the show they focus on a TikTok video by Christopher Macken who responds to a woman who promises to be her son's first bully if he ever "acts gay." In the back half of the show they share an example of the work of TikTok and Instagram content creator, Emile Ennis Jr. and his regular videos on the "Gay Agenda." Taken together, these videos and a frame of bullying allow a perspective on anti-LGBTQ+ legislation and policies that serve as a kind of cultural bullying while also providing key lessons/strategies on pushing back and preventing bullying.
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    58 m
  • 2026-03-11 - Trans Liberty

    2026-03-11 - Trans Liberty
    Mar 11 2026
    Jonny and Heater interview Samantha Boucher, Founder and Executive Director of Trans Liberty, the first US political action organization dedicated solely to defending the civil rights of transgenderAmericans. In the front half of the show they explore Samantha's background and the creation of Trans Liberty. In the back half of the show they talk about some of Trans Liberty's current projects, including Project Lifeboat, responding to recent legislation in Kansas targeting transgender citizens and their legal IDs. You can find more information about the organization here: Trans Liberty PAC For more information about Operation Lifeboat and how you can help out, go here: Operation Lifeboat
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    58 m
  • 2026-03-04 - Verses v. Versus

    2026-03-04 - Verses v. Versus
    Mar 4 2026
    Heather and Jonny commiserate over the eruption og globala military actions and the controversyies around the Trump Administrations actions and (lack of) explanations. They posit the role of conflict in controling and manipulating others. They then take this theme of x vs. y to other conflicts recently impacting the LGBTQ+ community, some further illuminating the US vs. Iran conflict eclipsing all others at the moment.
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    58 m
  • 2026-02-25 - This Authority Ain't Absolute

    2026-02-25 - This Authority Ain't Absolute
    Feb 25 2026
    After taking a break for a few weeks from the Epstein Files, Jonny and Heather return to discuss them and other stories that show the limits of trying to control what the public can know. Even so, an administration and a party desperate to control our attention continues to go to extraordinary lengths to scapegoat minorities for ridiculous reasons. After reviewing some of those distractions by assaulting rights, they turn to some good news coming out of the end of the Winter Olympics and some proof that we will not be erased, even in the most conservative of states.
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    58 m
  • 2026-02-18 - Dis Confirmation

    2026-02-18 - Dis Confirmation
    Feb 18 2026
    Heather and Jonny confront two stories of mass shootings this week, one in Canada with a confirmed transgender assailant and one in Rhode Island with an alleged transgender shooter. They approach this difficult topic with a couple of key reminders: First, an inventory of their local organizations and meeting groups available to help people struggling to know that they have support and a community. Second, they review the crime statistics which have not changed significantly even if these are acts of violence by transgender people.Finally, they examine this phenomenon as something profoundly exacerbated by disconfirmations, interpersonal and institutional. They review an inventory of this week's LGBTQ+ disconfirmations.
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    58 m
  • 2026-02-11 - Sports Cookies

    2026-02-11 - Sports Cookies
    Feb 11 2026
    Jonny and Heather celebrate an unnexpacted and probably lasting warmer rest of February. They turn their attention to the World Human Rights report that notes the USAmerican impact on LGBTQ+ rights globally. They examine several examples of this unfortunate trend in Democratic Recession. In the back half of the show they turn to the great cultural distraction of ahtletics where two big sporty rituals--the Winter Olympics and The Superb Owl--give examples of both queer victories and queer losses. But with a bite of an ambiguously diverse oatmeal cookie, we are still in the game!
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    58 m