Isn't It Queer

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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Episodes

2013-12-18

We are back! The podcast has been on a forced hiatus as our radio station brings online a new studio. The new studio has increased capabilities, but easily recording output is not one of them. The sound quality on this podcast is not as good as we hope for future episodes, but it is listenable. In this episode, Jonny interviews Craig Gingrich-Philbrook about The Advocate's selection of Pope Francis as Person of the Year. We also unpack this controversial decision via some queer theory from the r...

Dec 18, 2013•56 min

2013-11-13

Jonny and Julie cover a variety of news items pulled from the "Isn't It Queer" Flipboard magazine. This resource allows us to pull together news items from various sources into one digital "magazine." You can subscribe to the magazine here: https://flipboard.com/section/isn%27t-it-queer-bHXj3f

Nov 13, 2013•57 min

2013-11-06

In this episode, we celebrate the passage of SB10 in the Illinois Legislature, putting Illinois firmly on track to be the 15th state that recognizes marriage equality. We also discuss the status of ENDA as it moves out of the Senate. Finally, we discuss disturbing news about where HRC gets some of its largest donations.

Nov 06, 2013•54 min

2013-10-30

Our coverage of the October 22 Marriage Equality Rally and March on Springfield, including a 25 minute montage of rally speeches recorded at the event.

Oct 30, 2013•1 hr 1 min

2013-10-23

Julie interviews local author, Larry Franklin. Franklin's work investigates a particularly horrific hate crime in Southern Illinois from 1988 as well as issues of memory, sexual abuse, and PTSD.

Oct 30, 2013•1 hr 2 min

2013-10-16

Interview with Nichole Nicholson, who is involved with a double bill of two shows associated with LGBTQ History Month on the SIU Campus.

Oct 16, 2013•52 min

2013-10-09

Continued coverage of LGBTQ History Month at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale. This week, we interview two memoir authors: SIU Theatre alum Dennis Milam Bensie (most recent book: "One Gay American") and queer activist Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore (most recent book: "The End of San Francisco").

Oct 11, 2013•1 hr

2013-10-02

Originally aired on 10/2/2013, in this week's episode we interview performance artist Tim Miller about performance work he is both doing and directing on the SIU campus this week. Tim also discusses marriage equality and other aspects of queer politics in the US today.

Oct 02, 2013•57 min

2013-09-25

In this podcast we debrief the 5th Annual Carbondale LGBTQ Pride Picnic, with two compilations of voices at Pride responding to the event and speculating about future directions for LGBTQ activism in Southern Illinois. This episode originally aired on WDBX 91.1 FM on 9/25/2013.

Sep 25, 2013•52 min

2013-09-18

Discussion with Becca Worley of the SIU Theatre Department about an upcoming staged reading of the docudrama, "8". Followed by an interview with Wil Davis and DJ Special K about the entertainment line-up for the 5th Annual Carbondale LGBTQ Pride Picnic.

Sep 18, 2013•51 min

2013-09-04 Kathy Ward

Due to technical difficulties, we were unable to record the first half of the show. This is the second half of our interview with Kathy Ward, retired SIU professor and queer local business owner.

Sep 13, 2013•29 min

2013-09-11

Julie and Jonny share a little breakfast and peruse the newspaper for queer current events -- local, national, and international. Between stories, they keep encountering advertisements requesting charitable donations to their host radio station, WDBX, including opportunities to join the "WDBX Community Club."

Sep 11, 2013•48 min

2013-08-28

Our discussion of Chelsea Manning and her announcement of her trans* identity. We review her history leading to her court-marshal trial and argue for why she should be seen as an LGBTQ hero.

Aug 28, 2013•54 min

2013-08-21 part 2

Cotinuation of our interview with Dr. Wendy Weinhold of the SIU LGBTQ resource center.

Aug 21, 2013•30 min

2013-08-21 part 1

Interview with Dr. Wendy Weinhold of the SIU LGBTQ Resource Center.

Aug 21, 2013•22 min

IIQ Episode: 13-02 Part 2 "DOMA & P8"

Jonny Gray and Hokulei Lindsey discuss the Supreme Court decisions on DOMA and Prop 8 as they are being released. Originally aired June 26, 2013. Podcast intro music is "Lick Science" by Beatmasters off their album "Neurology" available in the open source Community Audio section of the Internet Archive.

Jun 27, 2013•28 min

IIQ Episode: 13-02 Part 1 "DOMA & P8"

Jun 27, 2013•28 min

IIQ Episode: 13-01 Part 2, "Pride Month"

Part 2 of our Isn't It Queer broadcast on 6/19/2013. Julie and Jonny discuss the history of Pride and some current controversies over it. Intro music: "Lick Science" by Beatmasters, open source music available at the Internet Archive in the Community Audio section. Apologies for buzz in the playback; we are working to sort out our technical difficulties with sound capture at the radio station.

Jun 21, 2013•30 min

IIQ Episode: 13-01 Part 1, "Pride Month"

Part 1 of our Isn't It Queer broadcast on 6/19/2013. Julie and Jonny discuss the history of Pride and some current controversies over it. Intro music: "Lick Science" by Beatmasters, open source music available at the Internet Archive in the Community Audio section. Apologies for buzz in the playback; we are working to sort out our technical difficulties with sound capture at the radio station.

Jun 21, 2013•25 min

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