Pride is a Riot

Pride Is a Riot: Podcast Recs with Focusrite's Vocaster

June 04, 2022

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Adell Coleman, chief operating officer of DCP Entertainment

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It's important to support the LGBTQ+ community more than ever — especially to align to fight against the political legal assaults on LGBTQ+ rights. We should be celebrating and highlighting the many dope and diverse voices of podcasters and storytellers within the LGBTQ+ community!

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Woke AF DailyPride is a Riot

This episode highlights the various ways in which LGBTQ+ people — especially those at the intersection of other marginalized identities — are still fighting for legal and social equality. LGBTQ + rights have come under attack across the country. Pride was originally a riot, and still is.

Edges“Face Recognition” with…Edges is a seasonal anthology where host Shantae Howell invites friends, family, and other folks in the Black community to share their "hair x mental health" stories as she unpacks her own (ongoing) identity crisis. In this episode, Shante and two of her closest friends talk about her past relationships.

AfroQueerChoices

In 2016, two women meet and fall in love online. They live on different continents, and the choices they make will bring them together or force them apart. This is a story about truth and lies, and what happens when everything unravels.

Date With DaddyThe Purrr-fect date with Polyamorous Black GirlIn this show, queer events producer Marisa Grant takes listeners on a series of dates as "Daddy." Both Daddy and the listener explore and learn more about themselves. Marisa might be allergic to cats, but knowing their date Alicia (aka Polyamourous Black Girl) loves cats, they decided to pop an allergy pill and hope for the best!

TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesThe Anti-Trans Hate Machine Rolls OnThe attacks on trans people all over the country have ramped up again this year. This week, host Imara Jones delves back into the Anti-Trans Hate Machine (a limited series about anti-trans backlash) to bring you up to speed on the latest.

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COMMUNITY:

📰Lauren Passell's Podcast the Newsletter featured Realm’s audio drama The Co-Founder: a show about 

two young start-up founders, both women of color, who scheme to have their white-dude neighborhood barista pretend to be the third founder in order to raise money.

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For the month of June, we're dedicating this section to podcasts produced and hosted by folks who identify as part of the LGBTQIA+ community.To have your show featured, apply here.🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍🌈

💩Messy Situations empowers us to reveal the unfiltered parts of our lives without fear of judgment. Co-hosted by former Cosmopolitan editor-in-chief Michele Promaulayko and THE WELL CCO Kane Sarhan, Messy Situations encourages anonymous and celebrity guests to “confess their mess” (with wellness experts on standby for clean-up!)

📱Violating Community Guidelines with Brittany Broski and Sarah Schauer: Together these internet personalities will make you cackle like no other. And their unfiltered dives into the weird corners of internet culture will keep you hooked and wanting more. 

🎤Good Children: From the pre-teen delusion of being model-scouted at the mall, to 2000s pop culture appreciation and obsession, to how Kelly Clarkson winning American Idol truly unified America — Joe Hegyes and Andrew Muscarella give us their all in this hilarious, vulnerable, and nostalgic podcast.

👠Bald and the Beautiful with Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamo: If you enjoy absolute chaos, comedy, and drag, then this is the show for you. These drag legends will make you laugh, cry, and sometimes do both at the same time.

👭🏽Dyking Out - a Lesbian and LGBTQIA Podcast for Everyone!: Carolyn Bergier & Melody Kamali chat with lesbians about random topics both thoughtful and informative, while being funny in a casual and effortless way that feels like hanging out with smart friends.

🌌The Strange Case of Starship Iris: A sci-fi audio fiction podcast that’s wonderfully acted — in fact, so enchanting that their sweet romances will have you rooting for relationships, even it you don't even do that when you watch TV.

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Cool People Who Did Cool StuffAs long as there’s been oppression, there’ve been people fighting it.This weekly podcast dives into history to drag up the wildest rebels, the most beautiful revolts, and all the people who long — and fight — to be free. It explores complex stories of resistance that offer lessons and inspiration for us today, focusing on the ensemble casts that make up each act of history.

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