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Queer Voices, a weekly show and is dedicated to broadcasting news, concerns, and events as related to Houston's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) community. The goal of Queer Voices is to provide up to date information on the community's concerns that is currently not available from other local media outlets.
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Hosted by Max Bergmann, director of the Stuart Center and the Europe, Russia, and Eurasia Program, and Donatienne Ruy, director of the Abshire-Inamori Leadership Academy at CSIS, “The Eurofile” looks at Europe through a Washington lens. We will discuss, debate, and dissect the big issues consuming Europe with some of the leading voices from the transatlantic community. We’ll try to make sense of developments in Brussels, break down European elections, and discuss all the issues roiling trans ...
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Working to make life better for humankind is both a privilege and a challenge, and no one knows this better than the folks who have made this work their day job. Issue Space is a podcast and community for professional changemakers of every kind. Through candid conversations about the lived experience of social change work, we hold space to process life in the unique — and uniquely needed — business of impact. Our mission is to give ambitious social impact professionals a sustaining sense of ...
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In each episode of the Creative Yarn Entrepreneur Show, you’ll find great ideas for launching, managing, and evolving your indie yarn-related business, and tips for keeping yourself creative, productive, and sane. Share the unique joys and challenges of being an indie in the yarn industry, whether you’re a crochet or knitting author, blogger, designer, maker, podcaster, publisher, teacher, or tech editor; a yarn dyer or spinner; or the owner of any other indie business based around yarn. Top ...
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October 15th - Rainbow Crosswalks with Jack Valinski, Sumya Paruchuri of SEAT, the word GAY, and LEVITATION
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58:00Send us a text It's a packed episode this week! Brett Cullum talks with the ORIGINAL QUEER VOICE, Mr. Jack Valinski! It's all about the crosswalk controversy in Montrose, and we give you a little more insight than the mainstream media. Then Deborah Moncrief Bell talks with Sumya Paruchuri about SEAT, an organization that advocates for queer student…
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Trumpism isn’t conservative, and saying this is still important
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44:32Episode Summary Even though they don’t intend to, many people who oppose Donald Trump are unintentionally helping him by saying that his authoritarian policies are actually conservative. It’s obviously true that both reactionary authoritarianism and conservatism are right-of-center political philosophies, but they are definitely not the same thin…
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit plus.flux.community Episode Summary If you pay any attention at all to American politics, you have heard by now about the death of Charlie Kirk, a right-wing activist who was killed at one of his events. No one deserves to die for their political views, of course, but there is no questi…
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Max and Donatienne discuss the recent Czech parliamentary election in which billionaire businessman and former prime minister Andrej Babis and his ANO party roared to a victory (01:00). They also cover last week’s informal European Council summit in Copenhagen, where leaders met to discuss how to bolster the continent’s security (07:33). Finally, t…
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October 8th 2025 Queer Voices - Molly Cook, Richard Watson, and Tammi Wallace
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57:48Send us a text On this episode, QUEER VOICES looks at politics, history, and business. We begin by having Davis Mendoza Darusman speak with Molly Cook, a member of the Texas State Senate. Molly doesn't sugarcoat all of the challenges facing our community today inside Texas politics. Next, author and historian R. Lee Ingalls interviews Richard Watso…
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Can the Voting Rights Act Survive This Supreme Court Term?
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Trump’s shutdown strategy is far more radical than you know
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1:00:54The U.S. federal government shut down on Wednesday morning with both parties unable to come to a budget agreement. It’s the fourth budgetary shutdown of Donald Trump’s presidencies as he and Office of Management and Budget director Russell Vought are trying to aggregate as much power as possible to rebuild the administrative state in their image as…
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October 1st 2025 Queer Voices - Jacob Newsome talks with Avery Belyeu about OUT FOR GOOD!
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18:05Send us a text This is a podcast exclusive! Avery Belyeu breaks down the Montrose Gala's biggest fundraiser of the year, OUT FOR GOOD. Jacob Newsome interviews her about the event happening on October 4th at 7:00 p.m. at the Marriott Marquis in Downtown Houston. More tickets and information can be found at : https://montrosecenter.org/event/out-for…
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Trump’s mass censorship is what far-right Republicans have always wanted
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1:23:37Episode Summary Since he became president for the second time, Donald Trump has launched the largest assault on free speech that we’ve seen since Japanese Americans were interned because of their family origins. Among many other things, Trump signed an executive order classifying “antifa” as a terrorist organization, even though there are no actua…
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This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit plus.flux.community Episode Summary Whether it’s the SwiftBoat Veterans or Moms for Tyranny, right-wing groups are notorious for popping up overnight in American politics, but this past year saw something very unexpected, an organization and collection of people saying they support a po…
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France in Flux: Lecornu's Tightrope Walk with Sylvie Kauffmann
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47:29Max and Donatienne answer listener questions (0:44) before talking with Sylvie Kauffmann, editorial director and columnist at Le Monde, about France’s political turmoil (22:40). Learn more: Russian Roulette | CSIS PodcastsBy Center for Strategic and International Studies
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September 24 2025 Queer Voices The Amazing Atlantis Narcisse, Montrose Center Out for Good honoree, Upstairs fire tragedy and DaVinci Code at Alley Theater
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58:00Send us a text This week, we have two interviews with Atlantis Narcisse, a trailblazing force in Houston's LGBTQ+ community whose journey spans decades of service, advocacy, and community building. From organizing HIV testing sessions in her living room during the 1990s epidemic to founding multiple organizations supporting transgender individuals …
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The Conservative Backlash Against Ballot Measures: A Conversation with Kelly Hall
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42:54Ballot measures have given voters the power to pass life-changing policies that lawmakers often won’t — from raising the minimum wage and expanding healthcare access, to protecting reproductive rights and curbing predatory payday lending. But now, the process itself is under threat. New Report: ATTACKS ON DIRECT DEMOCRACY DOUBLED IN 2025 Ballot Mea…
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To stop Trump’s authoritarianism, his opponents must understand and wield power
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1:10:18Episode Summary In a generic sense, everyone knows that politics is about power. But when you look at how America’s two major parties use the power that they have, there’s no question whatsoever that Republicans understand power politics while Democrats have a much more passive attitude toward it. This has been true since at least 1964 when a dedi…
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Why everyone wants a piece of ancient Egypt
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1:11:38Episode Summary I don't get to do a lot of ancient history episodes on this show, but I always love it when I get the chance, and that's because history is a mirror of the present. Not because we judge or even fully understand the people who lived in ancient times, but because they were humans just like we are now. Ancient Egypt has always had a m…
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September 17th 2025 Queer Voices - Brad Pritchett from OUT FOR GOOD, R. Lee Ingalls on Abraham Lincoln, and DANCING LESSONS at the MATCH
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58:00Send us a text This week's show combines the worlds of politics, history, and the arts. First up, we talk with Brad Pritchett, who is being honored this year at the OUT FOR GOOD gala on October 4th. This year, the event will be at the Marriott Marquis in downtown Houston. Brad talks about his career and how he got started in politics, and how he ke…
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Has liberalism become pathological?
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1:30:57Episode Summary For many years, non-Americans have assumed that the right-wing extremism that has powered the political career of Donald Trump was just an American phenomenon. But this is simply untrue. Far-right parties have been elected in nations like Italy, Poland and Hungary, and Benjamin Netanyahu’s Israeli government is a coalition of openl…
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Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights with Dr. Keisha Blain
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47:25Historian and scholar, Dr. Keisha Blain joins The Electorette to discuss her groundbreaking new book, Without Fear: Black Women and the Making of Human Rights. This vital chronicle reframes the history of Black women’s activism—not only as a fight for civil rights in the U.S., but as a global human rights struggle that continues to shape our world …
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The Double Tax: Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman on the Hidden Costs Women of Color Pay
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1:04:12In the past three months, more than 300,000 Black women have left the labor force. Economist and author Anna Gifty Opoku-Agyeman calls this the double tax—the compounded burden of being both a woman and a person of color in an economy designed to take more and give less. From higher prices for haircare and beauty products, to childcare that consume…
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It's Complicated: A Status Update on EU Trade, Mercosur, and The State of the Union feat. Sander Tordoir and Federico Steinberg
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46:54Max and Donatienne are back from summer vacation with a preview of European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen’s State of the Union address to European Parliament this week. Then, Sander Tordoir and Federico Steinberg came back on The Eurofile to break down the EU-Mercosur trade agreement, the latest moves in EU trade, and what progress has …
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September 10 2025 Queer Voices ACLU of Texas Attorney Brian Klosterboer, The Last Yiddish Speaker Director Rhett Martinez, Alzheimer’s Association of Southeast Texas CEO Richard Elbein
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58:00Send us a text On this episode of Queer Voices, we spotlight the fight for civil rights, the power of theater, and the challenges of aging in our community. First, the ACLU of Texas’ Brian Klosterboer breaks down the latest wave of anti-LGBTQ+ legislation in Austin, including the bathroom ban and Senate Bill 12, and shares how lawsuits and grassroo…
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September 3 2025 Queer Voices Singer-Songwriter Wendy Taylor, American Psycho: The Musical Actor Ivan Moreno and FLUX Houston chair Jevon Martin
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58:00Send us a text On this episode of Queer Voices, we spotlight Houston’s LGBTQ+ talent and community leaders. Singer-songwriter Wendy Taylor reflects on her lifelong journey in music, from childhood choirs to competing on American Idol, and previews her new series of shows at Leon’s Lounge. Performer Ivan Moreno shares his path from opera to musical …
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Ballot Power: How Voters Are Advancing Progressive Change in Red States
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29:14In a time when U.S. politics feels gridlocked and bleak, ballot initiatives are offering a surprising source of hope. In some of the reddest states—places that handed Trump overwhelming victories—voters are quietly embracing progressive policies like paid sick leave, higher minimum wages, and Medicaid expansion. In this episode, Jen Taylor-Skinner …
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Are allies or autocrats managing Trump better?
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50:31In a special crossover episode with CSIS’s State of Play, Max Bergmann joins Will Todman and Victor Cha to discuss what East Asian and European allies are learning about summits with President Trump and what patterns are emerging about how President Trump engages with autocrats. Learn more: State of Play | CSIS Podcasts Statesmen’s Forum: His Exc…
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The Brussels Media Landscape Explained feat. Matthew Kaminski
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38:01Max sat down with Matthew Kaminski—co-founder of Politico Europe, former editor-in-chief and former editor-at-large of Politico—to discuss the ethos of Politico Europe, why it’s been successful, and how it fits into the political journalism landscape in Brussels. Please submit your questions or feedback to [email protected] with “Eurofile Listener Fe…
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August 27 2025 Queer Voices Mayor's LGBTQ Advisory Board Chair Clay Melder, Former Board Chair Jacques Bourgeois, Ethel Cain Concert Review
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56:07Send us a text In this episode of Queer Voices, we open with a concert review of rising trans artist Ethel Cain (the first openly trans artist to reach the Billboard Top Ten), whose Southern Gothic sound and devoted fanbase are shaping the soundtrack of queer youth. We hear directly from fans before and after her Houston show about what her music m…
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Americans want big ideas, but Trump’s opponents aren’t providing them
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1:07:43Episode Summary One of the most enduring myths of the Trump years has been that everyone who votes for him does so because they agree with him. Obviously a lot of his supporters do, but polls have consistently shown that Trump is a historically unpopular president with issue positions that most Americans have never supported. And yet, it remains t…
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August 20th 2025 Queer Voices State Rep Jon Rosenthal and American Psycho The Musical Actor Tyce Green
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57:00Send us a text Democracy under threat meets boundary-pushing theater in this powerful episode of Queer Voices, where urgent political resistance stands alongside daring artistic expression. Texas Representative Jon Rosenthal pulls back the curtain on the high-stakes battle against mid-decade redistricting maps that would dramatically dilute minorit…
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The Human Cost of Failed Immigration Reform — A Conversation with Jessica Orozco Guttlein
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37:43Decades of failed immigration reform and political half-measures have left millions of immigrants in the U.S. without a path to legal status. Instead, families are being torn apart by harsh deportation policies, asylum seekers are forced into the shadows, and U.S. citizen children live in daily fear of losing their parents. In this episode, I speak…
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August 13 2025 Queer Voices Trans Advocate/Author Nico Lang, LGBT musical at MATCH and filmmaker Wayne Chella
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58:10Send us a text How do we transform pain into powerful storytelling? This episode brings together three remarkable creators who are documenting LGBTQ+ experiences through different artistic mediums, each offering unique perspectives on resilience, healing, and joy. Award-winning journalist Nico Lang takes us behind the scenes of writing "American Te…
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How Migration Came to Define European Politics with David Leonhardt
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36:25Max and Donatienne talk to David Leonhardt, Pulitzer-prize winning journalist and editorial director for The New York Times, about the politics of migration in Europe and the United States. Please submit your questions or feedback to [email protected] with “Eurofile Listener Feedback” in the subject line. Learn more: Russian Roulette | CSIS Podcasts In…
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Terrified Trump is slinging ‘zombie food’ to distract his base from Jeffrey Epstein
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1:24:12Episode Summary Donald Trump in an unfamiliar situation. After years of being able to tell his followers what to think about almost everything, many of the MAGA faithful are upset at his administration for refusing to release the government’s files on the infamous sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein. When he was running for office last year, Trump and ma…
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Sydney Sweeney and ‘Phantom Lib Syndrome’
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1:15:23Episode Summary Right-wing Republicans have lost in the marketplace of ideas. Their policy views that evolution never happened, that tax cuts increase revenues, and that science is a big left-wing conspiracy are laughable. Whenever reactionaries attempt to debate progressives and liberals, as they recently tried against Mehdi Hasan, they fall flat …
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