For One Night Only

15 Jan 2024

Penn Russell – A Journey Through Dark Times To Being Out & Proud About Who They Really Are

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Penn Russell – A Journey Through Dark Times To Being Out & Proud About Who They Really Are

In this episode of For One Night Only (FONO), Jocelyn Bishop talks with the extraordinary Penn Russell (Pronouns they/them) and they tell their story of realising that they were born into the wrong body at an early age and the dark times that followed through their school years and then the journey to coming out as who they really are. Note that if anything effects you as you listen to this podcast you can go to https://joy.org.au/support to find support.

And do they have a mixtape for you? Think Lady Gaga, Hans Poulson, Russell Morris, Led Zeppelin, Billy Thorpe, Pet Shop Boys, Queen and many, many more.

Here’s the list of Jon’s songs but you’ll have to listen to find out more about each song:

Play Order	Song Title	Song Artist
1	Born This Way	Lady Gaga
2	San Francisco	Scott McKenzie
3	Boom, Sha, La, La Low	Hans Poulson
4	Rachel’s Coming Home	Russell Morris
5	Maggie May	Rod Stweart
6	Double Barrell	David Ansell Collins
7	Sweet Hitchhiker	Creedence Clearwater Revival
8	Black Dog	Led Zeppelin
9	Most People I Know Think That I’m Crazy	Billy Thorpe
10	The First Time Ever I Saw Your face	Roberta Flack
11	It’s a Sin	Pet Shop Boys
12	Somewhere	Barbra Streisand
13	I Want To Break Free	Queen
14	Neanderthal Man (Bongo Mix)	Barabba
15	I Will Survive	Gloria Gaynor

For One Night Only is a late-night show on JOY 94.9 and a podcast where people from our rainbow communities get to talk through the mixtape of their lives so far.

Note: This podcast is exclusive to our Australian listeners due to music copyright requirements.