Early days.

Rowan and Rebeckah are back in the JOY94.9 studio and present a mix of new music from some of their favourite artists, along with two interviews and all our regular segments. Our first interview is with Brooke Murray. Brooke is a theatre maker, video artist and inclusion artist living on Wurundjeri land. Brooke currently works as an inclusion support artist at St Martins Youth Arts, using this learning about diversity and empowerment to inform their practice, and is the Director of Early Days, an upcoming play that will be released this year!  The following interview is with Lore Burns. Lore Burns is a non-binary actor, composer, writer and cellist with a special interest in stage combat and martial arts. Since graduating from the Victorian College of the Arts in 2012 with a Bachelor of Theatrical Production, Lore has pursued a varied career as a sound designer and technician, cellist, instrumental teacher, composer and actor. Lore will be performing in the upcoming play “Early Days”, directed by Brooke Murray! 

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This podcast originally aired on January 28th 2021.

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Our guest this evening is a singer/songwriter who combines pop, soul, and R&B sounds into an expression of self-love and

If you have a trans musician to recommend or an event you want us to call out or a question to ask, please email us at thegenderagenda@joy.org.au .

This podcast originally aired on JOY94.9 on January 21, 2021.

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Trigger warning. This podcast contains content that may be distressing for some which will be explained prior to the interview with Sandra Pankhurst.

SANDRA PANKHURST has had an amazing variety of jobs and joins the team for an encore interview to share her story now presented in the book The Trauma Cleaner.

ARCA is a Venezuelan trans woman based in Barcelona. She is a producer, DJ, singer, and songwriter of avant-garde pop, industrial and electronic music and has worked with artists such as Björk, FKA twigs, and Frank Ocean. 

All our usual great segments are here too, along with Christmas celebration memories. We always want to hear from our listeners, so please keep in touch with us via the socials and email at thegenderagenda@joy.org.au

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Rebeckah and guest host Miss Katalyna chat with

NOMI RUIZ, whose music has been released under many names, such as JESSICA 6 or HERCULES & LOVE AFFAIR, is a trans woman and Puerto Rican-American singer, actress, essayist and producer. In her 15-years of making music, she has covered many genres, from hip-hop to disco, and house to R&B. Follow the links or search the web for more information.

There’s news, warm and fluffy segments and please contact us via the socials, here at JOY 94.9 or email us at thegenderagenda@joy.org.au

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In our podcast during Transgender awareness week, we present an encore interview with Cassie Workman. Cassie Workman is an Australian comedian and orator and in this interview we chat about her award–winning show, Giantess, which was part of the 2019 Melbourne Comedy Festival.  Follow our links for more information on Cassie.

Our music artist is Ahya Simone, who works across myriad disciplines as an artist, performer, filmmaker and harpist. In this podcast, Ahya Simone and others, present soothing sounds that we hope you enjoy.

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Our interview encore is presented by Miranda who caught up with Logan Mucha

Our music artist features June Jones, who is an Australian artist and trans woman. She used to front the punk band Two Steps on the Water, who we have played before. Now she’s producing slow soulful solo music. 

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There’s news, our warm and fuzzy segment and plenty more to keep you entertained. We always love to hear from our listeners, so follow us via the socials and also email thegenderagenda@joy.org.au

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Cassy Judy

Rowan and Rebeckah are back this week in the new post lockdown Melbourne. This week we present an interview recorded in the blissful pre-covid world of January 2020, with Cassy Judy. Cassy Judy is a musician and comedian from NSW and follow the links for more information.

Our featured music artist is Michael Love Michael. MICHAEL LOVE MICHAEL is a non-binary Manhattan-based artist and writer. Their new album XO blends hip-hop and with a slower, darker sound. (explicit language warning)

We have our regular news wrap, warm and fuzzy segments and as always we love to here from all our listeners via the socials, joy.org.au or email us directly here thegenderagenda@joy.org.au 

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Aram Hosie

Rebeckah and Rowan return with all your favourite segments and music. This week we present an encore interview with Aram Hosie. Aram Hosie is a trans advocate who is currently doing work for the Victorian Equal Opportunity & Human Rights Commission. This interview is from October 2018 with Miranda and you can also hear more from Aram on our Word4Word podcast.

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Our feature music artist today is CLAUD. CLAUD is a 21-year-old non-binary indie pop artist known for their melancholic and lo-fi style. As always, we have our regular features and we always love to hear from our listeners via the socials or email us thegenderagenda@joy.org.au 

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Mama Alto

MAMA ALTO is very well known in the Melbourne queer arts scene as a jazz singer and cabaret artiste. This edited interview is from September 2018, but if you’d like to hear the full interview follow this link to hear more from Mama Alto

LINN DE QUEBRADA is a trans pop and electronica artist from São Paulo, Brazil. A lot of her music is made in collaboration with others, so some of these songs are hers featuring others, or others featuring her. Here are a few links to explore.

 We have all our regular segments, news, warm and fluffy and we always love to hear from our listeners via the socials or email us at thegenderagenda@joy.org.au

This show originally aired October 15th 2020

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