Australia's best interviews from a Queer perspective, delving into the extraordinary lives of everyday people, highlighting every shade of queer culture whilst reflecting the spectrum of diversity that makes Australia today.
Sometimes challenging, often inspiring, always engaging and constantly entertaining, Word For Word is JOY 94.9's premier long-form interview program and syndicated nationally via the Community Radio Network.
If you know someone who is amazing, unique, extraordinary or has a great story to tell, then email the show and suggest a guest.
Kath Duncan was born with only one arm and one leg but if you think this would stop her from being the best Kath she could be, you are wrong. She has spent her life […]
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Liz is a Melbourne blogger and editor. She is a staunch feminist and activist who isn’t afraid to take a hit on social media or while she is playing roller derby. From the outside her […]
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Loz Visser has travelled the world delivering his self help program, Transform Self. Not knowing as a proud lesbian feminist, that this very program would lead him to transform and transition to a man after […]
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Amy Middleton is a respected and renowned journalist who founded iconic queer glossy, Archer Magazine touted as Australia’s and one of the worlds, most inclusive publications. In this episode Amy speaks of the birth of her “baby” […]
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Michael Magazanik is an author, a journalist and lawyer, who has dedicated his legal career to righting the wrongs of Institutional sexual abuse. He is also the lawyer of David “Macca”McCarthy who has spoken out […]
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In this revealing and exposing episode, living legend David “Macca” McCarthy speaks the truth of his experience as a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. To the outside world Macca had it all, a great career, […]
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Emily Fox is a out and proud footy playing, sharks supporting, transgender woman who literally gave up everything she had, to be the woman she was always meant to be. Born a Dandy boy, Emily […]
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David Menadue is one of the oldest living survivors of HIV AIDS. Diagnosed in the mid 80’s he has buried over a hundred of his friends while being at the coal face of the epidemic. […]
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Ayman Barbaresco is a Melbourne identity and disability advocate. A young man born with what some might say, the cards stacked against him. But Ayman hasn’t let his physical disabilities, his battles with cancer, or […]
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Join Lisa “Dano” Daniel as she brings you the return of JOY 94.9’s acclaimed program word for word. In this episode she speaks to lesbian author Zoe Dunbar about life, love and loss. It is […]
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