Episodes

  • 2025-02-05 - DEI Distractions

    2025-02-05 - DEI Distractions
    Feb 5 2025
    Jonny and Craig discuss DEI. They start with a focus on the local, plugging artistic work in Carbondale with the upcoming Kleinau Theatre production of "Epiphanies," an adaptation of Flash Fiction by local writer, Epiphany Ferrell. They then turn to recent attacks by the Trump Administration on DEI and what that might mean for the university where they teach (SIU). They then discuss the Grammies and what this past weekend's music awards might teach us about the value of DEI. In the back half of the show, they examine the Trump Administration's high level placement of gay and lesbian conservatives in positions of significance. They discuss how this participates in a concerted effort to pare the Q and T off of LGBTQ, and why they are not having it.
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    58 mins
  • 2025-01-29 - Making (Bad!) Excuses

    2025-01-29 - Making (Bad!) Excuses
    Jan 29 2025
    Jonny and Heather check in with each other after a rough first week of Trump Administration 2.0. They then explore how right wing pundits and trolls make really convoluted excuses to support their president, pairing the controversy over Elon Musk's "Roman" gesture and outrage over Bishop Budde's blessing at the Washington Cathedral. In the back half of the show, they discuss the conflict of policy mandates with agency restructuring and dismantling, resulting in inefficiency and higher governmental costs. All of this posed against a backdrop where already the Trump administration claims inflation is not a focus of their agenda and its going to "take a while" for food and other cont-of-living prices to come down.
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    58 mins
  • 2025-01-22 - Miss Thing's Decrees

    2025-01-22 - Miss Thing's Decrees
    Jan 22 2025
    Jonny and Heather take a look at some of the anticipated executive orders of the incoming Trump administration, especially those targetting trans people. They contrast this with some of Biden's initial executive orders and other efforts of his administration to support LGBTQ folks. They then look at evidence in Congress and elsewhere that Trump's base is showing some serious cracks and divides. In the back half of the show, the discuss Tik Tok and the hypocrisy of Trump claiming to be its savior. They examine the difficulties in current social media with organizing activism while also singing the praises of the People's March and the need to stay focus and stay active.
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    58 mins
  • 2025-01-15 Queer Climates, Hot & Cold

    2025-01-15 Queer Climates, Hot & Cold
    Jan 15 2025
    Jonny and Craig dig out from under snow and ice to share some contemplatioms on cultural, political, and environmental climates. In the front half of the show, they unpack their experience of the recent great ice storm that paralyzed Southern Illinois. They follow this with the hot times, politicially and environmentally, in LA right now. They turn to the death of Anita Bryant and why some might embrace a climate of celebration given her history. In the back half of the show, they discuss the shifting climate for LGBTQ folks on the Meta platforms, particularly Facebook, and what we can and can't do about it.
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    59 mins
  • 2025-01-01 - IIQ's 2024 in Review

    2025-01-01 - IIQ's 2024 in Review
    Jan 1 2025
    Jonny compiles a montage show of interviews, stories, and topics from 2024, painting a picture of what the year lin LGBTQ concerns, particularly in Southern Illinois, sounded like.It is a sampling, incomplete to be sure, but illustrative of 2024 nonetheless.
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    59 mins
  • 2024-12-25 - Mary Queer Christmas!!!

    2024-12-25 - Mary Queer Christmas!!!
    Dec 25 2024
    Jonny and Heather put together a surprise Christmas show thanks to changes in their holiday travel plans. They put aside the news and politics, and current events in favor of some contemplation of Christmas for queer folks, including some shows and some music to enjoy. It's (mostly) holiday themed queer popular culture to enjoy on this day of joy. Find the joy where you can, friends!
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    59 mins
  • 2024-12-18 - To EVERYBODY'S Health!

    2024-12-18 - To EVERYBODY'S Health!
    Dec 18 2024
    Jonny and Heather start off the show by listening to a public statement made by local Carbondale City Councilwoman, Clare Killman, who has a proposal for Illinois to defend itself from federal assaults on bodily autonomy. They then compare the clarity and firmness of her response to Congressional Democrats who seem to lack a spine and are throwing LGB but particularly T under the bus. In the back half of the show they discuss access to healthcare and a revitalized interest in discussing predatory insurance companies. The lesson there is that the assalut on gender-affirming healthcare is really an assault on all of our healthcare.
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    58 mins
  • 2024-12-11 - One Thing Affects Another

    2024-12-11 - One Thing Affects Another
    Dec 11 2024
    Jonny and Hearher check in about their busy queer weekend . Less fun, the check in on how that Skrmetti case went in the Supreme Court last week. From that they pull a theme they explore in the back half of the show--how actions are connected and the world is a web of interconnections. While this can be daunting when phobias spread across those strands, it can also be hopeful when justice and resistence do too. With that in mind, the discuss anti trans laws in Alberta, Canada and the regime change in Syria alongside queers preparing for assaults on their marriages and a Ohio elementary school teacher sues her district for a disciplinary action based on homophobia.
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    59 mins