John Selig Outspoken

Episode 11 - Wayne Besen, Executive Director of Truth Wins Out and an expert on the Ex-Gay movement. Wayne is a columnist, public speaker and author of "Anything But Straight: Unmasking the Scandals and Lies Behind the Ex-Gay Myth" and "Bashing Back: Wayne Besen on GLBT People, Politics, and Culture." My commentary titled "Outside The Comfort Zone."

Episode 10 - 2nd Half of Interview with Cathy McElrath Renna, Managing Partner of Renna Communications who is a media expert for the LGBT community. Interview with New York Times best selling author and commentator, Patricia Nell Warren, who discusses censorship and her lawsuit as a plaintiff with the ACLU concerning the 1st Amendment and the Internet. My commentary is titled, "Good Media Coverage Requires Experience and Planning."

Episode 9 - Cathy McElrath Renna, Managing Partner with Renna Communications discusses media relations within the LGBT community. Jeffrey Reid Baker describes how he produces his electronic music.

Episode 8 - Features Interviews with Bob Miskinis, Co-Founder & Program Director & 2 youth, Moriah Sherman & Chaaz Quigley all with Youth First Texas. Commentary - "LGBT Youth Need Us - They Don't Have Anybody Else."

Episode 7 - Features Interviews with Honey Ward, speaker, trainer, life coach and facilitator of the Experience Workshop. Jeffrey Reid Baker whose music is featured on John Selig Outspoken, share information on La Campanella, the podcast's theme. Commentary - "Electing A Gay Supportive President Is Only The First Step"

Episode 6 - Features Interviews with Jorge Valencia, Executive Director and CEO of the Point Foundation and Point Scholar Joelle Ruby Ryan who is finishing her PhD at Bowling Green State University in Ohio & my Commentary is titled, "Leave The World A Better Place Than You Found It"

Judge Harvey Brownstone, the first openly gay judge in Canada, share an update on same-sex marriages in Canada. "Dallas Voice" publisher, Robert Moore, and editor, Tammye Nash, discuss what it takes to produce the Dallas-Fort Worth LGBT weekly newspaper. This episode's commentary is titled, "Gay and Lesbian Newspapers - The Heartbeat of Our Community."

Evan Wolfson, Founder and Executive Director of Freedom to Marry discuses status of same-sex marriage. Commentary - Why marriage is important.

Features interview with Dallas activist and poet Bob McCranie who reads his poignant poetry. This episode’s commentary is “Why I decided to produce the John Selig Outspoken Podcast.?

Our first interview is the second part of the Ken Manford interview where he talks about the Family Pride organization. Next, we have famed author, Patricia Nell Warren, who discusses growing up on her family's ranch in Deer Lodge, MT, starting to write at the age of 10, her education and her career at "The Reader's Digest." She reads the Author's Introduction from her new book, "The Lavender Locker Room" and also discusses current trends in GLBT book sales and publishing as well as the decrease in the number of GLBT bookstores. The featured Jeffrey Reid Baker music selection for this podcast is "Allegro Agitato" from his "The Fantastic World of George Gershwin" CD. Finally I share my commentary on Michael Moore's must see new film "Sicko."

Our first interview is with Ken Manford of the Family Pride organization. Ken and his partner Jeffrey Roach adopted their son from Guatemala at the age of 6 months. Next we will have Jeffrey Reid Baker on. I am quite excited, most podcasts use creative commons licensed. Ours is fortunate in being able to feature some exciting music from a friend that I hadn’t had contact with in over 35 years Jeff is a musician who is both gifted and renown and is from my hometown living a mere 4 blocks from where my grandparents lived while I was growing up. You heard one of Jeff’s pieces as part of John Selig Outspoken’s introduction and you will hear small snippets as segways between different segments of the show. We will also feature one of Jeff’s pieces in its entirety as part of each podcast. Jeff will be introduced by my lifelong friend, Les Moore, whom I have known for over 40 years. I know, I know, what a great name … Les Moore. I am going to have Les introduce Jeff since it was her brilliant idea to Jeff and I team

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