Nonpod Podcast Community

On location at Target Field with a special 2019 Twins Pride Night preview with the Minnesota Twins' Director of Diversity and Inclusion Strategy, Mr. Miguel Ramos. Miguel shares reflections on last year's Pride Night and lets us in on how the 2019 Pride Night will be even bigger and better!

On location for a powerful interview with Entrepreneur and Activist, Sonia Ortega, of Plaza Del Sol in Saint Paul, Minnesota.

On location at Nicollet Island Pavilion in Minneapolis for the 2nd Annual Business of Pride awards featuring 2019 Career Achievement Honoree, Ellen Krug.

We sat down last year with Twin Cities Pride Board Chair, Darcie Baumann, to talk directly to the community about issues that had arisen around police involvement with the festival and parade. In this episode, we talk about the work that's been done and the progress that's been made towards resolving these issues since that time, and talk about a few specific ways the parade and the park will be different this year.

An exclusive chat with Twin Cities Pride's Executive Director about all things festival related, as well as a look back at this year's 2019 Grand Marshal Reception featuring Mikko Blaze Bordeaux. We also talk to local broadcaster and journalist, Quinn Villagomez, about her work in the new Twin Cities Pride Magazine.

On location at Twin Cities Pride HQ for a sit down with Pride's Festival Operations and Events Coordinator, Ramona Richardson. We talk about everything festival grounds related - from how to become a vendor to where to park your car (or bike), to finding family friendly activities or your favorite sports team, to finding free water stations and port-a-potties, to where to find the beer garden and where to get your poodle massaged. And we only scratched the surface. Be sure to get your copy of this year's Twin Cities Pride Magazine Pride Guide for a map and even more info about this year's event.

On location at The Growler/Gray Duck Media HQ for an exclusive sneak preview of the 2019 Twin Cities Pride Magazine Pride Guide with Gray Duck's Creative Director, John Garland.

On location at LUSH for a special 2019 Festival Comedy Preview with the one and only Sarah McPeck! Back by popular demand, get the low down on this year's edition of the Big Fat Comedy Hour at the Twin Cities Pride Festival and meet a few random cast and crew members from the show, as they pop in to say hi. We check in on the monthly show at LUSH, learn about Sarah's new weekly show at The Black Hart of Saint Paul, talk Sarah's surprise hit Rascal Facebook Live series, and find out what's new with Sarah's Champagne Jamboree musical comedy duo partner, Amanda Costner.

On location at LUSH for a chat with Barry Karlenzig, Vice President of Programming for Pride Winnipeg. We talk about Barry's involvement with the organization, his involvement with The Imperial Court, some of the ways Canada is leading in the movement for equality, and the emerging acronym "GSRD", now widely in use in Canada in place of the variations of the LGBTQ acronyms that we use in the States.

Buckle up for an all-star edition of the Beth Zemsky Podcast as Beth welcomes back Rev. Dr. Rebecca Voelkel and welcomes for the first time to the podcast, community icon Barbara Satin. Together, we reflect on their collective 195 years of service and activism as we approach their triple birthday bash and fundraiser for the National LGBTQ Task Force on May 30th, 2019. We talk about what brought each of them to activism so many years ago, some of their earliest activist experiences, how those early experiences shaped who they are now, and their thoughts on the future of the Progressive movement. We talk about the importance of recognizing the shoulders upon which each of us stand in our work, carrying the mantle and memory of those we meet along the way, and the process of realizing and learning to accept our eventual roles as role models to the next generation of activists. We also talk about our tendency to sometimes "silo" ourselves into issues, ideologies, and generations, and about the power in breaking t

On location at Avenues for Homeless Youth with Ryan Berg, Avenues' Program Manager, and Mason, a participant in Avenues' Host Home program.

On location at Minnesota Lynx Headquarters in Downtown Minneapolis with Carley Knox, Lynx VP of Business Operations, for a chat about the Lynx's President's Circle initiative, their commitment to Diversity and Inclusion and all things Lynx!

On location at LUSH for a chat with Twin Cities Pride's Entertainment Manager DeShaun McDonald about all of the amazing entertainment being offered up at this year's festival.

On location in St. Paul with Jennifer Dieter of The Aliveness Project. We talk about the history of the organization, the services they provide to the community and how you can get involved in their biggest event of the year, Dining Out For Life, with Super Ambassadors Rebecca Waggoner-Johnson and Eric Zucker.

On location with Zaylore Stout to talk about his background, fighting for justice as his day job and his nighttime hobby, the Anoka-Hennepin School District situation, and his upcoming book, Our Gay History in 50 States.

On location in Saint Paul with longtime community advocate Scott Mikesh for a talk about the importance of Mental Fitness in our plugged in, fast-paced world, and his new coaching venture, 4DFit.

On-location at Quorum headquarters for our first in-depth interview with Rebecca Waggoner, Executive Director of Quorum, Minnesota's LGBTQ+ and Allied chamber of commerce.

In this episode, we sit down with Beth's longtime friend and comrade Rox Anderson, Director of the Minnesota Transgender Health Coalition and Rare Productions. We touch briefly on a few of the complexities surrounding the recent events involving Minnesota State Representative Ilhan Omar and talk about how moments like these can be leveraged by outside forces to create polarization and division between and within various marginalized communities. We talk about Rox's recently awarded Bush Fellowship, their vision for an LGBTQ Center in Minneapolis, their work addressing inequities within LGBTQ POC communities, a brand new comic book in the works featuring real-life Transgender-identified superheroes and much more. Beth also talks about her next workshop with Phyllis Braxton and reveals some big news about her upcoming birthday bash/fundraiser with a couple of her longtime friends.

On location at the Woman's Club of Minneapolis for the Doors Open Minneapolis Kickoff Reception with Mayor Jacob Frey.

On-location at Duluth Superior Pride 2018.