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Episode 30: The Transgender Scare – McCarthyism for the 21st Century
Hello, and welcome to episode 30 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on September 28, 2025. Today we’re going to be looking at the modern right-wing political movement and comparing it to the McCarthy era of the 1950’s. Spoiler alert: they are doing it again. Joseph McCarthy was a Republican US Senator from Wisconsin. He…
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Episode 29: Emma’s Story, Part 3
Hello, and welcome to episode 29 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on September 1, 2025. Today’s episode is the final part of a a three part series. This is the life story of a transgender woman we are going to call Emma. She wanted to share her story but also wanted to remain anonymous…
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Episode 28: Emma’s Story, Part 2
Hello, and welcome to episode 28 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on September 1, 2025. Today’s episode is part 2 of a a three part series. This is the life story of a transgender woman we are going to call Emma. She wanted to share her story but also wanted to remain anonymous to…
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Episode 27: Emma’s Story, Part 1
Hello, and welcome to episode 27 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on September 1, 2025. Today’s episode is the start of a a three part series. This is the life story of a transgender woman we are going to call Emma. She wanted to share her story but also wanted to remain anonymous to…
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Episode 26: Shenandoah County Public School Update August 2025
Hello, and welcome to episode 26 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on August 16, 2025. In this episode, we’re going to come up to speed on the current situation in the Shenandoah County Public Schools. I was not able to follow the events of the last two months directly but in that time the…
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Episode 25: Interview With Susie Wilburn, President of PFLAG Woodstock Virginia
This is an interview with Susie Wilburn, President of the Woodstock, Virginia chapter of PFLAG. It was recorded on July 29, 2025. LindaHello and welcome to episode 25 of The Spectrum. Today we have somebody who actually helped inspire me doing this, which is Susie Wilburn. She’s the president of the PFLAG Woodstock chapter. And…
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Episode 24: This Is Not Free Speech
Hello, and welcome to episode 24 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on July 18, 2025. Today we’re going to examine what some people are saying about LGBTQ+ people and how, in my opinion, this is not free speech. But, first, what is free speech? Most Americans grow up thinking that free speech is the…
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Episode 23: Coming Out for the Straight Person
Hello, and welcome to episode 23 of The Spectrum. Todays’ episode is kind of a coming out guide for the straight person. No, it’s not a guide to help straight people come out. It’s all but axiomatic that straight people are out. What this is is a discussion to help the straight, cisgender person understand…
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Episode 22: Political Parties Are Evil
Hello and welcome to episode 22 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on June 30, 2025. This episode is broken into two parts. The first is a bit of a “state of LGBT+ people” mid-way through the year. I’m going to start at the local level and work up to international. But, what is happening…
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Episode 21: The Supreme Court Upholds Tennessee’s Ban on Gender Affirming Care for Minors
Hello and welcome to episode 21 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on June 18, 2025. In this episode we have bad news from the Supreme Court. In a 6-3 decision, the court upheld Tennessee’s ban on gender-affirming care for minors. This is terrible news, not just for transgender children in Tennessee, but for children…
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Episode 20: Housekeeping
Welcome to episode 20 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on June 16, 2025. The subject for today is about the podcast itself. The podcast has been available in video form on YouTube and in audio form as a podcast. So far, it’s the video form of the podcast that has been the format that…
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Episode 19: A Brief History of Pride
Welcome to episode 19 of The Spectrum. This was recorded on June 6, 2025. In this episode we’re going to do a brief history on the origins of Pride and talk about why it’s so important to the LGBT+ community. Let’s start by talking about what we mean by Pride. Or at least what it…
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