Ep 50 Stephanie Zvan
A Minnesota Trans-Atheist
This episode I sit down via Skype with radio host, author, speaker, organizer, and activist Stephanie Zvan. Stephanie has been a major impact on my life through her friendship, her writing, and her ability to bring people together in an effort to improve the world. I'm grateful to have the chance to chat with her one on one, across a variety of topics from Minnesota Atheists to the conferences she has organized and some behind the scenes radio stuff. I hope you enjoy this conversation.
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Ep 49 Cup of Words with Paige Converse
A Minnesota Trans-Atheist
Call the show at 612-643-1108 or email [email protected]
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Ep 48 Maddy is Interviewed
A Minnesota Trans-Atheist
My guest this episode is Shanna Felix, and she will actually be interviewing me. Shanna is a 3rd year phD student with Georgia State University working on a dissertation relating to criminal justice where her field of study is criminology, queer criminology, and the experience perceptions of people who identify as queer have with the criminal justice system.
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Ep 47 Everyone's Agnostic
A Minnesota Trans-Atheist
Ep 47
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Bonus Episode Shout Out to Marissa Alexa McCool
A Minnesota Trans-Atheist
We’re here to bring you an extra special crossover episode in support of Marissa Alexa Lennox-Mccool. She is a podcaster, author, performer, speaker, and an LGBT rights and atheist activist. She co-founded the Trans Podcaster Visibility Network, she is the host of the podcasts The Inciting Incident and The Cis Are Getting Out of Hand, and she produces a few other shows and helps out numerous other podcasters in many ways, including being a rad guest.
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Ep 46 Slurm Flirty Worm
A Minnesota Trans-Atheist
This episode features an interview with a really fun punk band from the Pacific Northwest, Slurm Flirty Worm. Slurm's drummer and back up vocalist (Abbi) is trans, and a listener local to Slurm helped connect Abbi and I. The whole band, Abbi, Michael, & Zakk are awesome, and I had a lot of fun chatting with them about how they got their name, what kind of music they play, and of course which hot pockets are the best hot pockets.
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Ep 45 Yannick Taylor
A Minnesota Trans-Atheist
Episode 45
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Ep 44 Giving Birth as a Man
A Minnesota Trans-Atheist
My guest for this episode is Shane Armstrong-Phairchyld, artist, dad, and the branch co-director of the trans-youth education and support of Colorado. Shane was responding to a question Daylin had posted on facebook regarding the experiences of trans men who had given birth. Shane was so willing to share that I asked if we would be willing to share his experiences here on this show as well.
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Ep 43 Dr. Eric Meininger
A Minnesota Trans-Atheist
My guest this episode is Dr. Eric Meininger specializes in adolescent health with special emphasis on transgender adolescents and LGBT homeless youth. After the interview stick around for “American Punk”, a track from the recently released “Burning Rubber” the newest EP from The Homobiles.
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Ep 42 The Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence
A Minnesota Trans-Atheist
Call the show at 612-643-1108 or email Facebook: Twitter: Instagram: This podcast is proud to be a part of the Trans Podcaster Visibility Initiative: Main show page is The Trans Lifeline is US: and Canada: Quick links 001:13 Brief personal transition story 007:58 Thank you 009:05 Interview with Jennifer Landuis - Director of Social change at The Idaho Coalition Against Sexual & Domestic Violence 138:35 Mya Byrne, American Dream (so far away) My guest for this episode is Jennifer Landuis, she is the Director of Social...
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Quick Episode Summary
- 00:35 Ooops from last episode
- 01:26 Patreon thank you(s)
- 01:42 Poverty rant
- 06:46 Claire Renee Kohner interview
- 01:53:56 Music by Steffo
I usually edit my interviews a bit, cut out some tangents, remove the ums the dead air, the oops did I just say that parts….however this interview was different. Claire came over to my apartment and we just hit it off right away, it was so much fun.
You’ll hear us talking about that original Caitlin Jenner interview, and for perspective we were having this conversation right after the interview aired and Caitlin was still using her birth name and male pronouns…lest you think Claire is misgendering a fellow transwoman.
During the conversation Claire does discuss some rough patches in her life during transition, and we also discuss our separate experiences interviewing one Cathy Brennan, so I just want to give any listeners the necessary trigger warnings for TERFs, suicide, misgendering, and reparative therapy. If you are struggling, worried about your personal safety, or just need to talk to someone who understands, you can always call the US number at 1-877-565-8860 or in Canada you can call 1-877-330-6366 those numbers and the website are available in the show notes as well.
As I said, this was a fantastic conversation, and I am so happy to have the opportunity to share it with you.
Claire-Renee Kohner is a woman who is transgender and does freelance writing from her home in suburban Minneapolis, Minnesota. She has written for Original Plumbing, TheAdvocate, Bustle, PlanetTransgender, TransgenTimes and TheColu.mn covering transgender issues as well as the transgender and queer music and movie scene both locally and nationally.
Claire-Renee identifies as pansexual, uses female pronouns exclusively and has been married to the same woman for 16 years. She came out to her family in January 2014 and has been transitioning for over a year now. She has three children ages 8,10,15
http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/projects/storywall/transgender-today/stories/claire-renee-kohner
http://www.originalplumbing.com/index.php/the-basics/interviews/itemlist/user/583-clairereneekohner
http://thecolu.mn/author/claire-kohner
http://www.bustle.com/authors/891-claire-renee-kohner
http://www.thequeerlife.org/ep-37-claire-kohner/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/clairereneekohner
Music
Steffeny "Steffo" Messinger refers to her pseudonym/moniker "My Parents Favorite Music" for the video game and pop culture influenced music she writes, produces, and records independently. Created in 2000 and through many different variations over the years, MPFM has released 5 albums independently. With topics ranging from silly and simple like coffee and robots, to topics as dark and complex as lost loved ones and the duality of self, all backed by familiar pixelated soundtracks.
Releasing albums as pieces of the map to a mysterious island, she tours the country bringing clever wordplay and a colorful presence to her musical adventure, and every listener is welcome to be a part of the MPFM story.
http://www.myparentsfavoritemusic.com/protips.html
http://myparentsfavoritemusic.bandcamp.com/album/win-when
Misc. Links
Thanks as always to Obsidian Shell for providing opening and bumper music for the show!
Need a laugh, well then go read a funny joke! Need a bad joke? Read on dear listener!
Which of Santa's reindeer are banned from all dinosaur theme parks?
Comet!
-Maddy