On The Down Lola

We are here to share the stories and experiences of LGBTQQIAA2S people. We look at the issues they face from around us and within our communities. We don't have all the answers; however, through discussion we find more questions and continue our path to being good stewards of our communities and better allies to those around us.

Diversity & Inclusion: Black Lives Matter 07/26/2020

Diversity & Inclusion: Black Lives Matter This is a big topic, and as such it makes for a longer episode. We apologize for the delay in getting it out to you and hope that you will find a lot of discussion worthy information. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/15352709

Healthcare 05/29/2020

Healthcare Lola and Thom had a lovely chat about the state of healthcare and the SOGI communities. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/14621312

Healthcare 05/29/2020

Healthcare Lola and Thom had a lovely chat about the state of healthcare and the SOGI communities. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/14621306

Diversity & Inclusion: The Language Barrier 04/16/2020

Diversity & Inclusion: The Language Barrier On The Down Lola is breaking down the topic of Diversity & Inclusion in a series of episodes. In this episode of OTDL, Lola is joined by a good Pride Judy, Tiffany Hanson. They broke down the often over looked topic of barriers to inclusion due to language. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/14019452

LIVE Quarantertainment 04/15/2020

LIVE Quarantertainment With venues closed and entertainers stuck at home, they have taken to social media to try and save their income. Thom joined in once again and we kicked off with a wonderful example of a queen that made her "live" fame SLEEPING! /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/13992554

NERDS! 04/08/2020

NERDS! Nothing like a little quarantine boredom to get us back to recording new episodes. In this episode Lola was joined by good nerdy Judys, Thom Turner and Lylyth Faire to chat about NERDS! We broke down a little about what makes a nerd and are they as hot as we hear? the answer is YES! Ranker had a fun list of nerd interests that we broke down. Much of it made us think that everyone must be a nerd. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/13897724

Merry Christmas 12/25/2019

Merry Christmas This year, give yourself the gift self care. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/12528104

2019 In Review 12/22/2019

2019 In Review Lola was joined by regular guest Thomas Turner, daughter Lylyth Faire, and comedian Gwen Sunkel to take a look at the year that was. 2019 was a full year and marks the end of a decade and the beginning on a new roaring twenties. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/12493979

Happy Holigays! Stay Tuned... 12/10/2019

Happy Holigays! Stay Tuned... Keep your ears peeled for our End Of Year Review! We will be welcoming back some of our favorite guests and chat about the year that was! /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/12341570

Shopping LGBTQ Friendly 12/05/2019

Shopping LGBTQ Friendly Lola was once again joined by best Judy, Thom Turner. They took a look at a few ways to analyze a companies support of LGBTQ communities. What we found is that a company's support should be based on several factors. Is a company's support of customers matched in it's support of it's employees? So many questions. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/12287804

A Path Back for Chicken? 11/19/2019

A Path Back for Chicken? On Monday, November 18th, Chick-Fil-A announced that they would no longer be funding two Christian charities tied to anti-LGBTQ causes. Lola takes a look into the social media reaction on both sides and asks: Is there a path back for LGBTQ people and companies with histories of anti-LGBTQ causes? /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/12089816

Home for the Holigays 11/17/2019

Home for the Holigays Lola met up with good judy, Thom Turner, to discuss the upcoming holidays. They opened Lola's toolbox for family survival to help those with stress about seeing family over the holidays. At the end of the day, no one is alone and mental health and self care are the highest priority. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/12062387

Suicide & the LGBTQ 08/28/2019

Suicide & the LGBTQ Far too often the topics of mental illness, depression, and suicide are kept in the dark. In preparation for the American Foundation for Suicide prevention's "Out of the Darkness" suicide prevention walk in Indianapolis on September 14th, we wanted to have a discussion about suicide and the LGBTQ Communities. Thom Turner and John Proctor joined Lola Palooza to talk about mental illness, suicide and the resources out there to help. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/11031347

Politics & Me 07/31/2019

Politics & Me Zach Adamson from the Indianapolis City Council comes in to help Lola make sense of the process to be a better and more well informed Voter! /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/10686680

Indiana Pride of Color 07/23/2019

Indiana Pride of Color Today we spoke with Terrell Parker of Indiana Pride of Color. IPOC is August 10th in Indianapolis. More information available at https://www.facebook.com/IndianaPOC/ /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/10619018

Open Relationships 07/10/2019

Open Relationships The idea of open relationships brings with it many emotions and reactions, but what are they exactly? Thom Turner stopped by the studio to chat with us about what exactly are open relationships. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/10464923

Queer Icon Cece Peniston 08/15/2018

Queer Icon Cece Peniston At the 2017 InterPride World Conference in Indianapolis, I had the opportunity to sit and chat with one of my favorite people, Cece Peniston! We chatted about her beginnings in music and her introduction into the world of Pride and LGBTQ+ people. She is a woman on a mission and I could not be more excited that she made time for us and our modest little podcast. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/6926905

Addiction and the Opioid Epidemic - Part I 06/26/2018

Addiction and the Opioid Epidemic - Part I Lola took a look into the world of addiction and opioids in Indianapolis and the rest of the country. Huge thanks to Deandre Jackson for sharing his experiences with addiction. These are important conversations for our communities to have so that we can be aware of the issues and work to see their resolution. Join us next week as we dive into part two with opioid experts to clear up fact from fiction and what does the road to recovery look like. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/6748134

Indy Queer Entertainment 04/26/2018

Indy Queer Entertainment We have been a touch absent lately with Pride planning, holidays, and such; however, we got together to look at the Indy gay bar scene. Indy has changed a lot in the last 10 years and we wanted to take a look at where it is right now. We looked at where drag is, where are there fun karaoke shows, and what each of our bars are doing night by night. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/6526227

Social Media 03/22/2018

Social Media Our first recording with a LIVE AUDIENCE! We had an awesome conversation with Bill Skaggs, Executive Director of INDYPROV, and Thomas Turner about social media and its effects in the queer community. We talked about the ever evolving role of social media and how it has influences the culture of the LGBTQI+ communities. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/6394673

Drag Moms 02/21/2018

Drag Moms What makes a good drag mom? We sat down with Cassidy Fellows-Sommers to find out. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/6284140

On The Down Lola is GROWING! 02/08/2018

On The Down Lola is GROWING! We are so excited for the continued growth of On The Down Lola! We started with a mission to take LGBTQI+ experiences and stories and bring them to the world. We continue to help build connections while helping ourselves and others be better stewards of our communities while learning to be better allies to others. We have been working hard to expand our reach with new additions to our social media platform. You can now find On The Down Lola on Facebook, Instagram, Tumblr, Pinterest, and Twitter. Our podcast can be found on iTunes, Libsyn, and soon to be added Google Play, and Spotify! Our recording sessions can always be seen love on YouTube. We believe information should be easily reachable. Thank you for being a part of this journey. As always, you are always welcome to our home base at . We love you and look forward to our next cast! /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/6239948

Low Pone 02/07/2018

Low Pone Episode 5 of On The Down Lola /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/6235682

Labels 02/01/2018

Labels Just the home team! Becky, DJ Big Baby and I had a great conversation on labels. Both labels we use to identify ourselves and labels we put on others. Again, we were not trying to answer the great questions about whether they are good or bad, we were just continuing the conversation. Just looking at all the nuances and we'll let you decide. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/6235560

Drag and the Transgender Community 01/23/2018

Drag and the Transgender Community This was such a great conversation! With the return of "Shut Up" Becky were joined by Sylvia Thomas and Korvin Bothwell. We looked into some of the issues facing the transgender community and their unique and sometimes tumultuous relationship with drag. While we may not have come to any decisive answers, we definitely gave a lot to chew on. /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/6235561

Comedy In LGBTQI+ 01/14/2018

Comedy In LGBTQI+ This week we spoke with stand-up comedian Gwen Sunkel and the Executive Director of INDYPROV Bill Skaggs. W talked about Comedy in the LGBTQI+ community. How it has been used as both weapon and shield. We also spoke about iconic figures in queer comedy. This was a very fun introspective into comedy and queer culture and I hope you enjoy! /episode/index/show/onthedownlola/id/6235562

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