Heather and I recently had the opportunity to appear on a podcast with Sarah Anne. Topics discussed include being trans, the LGBT agglomeration, and idols we no longer idolize. Enjoy!
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Stevarious
August 15, 2012 at 1:42 AM (UTC -4) Link to this comment
In case anyone was wondering.
Valerie C
August 15, 2012 at 2:42 AM (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Listened to all of it. Well done. I loved it. Found myself nodding along as usual. I liked that Sarah Anne hosted the video itself, made finding her channel alot easier. There’s some audio feedback but the content was gold.
Sarah Anne
August 15, 2012 at 5:25 AM (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Yes there was a bit of audio feedback but that wasn’t on my end. I guess what I didn’t realize at the time was that ZJ and Heather were using speakers instead of headphones. I thought the feedback was part of the “monitoring loop” and that only I was hearing it. I did my best to try to edit out the feedback but it’s still there.
Next time whoever I interview will be using headphones and we will not have this problem.
Sarah Anne
August 15, 2012 at 5:30 AM (UTC -4) Link to this comment
At this point I am seriously considering starting a bi-weekly or weekly podcast with rotating hosts (I’ll always have to be one of them since I have the mixer and the extra computer) with a focus on LGBT rights, atheism, and skepticism. I am greatly inspired by the podcast Godless Bitches.
1. At this moment I need to figure out a few things for this. One we need to find some sort of web hosting for the podcast separate from my blog and sadly at this point I am beyond poor.
2. I would need to find more hosts for the rotating hosts cause as ZJ said she is quite busy and wouldn’t be able to make every one.
3. I have been borrowing my mic and the mixer that makes this all possible from the convention that I am the co-equipment head for cause I needed to learn it better but at some point I will need to return it. This means at some point I will need to raise money to get this sort of equipment myself. I can get a similar mixer for $100 and the mic isn’t that expensive but it makes a big difference.
Thoughts?
Sarah Anne
August 15, 2012 at 5:38 AM (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Oh one last thing I am working on transcribing this interview for those that need it but I’m finding that it’s taking me quite some time cause it’s all off the cuff and its rather long for someone who has never transcribed anything.
Thats another point to consider when it comes to a podcast would be if we would like to find someone to transcribe it. I have no problem spending something like the six hour marathon session it was to edit this and I can do that weekly but I don’t want to then turn around and spend the same transcribing it. I think I would burn out rather quickly.
Sarah Anne
August 15, 2012 at 5:45 AM (UTC -4) Link to this comment
Oh and one last last thing. I am currently sending an email to the hosts of “Godless Bitches” asking if any of them would like to be part of a similar interview especially Jen Peeples as we explore more the way our Atheism interacts with our being LGBT+.
I would love to interview anyone from The Atheist Experiance, Non-Prophets, or Godless Bitches. I’m not trying to discount any of their insights.
jamesskaar
August 17, 2012 at 1:19 PM (UTC -4) Link to this comment
hmm, the allies thing, reminded me of the seinfeld episode, about the guy that is suspected of converting to judaism for the right to make the jokes.
Sarah Anne
August 15, 2012 at 6:53 PM (UTC -4) Link to this comment
it appears that free thought blogs may need to implement some form of captcha system.