AmeriNZ 280 – Nearing Winter

I begin today by talking about a New Zealand thing that occurred to me just before I started recording. Then, I conclude a story I talked about last time, one that only concluded in the middle of last week. I mention a Christchurch heritage building charity, and looked it up before posting this episode (link below). And other stuff, too.

At the end, there’s a mention of Pride 48.

Links for this episode
Parliament TV – New Zealand Parliament steams on sitting days. Question Time is Tues-Weds 2pm-3pm New Zealand time, whenever Parliament is sitting. The Twitter hashtag for Question Time is #nzqt.
Canterbury Earthquake Heritage Buildings Fund – The charity I mentioned that’s raising money to save heritage buildings in Christchurch; donations are matched by the government dollar for dollar.
Adoption “not on the agenda” Key says – GayNZ.com (some ads may be NSFW)
Pink Wheelnuts – Fey Driver’s podcast
The Satyrsphere – Scott’s podcast
Ongline Podcast – John Ong’s podcast
Pride 48 blog

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AmeriNZ 265 – Progress report

I begin today by talking about all sorts of things I’ve been up to in the time between podcast episodes. Then I talk about some stuff in the NZ news, mostly revolving around the election, before moving on to comments.

Links for this episode
Auckland View: The Cloud – Where we took our nieces yesterday
Spat after man tries to jump at Parliament

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Aw, shucks…

Aw, thanks!

Yesterday’s mail had a surprise: A thank-you card signed by folks attending this year’s Pride 48 event in Las Vegas. I’ve been extremely busy since then, and it’s fair to say I’ve had a few rough days because of it, so this was a very welcome lift!

I take part in Pride 48 because I want to help build something positive that we can all participate in and be proud of. The fact that others get value from Pride 48 makes it all worthwhile, but the fact that folks attending the event in Las Vegas took the time to think of me makes me feel like I got a great big hug. Thank you all!

Related: My own Pride 48 show and a blog post from immediately after this year’s event was all over.

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AmeriNZ 264 – LIVE on Pride 48 for 2011

Earlier today I broadcast a live version of this podcast on Pride 48 as part of the 2011 live podcasting extravaganza. I was joined by a special guest—you’ll have to listen to find out who, but let’s just say it’s someone who was an inspiration for me becoming a podcaster. This podcast is unedited, including some Skype-related sound dropouts.

We talked about what the guest has been up to, then we even connected to Las Vegas so members of the live audience could ask questions. We also talked a bit about podcasting.

This was a very fun show for me—and apparently some others, too, and fun is what Pride 48 is all about.

On November 7, we’ll be doing another “State of the Station” to start planning next year’s Pride 48 Live Podcasting Extravaganza. Join us!

I’ll be joining Nigel for The Third Colony on farpointradio.com Saturday, September 24 at 9pm EDT (Americas; 1pm Sunday, September 25 NZ).

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AmeriNZ 263 – Outside looking in

A mixed bag today! After a quick talk about New Zealand news, it’s on to my first topic: A response to Auntie Vera Charles, something expats should keep in mind. I also talk about why I’m so centred on politics—yes, there IS a reason. Listeners provide more examples for the Great Preposition Debate.

Join us this weekend for the Pride 48 Live Podcasting Extravaganza!

Link for this episode
Vera Speaks – Show 613 – Flag Flapping Friday Edition – about 11 minutes in is what I’m responding to
Fifth blogoversary

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A change of plans…

Each Monday at 9pm (Americas), I host a live show called “State of the Station” on Pride 48. The shows are intended to provide updates and information to people interested in the Pride 48 podcasting event, which this year will be held September 16-19 in Las Vegas, Nevada, USA. We record those shows for people who can’t listen live (we do them live is so that people can ask questions in the chatroom and, hopefully, get them answered right then).

I’d originally planned to post the first Pride 48 “State of the Station” recorded show here, as part of my podcast. However, since I came up with that, the more permanent option became available, so it’s now available directly from the Pride 48 Posterous page. All future episodes will be posted there, too, and you’re welcome to leave comments.

If you want to subscribe to the feed so you get all the future shows, then subscribe to http://feeds.feedburner.com/Pride48 For example, in iTunes, go to the Advanced menu, choose “Subscribe to podcast…” then in the box that opens, paste the feedburner URL (don’t forget the http colon and slashes) and you’ll be subscribed to all future recorded episodes as they’re released.

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AmeriNZ 238 – Stop thinking in bumper stickers

This show was recorded live on Pride 48, with guests Daniel Brewer, Brother Cinaedus, Veritable Virgo and my husband Nigel.

What does a bad knee have in common with politics? Daniel launches the discussion with that, and we get into a bigger discussion of what’s wrong with US politics, and people’s attitudes toward it, what needs to happen, and more. We even look at some specific races and issues surrounding “Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell”.

I’ll be back for another AmeriNZ LIVE podcast on Pride 48 Thursday, November 4 at 8:00pm EDT (Americas, 1:00pm Friday, November 5 in NZ). I’m going to try a different mic next time—and I’ll start making these shorter, too.

Links for this episode
Daniel is co-host of Live It Up! Podcast
Veritable Virgo’s site
Brother Cinaedus’ post on following Pride 48 Audioboos
The Third Colony – Nigel will be hosting on Saturday, October 30 at 9pm.

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AmeriNZ 236 – Live Pride 48 Townmeeting

Today’s show starts a regular series of live shows on Pride 48 as before. I’ll be alternating weeks (if another podcaster wants to take the other alternating weeks, let me know!). My shows will begin at 8pm Eastern (in the Americas).

This week is something different: A sort of Pride 48 Town Meeting on what we as a podcasting community—podcasters and listeners alike—can do to help prevent suicides among GLBT youth. Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” Project is a great idea, and UKThom is putting together a video made by Pride 48 folks.

But what about those of us who primarily do audio? What can we do as podcasters and—especially—what can we do using Pride 48? We have the ability to reach many people, what’s the best way to use that?

We also talk about other things that we as podcasters could talk more about, including history and HIV/AIDS. This is a wide-ranging discussion around these issues, and definitely not for podcasters only.

I’ll be back for another AmeriNZ LIVE podcast on Pride 48 Thursday, October 21 at 8:00pm EDT (Americas, 1:00pm Friday, October 22 in NZ).

Links for this episode
The Trevor Project
Rainbow Youth (in New Zealand)
The “An Important Announcement” post on this site that I mentioned.
JayT’s Real Men Wear Pink
Veritable Virgo’s site
Ramble Redhead
UKThom’s site
Wes Stone’s Live It Up!

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An important announcement

I’ll continue doing live shows on Pride 48, despite the end of My Honey Wears Plaid, but the shows will now begin at 8pm Eastern (in the Americas).

This week will be something very different (after a suggestion from Wes Stone of the Live It Up! podcast): I’m hosting a Pride 48 Town Meeting on what we as a podcasting community—podcasters and listeners alike—can do to help prevent suicides among GLBT youth. Dan Savage’s “It Gets Better” Project is a great idea, and UKThom is putting together a video made by Pride 48 folks.

But what about those of us who primarily do audio? What can we do as podcasters and—especially—what can we do using Pride 48? We have the ability to reach many people, what’s the best way to use that?

So put on your thinking caps, jot down some ideas, and join us on Pride 48 at 8PM EDT this coming Thursday, October 7, 2010 (Friday, October 8 at 1PM New Zealand time).

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AmeriNZ 235 – Live on Pride 48 Again

Today’s show starts a regular series of live shows on Pride 48. I’ll be alternating weeks, roughly, with Honey of My Honey Wears Plaid.

I’m out of practice with these live shows, and thought I’d try some new settings. Well, that didn’t work too well, and the sound on the first 8 minutes is pretty awful, until I re-set my settings and the sound is less awful. It took me awhile to sort out the sound problems. This will get better over time.

Anyway (that’s for HatM), we started out talking about disaster preparations and then just followed the conversation wherever it lead. Joining us later was John Ong, who is one of the first gay podcasters back when podcasting began. We were also joined for awhile by Satyr69. After we finished, we continued on talking with John Ong who did a special show about podcasting.

I’ll be back for another AmeriNZ LIVE podcast on Pride 48 this Thursday, September 23 at 7:30pm EDT (Americas, 11:30am Friday, September 24 in NZ). Honey from My Honey Wears Plaid will be back on September 30.

Link for this episode
Donna Suggarz’ site
Veritable Virgo’s site
John Ong’s site
Satyr69’s site

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