AmeriNZ 199 – Turning point

Recorded live and presented mostly unedited (be warned): Joining me for today’s Live Chat on Pride48.com were Daniel Brewer, LurryDean and Larken.

In this episode, we start out talking about the announced the topic, about the violent rhetoric of rightwing christianists. We look at whether this is a turning point, where the right wing finally starts to be defeated, or is this merely the start of something far, far worse?

The end of this podcast was something to which I could not get (that’ll make sense if you get that far).

Join us on for the next live podcast on Pride48.com for a lively, wide-ranging discussion of this and possibly other topics. The live chat starts at 8:30pm (NEW start time!) Eastern North American time on Thursday, March 11 (2:30pm Friday, March 12 New Zealand time). You can also join other listeners in the chatroom, where you can ask questions or make comments as the show is streamed.

Links for this episode

Ackbar for Ole Miss Mascot
Skeptics Guide to the Universe
WTF with Marc Maron
WOWcohol

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AmeriNZ 198 – Whew!

amerinz_podcast_150x150We’ve been VERY busy lately—two big birthdays in the family, both with surprise parties. I tell you about that, which is a big part of what we’ve been up to. That lets me talk some about Kiwi customs. I talk a little bit about the news, then a novelty phone message introduces comments. But I start out today giving more details about my anniversary contest.

Join us for the next live podcast on Pride48.com for a lively, wide-ranging discussion. The next live chat starts at 8:30pm (NEW start time!) Eastern North American time on Thursday, February 25 (2:30pm Friday, February 26 New Zealand time). You can also join other listeners in the chatroom, where you can ask questions or make comments as the show is streamed.

Link for this episode
Mentioned in the comments: A Separate Creation: The Search for the Biological Origins of Sexual Orientation by Chandler Burr

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AmeriNZ 197 – Does it matter?

amerinz_podcast_150x150Recorded live and presented mostly unedited (be warned): Joining me for today’s Live Chat on Pride48.com were Steven, Brother Cinaedus and Larken. There are sound issues, I know, and I’ll work to fix them.

In a recent commentary at Adovacte.com, Chandler Burr suggested the way to win GLBT rights is to point out that being gay is an inborn characteristic, not—as our religious opponents put it—a “lifestyle choice” (as if they evaluated the options and “chose” to be heterosexual). When people believe being gay is not a “choice”, they support us overwhelmingy.

Yet many GLBT people hate describing sexuality as an inborn characteristic. The argue that sexuality, and even gender, is fluid and in any case, saying “we’re born this way” means we’re claiming to be helpless victims. Our rights ought to be ours regardless of how or why we’re GLB or T. Some even reject “labels”, like, for example, gay singers who say they’re “singers who happen to be gay”.

Does it matter if we’re “born or made”? Is rejecting use of the word “gay” a form of internalised homophobia? And if we’re all just humans who vary, how do we take on our religious opponents who think we’ve “chosen” our sexuality?

Join us on for the next live podcast on Pride48.com for a lively, wide-ranging discussion. The next live chat starts at 8:30pm (NEW start time!) Eastern North American time on Thursday, February 25 (2:30pm Friday, February 26 New Zealand time). You can also join other listeners in the chatroom, where you can ask questions or make comments as the show is streamed.

Links for this episode
Betraying the Cause? by Chandler Burr at Advocate.com

Eric Heiden on Wikipedia

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AmeriNZ 196 – What’s the topic?

amerinz_podcast_150x150Recorded live and presented unedited (be warned): Joining me for today’s Live Chat on Pride48.com were Archerr, Daniel Brewer and Brother Cinaedus.

This was the resumption of the live AmeriNZ Podcasts, and was meant to have a topic—The State of the Gays. We did discuss it a little, and other political stuff, but it was a free-for-all discussion of all sorts of stuff. We’re kind of out of practice for these podcasts, so I don’t really mind.

After the closing theme music, is a bonus: The pre-show (all seven minutes of it).

Join us on for the next live podcast on Pride48.com for a lively, wide-ranging discussion. The next live chat starts at 8:30pm (NEW start time!) Eastern North American time on Thursday, February 18 (2:30pm Friday, February 19 New Zealand time). You can also join other listeners in the chatroom, where you can ask questions or make comments as the show is streamed.

Links for this episode
Friendly Fascism: The New Face of Power in America
archerr.com (Archerr’s site)

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AmeriNZ 195 – Summer simmer

amerinz_podcast_150x150It’s HOT in Auckland! I was also completely busy last week, partly because of a public holiday. Actually we had two public holidays last week, which leads me to talk a bit about public holidays generally. This year, Waitangi Day touched off discussion on changing the New Zealand flag. I talk a bit about that, and even about flag burning, of all things. New Zealand news updates this episode are about a singer who died, an update to something I talked about last time, and also the Prime Ministers speech to Parliament today.

Before comments, I have some updates about this podcast. A lot is going on!

The LIVE AmeriNZ Podcasts are scheduled to resume Friday, February 12, 2010 at 2pm-ish (Thursday, February 11, 2010 at 8pm-ish eastern North American time). The topic with be: “State of the Gays”. Check back here or on the podcast Twitter feed, http://twitter.com/AmeriNZPodcast.

Link for this episode
nzflag.com wants to change the New Zealand flag.
Apparently, the pirate flag WAS real.
Pauly Fuemana mourned.
Is TVNZ homophobic? from my blog.

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