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The D3 Indoor National Meet is here. To get you ready for the action we sit down with a few top athletes to hear how they're feeling ahead of the meet.This episode we spoke to Ziyad Hassan of MIT and Josh Rivers of UW-Oshkosh.Hassan led the nation in the mile and 800 but decided to scratch the 800m to go all in on the mile. He talks to us about his progression and how he's ready to handle this weekend.Rivers set the D3 Indoor Long Jump record back in December jumping 8.13m. He's the first man in D3 history to go over 8m and just finished 5th at USATF Indoors. He's confident he can go break the record again.RUN WITH US IN ROCHESTERJoin us on March 14 for a 5mile run with Fleet Feet Rochester and Nike Running as we gear up for Indoor Nationals. We'll meet at Fleet Feet's Armory location and start the run at 8:30 AM, followed by refreshments. During the run, you'll also have the chance to test the all-new Nike Vomero 18. THANK YOU NIKEThe Nike Vomero 18 introduces a new era of maximum cushioning for ultimate comfort, inviting athletes to run longer, go farther, push their limits, and love every run. The shoe offers more cushion than ever and the tallest stack height in the franchise's history, leveraging Nike's combination of ZoomX and ReactX foams to create a double-stacked, dual-foam cushion for the ultimate ride. Now available at Fleet Feet Rochester and Nike.com.How to Support D3 Glory Days:ShirtsTHE NEWSLETTER!D3 Glory Days Venmo.We launched a Patreon!Subscribe and leave us a review on Apple PodcastsInstagram,Twitter andStrava.
Dating after a divorce is a shock for someone who hasn't dated in over 20 years. Porn director Suzanne Would — neé Suzanne Ferrari — talks about Hinge DJs and stripping in front of the camera after her divorce. Her roommate and stepson-ish co-star Josh Rivers makes a cameo to give his thoughts on Suzanne's roster and boyfriend requirements on a jam-packed Manwhore Podcast! Plus, Billy talks about Project 2025's War on Porn! Mentioned: October 24 - The Naked Comedy Show @ Hacienda https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-naked-comedy-show-best-stand-up-comedy-without-pants-in-bushwick-tickets-1032030820967 The Intercept: Project 2025 Co-Author Admits Conservative Plan to Ban Porn Book: Sex and the Constitution: Sex, Religion, and Law from America's Origins to the 21st Century by Geoffrey R. Stone Vote.org: Are you registered to vote? Follow Josh Rivers! Do your affordable book shopping at http://bookshop.org/shop/billy! Follow Suzanne Would! Twitter: @suzannewould Instagram: @suzannewould TikTok: @suzannewould OF: @suzannewould Follow Billy! Instagram: @thebillyprocida TikTok: @TheBillyProcida Instagram: @billyisprocida 0nlyFans: @callmebilly Money Stuff Venmo: @BillyProcida Cash App: $manwhorepod PayPal/Zelle: funnybillypro@gmail.com Share your thoughts on this week's show in The Champagne Room at http://manwhorepod.com/discord! Become a Patreon member at https://www.patreon.com/manwhorepodcast! Email your comments, questions, and criticisms to manwhorepod@gmail.com. Late Night Radio by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ www.ManwhorePod.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Josh Rivers is a cultural worker, broadcaster, and the presenter of the conversation series Busy Being Black, a podcast exploring how queer Black folks live "in the fullness of their lives". Josh conducts his interviews in a way that allows people to unfold into their vulnerability, leading to inspiring conversations with fascinating guests from across the queer Black spectrum, including HIV activists from 80s London, Anglican priests, and Moud Goba – a guest on one of my favourite Tracks of Our Queers episodes. In this conversation, I experience some of Josh's conversational magic myself, as we discuss the joy of discovering your own taste, welcoming back the little dancing boy that many of us once were, and perhaps most importantly, Beyoncé. Listen to all previous guest choices in one handy Spotify playlist, Selections from Tracks of Our Queers and follow the pod on Instagram.Support the showHelp keep Tracks of Our Queers ad-free by shouting me a coffee right here. Thank you for your support.
He may not be a chef, but you'll often find Josh Rivers in the kitchen. He is heavily involved in every aspect of his FOUR South Australian venues. In this episode we discuss the mentality it takes to build a brand, the current state of the hospitality industry, and dedication to a food-loving community. Oh, and how the customer isn't ALWAYS right.
Julian Joseph is acclaimed as one of the finest jazz musicians to emerge this side of the Atlantic and his career has been characterised by many ground-breaking advances: he was the first Black British jazz musician to host a series of concerts at London's Wigmore Hall and the first to headline a late-night televised performance at the BBC Proms. We explore how jazz and life are both animated by the art of improvisation, the methodology that undergirds the educative offering of the Julian Joseph Jazz Academy, the instruments and symphonies that enchant him, the artists and composers he recommends to inspire us to adventure, and his message to those who feel like they have music within them, but aren't quite sure how to get it out. Julian plays Gershwin with London Philharmonic Orchestra on 22 November – and subscribers to Field Notes have an exclusive discount on tickets. About Busy Being Black Busy Being Black with Josh Rivers is the award-winning podcast that centres and celebrates queer Black liveliness. Help these enlivening conversations reach more people, by leaving a rating and review. Thank you to our funding partner, myGwork – the business community for LGBT+ professionals, students, inclusive employers and anyone who believes in workplace equality. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
How do hit games use persona analysis to optimize feature design, do product validation, live ops, etc. Josh Rivers used data-oriented persona analysis while working on Eve Online at CCP. Nick Reinhart used persona analysis on Star Wars Galaxy of Heroes. Even if you prefer other methodologies, the persona analysis using the data-oriented approach by Josh and Nick should at least be understood by F2P game developers. OUTLINE: 0:00 Intro 1:23 Definition of personas 5:57 Examples of persona types 13:47 Example of behaviors 17:56 Applications of personas in game development 29:18 Using data for personas before game launch/user data 34:45 How impactful is the use of personas for the success of games? 40:05 Thoughts on the use of personas conceptually rather than through data 43:40 Validating personas through data 50:33 Persona discovery through clustering of behaviors 54:13 Breakdown of a persona-based study for a game 1:05:43 How to optimize monetization based on personas? 1:11:00 Last words and contact info
Josh Rivers is the creator and host of Busy Being Black, the award-winning podcast centring the lives and experiences of queer Black people. He goes on a trip down memory lane with Glyn, to the early Sink The Pink club days and recalls how he grew to bring a sense of enchantment into his life. Josh works closely with UK Black Pride and attributes his successes to choosing to follow his own joy and listen to words of affirmation. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
In May 2023, Pluto published Queer Footprints: A Guide to Uncovering London's Fierce History, by Dan Glass. The book is a groundbreaking guide that takes you through the city streets to uncover the scandalous, hilarious and empowering events of London's 'queerstory'. Accompanied by a chorus of voices of both iconic and unsung legends of the movement, readers can dip into beautifully illustrated maps and extraordinary tales of LGBTQIA+ solidarity, protest and pride, where the shadows of gentrification, policing, homophobia and racism are time and again resisted. We are joined on the show by Queer Footprints author, Dan Glass, and Josh Rivers. Josh is the creator and host of the award-winning Busy Being Black podcast, and Head of Cultural Partnerships at UK Black Pride - the world's largest pride celebration for LGBTQIA+ people of African, Asian, Caribbean, Latin American and Middle Eastern heritage. Dan and Josh discuss the connections and solidarity that has existed over the years between queer, feminist, anti-racist and labour movements; equivocations around celebrating the anniversary of the partial decriminalisation of homosexuality; and how we metabolise grief - with particular reference to the AIDS crisis. They also talk about the exciting work being done by UK Black Pride, the process of researching, writing and editing Queer Footprints, and much more. Queer Footprints is 40% off for podcast listeners. Go to plutobooks.com/podcastreading for more information.
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Josh Rivers is the creator and host of Busy Being Black, the award-winning podcast exploring queer Black cultures, identities and experiences. Busy Being Black was awarded funding from the European Cultural Foundation and Wellcome Trust, and live recordings of the podcast have taken place at the British Film Institute, NYC Pride and Black Tech Fest. He was named one of the UK's most influential communications professionals in PRWeek's 2022 Power Book. Josh joins Nathan Eckersley to discuss Black History Month UK, the state of the UK's education curriculum and the role of the media in institutional racism. Connect with Busy Being Black on Twitter: https://twitter.com/_busybeingblack DISCLAIMER: Any facts, statistics and news stories mentioned in this episode are true and relevant as of the time it was recorded. All opinions stated on this podcast are representative only of the people they are credited to and are not a representation of any sponsors, advertisers or partners involved in The Nathan Eckersley Podcast, including W!ZARD Studios and Nathan Eckersley. Please do not try to send in a message or opinion whilst listening to this podcast as your message won't be read but you might still be charged. For our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions, please visit: www.wizardradio.com Spotted a mistake on this podcast? Let us know and we'll try to fix it. Message us using the Contact Form on: www.wizardradio.com/about Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nathan Eckersley is diving deep into the biggest political news and current affairs impacting young people. This week he wants your opinion on the damage Liz Truss has done to the Conservative Party. Plus he is joined by the host of the podcast Busy Being Black, Josh Rivers, to discuss Black History Month UK, the state of the UK's education curriculum and the role of the media in institutional racism. On The Nathan Eckersley Podcast, Nathan Eckersley discusses the biggest political news and current affairs and is joined by thought leaders from across the political spectrum for special interviews. The podcast is recorded live from Manchester, UK every Sunday afternoon - to get involved with the show live and have your opinions read out on the podcast, listen to the live broadcast on www.wizardradio.com/listen from 3pm-4pm (UK) every Sunday. DISCLAIMER: Any facts, statistics and news stories mentioned in this episode are true and relevant as of the time it was recorded. All opinions stated on this podcast are representative only of the people they are credited to and are not a representation of any sponsors, advertisers or partners involved in The Nathan Eckersley Podcast, including W!ZARD Studios and Nathan Eckersley. Please do not try to send in a message or opinion whilst listening to this podcast as your message won't be read but you might still be charged. For our Privacy Policy and Terms & Conditions, please visit: www.wizardradio.com Spotted a mistake on this podcast? Let us know and we'll try to fix it. Message us using the Contact Form on: www.wizardradio.com/about Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nothing makes my heart sing like a good romantic suspense. Okay, it's really all about the suspense for me, but I'll take that romantic part, too if it gets me the suspensefulness. EEEP! Karen Randau is a new-to-me author with a book that opens like no other. Joggers. Fog. And poof! One of the joggers is gone. What happened and what else will we learn in this series? Listen in and find out! note: links may be affiliate links that provide me with a small commission at no extra expense to you. Action, Danger, Personal History, and Romance—What's Not to Love? Okay, nothing makes my heart sing like good suspense... UNLESS it also comes with locales I'm familiar with and an unexpected twist or twenty. Karen Randau's Into the Fog, the first book in the Peach Blossom Orchard series. Don't let the series title fool you, these books promise some spine-tingling adventures! Karen and I discussed her books (she even has an audiobook for audiobook lovers), what she loves about writing, and even some of what she loves to read. Add to that her experiences with PTSD and let's just say that I've been aching to get my hands on the time to read this book and it's FINALLY here. Into the Fog has a killer opening and I don't want to miss a single word. So, whenever I get a moment on my drive across the US next week, I plan to sneak a chapter or three myself! Into the Fog by Karen Randau "Challenges, danger, and kidnapping pair up with twists that will leave you breathless." - Reader Review "You'll love the ending of this clean romantic suspense book." - Reader Review Love and danger spar in this thrilling romantic suspense Hands push Marie Jessica (“MJ”) Goodrich from a rural roadway into an icy creek. The clock is ticking for her pleading friend on the other side of the ravine. Running from flashbacks of a life-altering attack in Afghanistan, MJ takes refuge with her mother, managing Peach Blossom Orchard. But peace is elusive in a rural Oklahoma town full of secrets. After losing his wife and children in a fatal car crash, Josh Rivers doubts he deserves a second chance at love. He can't believe his bad luck when MJ, the woman who plagues the nightmares of his military service in Afghanistan, shows up in his hometown. She claims a driver ran down and abducted her friend Kelsey. Frustrated with the county sheriff's investigation, MJ and Josh partner to follow clues that lead to a kidnapper who demands a bizarre ransom. With danger increasing for everyone MJ loves, will the clock run out before they solve the mystery? Find out how MJ and Josh—swirling in a whirlwind of mystery and suspense—lean on their mutual faith to find answers, courage, forgiveness, healing … and wholesome romance. If you like to read Christy Barritt and Colleen Coble, you'll love Into the Fog, a keep-you-up-at-night clean romantic suspense novel that launches the Peach Blossom Orchard series. You can learn more about Karen Randau on her WEBSITE. Like to listen on the go? You can find Because Fiction Podcast at: Apple Castbox Google Play Libsyn RSS Spotify Stitcher Amazon and more!
This is episode 100 of Busy Being Black. To honour this milestone, my friend DYLEMA takes my seat to interview me. Busy Being Black emerged four years ago at a time of great personal distress – and transformation. I am unendingly grateful that you all keep showing up, tuning in and talking back. Busy Being Black returns on Saturday, 1 October, for what I'm calling Busy Being Black version four. About DYLEMA DYLEMA is an acronym: Do You and Let Every Man Adapt. She is an artist, musician and spoken word poet, whose life and spiritual guidance continue to enrich and inspire my own. You may remember her voice from our soaring conversation in 2019, "When I Named Myself, I Became a Poet", which I encourage you all to revisit. The voice notes included in this episode are (in order of inclusion): Max and Freya Powers, Lerone Clarke-Oliver, Adrian Jönsson-Iseni and Pádraig Ó Tuama. The poem included in this episode, "The Dancing Boy", was written and performed by Josh Rivers, includes vocals by Lazarus Lynch and was scored by Joshua Pleeter. About Busy Being Black Busy Being Black is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives. Thank you to our partners: UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK, The Tenth, Schools Out and to you the listeners. Remember this, your support doesn't cost any money: ratings, reviews and shares all help so please keep the support coming. Thank you to our funding partner, myGwork – the LGBT+ business community. Thank you to Lazarus Lynch – a queer Black musician and culinary extraordinaire, for the triumphant and ancestral Busy Being Black theme music. The Busy Being Black theme music was mixed and mastered by Joshua Pleeter. Busy Being Black's artwork was photographed by queer Black photographer and filmmaker Dwayne Black. Join the conversation on Twitter and Instagram #busybeingblack Busy Being Black listeners have an exclusive discount at Pluto Press. Enter BUSY50 at checkout. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Josh Rivers is the creator and host of the award-winning podcast Busy Being Black, which centres on the lives and experiences of queer Black people from across the world. Josh and I had hardly spoken since we were at university together, and we had a lot to catch up on. I've been admiring the important platform he is building for queer black people to feel seen, heard and loved. In this episode we talk about black queer theory and magical realism, intentional language, how to be complicated, battling the intellectual and the physical, the very difficult journey towards self awareness and how to access the people put on your path to help you. Discover more on www.goingconscious.com. Connect with Josh:@busybeingblackwww.busybeingblack.com Connect with Nikki:Instagram & LinkedIn @nikkitrott www.consciousaccelerator.com
In this bonus episode, we share our full conversation with Josh Rivers of Busy Being Black from the April 2022 edition of URSA. In this extended interview, we discuss how Josh's interview with Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley impacted how he views AI, the Black trans experience, and much more. To listen to more episodes of Josh's fantastic podcast, Busy Being Black, head over to busybeingblack.com, bearradio.org/busybeingblack, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Thank you again to Josh Rivers for taking the time to speak with us.
April is here! In this episode of URSA, we bring you updates on the Ukraine war, and share news out of Bulgaria. We also revisit the protests against the Rio Tinto coal mine in Serbia, and get some happier forest news out of the UK.You'll hear a conversation between Josh Rivers of Busy Being Black and Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley, a Black trans gaming designer, archivist and artist who is archiving the Black trans experience through AI and technology. And we share a story on disinformation and misinformation and explore the ongoing threats to media freedom in Hungary, and Europe, and how the fact checking website, Lakmusz, and its journalists are fighting for the truth to be heard. As always we have Jane Silver of Exberliner, our food correspondent, this time telling us all about her favorite Ukrainian restaurant and the In-N-Out burger pop up that happened in March. Jonny Tiernan, our culture correspondent, from Lola Magazine joins us to chat about what's happening in Berlin - from Smut Slam to Himmel Unter Berlin and more. To close we get to enjoy a short interview with GOZI and share a snippet of his unreleased single, BOYFRIEND. Our theme music is from Lucas Carey, with audio from Epidemic Sound. Cover art by Sian Amber Fletcher. This episode is brought to you by Bear Radio. Special thanks to our featured producers Josh Rivers and Jill Beytin, and our Food & Culture correspondents, Jane Silver of Exberliner and Jonny Tiernan of LOLA. If you're a producer based in Europe and have an idea for an URSA story, we'd love to hear from you! We're always accepting new pitches.If you enjoyed this episode of URSA and would like to hear more, help us make that happen by donating to our PayPal. The linked account is info@bearradio.org.
Josh is the creator and host of Busy Being Black (podcast) and Head of Communications for UK Black Pride. On this episode Josh talks to us about the ways in which he navigates the world as Queer and Black. He drops a million other gems too!
Josh Rivers, creator and host of the podcast Busy Being Black, speaks to journalist Phillip Picardi (formerly CCO at Teen Vogue and founder of .them), fashion designer Charles Jeffrey, and gender non-conforming musician James Potter from the Scottish band Walt Disco about their personal experiences with faith and identity; how they fell in love with fashion; and how individual actions can lead to collective change. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In the second episode of this GAY TIMES original podcast series, host Shahmir Sanni (@shahmiruk) sits down with founder and host of Busy Being Black, and Head of Communications for UK Black Pride, Josh Rivers (@_joshrivers) to discuss 'cancel culture'. Discussing Josh's own experiences with being 'canceled', this episode addresses December 1990's MediaWatch article handling footballer Justin Fashanu's coming out story in The Sun. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
I reached out to you and asked how you found your co-host and you were nice enough to reply. SPONSOR: School of Podcasting Audio Editing If you're stressed out about your podcast, and you're spending too much time, check out the School of Podcasting Editing service. We have different variations to meet your budget. Go to www.schoolofpodcasting.com/edit Tips in Choosing a Co-Host for Your Podcast You want someone who has the same commitment (and support). You want someone who loves your topic, but might approach it from a different angle. You don't need a clone of you. We already have one of you. Make sure you all understand how things are divided up and workaround: Money coming in Podcast production Podcast Promotion Who is paying for what (money going out) How do you get fired or quit? What schedule is the show going to use (record some test shows to determine this) Finding a Co-host Today we hear how some people: Ask other podcasters they knew Ask family members Asked bloggers Asked their audience You might consider starting your show as a solo artist which makes it easier to ask someone to join something that exists than something that is just an idea in your head. see www.schoolofpodcasting.com/join Thanks To The Contributors: Wayne Henderson from the Packers Fan Podcast ( https://packersfanpodcast.com/ and www.mediavoiceovers.com) Andrés Brenes from Colmillo Roquero colmilloroquero.com ( a Spanish podcast about Heavy Metal) Brent Bergherm from Lattitude Photography Podcast - https://latitudephotographypodcast.com/ Fred Castaneda from Podcast Reporter ( www.podcastreporter.com and www.strugglingbiz.com and http://2030podcast.com/) Roben Harris from Destinations Connections ( www.destinationconnections.com ) Matt Rafferty - The Author Inside You (www.theauthorinsideyou.com ) Josh Rivers 24 Faithful www.24faithful.com Craig Wealand from Ingles Podcast.com ( inglespodcast.com ) Mentioned In This Show Podcast Editing Podcast Review Show Text " sop " to 31996 Join the School of Podcasting www.schoolofpodcasting.com/join
We're still recapping some of our favourite stories told by guests,EP 13, Bami Kuteyi founder of Bam Bam Boogie Dance FitnessEP 14, Reya El-Salahi Journalist and ReporterEP 15, Christina Moore founder of Don't Skip MediaEP 16, Josh Rivers founder of Busy Being BlackLet us know your thoughts.Blacticulate
In this final episode in this series supported by the European Cultural Foundation, I'm in conversation with Dr S Chelvan, a globally recognised legal expert on refugee and human rights claims based on sexual or gender identity and expression. His Difference, Stigma, Shame and Harm (‘DSSH’) model is a positive tool to determine an LGBTQ asylum claim, which is now used globally and is endorsed by the United Nations High Commission for Refugees. In 2014, Newsweek Europe described the DSSH model as ‘a simple starting point that cuts across borders’. We explore Dr Chelvan’s entry point into the UK and into law, and he shares with us his motivations for defending the human rights of LGBTQ asylum-seekers. He discusses his adolescence – a young brown man encountering his sexuality in the age of Section 28, his role as storyteller and translator, the development and importance of the DSSH model and how he’s learned to be human from those he empowers and serves. This conversation forms part of and concludes a special series funded by the European Cultural Foundation to explore queer Black solidarity across Europe during the Covid-19 crisis. Thank you for investing in our stories. A special thank you to our newest funding partner, myGwork – the LGBT+ business community. Thank you to our community partners: UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK,
As part of this special series funded by the European Cultural Foundation, I’m delighted to be working with artist and activist
Professor Fatima El-Tayeb is professor of Literature and Ethnic Studies at the University of California, San Diego. Her work deconstructs structural racism in “colorblind” Europe and centers strategies of resistance among racialized communities. She’s the author of three books, was active in Black feminist, migrant and queer of colour organisations in Germany and the Netherlands and was one of the co-founders of the Black European Studies Project. Today, she expands upon the connection between Black uprisings in Germany in the 80s and the movement for Black lives now; the differences between European and American racism; the moments she was radicalised and the importance of correcting the historical record. She explains the importance of a queer of colour critique in our thinking, organising and action; sheds light on the construction and function of Islamophobia in Europe; and shares a story about meeting and turning down a dinner invitation from the late and great Audre Lorde. This conversation forms part of a special series funded by the European Cultural Foundation to explore queer Black solidarity across Europe during the Covid-19 crisis. A special thank you to our newest funding partner, myGwork – the LGBT+ business community. Thank you to our community partners: UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK,
As part of this special series funded by the European Cultural Foundation, I’m delighted to be working with artist and activist
Today’s conversation is with iki azaid funes, a Venezuelan migrant and anti-racist activist currently seeking international protection in Spain. She’s a survivor of Covid-19, and her experience fighting Covid-19 and the regime of white supremacy in Europe offers important insights to help us all understand how people like iki, and many in our communities, so often fall outside the bounds of what is considered human and thus protection, solidarity and citizenship. She describes her experience in Europe so far as existing within a plantation reloaded and says that the notion of human rights is a fiction reserved for white people. She suggests the pandemic we’re living through now began with the voyage of Christopher Columbus in 1492, pushes back against assumptions of the inherent radicality of Black trans bodies and says that pursuing love and pleasure is an essential part of her resistance. Throughout this conversation, iki and I speak in both English and Spanish, a testament to our communities’ on-going commitment to communicate across borders, language and experience. Read iki's essay, "Nosotrxs no escogimos este futuro", here. For those with the means, please consider donating to her PayPal. This conversation forms part of a special series funded by the European Cultural Foundation to explore queer Black solidarity across Europe during the Covid-19 crisis. A special thank you to our newest funding partner, myGwork – the LGBT+ business community. Thank you to our community partners: UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK,
This week Ben Hurst and Six Thee Astrologer take over this episode of F**ks Given to chat to Josh Rivers, with a particular focus on sexuality and blackness. Josh Rivers is Head of Comms at UK Black Pride and the creator and host of Busy Being Black, the podcast which “explores how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives”. Ben and Six are new members of the Come Curious network and have appeared on F**ks Given themselves - make sure you check out their brilliant episodes too!'F**ks Given' with Come Curious presents an honest and candid exploration of their guests’ sexual histories, from the first f**k to the best f**k and even the bad, average and comical ones in between. Each episode is an uncensored look at what’s gone on beneath the sheets with a variety of coveted guests in a bid to break the stigma around sexual histories and specifically the ‘number’ taboo. Presented by Come Curious, change-makers in the sex and body positivity space, 'F**ks Given' aims to open up the conversation around our sexual past, asking us to celebrate all the f**ks you gave because they’re the ones that made you who you are. You can follow Come Curious on Instagram / Twitter / Youtube This is a Studio71 production.Producer - Jack ClaramuntAssistant Producer - Winnie SimonExec Producer - Tom Payne & Jody SmithProduction Support - Phie McKenzie & Rebecca Dowell Studio71 is a Red Arrow Studios Company. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
My conversation today is with artist, author, legal scholar and activist Olave Nduwanje. Working across anti-racism, LGBTQ rights, anti-capitalism and disability movements, Olave brings to this conversation a wonderfully expansive understanding of Blackness, queerness and trans identities. Olave calls us to an understanding of Blackness that is capacious, that contains within it the possibilities of everything we are and can be – and she offers that so many of the ideas we’ve internalised about our Blackness are inherently anti-Black. Olave discusses how her trans body is read by white and Black people alike, as an indication of some promised future; how she’s using her artistic practice to explore intra-communal conversations about intimacy and race; and why solidarity isn’t solidarity, unless you’re willing to give something up. Olave suggests that when we die, we’ll care more about whether we showed up for people than the things we surrounded ourselves with. Be sure to check out "Olave Talks". This conversation forms part of a special series funded by the European Cultural Foundation to explore queer Black solidarity across Europe during the Covid-19 crisis. A special thank you to our newest funding partner, myGwork – the LGBT+ business community. Thank you to our community partners: UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK,
As part of this special series funded by the European Cultural Foundation, I’m delighted to be working with artist and activist
Adeola Aderemi is a multilingual Afro-Greek and multi format artist, scholar, activist and healer, who spends a great deal of time amplifying the voices of and fighting for marginalised women. She is the editor in chief of Distinguished Diva – a community of Black women storytellers – and is currently working on raising awareness among the general public on issues such as human trafficking, gender equality, women's health and equal representation for Black women in media. We discuss her research on violence against women, her key learnings during her John Lewis Fellowship in Atlanta and the moment she became Black. Adeola is now based in Brussels and pushes back against the narrative of Europe as a post-racial project. She suggests that Europe does its Black citizens a disservice by pointing to problems abroad it has yet to address at home. As well as her insights about fighting for and defending the Afro-Greek identity and the ways conversations about citizenship and representation differ in England and in Greece, she also calls us to ancestral healing and to realise that our softness is our birthright.---This conversation forms part of a special series funded by the European Cultural Foundation and exploring queer Black solidarity across Europe during Covid-19.---A special thank you to our newest funding partner, myGwork – the LGBT+ business community. Thank you to our community partners: UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK,
As part of this special series funded by the European Cultural Foundation, I’m delighted to be working with artist and activist Isaiah Lopaz to share exclusive first-listens to his new project, Anthology Appendix – a multimedia project centred around queer Black fiction which includes readings, rituals, discussions and performances.---Today's story is "In the Eyes of Our Mothers". On opposite ends of the city, one mother attempts to atone for not accepting her daughter as they play tv catch up, while another battles and belittles her daughter at a family dinner. Both daughters live peacefully and poetically together, but must separately navigate the visions of the women who carried them. "In the Eyes of Our Mothers" explores love, compromise and family ties, and is voiced by Isaiah Lopaz.---Find out more at isaiahlopaz.com.
This episode features a conversation on the importance of making invisible stories audible through sound, that took place in the Claiming Space track. You will hear Noleca Radway from Domino Sound and Josh Rivers, who is the creator of Busy Being Black.
Liz Fekete is the Director of the Institute of Race Relations and head of its European research program. She has worked with the Institute since 1982 and specializes in contemporary racism, refugee rights, far-right extremism and Islamophobia across Europe. She is advisory editor of the Institute’s journal Race & Class and is the author of A Suitable Enemy: Racism, Migration and Islamophobia in Europe and Europe’s Fault Lines: Racism and the Rise of the Right. We discuss her nearly 40 years working for the UK’s leading race relations educational charity, her mentorship under the late and great A Sivanandan and how the anti-racism movement here in the UK has changed since the 1980s. Importantly, she provides some necessary historical and sociopolitical context for our current moment, including how the rise of the far-right in Europe over the last 30 years has made our communities more vulnerable to Covid-19 today.---This conversation forms part of a special series funded by the European Cultural Foundation and exploring queer Black solidarity across Europe during Covid-19.---Thank you to our partners, UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK, The Tenth and Schools Out.
As part of this special series funded by the European Cultural Foundation, I’m delighted to be working with artist and activist Isaiah Lopaz to share exclusive first-listens to his new project, Anthology Appendix – a multimedia project centred around queer Black fiction which includes readings, rituals, discussions and performances.---Today's story is "A Wednesday Affair". In a foreign land two women vow to remain together as they discuss flight, rescue, tragedy and chance while waiting in line to see if they will be admitted into an exclusive club. A Wednesday Affair explores migration, faith and mental health, and is voiced by Isaiah Lopaz.---Anthology Appendix launches 1 October 2020. Find out more at isaiahlopaz.com.
Dr Eddie Bruce-Jones is a legal academic and anthropologist, based in London. He is the Deputy Dean at Birkbeck School of Law, the author of Race in the Shadow of Law: State Violence in Contemporary Europe (Routledge, 2016) and serves on the Board of Directors of the Institute of Race Relations and the UK Lesbian and Gay Immigration Group. He’s on the advisory board of the Centre for Intersectional Justice in Berlin, and the Editorial Board of the Journal of Immigration, Asylum and Nationality Law. And he’s an Essays Editor at the literary magazine, The Offing. His research, writing and our conversation focuses on migration, racism, sexuality, colonialism, state violence and citizenship.---Busy Being Black is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives. If you like what you hear, please take a moment to rate, review and subscribe; doing so lets others like us hear the voices amplified here.---Thank you to our partners, UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK and Schools Out.
BL Shirelle is a hip-hop artist and activist who uses her music to share her experiences with police violence, addiction and the realities of prison for Black women. Her debut album, Assata Troi – which translates to “she who struggles is a warrior” – is described as a timeless hip hop classic that speaks of hope in our era of mass incarceration and systemic racism. In addition to her own music, BL is the Deputy Director of Die Jim Crow Records – the first record label in the United States for formerly and currently incarcerated musicians. We explore how 20 years in and out of prison has shaped her identity and informed her activism, and the lessons she’s learned from her elders within the prison system, who helped inspire and nurture her throughout her adolescence.---Busy Being Black is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives. If you like what you hear, please take a moment to rate, review and subscribe; doing so lets others like us hear the voices amplified here.---Thank you to our partners, UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK and Schools Out.
A self-titled bad Buddhist, Lama Rod Owens is an author, activist and authorised Lama (Buddhist Teacher) in the Kagyu School of Tibetan Buddhism. He's a comforting, honest and straight-talking queer Black man, who’s considered one of the leaders of his generation of Buddhist teachers. His new book is Love and Rage: The Path to Liberation through Anger – and he opens the first chapter like this: “Since the 2016 presidential election, shit has been hard for some of us. For the rest of us, shit has been hard for a while.” From his rearing in the Black Church to his self-discovery through Buddhism, our conversation is one of deep reflection and a frank exploration of the ways in which our unaddressed anger prevents us from not only a psychic and physical liberation, but from connecting meaningfully to ourselves and to others in every imaginable part of our lives.---Busy Being Black is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives. If you like what you hear, please take a moment to rate, review and subscribe; doing so lets others like us hear the voices amplified here.---Thank you to our partners, UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK and Schools Out.
For the sixth and final episode of Theory in the Flesh, I’m in conversation with Dr Oni Blackstock, the Assistant Commissioner for the Bureau of HIV at the New York City Department of Health. In 2018, doctors diagnosed 1,917 people with HIV – a 67% decline from the number of diagnoses in 2001.---I reached out to Dr Blackstock to understand what precipitated such a historic drop in new HIV diagnoses in New York City and how she and her colleagues at the Bureau of HIV have been able to intervene so successfully in the lives of those disproportionately impacted by HIV. We discuss the years-long work of building trust among marginalised communities, the many ways the city addresses and accounts for structural inequalities and disparities in HIV outreach, and the parallels between Covid-19 and the ongoing HIV epidemic. Dr Blackstock makes clear that it takes large teams working at the city level, substantive funding at all levels of government and consistent engagement with and funding of grassroots and community organisations to deliver health interventions that work for all.---Busy Being Black is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives and Theory in the Flesh is made possible with funding from the British Podcast Awards fund and Wellcome Trust. Please show your support for Busy Being Black, by taking a few minutes to share your feedback at podcastviews.com.---Thank you to our partners, UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK and Schools Out.
Bakita Kasadha is a writer, researcher and poet. She is a Black woman living with HIV and as a health activist holds different national and international advisory roles. Her recently completed dissertation critiques and challenges knowledge production at the research level, and asks important questions about who is and is not involved in research that aims to uplift and support at-risk and marginalised communities.---We explore the problematising of Blackness, the laziness of those who call Black and other marginalised communities hard to reach and how top-down approaches to health research, that do not contextualise lived experiences, limit the success of interventions and can even cost lives. She believes health researchers, medical practitioners and funding bodies should be ethically engaging communities in the shaping, delivery and involvement of healthcare initiatives.---We open with Bakita’s reading of her poem, Numbers Game.---Busy Being Black is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives and Theory in the Flesh is made possible with funding from the British Podcast Awards fund and Wellcome Trust. Please show your support for Busy Being Black, by taking a few minutes to share your feedback at podcastviews.com.---Thank you to our partners, UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK and Schools Out.
On today's episode, Josh Rivers founder of the platform Busy Being Black, which is a podcast (for now) that centres the stories of Black & Brown Queer people thriving at the intersections of their identities. Josh shares some of the stories that have made an impact on him, from Oprah, Matthew Shepherd, Bayard Rustin, and much more. And, if you were to Google Josh Rivers, you'll note he's very public dismal from Gay Times on the front page - so yes, we talk about his and specifically the positive lessons that came from this.Visit www.busybeingblack.com to keep up to date with all the good work Josh is doing. And, if you'd like to feature on our podcast then please get in touch via social media (@blacticulate) or email contact@blacticulate.com.
We hope that you are well and remaining in good health. Stay inside! Host Drayke Shannon goes Instagram live with Josh Rivers, the creator of Busy Being Black Podcast to discuss his platform, the inspiration behind Pretty Behaviour, identity and it's complexity, queer blackness, it's history and more.Support the show (http://www.patreon.com/prettybehaviour)
In a powerhouse TedTalk, The Problem with Race-based Medicine, social justice advocate and law scholar Dorothy E Roberts says: “Race is not a biological category that naturally produces health disparities because of genetic difference. Race is a social category that has staggering biological consequences, but because of the impact of social inequality on people's health.”The novel coronavirus, COVID19, is not racist. It is a highly contagious virus that moves with ease from person-to-person and which takes advantage of compromised immune systems. COVID19 is hitting Black and Minority Ethnic communities the hardest because of racism. As long as medical institutions, scientists, researchers and the public continue to ignore the institutionalised, structural and everyday racism that makes us vulnerable to ill health in the first place, our communities will continue to be disproportionately impacted - as we have been historically - time and time again.Today, I’m in conversation with Camille St. Omer and Martha Awojobi, two of the ten team members leading Charity So White. The organisation was founded in 2019 to call attention to the racism in the charity sector and to provide a pathway to a sector representative of the vulnerable and at-risk communities it exists to serve and support. Charity So White has issued a live position paper, which is being updated every week, that offers not only crucial insight into the disproportionate impact of COVID19 on Black and Minority Ethnic communities, but practical and important suggestions for the necessary way forward. Camille and Martha remind us that in the midst of a crisis, we have an opportunity to redress the systemic injustices that continue to leave so many of our people behind.---Busy Being Black is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives and Theory in the Flesh is made possible with funding from the British Podcast Awards fund and Wellcome Trust. Please show your support for Busy Being Black, by taking a few minutes to share your feedback at podcastviews.com.---Thank you to our partners, UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK and Schools Out.
In countries like England, where young Black boys - irregardless of sexuality - are disproportionately impacted by school exclusions, where the prison population is full of Black men and where mental health services for Black people are increasingly rare, how are we as queer Black people and queer people of colour acknowledging and showing solidarity with our presumably heterosexual Black brothers?Cathy J. Cohen’s seminal essay “Punks, Bulldaggers and Welfare Queens” cautions us against a queer politics that does not include those whose sexuality may be different to ours. She writes, “My concern is centred on those individuals who consistently activate only one characteristic of their identity, or a single perspective of consciousness, to organise their politics, rejecting any recognition of the multiple and intersecting systems of power that largely dictate our life chances.”And so my conversation today is with Ben Hurst, who is doing transformative work with men and boys around the country, helping them understand feminism, intersectionality and masculinity. We discuss our friendship as an example of coalition-building across sexual identities, embracing emotional literacy as Black men, and the patience and understanding required to show men and boys a different, positive version of masculinity.--Ben Hurst is the Head of Facilitation and Training at the Good Lad Initiative, an organisation teaching young men and boys about gender equality, feminism and intersectionality.--@_busybeingblack is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives. Theory in the Flesh is made possible with funding from the British Podcast Awards Fund and Wellcome Trust. Find out more at: busybeingblack.com.--Thank you to our partners, UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK and Schools Out.
Description:I am joined by Josh Rivers, host of Busy Being Black. In this episode, we discuss anger: its uses, its pitfalls and how we can use anger to benefit us to create the transformation we need in our lives. Going through the Covid-19 pandemic at the moment is very frightening. In this conversation, we challenge society to be kinder to one another to help fight this virus.#TimeToTalkBooks:Black Queer Studies - Duke University Press (Here)Brother to Brother - by Essex Hemphill (Here)----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3MvN8HTNLtOjvuoHw_0_Gw/featured?view_as=subscriberAudible: https://tinyurl.com/alexreadsaudibleKindle Unlimited: https://tinyurl.com/alexreadskindleWebsite: alexreads.co.uk#TimeToTalkBooks: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/36960176?shelf=timetotalkbooks ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Rate, review and subscribe! Join the community:#TTTalkWithAlexEmail: tttalkpod@gmail.comInstagram: @AlexReadsTwitter: @tttalkpod
On the 26th of March, Frances Webber, the Vice-chair of the Institute of Race Relations’ Council of Management and a former barrister specialising in immigration, and refugee and human rights law, wrote of the self-isolation required to prevent the spread of COVID-19: “Those without homes or privacy cannot distance or self-isolate; nor can they observe strict hygiene, without access to hot water and soap. For homeless people in night shelters or on the streets, for prisoners and immigration detainees sharing overcrowded cells or rooms, toilets and communal canteens, and for asylum seekers living in destitution there is no escape from the infection.”Today, I’m in conversation with Moud Goba of Micro Rainbow, the charity working in service of LGBTQ asylum seekers and refugees in the UK. From a culture of disbelief at the Home Office to having to survive on £37 per week, Moud takes us through the many hurdles our LGBTQ siblings encounter when they come to England seeking refuge. Moud discusses her own experience as an asylum seeker, how Micro Rainbow helps combat economic disempowerment, homelessness and isolation, and the work we must all do in looking after the most vulnerable in our society. And a trigger warning: the conversation today includes mentions of both sexual and physical violence. Please listen with care.--Moud Goba is a project manager for Micro Rainbow and one of the founders of UK Black Pride.The impact of COVID-19 and the attendant lockdowns and isolation is especially difficult for our siblings seeking asylum in the UK. Micro Rainbow has a wish list on Amazon, which allows those who can to send food to Micro Rainbow’s safe houses.--Thank you to our partners: UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK and Schools Out.
When Lady Phyll and a busload of Black lesbians travelled down to Southend-on-Sea in 2005, they couldn't have imagined what UK Black Pride would become. I called Lady Phyll, the executive director and co-founder of UK Black Pride, to understand how she's feeling after the recent announcement that UK Black Pride 2020 is postponed.--@_busybeingblack is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives, If you like what you hear, please take a moment to rate, review and subscribe; doing so lets others like us hear the voices amplified here. #busybeingblackThank you to our partners, UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK and our newest partner, Schools Out.
Much is researched, written and said about sexual racism in our communities. "No Blacks, no fats, no femmes, no Asians" are all terms any of us who’ve used dating apps have seen and those of us caught in the racist, fat- and femme-phobic crosshairs, we feel the pain acutely. My guest today, Professor Rusi Jaspal, is finding that what has become an ostensibly casual digital discrimination has real world implications on the lives of those that discrimination impacts.Professor Rusi Jaspal began his research career trying to understand how British Pakistani Muslim men reconcile their religion and their sexuality, and has since gone on to lead the way in the UK on research specific to the lives of LGB BAME people. Professor Jaspal is truly unmatched, both in the scope of his research and the depth of his understanding of what it means to live - and oftentimes be invisible - as queer people of colour in Britain.Among much else, his research finds that Black and Minority Ethnic men who have sex with men, who experience rejection from those they love, respect or admire, then enter into a gay scene that does not recognise or validate their lived experience, which makes them more prone to depression. That depression, in turn, makes those men more vulnerable to sexual risk-taking, like chemsex and condomless sex.This conversation is big and rich and eye-opening. It adds some much needed context and texture to the conversations we have about the importance of coming out in our communities. Namely, that we have to create around queer people the environments, the societies and the cultures that accept them for who they are.--@_busybeingblack is the podcast exploring how we live in the fullness of our queer Black lives and Theory in the Flesh is made possible with funding from the British Podcast Awards Fund and Wellcome Trust.Thank you to our partners, UK Black Pride, BlackOut UK and Schools Out.
Courtney is joined by Josh Rivers of Busy Being Black Podcast. They discuss his inspiration behind creating this platform focused on exploring the fullness of queer black lives. Josh also shares some personal experiences that led him to be so unapologetic and his desire to uncover vital queer black history.
For my next podcast, I sat down with Josh Rivers, the host and creator of the podcast Busy Being Black. Each week, Josh interviews notable queer people of color as they explore "how to live in the fullness of their queer black lives." Busy Being Black is an award-winning podcast with over 14,000 listeners worldwide. I originally sat down to get some advice on how to create and grow an original podcast. But what started out as a simple conversation, grew into a deeper exploration of what it means to be a gay man in the age of Grindr and other dating apps. We discussed how the dating apps are merely one facet of a rapidly changing society and all of this contributes to how we engage in relationships or choose not to. You can find Josh Rivers on Instagram: _joshrivers and _busybeingblack You can find his podcast on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/b... And if you are interested in my book Grindr Surivr: How to Find Happiness in the Age of Hookup Apps, you can find it here: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B06XVHQGDT
The magazine Gay Times has sacked its new editor over comments he made on social media in the past. Josh Rivers was appointed last month. The first non white editor in Gay Times history. But an investigation by Buzzfeed News found several tweets posted by Josh Rivers between 2010 and 2015 which it said would shock many people. Although he tweeted a statement which described his messages as "horrible", "hateful" and "abhorrent" and expressed sorrow at causing any offence, the Gay Times sacked him. He told Eddie Mair that the texts came from a place of "deep self-loathing that I've worked hard to overcome". He also said "this isn't about me it's about, beautiful, sensitive, valuable people who have been hurt by this and they need to heal - if I can help them do that, I'd love to but until then they have to do what they have to do to get through this." (Photo: Josh Rivers Credit: Gay Times)
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