Latest Coming out Podcast Episodes
Through My Window
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - June 20, 2023 07:05 - 54 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsReady for more Wattpad? Brenna and Joe are utterly baffled by Arianna Godoy's 2022 novel Through My Window, as well the lack of chemistry between the leads of Marçal Forès' Netflix adaptation. In addition to being poorly edited, the book features far too much anatomically incorrect (and danger...
Ready When You Are (Book Club)
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - June 13, 2023 07:05 - 35 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsWe're headed Down Under to discuss Gary Lonesborough's beautiful text, Ready When You Are. Joining us are listeners Tea, Books & Chocolate, Victoria, and Miriam (who recommended this, along with listener Toni) who praise the relationship between Jackson and Thomas, the depiction of Koori art, a...
American Born Chinese
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - June 06, 2023 07:05 - 41 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsBrenna and Joe tag along on a Chinese quest as we read Gene Luen Yang's exquisite 2006 comic American Born Chinese and watch Kelvin Yu's eight episode Disney+ adaptation. We *love* the comic, with its gorgeous art, confronting imagery and careful pay-off (stick with it!). The TV show is a mixed...
XO, Kitty (2023) feat. Jenny Nulf
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - May 30, 2023 07:05 - 55 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsThanks to listener demand, Brenna spends 5 hours with her least favourite To All The Boys I've Loved Before character: Kitty, who gets the spin-off treatment with XO, Kitty (2023) We're joined by returning guest Jenny Nulf to unpack the highs and lows of S01, which has too many characters and s...
Mailbag 13: Library Thing List
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - May 26, 2023 07:05 - 4 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsOn this week's mailbag, Brenna stumbled onto a Library Thing list created by norabelle414 that has documented all of the books we've read. We love it! Send us all the things you use the show for! Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod: > Brenna: ...
Moffie
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - May 23, 2023 07:05 - 49 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsThanks to listener Alex, Brenna and Joe head to South Africa to discuss conscription, Apartheid, and queer New Adults in André Carl van der Merwe's semi-autobiographical 2006 novel Moffie and Oliver Hermanus' 2019 film adaptation. This is a rough one! Apart from the homophobia we expected from ...
Mailbag 12: Menstruation
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - May 19, 2023 07:05 - 7 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsFollowing Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, listener Tea, Books & Chocolate writes in to recommend books about menstruation, including Tamora Pierce's Alanna: The First Adventure and The Naming by Alison Croggon. Plus: real life stories and Joe's fave pop culture euphemism! Wanna connect...
Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret (2023)
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - May 16, 2023 07:05 - 36 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsAfter 50 years and a few delays, we're *finally* talking about Kelly Fremon Craig's Are You There, God? It's Me, Margaret, only our second Judy Blume adaptation! (We previously talked about the book in our third Book Club episode) Brenna and Joe adore this gentle, charming adaptation which main...
Sorta Like A Rock Star (2010) / All Together Now (2020)
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - May 09, 2023 07:05 - 46 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsReady for a discussion neither Brenna or Joe wanted to have? We're ready to tackle Matthew Quick's 2010 novel Sorta Like A Rock Star and Brett Haley's 2020 (confusingly retitled) All Together Now...so that we never have to talk about them again. We're unhappy with both texts for different reaso...
Mailbag 11: "Not Gay Enough"
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - May 07, 2023 00:57 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsOn this week's mailbag, Tea, Books & Chocolate follows up on her Book Club email and zeroes in on the trans elements of Naomi Kanakia's We Are Totally Normal. Plus: Brenna ponders TB&C's question about a "white lady pipeline" from slash or fan fiction to Goodreads reviewer. Wanna connect with ...
We Are Totally Normal (Book Club)
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - May 02, 2023 07:05 - 31 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsWe're back with a contentious book club pick in Naomi Kanakia's We Are Totally Normal (2020), which is light on plot and big on (unimportant?) HS politics, frank sex, and questioning sexuality. With help from listeners Victoria and Tea, Books & Chocolate, Brenna and Joe unpack this divisive pic...
Lesbian Visibility Week: Libby Pentreath
OUTcast Podcast - April 30, 2023 11:00 - 23 minutesBONUS EPISODE: Special re-release of retired singer-songwriter, charity worker and radio presenter Libby Pentreath – AKA Rosie's second cousin's – coming out story. Rosie catches up with her distant cousin, singer-songwriter, charity worker and radio presenter Libby Pentreath, and they disciuss...
Lesbian Visibility Week: Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO
OUTcast Podcast - April 30, 2023 04:00 - 59 minutesSpecial re-release of opera singer, composer, playwright and educator Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO's coming out story. Opera singer, composer, playwright and educator Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO describes herself as a 21st-century urban woman who is Yorta Yorta by birth, stolen generation by g...
Lesbian Visibility Week: Zara Cooper
OUTcast Podcast - April 29, 2023 04:00 - 42 minutesSpecial re-release of Australian entrepreneur Zara Cooper's coming out story. In this episode, Rosie meets Zara Cooper, an entrepreneur from Melbourne who came out as gay after the birth of her third child, and finds out how she navigated coming out amidst family life, her Jewish community and...
Lesbian Visibility Week: Rosie Wilby
OUTcast Podcast - April 28, 2023 04:00 - 24 minutesSpecial re-release of British comedian and writer Rosie Wilby's coming out story. British stand up comedian, writer and podcaster Rosie Wilby tells her coming out story. Off the back of her podcast and new book, ‘The Breakup Monologues’, she discusses monogamy, the paradox of progress, and navi...
Lesbian Visibility Week: Jessie Grimes
OUTcast Podcast - April 27, 2023 04:00 - 42 minutesSpecial re-release of clarinettist, music teacher and BBC contributor Jessie Grimes's coming out story. Jessie Grimes is an Irish clarinettist and BBC contributor, who’s currently on the journey to becoming a mother with her wife. She talks about being queer in classical music, and the challeng...
Lesbian Visibility Week: Tilly Lawless
OUTcast Podcast - April 26, 2023 04:00 - 27 minutesSpecial re-release of Australian novelist and queer sex worker Tilly Lawless's coming out story. Tilly Lawless is a Sydney-based novelist and queer sex worker who uses her platform to speak up for sex worker, LGBTQ+ and women’s rights. She shares her coming out story with Rosie Pentreath, and d...
The Center Of The World (1998) / Center Of My World (2016)
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - April 25, 2023 07:05 - 45 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsBrenna and Joe travel to Germany for Andreas Steinhöfel's 1998 novel The Center of the World and (arbitrary title change alert!) Jakob M. Erwa's 2016 film adaptation, Center Of My World. While this boy-led / dysfunctional family / coming of age narrative is quite long, it is incredibly well-con...
Lesbian VisibilIty Week: Rosie Jones
OUTcast Podcast - April 25, 2023 04:00 - 1 hourSpecial re-release of British comedian, actor, writer and disability activist Rosie Jones's coming out story. British comedian and writer Rosie Jones shares what it was like coming out as a lesbian after achieving fame with her comedy, and discusses why representation of people with disabilitie...
It's Going To Be Okay!!
This Crazy Beautiful Journey - April 25, 2023 01:00 - 30 minutesThe outside influences of the world almost had me convinced I shouldn't be here. Today, I ask you to join me as I take an even deeper dive into how I've been navigating through life after a personal health scare, imposter syndrome and the challenges of a spiritual awakening. Only, to realize in...
Lesbian Visibility Week: Hanna van Vliet
OUTcast Podcast - April 24, 2023 04:00 - 25 minutesSpecial re-release of Dutch actor and ANNE+ star Hanna van Vliet's coming out story. * ANNE+ star and co-creator Hanna van Vliet tells her coming out story, and discusses what it's like being an out LGBTQ+ television and film actor. Topics discussed: Coming out in Amsterdam Being an LGBTQ+ ac...
Mailbag 10: Swedish Reparations
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - April 21, 2023 07:05 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsOn this week's mailbag, we hear from Swedish listener Evelina about reparations for the Sami people and we endeavour to read Stolen by Ann-Helené Laestadius for Book Club. Wanna connect with the show? Follow us on Twitter @HKHSPod or use the hashtag #HKHSPod: > Brenna: @brennacgray > Joe: @bs...
Sami Blood (2016)
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - April 18, 2023 07:05 - 33 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsBrenna and Joe head to Sweden to discuss Amanda Kernell's 2016 film, Sami Blood. Thanks to listener Alex for recommending this one! This film is beautiful, features great performances, and is also very tough to watch as an Indigenous girl faces racist treatment and ultimately rejects her cultur...
Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO
OUTcast Podcast - April 16, 2023 06:00 - 59 minutesOpera singer, composer, playwright and educator Deborah Cheetham Fraillon AO describes herself as a 21st-century urban woman who is Yorta Yorta by birth, stolen generation by government policy, soprano by diligence, composer by necessity, and lesbian by practice. She shares her story of discover...
Mailbag 9: Bulletin Board & Groot Recommendations
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - April 14, 2023 07:05 - 5 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsOur eyes are watering (from all the dust in the air, of course) as we give thanks to listeners Aimee and Tea, Books and Chocolate for their recent emails, which highlight an adaptations bulletin board and a book series recommendation for Brenna's son, Groot. Wanna connect with the show? Follow ...
Say Anything (1989) feat. Mike Snoonian
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - April 11, 2023 07:05 - 1 hour ★★★★ - 48 ratingsRaise your boombox and get your yearbook signed because we're talking Cameron Crowe's feature directorial debut, Say Anything (1989). Along for the ride is super fan Mike Snoonian of The Pod & The Pendulum and Psychoanalysis. This is a very sweet romance and we will fight anyone who says otherw...
Monica Mulholland
OUTcast Podcast - April 08, 2023 03:10 - 27 minutesThis week, Rosie meets Monica Mulholland, the first trans chair person of Rotary New Zealand's Inner Wheel Club. Monica grew up in 1960s Catholic Ireland and came out as trans in her fifties after decades of hiding her true identity. Topics discussed: Being transgender and growing up in 1960s ...
Mailbag 8: Relatability and Likeability
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - April 07, 2023 07:05 - 13 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsOn this week's mailbag, Joe makes a correction about listener Miriam, who also provides insight into what books are translated in the Netherlands. Plus: we revisit an email from Tea, Books & Chocolate to discuss teaching diverse texts, relatability and Joe ponders where that intersects with lik...
Thumbsucker
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - April 04, 2023 07:05 - 42 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsIt's disaffected middle class white boy problems as Brenna and Joe tackle Walter Kirn's 1999 novel Thumbsucker and Mike Mills' directorial debut from 2005. While the book took some time to get into, we're both big fans of the third part which explores converting to Mormonism. The film, however,...
Mailbag 7: Translation (Again) & Percentage of Access
Hazel & Katniss & Harry & Starr - March 31, 2023 07:03 - 9 minutes ★★★★ - 48 ratingsBrenna and Joe are making it up to listener Jane, who we neglected to mention had previously written in about translated texts. We're continuing the conversation about translation, plus expanding the discussion to include popular/mass market texts and accessibility. Wanna connect with the show...