Re:sound #241 The Smash the Binary Show
This hour, stories that grab hold of our expectations and smash the binary.
2017 / Judy Campbell / Amy Standen / Kaitlin Prest / Hillary Frank / Dennis Funk / TCF / WBEZ 91.5, USA
This hour, stories that grab hold of our expectations and smash the binary.
My Name Is Shawn and I Prefer He
by Judy Campbell & Amy Standed for The Leap from KQED (2015)
Shawn Demmons is a 50-year-old man now, but when he was growing up, he was Shawna Demmons. Lately we’ve heard a lot of stories about people who, after years in the closet, found the courage to come out as transgender. But for Shawn, courage was never the problem. His leap was a four decade journey to realize he was a man. And then he had to decide just what kind of man he wanted to be.
NOTE : Due to rights restrictions, this story is no longer available on Re:sound , but you can listen here
Twirl
by Kaitlin Prest for The Heart (2017)
Todd once loved a woman. And she loved him back, but there was one thing that she just couldn’t get over, he twirls. This piece explores what it means to be effeminate when you’re a straight cis-dude. Kaitlin talks to men who embrace and resist their femininity.
This story is from a 4-part series called 'pansy'.
The Accidental Gay Parents [radio excerpt listen here for the full story]
by Hillary Frank for The Longest Shortest Time (2015)
In this story, gender is just a small piece of a complicated situation our protagonists find themselves in. Theirs is a tale that turns assumptions upside down: it’s a passionate love story, a tense legal drama, and a complicated family affair, that starts when boy meets boy.
This story is the first episode of a 5-part series about Trystan and John
This episode of Re:sound was produced by Dennis Funk
Music for Re:sound is comes from Patient Sounds, a private press record label and book publisher in Chicago.
TRACKLIST
airtone, 'Gravitational Waves' (self-released, 2016)
M. Sage, 'Mist Bloom', Ceiling (Acoustic) (Patient Sounds, 2014)
M. Sage, 'Bastard Satellite pt 1', Ceiling (Acoustic) (Patient Sounds, 2014)
Starling Murmations, 'Comosum' Starling Murmations i–iv (Patient Sounds, 2013)
airtone, 'Dazed' (self-released, 2012)
Foothills, 'Big Ivy', New World (Patient Sounds, 2013)
produced by
Judy Campbell is a co-host of The Leap from KQED.
Amy Standen is a producer/reporter/host for Gimlet Creative and Gimlet Media.
Kaitlin Prest is an artist working in audio, performance and installation.
Hillary Frank (@hillaryfrank) is the creator and executive producer of The Longest Shortest Time, the parenting show for everyone.
Dennis Funk is an audio editor at the Washington Post. He was formerly Third Coast's senior producer.