Today, there are over 5 million active podcasts in the world. What makes a radio show or podcast queer feminist today? How does queer or feminist sound? And have things really changed that much since The Lesbian Show and Dykes on Mykes first went on air? In this episode of Lavender Sounds, the audio archives - the trials and tribulations of queer feminist soundwork in our digital platform era.

Hosted and produced by Stacey Copeland for University of Michigan Press

Read the book and more at University of Michigan Press, Lavender Sounds by Stacey Copeland - doi.org/10.3998/mpub.14485683

Theme song: Pantayo. 2020. “Divine,” on Pantayo, Self-titled Release.

Transcript and credits: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1RElo-40dc4ZddH50BttSCcFkmGve5jf2mbZkfYNDtJs/edit?usp=sharing

What was queer feminist radio like in the 1990s? How did lesbian feminism transform from its 1970s radical roots into the decade that Queer went mainstream? And How did community radio change at the turn of the century as computers and mp3 files entered our daily lives? In this episode of Lavender Sounds, the audio archives - a box of tapes and the people behind it.

Hosted and produced by Stacey Copeland for University of Michigan Press

Read the book and more at University of Michigan Press, Lavender Sounds by Stacey Copeland - https://doi.org/10.3998/mpub.14485683

Theme song: Pantayo. 2020. “Divine,” on Pantayo, Self-titled Release.

Transcript and credits: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1_lpzvYeD3c17k9Ivhu8iWOlnv8ORR8JW8pZpxvOgJ4I/edit?usp=sharing

In the first episode of this three-part audio companion series, we dive into the radical times of 1970s and 80s Lesbian Feminist radio. Tune in to the sounds of Vancouver Co-op Radio's The Lesbian Show, Canada's first known lesbian feminist radio program founded in 1979. Tell me, what is it like to listen back?

Hosted and produced by Stacey Copeland for University of Michigan Press

Read the book and more at University of Michigan Press, Lavender Sounds by Stacey Copeland - doi.org/10.3998/mpub.14485683

Theme song: Pantayo. 2020. “Divine,” on Pantayo, Self-titled Release.

Transcript and credits: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ETJrUqBcaJ-6DF9h9T7yEOqnVqg7D-bLTUdpZENUM1c/edit?usp=sharing