On-location at the 2018 Twin Cities Pride Festival with Theresa Holl of the Kelly Nicole Foundation. We talk about the music and legacy of Theresa’s late wife, Kelly Nicole, and about how you can help support the important work being done by the foundation in her memory.

Twin Cities Pride Board Chair Darcie Baumann sits down with Ryan for a special extended interview to talk candidly about the issues and controversies that have surrounded the Festival and Parade over the past two years. We talk about what went wrong, what’s been done to correct it and what’s being done this year and … Continue reading "2018 Festival Preview with Board Chair Darcie Baumann (TCP103)"

In Episode 8, we talk about the events taking place around immigration, Trump’s performance in North Korea, the trend of celebrities reinforcing polarization by responding to hate with hate, the media’s obsession with the Mueller investigation (to the exclusion of other news), the Right’s most recent attack on pre-existing conditions, the increasing radicalization of the … Continue reading "An All Current Events Edition of The Beth Zemsky Podcast (BZP008)"

On-location at Mercy Bar and Dining Room for the 2018 Quorum Community Leadership Awards Gala.

On-location at the Minneapolis Central Library for a community conversation with the Minneapolis Police Department, featuring City Council Vice President Andrea Jenkins.

Welcome to Episode One of Immigrant Invincible! Meet your host, Aneta Toporowska, and join us on-location at the 2018 Festival of Nations.   ©2018 Podletter Media for Top Ventures, LLC.   Music: CØDE – We’re Invincible (feat. Joseph Feinstein) [NCS Release], David Bulla – Unexpected [NCS Release], Jim Yosef – Firefly [NCS Release]. All music used … Continue reading "Episode One – 2018 Festival of Nations (IM1)"

For episode 100, we venture deep into the caverns below the University of Minnesota on an epic quest to officially archive the first 6 episodes of The Beth Zemsky Podcast. For our expedition, we bring along Beth’s longtime friend and colleague, Lisa Vecoli, Curator of The Jean-Nickolaus Tretter Collection, to help us tell the story … Continue reading "Beth Zemsky and Lisa Vecoli, Curator of The Tretter Collection in GLBT Studies at the University of Minnesota (TCP100)"

On-location at the Earle Brown Heritage Center for the 2018 Opportunity Conference with Rainbow Health Initiative and Minnesota AIDS Project.

On-location at the Minnesota State Capital for the 2018 OutFront Youth Summit.

On-location with The Twin Cities Gay Men’s Chorus discussing their new Social Justice themed production, Rise Up!