Out Chicago (Full Episodes)

On this week's show Scott Duff is joined by guest co-host Ken Mejia-Beal and their guests are
– Denise Poloyac, Indivisible Chicago executive committee member
– Rick Miller, LICSW, founder and executive director of Gay Sons and Mothers and director of the documentary "Mom, I Have Something to Tell You"
– Write Club host/producer Corbette Pasko and timekeeper/producer Josh Zagoran; season 17 begins with "Write Club: The Rising Price of Ghastly," Tuesday, October 20

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On this week's show Scott Duff is joined by guest co-host Ken Mejia-Beal and their guests are
– Illinois Comptroller Susana Mendoza, 2027 candidate for Chicago mayor
– Kyna Lenhof, 2026 candidate for Chicago Board of Education
– Owen Keehnen, author, historian and public speaker on LGBTQ history

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On this week's show Scott Duff is joined by guest co-host Ken Mejia-Beal and their guests are
– Bridget Lee, founder of the Academy for Local Leadership (ALL Chicago)
– Rauly Luna, playwright/director of "Of America: A Mall Delirium," playing at the Rhinoceros Theater Festival October 4, 11, 18 and 25
– Susan Ottaviano, vocalist with with synth pop band Book of Love, coming to Metro Saturday, October 10
– Alice Voena, filmmaker, underground drag artist, and director of the film "Heaven Above Rowen"

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On today's show
– Eliza Bent (playwright) and Paul Oakley Stovall (actor) from "Bonnie's Last Flight," having its world premiere at Rivendell Theatre through October 17
– Jason Laurits, writer-director of "Loves Company," showing tonight (Sept 20) at Reeling International Film Festival
– Whitney Chitwood, writer-director-producer of "Sam Wants Her Sweater Back," showing Saturday, September 26 at Reeling International Film Festival

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On this week's show
– Mitchell J. Fain, cast member of “The Birth of the Pill,” having its world premiere at TimeLine Theatre through October 4
– Sheldon Epps (director) and Alan H. Green (actor) from Chicago Shakespeare Theater's production of "Play On!" playing through October 18
– Julio Flores, program director for The Alliance at the Public Health Institute of Metropolitan Chicago; the Alliance is a statewide program that promotes safety, support, and healthy development for LGBTQ+ youth in Illinois schools and communities

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On this week's show
– August Spree, senior manager of special events at AIDS Foundation Chicago
– Tania Richard, writer and performer of "Black Girl From a White Suburb," along with the production's director J. Nicole Brooks; the solo show is having its world premiere at American Blues Theater September 4-October 4
– Jennifer Grosshandler, executive director and founder of The GenderCool Project

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On this week's show
– Jay Kuo, two-time Tony-winning co-producer and composer; CEO and founder of The Social Edge (a social media and digital publishing company based in New York City); author of The Status Kuo Substack newsletter; and member of the board of directors for the Human Rights Campaign
– William Lindsey Cochran of Great Moments in Vinyl; check out their upcoming shows here: https://www.greatmomentsinvinyl.com/upcoming

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On this week's show Scott Duff is joined by guest co-host Ken Mejia-Beal and their guests are
– Lindsay Gaskins, CEO of Chicago House
– David Cerda, artistic director for Hell in a Handbag Productions; he is currently starring in “Joan Crawford Goes To Hell,” playing through September 27 at The Clutch,
4335 N. Western Ave. in Chicago
– Iris Sowlat and Pearlie Leaf, who have written short comedies on women and invisible disabilities for HystericalFest: Women Act Out, taking place August 28-30 at Piven Theatre Workshop, 927 Noyes Street in Evanston

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On this week's show:
– Madison Alderperson Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford, 2026 candidate for Wisconsin Assembly
– Ada Cheng, speaker, producer, educator, storyteller; her solo show, “The Trouble with My Hair: Coloring, Cutting, and Coming into Who I Am,” is coming to five different locations across Chicago for a series of intimate, site-specific performances, August 21-30; Ada is joined by Anna Rose Ii-Epstein, producing director of Nothing With a Company
– Richard Knight Jr., narrative features programmer for Reeling: The Chicago LGBTQ+ International Film Festival, September 17-27

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On this week's show
– Michael Ighodaro, filmmaker, human rights activist, and creator/director of “Red Light Diaries,” a seven-episode “global drama series that explores queer life, migration, and HIV prevention across six international cities”
– Taylor Pasche (director) and Matt Schutz (playwright) of PrideArts’ world-premiere production of “Windows” at Chicago’s Center on Halsted
– Gary Metzner and Scott Johnson, co-chairs of Dance For Life, a one-of-a-kind annual performance and benefit event that has showcased more than 50 Chicago-based dance companies; the 35th anniversary gala and performance is Saturday, August 22

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