In this hour, Katie plays a couple of new tracks and then calls up US correspondent Mark Blankenship in New York for their first chat of 2020. With the Sydney Mardi Gras Parade having taken place the night before this show, it seemed like a good time to talk about PRIDE songs. Katie chooses three songs by queer women, and Mark adds one song by a gay man and one by a trans artist. Here is the playlist:

* Anything You Want – Robert Cray Band

* Spirit World – Van Walker

* Not Worth Hiding – Alex the Astronaut

* Hometown – Brandon Stansell

* Pride – Chris While & Julie Matthews

* Everything Is New – Jaimie Wilson

* Pride – Grace Petrie

Mark Blankenship is a New York–based podcaster and writer who co-hosts the podcast Mark and Sarah Talk About Songs (MASTAS) with Sarah D. Bunting; visit MASTAS’s Patreon page and follow the podcast on Facebook and Twitter. He also hosts the iHeartRadio Showtune Countdown podcast. Follow Mark on Twitter.

Above: Artwork by Julie Matthews for While & Matthews’ ‘Pride’