Do Care Podcast discusses topics we, your hosts Merry MaGee and Georgie Corkery, care about. We aim to spread knowledge and passion about environmental/social justice through creativity and humor. Follow on Insta @docarepodcast πππ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Amanda Madden is a local filmmaker and queer community builder based out of Salt Lake City. Check out upcoming workshops and queer collaborations on their website.
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Misty Murphy, an avid climber and the vice president of Southern Utah Climbing Alliance(SUCA) discusses the work that SUCA does to keep climbing areas safe and protected, as well as a bit about climbing and climbing culture. Check out SUCA on their website here and on Instagram @SUCA, and Misty on her website and @misty_murphy_realtor on Insta.
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Dr. Christy Glass, a thoughtful professor of Sociology at Utah State University, discusses workplace justice - how race and gender play a role in who is "the boss" and what makes a workplace (and state) habitable.
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Nan Seymour is a local poet and founder of the River Writing Collective who will be holding the third Great Salt Lake Vigil in 2024. She is spunky, beautifully full of emotion, and inspiring. We talk about how you can participate in the 2024 Utah Legislative session, grieving Great Salt Lake, and how we can connect with each other to make an impact.
Aimee Van Tatenhove, a Pelicanologist, talks about pelicans and other migratory birds that visit Great Salt Lake and how their populations are managing in the face of drought, as well as the lake and art and fullhearted stewardship. Aimee is a grad student at Utah State University researching American white pelicans. See her website at www.avantatenhove.com and on Instagram @aimeevantatenhove and @full_o_fulmars
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Jeff Paris discusses Meanwhile Park - a small, urban backyard in Salt Lake City, Utah that hosts community gatherings including art, theatre, and just plain fun. We discuss the inspiration for Meanwhile Park, past and future events including plays, theatre in general, and how you can get involved. Follow on Insta @meanwhilepark
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Madazon Can-Can is an inspiring, refreshigly sex positive burlesquer, puppeteer, clown, drag performer and instructor. They join us to passionately discusses using performing arts for social change in Utah. Follow at insta @madazon_can_can. Also see their website at https://linktr.ee/MadazonCanCan.
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Dr. Chris Babits, an interdisciplinary scholar with specializations in the histories of the modern United States, lived religion, gender and sexuality, and psychology, talks about our homosexuality and conversion therapy history in the US. Specifically, we talk about Cured, an award-winning documentary about the fight to remove homosexuality from the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual and his role as a historical advisor for the doc...
Dr. Fazilat Soukhakian, Assistant Professor in the Department of Art and Design, discusses her Queer in Utah photography project and cross-culture hiding of vulnerable groups. See the Queer in Utah project along with Fazilatβs Defiance project displayed at the Utah Museum of Contemporary Art or online at the FotoEvidence Metaverse Gallery, and the description here. See Dr. Soukhakianβs website and read this USU Today Article for mo...
For Post: There are fireflies in Utah? Nevada? Montana? YES. The fantastic Christy Bills, the Entomology & Malacology Collections Manager at the Natural History Museum of Utah, joined us on the pod to talk about not just fireflies, but how cool all insects are, what insects are, and inspire you to think of them not as scary or gross, but cool and mysterious. Also, all the ants you see are fem π so stop calling them βlitt...
Meeting the new cohost of Long Hair Do Care: Merry MaGee! She/they is a witty, fabulous creative being steeping in the world of acting, writing, and moving through what can feel like a hard, straight world. Just wait, the pod is going to improve tenfold with this queeirdo (queer weirdoπ). Listen to hear about her and the bright future for the show. The time is now to be passionate.
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Erika Lindstrom, the Gender and Sexuality Coordinator at the Utah State University Inclusion Center, comes on to discuss the representation (and lack of representation) of people of color and queer characters in the Lego universe.
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Patrick Kelly, The director of education at Stokes Nature Center, discusses the history of the center, the intrinsic and ecological value of our wild spaces, outdoor preschool, fireflies in Utah(!!), and how you can get involved.
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Sarah Woodbury and Georgie bond over Boreal toads while discussing the collection of engaging programs Sageland Collaborative has to offer, including mimicking beaver damns and catching wildlife on camera. Follow on Insta @sagelandcollab
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Georgieβs taking the month off! But will still share quick words about cats, wildlife, and Conscious Content Consumption.
Conscious Content Consumption for this episode is the song Donβt Ask Me Why (music video) by Great Caesar. Listen to Great Caeserβs stuff here. Follow them at @greatcaesarband on Instagram.
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Why did Georgie name the podcast βLong Hair Do Careβ? In a short episode, she discusses stereotypes, fluidity, queefing, and flagging.
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The delightful Jaimi Bulter, a Great Salt Lake lover and expert, talks about how magical and important our dear salty lake is and what is happening to it now. Jaimi worked as the Coordinator for Great Salt Lake Institute at Westminster College for 13 years and is full of spunk and knowledge.
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Your host discusses their research on queer birders and how birding, birds, and Great Salt Lake are queer. They explore what queer ecology is and why it is important to get diverse groups of people into the outdoors.
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Erika Lindstrom (she/her) is the Gender and Sexuality Coordinator at the USU Inclusion Center. She came on to discuss the parallels and connections between the civil rights movement and the gay rights movement, with additional excellent insight on how to be a good human.
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Gabe Dominguez is the director of Ecotopia Now, an ecotopian radical musical theater production with the goal of empowering youth to take charge of their future and create joy and climate justice through music. Learn more here.
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