June 4, 2025: Rainbowful

 We’re exploring all the colors of the rainbow, cause it’s PRIDE MONTH, ya’ll. The Queer Joy Chorus recently became the Queer Joy Collaborative and is celebrating its first year in their new incarnation. This Sunday they’ll throw the first ever Queer Joy Fun Fair with activities, singing, food, and more at Smith Voc, and we’ll chat with Mara Levi and Micki McInnis about the shift.And in the Berkshires, an innovative incubating theater teams up with a NY theater company to tell lost histories in song. The Big Gay Speakeasy happens June 13th and 14th at the Adams theater and we speak with Adams Theater founder and artistic director Yina Moore and Life Jacket Theater Artistic Director Travis Russ about the production, their collaboration, and the music telling the tales of those lost. Plus word Nerd Emily Brewster digs into a listener question about poisonous words we don’t often get to use as we explore the similarities and differences of baleful, baneful, bale and bane.