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Speak Out Radio

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Speak Out is a podcast, brought to you by LGBTQIA+ young people from InsideOUT. InsideOUT is a national charity based in New Zealand, with the vision for all rainbow young people to have a sense of safety and belonging in their schools and communities. Speak Out covers local and international news and events, interviews and discussion, music, reviews, and more, all with a connection to rainbow communities.

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Episodes

  1. ADHD yarns!

    Compass (they/them) and Jay (they/them/he/him) get together to chat about having ADHD!

  2. Episode 106 - Transness & Faith: Interest Sharing #3

    On the last episode of SpeakOUT for the year, Thalia joins Tobias to talk about various interpretations of transness and gender within religious texts, in the third episode of Interest Sharing!

  3. Episode 105 - Art, TTRPGs, and Music: Interest Sharing #2

    Another month, another episode of SpeakOUT. In our second Interest Sharing episode, Leaf joins Tobias to talk about all sorts of things, from art, to music, to TTRPGs! Find Leaf's band at @daymoon.band on Instagram!

  4. Episode 104 - Star Trek & Activism: Interest Sharing #1

    SpeakOUT returns with a new segment, Interest Sharing! Volunteers, staff, and other InsideOUT Kōaro affiliated folks will be joining Tobias to share about things they care about. In this episode, River jumps on to talk about gender in Star Trek, and community activism.

  5. Episode 103 - Defying Social Expectation

    For the mighty return of SpeakOUT, and the first episode of 2024, Thalia, Elena, and Tobias come together to kōrero about their experiences of neurodiversity and queerness. Later in the episode, we hear from other volunteers about their experiences, narrated by our three hosts. Edited by Florian...

  6. Episode 102 - ADHD 2: Electric Boogaloo

    Compass, Jaye, and Maggie get together once again for the annual episode for ADHD Awareness Month, a little late! This time, they're answering questions posed to them through the InsideOUT Kōaro Instagram. The TikTok mentioned is @adhdlavidaloca. Edited by Thalia Rutherford.

  7. Episode 101 - Dungeons and Dragons and Rainbows

    Edie and Neo chat a bit about their thoughts on Dungeons and Dragons and how it relates to, represents, and interfaces with their rainbow experiences.

  8. Episode 100 - Letters to our younger selves

    In the 100th episode of SpeakOUT, Lucy, Brit, Tiare, Edie, and Neo reach out across time to speak to their younger selves.

  9. Episode 99 - Various Rainbow High School Experiences

    Lucy, Thomas, and Jamie discuss their experiences as rainbow folks at secondary schools in Aotearoa with varying distance from their time at school.

  10. Episode 98 - The Trans Pregnancy Care Project

    In episode 98 of SpeakOUT, Neo and Ben have a discussion with Alex and George, two researchers for the Trans Pregnancy Care Project. Then, Neo and Edie run you through some happenings that you might be interested in! SpeakOUT's fabulous new intro was made by Olive and Lizzy!

  11. Episode 97 - Bookish Rambling

    Listen to Neo ramble about the books he read in 2021, as the other plans for this month's episode fell through!

  12. Episode 96 - #thriving - ADHD Awareness 2021

    Compass, Jaye, and Maggie kōrero about their experiences with ADHD, from the beginning of their journey with it until now.

  13. Episode 95 - Resurrect Your Gays

    In this episode, first Alex and Neo discuss InsideOUT Kōaro's new resources, and then Emlyn, Justin, and Charlie make the episode a little more spooky by discussing queerness and horror, and the ways that those things go hand in hand!

  14. Episode 94 - Bisexual Unboxing Review

    Ashleigh and Neo kōrero about Mental Health Awareness Week, and then Emlyn and Lucy talk about Bisexual Awareness Week and their experiences being bi. If you're needing support, some places that can help are OutLine (https://outline.org.nz/), YouthLine (https://www.youthline.co.nz/) and 1737.…

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  15. Episode 93 - Responsible Representation

    Lucy and Neo kōrero about books, reading, and representation in both those things! The song used at the beginning and end is "I'd Be Your Wife" by Mary Lambert.

  16. Episode 92 - Queer media

    Sophie and Compass kōrero about movies and shows with queer representation.

  17. Episode 91 - Aristocats and Astrology

    Compass rants about Queer media and then joins Emlyn as they explain the beautiful world of Narrative Podcasts.

  18. Episode 90 - Identify: Diversity Counts

    Compass interviews John Fenaughty about the Identify survey, what the survey is, how it came to be and what it could help us achieve. If you are a Rainbow person between the ages of 14-26 take the Identify survey here: https://www.identifysurvey.nz/

  19. Episode 89 - Dr Elizabeth Kerekere stan account

    Charlie and Emlyn chat discuss SOPHIE and Philosophy tube in their section celebrating trans excellence. Emlyn then joins Compass in recapping their 2021 thus far.

  20. Episode 88 - Mushy homo time

    Welcome to the third annual ADHD extravaganza. Time blindness, routines, sleep and food are all things that ADHD brains struggle with and Maggie, Jaye and Compass way in with their tips and experiences with them. TW: Discussion around food from 48:00-58:30

  21. Episode 87 - Queer dissonance

    Compass chats to Megan about her research into queer music and if there is a "queer sound". We don't talk about musical theatre, I'm sorry gays, but we do talk about Rina Sawayama, St. Vincent and Hozier. To get involved with Megan's research, email her at [email protected]

  22. Episode 86 - Mood boards

    Lucy and Compass play 20 questions with Caitlin, Christine and Chaz from Promised Land Books to delve into rainbow representation for children, the process of creating their latest book Raven Wild and all of the mood boards they created along the way. Find out more about Raven Wild and Promised...

  23. Episode 85 - mESsy

    Emlyn, Connor, Ari, Cad and Compass get together to record one of the most chaotic episodes of SpeakOUT to date with the help of some personality quizzes.

  24. Episode 84 - Marriage and kiss: AJ Fitzwater interview

    Neo/Cad and Compass chat with AJ Fitzwater about their new book No Man's Land, their experience with being a queer author and their writing process.

  25. Episode 83 - (vegan) cheese

    Emlyn, Neo/Cad and Compass chat about being non-binary, how being non-binary is different for all of them and how their identities have evolved over time.

  26. Episode 82 - No tofu but plenty of tea

    Bron, Alex and Compass jump from topic to topic in a very chaotic, car ride edition of SpeakOUT.

  27. Episode 81 - Lets go lesbians, lets go

    KJ and Karen chat with Compass about Lesbian visibility and the importance of visibility in media and in life.

  28. Episode 80 - Pumping out peaches

    Charlie, Sloan and Compass spill the quarantea during quarantine

  29. Episode 79 - God says gay rights

    Charlie, Sloan, Ari and Compass discuss pride and all of the politics surrounding it before delving into their intersecting identities

  30. Episode 78 - Uni survival guide

    Compass chats with Shay and Benja about their experiences at university and what it's like being a rainbow student.

  31. Episode 77 - Couple little while

    Compass, Ri and Bron give their top tips on how to run a QSA and what QSAs are, along with study tips for anyone going back to school

  32. Episode 76 - Vision vs Mission

    Brit and Compass chat about InsideOUTs growth and their own personal growth that has happened in 2019 and what will be happening in the new decade

  33. Episode 75 - Finding a way around consumerism

    Shay and Compass talk about gifts, consumer culture and top tips on how to survive the holiday season

  34. Episode 74 - Ugh society

    Shay and Compass chat about their experiences with being trans in honour of trans awareness week & trans remembrance day.

  35. Episode 73 - Trans Hype Month!!!

    The one and only Will Hansen chats to Compass about preserving and creating trans history, how resistance and language in the trans community have developed and how we can start to heal the rifts in our community.

  36. Episode 72 - AA: Ace Agency

    In honour of asexual awareness week Alex chats with Compass about what being asexual means, different kinds of attraction and what it’s like to be ace in the rainbow community.

  37. Episode 71 - Camping trip!

    Maggie, Jaye and Compass discuss their experiences with having ADHD and some of its lesser known symptoms.

  38. Episode 70 - Piloting the meat suit

    Compass and Neo chat about their experiences with being disabled and how being disabled and rainbow intersect.

  39. Episode 69 - Yikies!

    For Te Wiki o te Reo Māori, Jaye and Brit share the Pakiwaitara behind Pounamu and Hine-nui-te-Po, their own personal journies with learning te Reo and why te Reo Māori is so important.

  40. Episode 68 - Labeling the s%!t out of everything

    Sophie, Connor and Charlie chat to Compass about their experiences with identifying as bisexual, coming out and biphobia.

  41. Episode 67 - There is no western definition

    With Day of Silence on the horizon, Compass chats to Brit and Jaye about their experiences with being Takatāpui.

  42. Episode 66 - Everybody makes mistakes, everybody has those days

    This week on Speak Out Compass talks about their struggles with perfectionism and how they have tried to overcome it.

  43. Episode 65 - Them there non-binary folks

    Emlyn and Compass get real about what it’s like for them to be non-binary. Speak Out Radio is now available on Podbean and Spotify

  44. Episode 64 - Lets end HIV

    Compass chats with Alex from Ending HIV about what HIV is, all of the stigma that comes with having HIV, and how to get tested and stay protected. From more info about Ending HIV go to: https://endinghiv.org.nz You can listen to the HIV/AIDS episodes of This Podcast Will Kill You wherever you get...

  45. Episode 63 - Out on the Shelves

    Compass chats with Erin, the coordinator for Out on the Shelves, where they talk about how important it is to see representation in books and how you can get involved. For more info about Out on the Shelves go to: http://www.outontheshelves.insideout.org.nz/

  46. Episode 62 - Show your pride

    Emlyn discusses Pride month and the importance of inclusivity, resisting gatekeeping and supporting your Queer Community members.

  47. Episode 61 - Hui hangover

    Compass discusses Shift Hui 2019 and how important it is to Rainbow young people before jumping into IDAHBAT and Pink shirt day.

  48. Episode 60 - Don't bury your gays

    Emlyn talks about queer relationships in the media and in real life, the positives, the negatives and its history.

  49. Episode 59 - Psychosis

    Neo discusses Psychosis, its symptoms and their own personal experience with having Psychosis.

  50. Episode 58 - Stand up!

    Compass discusses the terrorist in Christchurch and talks about the racism, ableism and other prejudices that are in our community that we have to combat

About this show

Speak Out is a podcast, brought to you by LGBTQIA+ young people from InsideOUT. InsideOUT is a national charity based in New Zealand, with the vision for all rainbow young people to have a sense of safety and belonging in their schools and communities. Speak Out covers local and international news and events, interviews and discussion, music, reviews, and more, all with a connection to rainbow communities.

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Frequently asked questions

How many episodes does Speak Out Radio have?

Speak Out Radio has 100 episodes on PodParley. The most recent episode was published on October 30, 2025.

What is Speak Out Radio about?

Speak Out is a podcast, brought to you by LGBTQIA+ young people from InsideOUT. InsideOUT is a national charity based in New Zealand, with the vision for all rainbow young people to have a sense of safety and belonging in their schools and communities. Speak Out covers local and international news...

How often does Speak Out Radio release new episodes?

Speak Out Radio publishes monthly, based on its 100 episodes since January 2020.

Who hosts Speak Out Radio?

Speak Out Radio is created and hosted by speakoutpodcast.
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