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Out & About in Canada

Out & About in Canada

Out & About in Canada: the Podcast Edition. We"re an LGBTQ+ variety show from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. We chat about queer life in Canada and beyond, showcasing music from queer and Canadian artists. Originally broadcast on CFRO 100.5FM in Vancouver, on Thursdays at 7pm, formerly known as Fruit Salad.

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October 9, 2025 - Queer As Funk (Fall Music Series)

Out & About in Canada ·

2025/10/10

Queer As Funk joins Glen in studio to kick off the Fall Music Series. Queer As Funk are a unique, high-energy band from Vancouver. Queer As Funk are part-advocates, part-funk-revivalists, and have been turning stages into dance floors and audiences into family for over a decade.Welcome to the Out & About in Canada Fall Music Series, where we’re spotlighting queer musicians and performers who are making waves, breaking barriers, and bringing joy through their art. Each week, we will sit down with

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00:41:16

September 25, 2025 - Queer Country Crossroads

Out & About in Canada ·

2025/10/04

Glen & Aaron are joined by Mabe Kyle, editor of a new book called Queer Country Crossroads. The book is an anthology of nonfiction stories and poems written by and for rural 2SLGBTQIA+ folks. Fifty writers, poets, and artists from across Canada share their personal stories that explore themes from coming of age and isolation to community and home.Get a copy of Queer Country Crossroads from Caitlin Press.This episode features music from HERDD, Desiree Dawson and Beyries.

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00:48:33

September 18, 2025 - Relationships & Friendships

Out & About in Canada ·

2025/09/19

Glen & Gerald are joined by guest co-host Aaron Chan, and chat about relationships, gay friendships, and showing up as gay in the work that you do.Featuring music by Tafari Anthony and Orville Peck.

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00:48:20

September 11, 2025 - Chase Joynt, THE NEST

Out & About in Canada ·

2025/09/12

Glen & Gerald are joined for the first time by guest co-host Aaron Chan, the musician, filmmaker, and writer. Our feature interview is with Chase Joynt, the co-writer and director of THE NEST, which is having its Vancouver premiere on Sept 21 at the 2025 Vancouver Queer Film Festival. Decolonial writer Julietta Singh (The Breaks) teams up with acclaimed filmmaker Chase Joynt (Framing Agnes, No Ordinary Man) to co-direct a genre-defying cross-community portrait that challenges the settler

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00:53:10

August 28, 2025 - That's Gay Comedy!

Out & About in Canada ·

2025/09/03

In the first part of the show, Glen & Gerald chat with Erin Purghart, the all time funny actor, comedian and producer of That's gay! comedy. The guys round out the show chatting about Lil Nas X, the rainbow crosswalk at the Pulse Nightclub, and more.Vancouver's favourite forever-sold out queer comedy show, That's gay! comedy is coming to the Vancouver Fringe! There are four different lineups featuring the Lower Mainland's funniest, gayest comedians! Check out one of the shows

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00:51:48

August 21, 2025 - Vancouver Queer Stories

Out & About in Canada ·

2025/08/22

Glen & Gerald talk with Claus from Vancouver Queer Stories, a storytelling project that helps showcase and amplify stories by members of our city’s 2SLGBTQ+ community. Their events showcase a diverse group of ordinary queer individuals as they share anecdotes from their own lives. VQS events are community-based and free to attend! Check them out at www.vancouverqueerstories.com or on Instagram @vancouverqueerstories.This episode features new music from Kaytranada and Jade LeMac, as well as some

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00:53:16

August 14, 2025 - Everything & Nothing at all

Out & About in Canada ·

2025/08/15

Glen & Gerald chat about everything and nothing at all!The upcoming New West Pride, potential court challenge in the US that's threatening same-sex marriage rights, discovering ChatGPT, and some old time favourites (Star Wars & the Dial Up sound)Music - all Queer Canadian Artists!Kaytranada - Nothing Like U (instrumental)Matthew Presidente - Feelin' Good (2021 Version)Vivek Shraya - Am I Doing Enough?

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01:01:34

Extremely Unique Dynamic

Out & About in Canada ·

2024/09/20

Interview with Harris Xu and Ivan Leung, the hilarious director-writer-actor combo behind the new film Extremely Unique Dynamic. This self described "first-ever, (hopefully) award-winning Meta-Asian-Stoner-Coming-of-Age-Bromantic Dramedy" had its BC Premiere at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival, and is returning to the Vancouver Asian Film Festival in November.

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00:27:34

2024-03: A Mother Apart, VQFF

Out & About in Canada ·

2024/09/06

An interview with Laurie Townshend, director of the documentary A Mother Apart, which is having it's West Coast premiere at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival.Directed by Toronto’s Laurie Townshend, A Mother Apart accompanies powerhouse Jamaican-American poet and LGBTQ+ activist Staceyann Chin as she re-imagines the essential art of mothering—having been abandoned by her own mother.To date, the film has been awarded Best Canadian Feature, Audience Award for Best Documentary and Best First

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00:19:35

2024-01: Ryan Ali, star of Queen Tut

Out & About in Canada ·

2024/02/23

Interview with actor Ryan Ali, on the eve of the theatrical debut of the film Queen Tut.Following the loss of their closest loved ones, a newly-arrived Egyptian immigrant, Nabil (Ryan Ali), and a trans drag mother, Malibu (Alexandra Billings), find solace in the blossoming friendship they discover with each other. As Malibu teaches Nabil in the ways of drag and Nabil helps Malibu's effort to save her queer bar from "renoviction," they realize that their efforts to cling to the past

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00:22:26

2023-22: Brock McGillis, First Openly Gay...

Out & About in Canada ·

2023/12/05

Brock McGillis is the first openly gay professional hockey player in the world, and he joins Out & About during the first leg of his Canada wide Culture Shift Tour. Visiting 100 minor hockey teams in 100 days, Brock is on a mission to ensure the game of hockey takes important strides to be a welcoming space. Learn more about the tour: https://www.brockmcgillis.com/tour

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00:13:06

2023-21: Katrina Teitz in Snow White

Out & About in Canada ·

2023/11/28

Katrina Teitz is a Vancouver based Queer BIPOC actor/singer/dancer, and is starring as Snow White (along with several other characters in the two-person show) in Carousel Theatre's upcoming production of Snow White! You can find her on all socials at @Katrinateitz

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00:39:16

2023-20: Author & film-maker Michael V. Smith, The...

Out & About in Canada ·

2023/10/17

This is our interview with author and film-maker Michael V. Smith, before the Canadian premiere of his new intimate documentary The Floating Man, which unpacks his journey as a radical drag performer and genderqueer. Inspired by Agnès Varda, The Floating Man is a unique blend of DIY documentary, road trip, performance art, and videopoem. In this intimate self-portrait by a self-described sissy, The Floating Man examines Michael's journey of discovering his gender. The Floating Man is an

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00:22:58

2023-19: Juno-nominated singer-songwriter Tafari Anthony

Out & About in Canada ·

2023/10/10

Juno-nominated singer-songwriter Tafari Anthony joined Glen in studio to talk about his latest single, Evermore, and his upcoming album, When I Met Your Girlfriend, being released Nov. 10. Tafari Anthony has self-released three EPs, and recently signed with 604 Records. His EP The Way You See Me was nominated for Adult Contemporary Album of The Year at the 2022 JUNO Awards. A constant in Tafari’s releases is his powerfully expansive range, dynamic vocal texture, and commitment to putting queer love

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00:49:31

2023-18: Laughs with Sasha Marks & Andy Holmes on...

Out & About in Canada ·

2023/08/19

Gerald, Glen and Adam are joined by Vancouver comedian and actor Sasha Mark. Sasha is the host of "The Sasha Ha-Ha Show", Co-Host of "Camp! Comedy!", and stars in the short horror film Terror/Forming, which showed at the Vancouver Queer Film Festival (VQFF). The guys then chat with Andy Holmes, a PhD student and researcher of "Queer Stuff", about the relationship between the queer community and the police. What caused the huge shift in that relationship from the 1981

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00:46:54

2023-17: Reunited in time for Pride

Out & About in Canada ·

2023/08/19

Glen & Gerald are back together in studio, just in time for Pride festivities in Vancouver, and listen to Matthew Presidente's latest release, Sungold. The guys chat about coming out... again, and again, and again. And where do the quiet gays go?

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00:52:11

2023-16: VQFF & Teiya Kasahara

Out & About in Canada ·

2023/08/04

Gerald and Glen are gearing up for Pride Weekend in Vancouver! They have an interview with Charlie Hidalgo, the Artistic Director for the Vancouver Queer Film Festival, which is happening August 10-20, 2023 in Vancouver and available online across BC. Then they are joined in studio by Teiya Kasahara, a queer/trans non-binary opera singer and theatre creator. Teiya is performing The Butterfly Project August 5, 2023 as part of the Powell Street Festival, a reimagining of Puccini’s opera, Madama

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00:57:05

2023-15: Des Hume and the FM.Era

Out & About in Canada ·

2023/06/26

Des Hume joins the guys in studio to discuss their upcoming album FM.Era. Being released June 23, this genre-bending album explores several musical tastes and styles, mimicing the FM explorations of a young Des Hume. Get the album on Bandcamp: https://deshume.bandcamp.com/album/fm-era Originally aired on CFRO 100.5FM, Vancouver's Co-op Radio Station. Follow us on Instagram @OutAndAbout.ca, and follow Des Hume @Des.Hume

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00:33:22

2023-14: Devours & Homecoming Queen

Out & About in Canada ·

2023/06/23

Glen is joined by Jeff Cancade, the man behind the gaylien artist Devours. Devours is essential queer electropop, and he is putting out his newest album Homecoming Queen. His 4th LP, written at the start of COVID, Homecoming Queen continues the storyline of Devours as they return to Earth. Originally aired on CFRO 100.5FM, Vancouver's Co-op Radio Station. Follow us on Instagram @OutAndAbout.ca, and follow Devours @Devours.UFO

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00:48:45

2023-13: India, Ladyboys & Gerald's Time in Thailand

Out & About in Canada ·

2023/05/05

Gerald continues his big gay tour of Asia, joining Glen all the way from Thailand. The guys talk about gay rights in India, ladyboys in Thailand, and Gerald has an interview with Udie, owner of a gay bar in Khao Lak. Originally aired April 20, 2023 on CFRO 100.5FM, Vancouver's Co-op Radio station. Follow us on Instagram ⁠@OutAndAbout.ca

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