This week, we’re still buzzing after the footy finals. It is such a Melbourne vibe, and even if you don’t follow the game through the year, the finals are stand-alone excitement – much better than […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_beentheredonethat/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/10/BTDT_2018_10_02_football-PODCAST.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 42:32 — 38.9MB)

This week, we comment on the recently released figures on reported HIV cases in Australia, and interpret them in part to reflect upon the way the informed gay community has accessed new medications, but we […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_beentheredonethat/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/09/BTDT_2018_09_25_PODCAST-hivrates.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 42:55 — 39.3MB)

This week, as we prepare for our various football finals, we remark upon the apparent unsuitability of our current National Anthem penned in 1878. We consider the many alternatives which are being promoted. In response […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_beentheredonethat/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/09/BTDT_2018_09_18_kings-PODCAST.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:17 — 37.8MB)

This week, we consider the recent behaviour of some public figures who have behaved badly and damaged their own reputations. Gordon chats with Tristan Meecham – the events producer of ‘All the Queens Men’ – […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/09/BTDT_2018_09_11_Trist-QM-PODCAST.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:59 — 35.7MB)

This week, we’re chatting about our politicians who still believe that it is possible to “pray away the gay”! We refer to the current movie “The Miseducation of Cameron Post”, shown at the recent 2018 […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/09/BTDT_2018_09_04-PODCAST-gay-conversion.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 39:30 — 36.2MB)

Well – we weren’t expecting that melt-down in Canberra. And ‘they’ wonder why they lose credibility and relevance with the general voters. We mention three members of our community who lead very interesting lives – […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/08/BTDT_2018_08_28_PODCAST-chaos.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 43:29 — 39.8MB)

Again we have another mixed bag of topics and we begin with a 90 minute documentary film, featured in the 2018 Melbourne International Film Festival, about the wonderful happenings with the ‘All the Queens’ Men’ […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/08/BTDT_2018_08_21_PODCAST-MIFF.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 38:52 — 35.6MB)

All politicians can be trusted! – well, maybe some? Or none? We hope that when the rules are changed, no one gets hurt as a result. However, we have learnt to be cynical about motives […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/08/BTDT_2018_08_14_PODCAST-Politics.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 44:16 — 40.5MB)

Phil relates how he overheard a private conversation on the train, and he wished that he could un-hear it. How much do we value privacy these days and are social media and modern technology blurring […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/08/BTDT_2018_08_07_PODCAST-Conversations.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:50 — 37.4MB)

With the recent Blood Moon event, we take a moment to consider how this would have been interpreted in past millennia. The Eastern mystics or wise men had already charted the heavens and were skilled […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/08/BTDT_2018_07_31-PODCAST-Blood-Moon.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 44:42 — 40.9MB)

From recent gay press reporting, we learn that US Military policy will force out HIV+ members, and we discuss whether that is just plain discrimination or are financial savings the reason? Conversely, the NYPD celebrates […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/07/BTDT_2018_07_24_PODCAST-USDF.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 42:34 — 39.0MB)

We remark on the changing nature of our gay world – the good, the bad and the fun aspects. Locally, we note the Uniting Church of Australia will now allow ministers to marry same-gender couples […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/07/BTDT_2018_07_17-PODCAST-Uniting-Church.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 43:11 — 39.5MB)

We discuss NAIDOC Week 8 -15 July 2018, and remark upon the maturing attitude towards our indigenous peoples as we are taught by them about their culture and history – in their words and from […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/07/BDT_2018_07_10-PODCAST-France.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 43:36 — 39.9MB)

From the international press, we report on the pardoning in Northern Ireland of historical gay crimes and extinguishment of criminal records; the move in UK to outlaw ‘gay conversion therapy’; and locally, the admission by […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/07/BTDT_2018_07_03_NAIDOC-PODCAST.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:41 — 38.2MB)

What’s The Fuss about?     Well, it could be time to stop and smell the roses – and there are a few varieties named after gay icons. Or we could recall the wonderful voice of […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/06/BTDT_2018_06_26_-Kinsey-PODCAST.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 42:02 — 38.5MB)

Please excuse us while we rug up and keep warm during these seasonably-cold days and nights. In this podcast we chat about World Blood Donor Week and the critical role it plays in our everyday […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/06/BTDT_2018_06_19-PODCAST-Turing.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 46:26 — 42.5MB)

Over the long weekend, I attended my first public gay wedding as an invited guest. And as is befitting a gay event, it was OTT – but in a nice elegant way.     Wonderful location, […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/06/BTDT_2018_06_12-PODCAST-gay-marriage.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 49:28 — 45.3MB)

This week we celebrate out 2018 Radiothon and have Mr John Oliver – Member Number 1 – as our studio guest (see picture). We hear about the early days of JOY – John’s earlier experience […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/06/BTDT_2018_06_05-PODCAST-Radiothon-2018.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 55:19 — 50.7MB)

This week we celebrate National Volunteer Week and acknowledge the effort and results which volunteers make in so many areas of our lives. The slogan this years is “Give a little – change a lot”. […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/05/BTDT_2018_05_22_PODCAST-Trist-ATQM.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:55 — 37.5MB)

On the 70th anniversary of the proclamation of Israel as a separate State, we examine how this current unfortunate situation of conflict came to exist and to continue. On a happier note, we note that […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/05/BTDT_2018_05_15-ESC-3-PODCAST.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:14 — 37.8MB)

At the annual Budget time, we learn how the federal government intends to spend our taxes, and we observe their cynical process of smoke and mirrors as they try to confuse us while giving with […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/05/BTDT_2018_05_08-PODCAST-Hawaii.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 41:07 — 37.6MB)

World affairs are looking brighter with the apparent softening of attitudes between the two Koreas, but should we be celebrating already? Locally, our banks and financial institutions are facing detailed scrutiny, and we are not […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/05/BTDT_2018_05_01-PODCAST-Super.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:13 — 36.8MB)

With the meeting of leaders of Commonwealth countries at CHOGM in London, the opportunity has arisen for Britain to re-state the desire that Commonwealth countries stop using old colonial laws of discrimination, and PM Teresa […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/05/BTDT_2018_04_24-PODCAST-Anzac.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 40:26 — 37.0MB)

This week, we comment about the Commonwealth Games, our national colours and national pride, the wonderful and unique opening ceremony, and the friendliness of the competition. We salute our icon Elton John – for his […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/04/BTDT_2018_04_17_PODCAST-Cwlth-games.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 45:05 — 41.3MB)

This week, we applaud the confidence being built by our local senior gay communities as they celebrate at the regular Gay Seniors Dances – happily staying out of the closet. And we also note the […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_archives/p/joy.org.au/beentheredonethat/wp-content/uploads/sites/90/2018/04/BTDT_2918_04_10-PODCAST-seniors.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download (Duration: 43:27 — 39.8MB)