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Episode 5: Queer the Air

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We explore pop culture through a rainbow lens, asking where queer representation is at in television, film and pop music and where LGBTQIA+ audiences are hoping it will go from here. Including academic Kristin Lieb, queer culture writer Sarah Beauchamp, Eli and Chris of The Male Gayz, Ahikaroa's Todd Karehana and the one and only Lucy Lawless.

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