'I prayed to God to make me a girl'. James and Dan are joined from New York by Abby Stein - the first woman and the first transgender woman to be ordained as a rabbi by an orthodox institution. She talks about her life growing up in a strict community, coming out - first as non-religious and again as transgender - and offers a ray of hope to LGBTQ+ people trapped by orthodox institutions. Abby is the first openly transgender woman raised in a Hasidic community, this is her story. For more information on leaving orthodox communities visit Footsteps.org (USA) and Mavar.org (UK).   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode Ru and Michelle are joined by Daisy Ridley and Jeff Goldblum. This episode is sponsored by Ziprecruiter and Masterclass.

On episode TWO HUNDRED EIGHTY-EIGHT of The Purrrcast, Sara and Steven answer listener mail and share even more of your cat stories! The Purrrcast, talking to cat people because we can't talk to their cats. The Purrrcast is the cat podcast for you and your feline friends. Based in Los Angeles, hosts Sara Iyer and Steven Ray Morris chat with fellow cat enthusiasts about the furry little creatures they love. Not sure how the cats feel about it though. New episodes every Wednesday! Please rate and subscribe in iTunes: thepurrrcast.com   Email us! thepurrrcast@gmail.com   Consider donating to Black Lives Matter: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/ms_blm_homepage_2019   - COVID-19 FAQs - https://www.cdc.gov/coronavirus/2019-ncov/prepare/faq.html   NEW PURRRCAST MERCH: https://www.exactlyrightmedia.com/shop   Subscribe to Steven's new Star Wars podcast: - https://itunes.apple.com/WebObjects/MZStore.woa/wa/viewPodcast?id=1551374770  - https://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=606582    - https://open.spotify.com/show/6rvaxPDyd5DUoIaftFPHAB - https://twitter.com/EBTMstarwars - https://www.instagram.com/ebtmstarwars/   Elijah McClain details and links to help: Donate to the family’s GoFundMe: https://www.gofundme.com/f/elijah-mcclain Sign the Petition: https://www.change.org/p/adams-county-district-attorney-justice-for-elijah-mcclain-88600e12-fb72-41e4-9137-030a1dcaf695    Call city and state officials to demand justice: https://justiceforelijahmcclain.yolasite.com/  Follow Justice For Elijah McClain for updates: https://www.instagram.com/justiceforelijahmcclain/      Follow The Purrrcast on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThePurrrcast on Instagram: https://instagram.com/thepurrrcast/ Please like us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThePurrrcast Follow Sara Iyer on Twitter: https://twitter.com/saraanjuliiyer Follow Sara Iyer on Instagram: https://instagram.com/saraiyer/ Check out Sara Iyer on Vimeo: https://vimeo.com/saraiyer Listen to Sara’s Weezer podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/weezer-has-turned-and-left-us-here Listen to Sara’s Don Bluth podcast: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/the-bluth-the-whole-bluth-and-nothing-but-the-bluth Follow Steven Ray Morris on Twitter: https://twitter.com/StevenRayMorris Check out Steven’s new podcast, See Jurassic Right: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/see-jurassic-right/id1239538917?mt=2 Theme song by Anabot (Analise Nelson) and Dax Schaffer: https://thesaxelnaiad.bandcamp.com/ Artwork by Jillian Yoffe: flatratstudio.com Part of the Exactly Right podcast network See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Director / choreographer extraordinaire ADAM SHANKMAN joins Jenna & Kevin to discuss the adaption of Rocky Horror in the world of Glee! Featured Songs: Science Fiction/Double Feature - Over at the Frankenstein Place - Dammit Janet - Hot Patootie - Sweet Transvestite - Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch-a, Touch Me - and Time Warp! Need a new snack? Try CHOMPS! Go to www.Chomps.com/Showmance – and use code “Showmance15” to get 15% off your entire order! Fill in the gaps in your diet with RITUAL - the obsessively-researched vitamin for women. Get 10% off during your first three months! Visit www.ritual.com/SHOWMANCE to start your ritual today! Start living care free today with CareFree Breathe pads! Check them out at Amazon – Walmart – CVS – or your local grocery store! Download Best Fiends FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play!

Felicia Day and Tom Lenk discuss Bridgerton Episode 5: "The Duke and I"! PLEASE subscribe to our feed and spread word and leave a nice review if you like it! It really will help us do more! Music: Schubert's Sonata in B Flat, D. 960 - III. Scherzo (Allegro vivace con delicatezza) performed by David H Porter, released under Creative Commons

What's a phrase people say all the time that you hate? We "did a thing" and got feedback LIVE on air! And friend of the show Shane brings some Los Angeles sunshine to the panel this week! It's happening again: people continue to cause destruction by celebrating their unborn babies' genitals via explosion (https://www.nytimes.com/2021/02/22/nyregion/gender-reveal-explosion-ny.html?smid=fb-nytimes&smtyp=cur&fbclid=IwAR3nWVRY6GwD8PNfC_OIEcIWfdK0wndKgydtFgkKiqq0-_RAsJAU-M0Tdo8) . Do we wish ill on anyone? No. Do we care that Rush Limbaugh died? Also no. New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is under fire after the state Attorney General released a report indicating that Cuomo's office underreported the number of COVID-related nursing home deaths. Can we sympathize with his position? Winter Storm Uri has devastated much of the southern and middle United States. Particularly in Texas, where the power grid has been deregulated for two decades because dErEGuLaTiOn MeAnS fREedOm.  As if the human and infrastructure toll wasn't bad enough, consumers are now having to fight power bills for tens of thousands of dollars (https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonathanponciano/2021/02/20/17000-electric-bill-deregulated-power-grid-texas-griddy/?sh=3c725cc258ba) . Flyin' Cruz, Cancun Cruz, Fled Cruz: how many names can we come up with for a Senator for abandoning his state in the middle of a crisis? Meanwhile, AOC and Beto O'Rourke have picked up the slack for Ted to show Texans what real leadership looks like. Remember, Texas: y'all can vote this fucker out in 2024. Dolly Parton says "thanks, but no thanks" to a Tennessee state Capitol proposal for a statue of her likeness. Do we allow smartphone apps to track us? We don't think so... but maybe, kinda sorta. Can we just get a villain origin story that doesn't try to humanize the villain for once? Clubhouse: what we like, what we're confused about, and whether or not you're missing out by not having early access. We've got a little bit of everything in this week's recommendations: Follow @NASAPersevere for the adventures of a real-life Wall-E (Andrew), Gino's pizza in Atlanta (Laura), Silicone popcorn poppers (Pam), and 'The Warmth of Other Suns' by Isabel Wilkerson (Shane).   And in this week's installment of After Dark, available on Patreon: What the hell did Armie Hammer do, and how does it relate to online dating? Will someone this rich and connected actually face consequences for his actions? We cover some of our Patrons' cringiest online dating stories, and they remind us of a few of our own.

WINTER CUP * It's coming. This weekend. We preview the women's competition...and then later in the episode actually get the real roster...don't worry about it. * Laurie Hernandez is starting her comeback. What are our expectations? * Plus, Sunisa Lee, Riley McCusker, Konnor McClain, Jordan Chiles, Kayla DiCello, Olivia Greaves, and others we can't wait to see SLASH have questions about. * Which men are competing, what national team drama is going on this year, and Kensley writes in with her title predictions NCAA NEWS * Everyone set a program record, and BLOOP Alyssa Baumann is suddenly the #1 AAer in the country * The SEC Network bumped a baseball for gymnastics. We have arrived. * Marz Frazier, Nia Dennis, Victoria Nguyen, and LIU bring the comedy. THE POSTS * Sunday Live Blog – February 21, 2021 February 21, 2021 * Saturday Live Blog – February 20, 2021 February 20, 2021 * Friday Live Blog – February 19, 2021 February 19, 2021 * Keeping Up with the Cool GIFs – Week 6 February 16, 2021 * Top Scores of Week 6 February 16, 2021 JOIN CLUB GYM NERD * Join Club Gym Nerd or buy a gift membership for access to Behind the Scenes episodes. * Behind The Scenes: Pan Am Games * Behind The Scenes: Distracting Hair * Buy our awesome clothing and gifts here. * We have masks too! RELATED EPISODES * Beam Celery * Gym Nerd School 102: College Gymnastics * Kyla 'The Boss' Ross Interview * The Gympocalypse

How much water? Is 'dusting' plants bad? Is peat moss inherently evil? SHOULD YOU REPOT PLANTS? We have all the answers with plant expert Nick Pileggi! What Did We Learn This Week? 7:20 - Seaweed is in Your Toothpaste, Ice Cream and Salad Dressing! 11:02 - How Energy Drinks Change Your Brain STUDYTIME: PLANT TIPS 17:17

Team Nancy takes a final stroll down memory lane. Check out our open-sourced Queer Podcasts spreadsheet for more queer shows. To get you started, check out Afroqueer, History is Gay, LGBTQ&A, Flyest Fables, Making Gay History, Gender Reveal, and If These Ovaries Could Talk. Music in this episode by Jeremy S. Bloom, Josh Woodward (Once Tomorrow, Border Blaster), and Albert Behar. Theme by Alexander Overington.

The celebrated trans elder, Miss Major Griffin-Gracy talks about getting knocked out at the Stonewall uprising, her friendship with Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera, and achieving "icon" status. Miss Major is Executive Producer of the new docuseries, Trans in Trumpland (available on Topic.com and Amazon Prime). LGBTQ&A is hosted by Jeffrey Masters and produced by The Advocate magazine, in partnership with GLAAD. @lgbtqpod

This episode with Jackson and April is one of the saddest episodes we will watch. We also have Mer lying to Maggie and her weird photo of her jumping on a bed in a hotel room. Leia is scrubbing in and joins us for post op discussing Hilarie the patient who "fainted". If you want this part of the episode become a $10 patron at the link below. Hit play and have a listen! Greys Content: 19:56 www.patreon.com/theoncallroom

Comedian Aidan Park sits down with Cameron to discuss his book about finding authentic happiness, "The Art of Being Yay!", losing his husband, and not fitting in a box.

Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer for Proctor and Gamble and lesbian writer Shelly McNamara joins us to talk about her book ‘No Blanks, No Pauses: A Path to Loving Self and Others’. In the book Shelly shares her life experiences including coming out at work in 1997, getting married and bringing up three children with her wife.

The Screen Actors Guild will be allowing YouTuber's, TikTockers & Instagram Influencers. Have influencers replaced celebrities? Talking through this topic and life stories with Scott Whyte answers those questions and more.  Have you wondered what it’s like to be an Actor? Scott has been successful in so many different aspects of the entertainment industry he shares his time and energy with us to talk about everything from what it was like filming the Mighty Ducks, what being a voice actor is like and his thoughts on Influencers joining SAG. I think you will love this conversation as much as I do. Don’t forget to follow Scott Everywhere at TheScottWhyte https://www.instagram.com/thescottwhyte/ (https://www.instagram.com/thescottwhyte)  https://www.youtube.com/user/swicker007 (https://www.youtube.com/user/swicker007)  ResourcesThe Mentioned Ted Talk https://youtu.be/HBXkN9sQELk SAG Influencers Information  https://www.sagaftra.org/influencer-agreement-fact-sheet (https://www.sagaftra.org/influencer-agreement-fact-sheet)

It’s Black History Month and we have decided to celebrate by doing some critical self-reflection about our performative activism surrounding the Black Lives Matter movement last summer. Since then, we have put in the work to further educate ourselves about the white supremacist society that we were raised in, how it affects us presently, and what we can do better to combat it. We discuss our own faults, and pledge to be more conscious beings who are radically honest with ourselves about our privileges and shortcomings. We are always learning and growing, and open to critique.  Here are some of our favorite black creators/tv shows/resources to check out! Harvard Racial Implicit Bias Test: https://implicit.harvard.edu/implicit/user/agg/blindspot/indexrk.htm   Books: White Fragility: https://www.amazon.com/White-Fragility-People-About-Racism/dp/0807047414 The End of Policing: https://www.versobooks.com/books/2426-the-end-of-policing   Tv: Pose on Netflix Real Housewives of Atlanta on Hulu I May Destroy You on HBO Max   Movies: 12 Years A Slave on Hulu Moonlight on Netflix Antebellum on Hulu   YouTube: Tee Noir: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCaZ8Nik2OV2r7vZm8Xsi3mQ/featured D'angelo Wallace: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCqWxviU8cjjHZsTLWgPFZuA Jade Fox: https://www.youtube.com/user/foxyhotmess Jo Franco: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpawk6aEKblSZde6AYKQHSQ Shan Boody: https://youtube.com/c/shannontboodram  Mac Does It: https://youtube.com/c/MacDoesIt    Instagram: Destiny Joseph: https://www.instagram.com/isthisfate/ Otamere Guobadia: https://www.instagram.com/otamere/  Jari Jones: https://www.instagram.com/iamjarijones/ Faith Harper: https://www.instagram.com/faithharperr/ Amaya Santiago: https://www.instagram.com/amayasantiago__/   TikTok: Rynn Star: https://www.tiktok.com/@rynnstar?lang=en Quen Blackwell: https://www.tiktok.com/@quenblackwell?lang=en Bob The Drag Queen: https://www.tiktok.com/@bobthedragqueen?lang=en Jay Love (flossybaby): https://www.tiktok.com/@flossybaby?lang=en La’Ron Hines: https://www.tiktok.com/@laronhinesofficial?lang=en Corey J. Bradford: https://www.tiktok.com/@coreyjbradford?lang=en   Musicians: Arlo Parks: https://open.spotify.com/artist/4kIwETcbpuFgRukE8o7Opx?si=TURoVfJgT9GcQJcfu6tPQw Bree Runway: https://open.spotify.com/artist/58hqTaCiqGrMsNmmm3qL7w?si=0fytjIfpQPqWtk3wIw9zsA Little Simz: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6eXZu6O7nAUA5z6vLV8NKI?si=JoTcTiP1Qh64pvmp7MyF-g Chloe & Halle: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0AsThoR4KZSVktALiNcQwW?si=5CV5XojjSu6uZJ_m-V2iHQ Pongo: https://open.spotify.com/artist/17MjqHVqjHRfIKAKen6o34?si=2hDzAurrQbK9_Hrzr0Hz2w Noname: https://open.spotify.com/artist/1EpyA68dKpjf7jXmQL88Hy?si=mK7rQIcgTiuNRw9Dpf1i8w Janelle Monáe: https://open.spotify.com/artist/6ueGR6SWhUJfvEhqkvMsVs?si=HVVEdSS5Tr2cM9BS39LlHg See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Michele and Rita analyse and discuss the eighth and final episode of Bridgerton season one. In our spoiler free discussion we talked about the Simon and Daphne reconciliation, the huge Lady Whistledown reveal and scream about bees!

[If you would like to become a patron head to my Patreon!] This episode we're having a quirky deep dive into Pretty Little Lars season 1. PLL is one of those shows that I get totally wrapped up in (see also: LOST, Heroes etc) and I couldn't resist the chance to talk about it for 40 minutes. We have a look at the ridiculous plot lines and relationships and just general clownery on screen and off screen!

On this episode Kevin and Bonnie discuss the announcement that SYFY will NOT be bringing the show back for a season 5 along with the premiere date and trailer...