Welcome to episode 16 of PODCAST PILLOWFORT, the podcast about podcasts. 
This week in the Pillowfort we will shows that have discussed transgender issues from various angles including pop culture portrayals, personal narratives and the experiences of one parent of a transgender child.
We also look at what’s new and news in the world of podcasts, and as always, we will end with what we’ve learned this week.
So grab your headphones, a tall drink, and join us in the Pillowfort
Your Hosts: Amy Barker & Richard Gray
The Show
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New and News
- Roddy Piper Responds To Podcast Issues With Steve Austin
- Ira Glass now owns 100% of This American Life
- A new podcast from The New Republic: Intersection
Episode Round Up
So that we’re all on the same page, John Oliver (Last Week Tonight) recently defined the term transgender for us, filling everyone in on “some basic details”
- Invisibilia- Paige’s Story (and the controversy around the episode)
- Stuff Mom Never Told You- Transgender TV
- The Mental Illness Happy Hour- Episode 134: Transgender Listener “Pidgeon”
- How to be a girl: Daily Life With My Transgender Daughter- Episode VII: THE FACTS (about transgender kids)
Things we learned this week
- Richard – The definition of Pansexual and Channing Tatum is awesome
- Amy – The Word “Cisgender” Is Now in the Oxford English Dictionary (Bitch Media, July 2015)
Other Stuff
- Outro music- Rebel, Rebel David Bowie
- Banner image- Rainbow Banner by Sharon Mattheson-McCutcheon
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