5th Wave Radio

Fifth Wave Radio - Rania Zayyat, Founder of the Lift Collective

Louie Seamus — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 14:08:06 -0700

Sept 8, 2021 -

Bianca Sanon, paradis books & bread

Louie Seamus — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 14:15:20 -0700

October 6, 2021 - Bianca is a Haitian-American sommelier and service industry worker based in Miami, FL. A native of South Florida, she moved to New York City at the age of 18 to study at Columbia University, and although she spent time considering a career in corporate fashion, she quickly developed a love for restaurants and hospitality. She is the co-owner/operator of paradis books & bread, a newly opened cafe, bookstore & natural wine bar located in North Miami. Paradis books & bread is owner-operated and offers an intimate and communal space to the people of South Florida. As a reflection of a group of friends who have grown and learned together over the years, every aspect emerges out of their personal experiences, interests, and politics.

Fifth Wave Radio, 11/17/21, Zoe Dunning

Louie Seamus — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 14:44:37 -0700

“I am both a naval officer and a lesbian, and I refuse to live a lie anymore.” With these words, Zoe Dunning changed history. She stood next to President Obama when he repealed Don’t Ask Don’t Tell in 2010.

Fifth Wave Radio, 12/22/21 - Sexism Post MeToo discussion hosted by Pamelouie

Louie Seamus — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 15:04:09 -0700

Fifth Wave Radio, 12/15/21 - Sexism Post MeToo discussion hosted by Pamelouie with Darwin Acosta, John Bigelow, Sarah Fernandez, Marie-Louise Friedland, Brian J. Springer, and Kae Whalen.

Queerly Drinking, 6/15/22 - Commando

Louie Seamus — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 15:10:56 -0700

Pamelouie in conversation with several members of COMMANDO, a California-based queer nu-metal super group will j whose 14-track self-titled 2022 release covers the gamut of queer themes from AIDS to transitioning to George Michael. With multiple music genre influences and brutally honest lyrics, COMMANDOS music is raw and sophisticated. It doesn’t beg for your attention, but you won’t want to miss a word.

Queerly Drinking, 6/15/22 - Director Micheal Rice

Louie Seamus — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 15:15:58 -0700

Pamelouie in conversation with filmmaker Micheal Rice of Black As U R, and Darwin Acosta, founder of Co-Fermented. Rice’s latest film, Black As U R, a feature-length documentary, explores the misunderstandings of Black queerness and the trans experience. A timely and important work, Black As U R will be screened at the Frameline Film Festival on Sunday, Juneteenth, at the Castro Theater.

Fifth Wave Radio, 1/26/22 - Maryam Ahmed, Diversity in Wine Leadership Forum

Louie Seamus — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 15:24:26 -0700

Fifth Wave Radio's Pamelouie in conversation with Maryam Ahmed, a food and wine entrepreneur and co-founder of the Diversity in Wine Leadership Forum.

Protecting Vineyard Workers During Wild Fires

Louie Seamus — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 15:28:16 -0700

In this episode of Queerly Drinking we discussed how we can protect vineyard workers from wild fires with Max Alper of North Bay Jobs with Justice and Omar Medina of Undocufund.

Diversity, Equality and Inclusion at KXSF ~ August 9th 2021

Louie Seamus — Sun, 10 Jul 2022 15:29:20 -0700

Pamela Busch hosts a candid discussion with KXSF's new Executive Director, Zach Southern.

Feed The People Founder Haley Garabato

Louie Seamus — Tue, 12 Jul 2022 17:45:41 -0700

Pamelouie interviews Feed The People Collective founder, Haley Garabato.

Queerly Drinking with Terah Bajjalieh of Terah Wine Co.

Louie Seamus — Fri, 05 Aug 2022 10:30:22 -0700

Pamelouie and Terah Bajjalieh taste the new Terah Wine Co releases while discussing Terah's journey to staring her own wine label.

5th Wave Radio/Queerly Drinking Interview with the filmmaker, Lauretta Molitor

Louie Seamus — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 13:13:26 -0700

DJ Pamelouie's interview with the filmmaker, Lauretta Molitor.

Lauretta Molitor works primarily as a location sound recordist for film and video. She first discovered her love of documentary in high school as an assistant editor and production assistant for her local Public Broadcasting Station in California. She settled into a career in sound as a freelance recordist and in all types of production, including commercials, industrials, television, and day playing on narrative features ranging from Pacific Heights to Milk. Many of the films she’s worked on were nominated for or received Academy Awards. She was personally nominated for an Emmy for Best Sound in Documentary for The Celluloid Closet. Lauretta has been fortunate to work with the most talented crew members and filmmakers in the rich film community of the Bay Area. In recent years she has also enjoyed mentoring younger directors and crew members. She serves as a guest speaker in several educational settings, including the UCSC Social Documentary program and the Graduate Documentary program at Stanford University.

Zeitgeist 1977: The First Festival was her directorial debut. Impresario is her first documentary feature.

5th Wave Radio Interview with Laura Talmus, Founder of Beyond Differences

Louie Seamus — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 13:17:15 -0700

Laura Talmus founded Beyond Differences along with her husband, Averell “Ace” Smith, following the unexpected death of their daughter Lili Rachel Smith in October 2009.

Passionate about bringing awareness to the issue of adolescent social isolation, Laura is the full-time Executive Director of Beyond Differences, a student-led social justice organization dedicated to ending social isolation among middle school students.

Beyond Differences’ Social Emotional Learning (SEL) curriculum is now being used in over 9000 schools across all 50 states. They are best known for the national holiday, No One Eats Alone Day.

Before the COVID pandemic, Laura secured funding from the Marin Community Foundation to undertake a groundbreaking initiative to Advance Social Emotional Learning (SEL) in California in partnership with California Governor Gavin Newsom, First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom and Superintendent of Public Instruction Tony Thurmond. The Advance SEL initiative helped inform the California SEL Task Force 2.0, a state-wide coalition to address children’s mental health and social emotional learning needs, on which she served as a member.

Laura has received numerous awards and recognitions including being selected as an AARP Purpose Prize Fellow, a Jefferson Prize Award winner, receiving the MLK, Jr. Humanitarian Award from the Marin County Human Rights Commission, the Courageous Leaders Award from the Jewish Community Relations Council of San Francisco, and the North Bay Business Journal’s Award’s Nonprofit Leadership Award. She is also a member of the Washington, D.C.-based organization, the Coalition to End Social Isolation and Loneliness (CESIL).

Laura and Ace live in Marin County, California. They have a son, Abram Smith (daughter-in-law, Aine Minihane-Smith), and two beautiful grandchildren.

Queerly Drinking with Darwin Acosta, Founder of Co-Fermented

Louie Seamus — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 13:24:29 -0700

Darwin Acosta (they/them) is Afro-Hispanic, first-generation American, and is from NYC. Darwin is a graduate of the Culinary Institute of America with an Associates' Degree in Baking and Pastry and a Dual Bachelors' Degree in Culinary Science and Applied Food Studies. That is where they were introduced to formal wine education and wanted to pursue an interest within the world of beverage. As a result of living in Napa and noticing the lack of a collected queer community, especially in wine, Darwin created Co-Fermented, an organization dedicated to creating awareness and representation for LGBTIA folks in the wine industry.

5th Wave Radio interview with Wine Writer, Alice Feiring

Louie Seamus — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 13:29:03 -0700

Alice Feiring is a journalist, essayist and author writing professionally since 1988. She was an early blogger, starting up in 2004. Since, she has published five books, Natural Wine for the People (Ten Speed, 2019), Dirty Guide to Wine (Countrymen Press, 2017), For the Love of Wine (2016), Naked Wine: Letting Grapes do What Comes Naturally (DaCapo Press, 2011), and her 2008 controversial debut, The Battle for Wine & Love or How I Saved the World From Parkerization (Harcourt). Scribner will publish her next one, To Fall in Love Drink This, this August. Her books have been translated into French, Georgian, Italian, Japanese, Russian, Slovakian, Spanish and Ukrainian.

Known primarily for her work in natural wine and promoting organic viticulture, Feiring has received multiple awards—a James Beard and a Merit Agricole from the French Government among them. She started to publish her natural wine newsletter, The Feiring Line (thefeiringline.com) in 2013. New York Times 'Eric Asimov wrote, "Ms. Feiring is an uncompromising judge of wine and people who can no more stomach a lover’s preference for a wine she abhors than she can the presence of a microwave in her kitchen.” When she’s not tasting, traveling, writing books or articles, Feiring lives in New York City, dances the Morris, plays accordion and struggles with the fiddle.

5th Wave Radio/Queerly Drinking: Lesbian Visibility with Mandy Carter, Judith Cohen, Jane Sheehan, Elizabeth Van Winkle

Louie Seamus — Tue, 09 Aug 2022 13:40:50 -0700

Mandy Carter is a southern Black lesbian social justice activist who moved to North
Carolina from San Francisco in 1982. She worked at two legendary lesbian bars in San Francisco, Maud's Study and Amelia's owned by Rikki Streicher. Mandy was one of the founders of the San Francisco Tavern Guild in 1962 until 1995, the first ever gay and lesbian businesses association in the country.

Judith Cohen was one of the founders of many queer Bay Area organizations including the San Francisco Dyke March, ACTUP Golden Gate, and San Francisco Lesbian Avengers. She also started and produced multiple women’s clubs including Ecstasy Lounge Women’s Sex Club, and the Dance clubs of Avalon, Diva and Desire featuring some of SF’s finest DJs.

Elizabeth Van Winkle is a sex educator, event producer, writer, and artist. In 2016, she started GutterGlitter and Venus In Furs, the first BDSM events for women and genderqueer people in town, and underground dance parties. She has worked at Our Bar, the last lesbian bar in St Lous, and several other LGBTQ spaces in St Louis. She currently writes for The Riverfront Times, and Out In STL, St Louis’ queer media source. Ms. Van Winkle is the author of “What’s a Gay Bar Anyway? Who Loses When Queer Spaces Shutter.”

Jane Sheehan (They/Jane) is a long-time human-rights activist. She has been on the ground floor of organizing and producing many Queer-core activist groups including, Queer Nation SF, ACT-UP!, Lesbian Avengers, Bad Cop No Donut, and Dykes With Dogs. Jane is a “Jane of Many Trades” and created the one and only Butch Appétit family of groups on Facebook, as well as producing large-scale community events; ear-splitting rock shows, and management of superstar punk, drag artists, and calendar dogs.

5th Wave Radio 08/11/22 Interview with Singer/Songwriter Meredith Edgar

Louie Seamus — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 06:07:08 -0700

"Meredith Edgar is a singer's singer and a songwriter's songwriter. She embodies elegance, sensitivity, and grit in every note and syllable.
Her songs are a haunting, melodic mix of passion and melancholy, seamlessly blending the styles of music she adores into a unique form. Like the great singers and songwriters she is inspired by, Meredith fearlessly explores feelings and reactions to her own times and artfully makes them universal." - Paul Griffiths

5th Wave Radio's Interview with Marcia Gagliardi, The Tablehopper

Louie Seamus — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:18:37 -0700

Marcia Gagliardi is a San Francisco–based restaurant columnist and freelance writer, well-known for her groundbreaking, 16-year-old tablehopper e-column, an established insider resource for the latest SF Bay Area restaurant and bar news, events, and more. Her column (and Instagram feed: @tablehopper) are avidly read by a loyal following of both consumers and the restaurant/F&B industry. She is a published author, event host, emcee, content creator, and has had numerous television and radio appearances (including her own pandemic podcast, On the Fly). If you’re canna-curious, her latest venture is her microdoser media brand, mymilligram.

Supper Sessions with Pamelouie and Chef Alli Li 8/21/22

Louie Seamus — Thu, 25 Aug 2022 13:21:35 -0700

Alli Li Bio: Growing up in LA, I’d always wanted to be an artist. After dropping out of high school and working in service to forge my own path, I worked on various film sets before becoming disillusioned by the intangibility of film production. I soon found the tangibility I was looking for in the labor of love that is cooking. Under the tutelage of longtime Chez Panisse chef Kelsie Kerr, I fell in love with the artistry of farm to table cooking. I am currently the head chef of Friends and Family Bar in Oakland. As a queer safe haven and major date spot, I strive to ensure that the food facilitates beauty, playfulness, and simplicity. I hope that the love and care that I bring to the queer community - and my community at large - is felt in the food. At this point in history, I am honored to have a seat at the table, and humbled to have a plate on it as well.

5th Wave Radio's Interview with Sophia Andary, Co-Founder Women's March SF, 8/24/22 NoM

Louie Seamus — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 17:54:17 -0700

Sophia Andary is a first-generation Lebanese-American Commissioner, Activist, Organizer, and Analyst. Her experience living through the civil war in Lebanon during early childhood shaped her worldview and passion for bridging the divide among diverse perspectives. She graduated from the University of La Verne (CA) and University of Strasbourg (France) with a BS in International Business.

Sophia is co-founder of Women’s March San Francisco and was unanimously voted to chair the organization following its inaugural launch in January 2017 and remained co-chair until January 2022 and has stayed on as an Advisor. Through leading by example, she has helped build one of the strongest and most diverse Women’s March chapters in the country, building alliances with and earning respect from various San Francisco and Bay Area communities through local partnerships, programming, events, and actions.

In 2019, Sophia was appointed by Mayor London Breed to the Commission on the Status of Women of the City and County of San Francisco. She is also currently serving on the Board of Directors of Alliance For Girl, Board of Advisors of GENup, and Board Member of Harvey Milk LGBTQ Democratic Club and the SF SWANA Democratic Club.

She has received an Achievement Award from the San Francisco Women’s Political Committee, Certificate of Honor from the Board of Supervisors of San Francisco, the Community Public Service Award from Alice B. Toklas LGBT Democratic Club, and a certificate of honor from Mayor London Breed in recognition of her (and Women’s March San Francisco) efforts to register women to vote and make San Francisco a more equitable place.

Through her activism and organizing she is working toward ensuring equality and equity for women and girls, the LGBTQIA+ community and all marginalized communities. She helps bring the voices of marginalized, queer, and women of color to the front and is seen as a mover and a shaker.

5th Wave Radio Interview with Freyja Dean, 8/31/22 -NoM

Louie Seamus — Sat, 03 Sep 2022 18:00:57 -0700

Freyja Dean studied BA Scientific and Natural History Illustration at Lancaster University before her MA in Art and Science at Central St Martins, London. She has also studied Forensic Facial Reconstruction at Cambridge University and History of Medicine through the Open University. This has influenced her work in various artistic fields such as designing opera costumes, character design for computer games, album covers, artworks for medical museums, public art pieces and her work for the Royal College of Surgeons creating synthetic body parts for surgeons to practice procedures on. Freyja is now working freelance design projects and exhibitions in the UK and Tokyo where she is currently living and working.

5th Wave Radio Interview with Antonella Manuli 9/28/22

Louie Seamus — Wed, 28 Sep 2022 11:15:52 -0700

Raised in Italy, Switzerland and the United States, she finished her university studies in Business Administration in California, where she met and shared in the Organic Movement’s values. She returned to Italy to work in accounting and finance before landing in Maremma Tuscany and running, for ten years, the Terme di Saturnia Spa Resort. In the meantime she was fascinated by the surrounding area because of its beauty and unique environmental characteristics, so she started searching for the land which has now become the Fattoria La Maliosa organic farm, producing natural wines, extra virgin olive oil and honey. With the agronomist and researcher Lorenzo Corino she has developed the viticultural project since 2013, and together they implemented the codification of the “Metodo Corino” (registered patent and registered trademark).

Queerly Drinking with Roni Ginach, Roni Selects

Louie Seamus — Fri, 30 Sep 2022 11:56:20 -0700

Unfortunately, the first ten minutes of the interview were not recorded, but what's here is on point. Roni Ginach imports natural wine from Europe. Many of her producers are womxn identified. She is also distributing natural wine from Wisconsin, North Carolina, and Virginia...how about that. Listen in as we discuss sexism, politics, and of course, wine.

5th Wave Radio: Jennifer Baichwal, Director of Into the Weeds

Louie Seamus — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 12:25:20 -0700

INTO THE WEEDS follows groundskeeper Dewayne “Lee” Johnson and his fight for justice against Monsanto (now Bayer). Johnson’s case was the first to go to trial in a series of lawsuits involving tens of thousands of plaintiffs claiming Monsanto’s weed killer Roundup, or its industrial counterpart Ranger Pro, contributed to their cancer. The film follows this groundbreaking trial, while also stepping back to consider the systemic effects of the world’s most widely used herbicide.

Community Matters with Max Bell Alper, North Bay Jobs with Justice

Louie Seamus — Wed, 05 Oct 2022 12:43:35 -0700

North Bay Jobs with Justice is a grassroots coalition of more than 30 labor and community organizations in Sonoma, Napa, and Marin Counties. Their mission is rooted in centering the voices and leadership of working families, building real worker power through direct action and solidarity.

5th Wave Radio/Queerly Drinking with Honey Mahogany, 10/12/22

Louie Seamus — Thu, 20 Oct 2022 10:41:57 -0700

Honey Mahogany is a performer, emcee, social worker, and activist who grew up in San Francisco and received her Masters in Social Welfare from UC Berkeley. Honey currently serves as Chair of the San Francisco Democratic Party and is the former Chief of Staff to former San Francisco District 6 Supervisor Matt Haney who is now a CA State Assemblyman. Honey is also a co-founder of the Transgender Cultural District and co-owner of the legendary Stud Bar. Honey has been featured in publications such as Out Magazine, the Advocate, Forbes, and Vogue and has appeared on screen in several tv series including HBO’s Looking, ABC’s Our America, and - perhaps most famously - RuPaul’s Drag Race. Honey's work has earned her recognition from the City of San Francisco and the State of California; Sainthood from the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence; and awards from the Harvey Milk Club, San Francisco Young Democrats, San Francisco Women's Political Committee, the Women's Foundation of California, and more. Honey is currently running for District 6 Supervisor in her hometown of San Francisco, a district she has worked in for the last 20 years as a social worker, small business owner, community organizer, and legislator.

Community Matters with Marta Lindsey of Walk SF

Louie Seamus — Thu, 01 Dec 2022 18:16:23 -0800

Dr. Akilah Cadet, Founder and CEO of Change Cadet

Louie Seamus — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:40:12 -0800

Dr. Akilah Cadet is the Founder and CEO of Change Cadet is an organizational development consulting firm, which offers a broad array of anti-racism and diversity services for companies and global brands. Dr. Cadet has 15+ years in management and building successful projects, teams, and leaders in the public and private sectors. She is a 2021 Forbes Next 1000 Honoree and honored as one of Staffing Industry Analysts’ (SIA) 2021 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Influencers. Forbes and the Wall Street Journal Diversity and Business Newsletter have featured her work. She has spent an extensive part of her career designing training, coaching executives, and informing systematic change to improve the workforce experience for large organizations. She lives in Oakland, CA, literally has all the degrees, celebrates her disability, has an incredible shoe game, and is a proud Beyoncé advocate.

Cherelle Jackson, community activist

Louie Seamus — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:47:36 -0800

My name is Cherelle Jackson. My mission, and my commitment lies with representing the voices of the underserved, and marginalized. I am committed to representing the disempowered, and unprotected. I received a Masters Degree in Political Science Public Policy & Public Administration including my Bachelors of Arts in Psychology Concentration Sociology. I have served as a community activist for marginalized, and underserved communities. I have had the privilege of working with seniors, veterans, and individuals experiencing homelessness. I have served as an educator working with diverse student populations including immigrants. I am also an executive producer for Rose Milk Podcast. I am author. 2020-2021 Influencer of the Year for International Association of Women. Director of Communications for Justice Equity Inclusion Committee. Co-Chair of Workers With Disabilities Committee, member of LQBTQIA+ Lavendar committee, and the Women’s committee. I was Top 5 in my group for Jet Set Magazine. I served as an essential worker during the pandemic, keynote speaker, and panelist, supports small businesses, and continues to set the tone, and standard for thriving women, and all communities. Together we will restore our communities, get intentional about the work we do, and lead with grace.

Elena Rosa, L-Bar creator, visual artist, actor and art director

Louie Seamus — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:51:34 -0800

Elena Rosa is a visual artist, actor and art director. She created L-BAR, the first virtual lesbian and queer women's storyworld. Elena has garnered the prestigious Lorser Feitelson and Helen Lundeberg artist award. Her art work has appeared in gallery’s including Ben Maltz, Los Angeles Municipal Art gallery, and Disney Red Cat in Los Angeles. She is a graphic designer and art director specializing in creating virtual worlds for events and organizations.

Jenni Olson: writer, archivist, historian, consultant, and non-fiction filmmaker.

Louie Seamus — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 11:57:37 -0800

Jenni Olson is a writer, archivist, historian, consultant, and non-fiction filmmaker based in Berkeley, California. Her two feature-length essay films — The Joy of Life (2005) and The Royal Road (2015) — premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and, like her many short films, have screened internationally to awards and acclaim. Her work as an experimental filmmaker and her expansive personal collection of LGBTQ film prints and memorabilia were acquired in April 2020 by the Harvard Film Archive (more info here about: Harvard's Jenni Olson Queer Film Collection), and her reflection on the last 30 years of LGBT film history, in The Oxford Handbook of Queer Cinema, was published by the Oxford University Press. She was named to the Out Magazine Out 100 list in 2020. In 2021, she was recognized with the prestigious Special TEDDY Award at the Berlin Film Festival. Jenni is currently co-director of The Bressan Project, devoted to restoring and re-releasing the films of pioneering gay filmmaker Arthur J. Bressan, Jr. Her work as a film historian includes the Lambda Award nominated The Queer Movie Poster Book (Chronicle Books, 2005) and her many vintage movie trailer presentations (Homo Promo, Afro Promo, etc.). Jenni's film criticism has appeared in numerous publications including Filmmaker Magazine, The Advocate and the San Francisco Bay Guardian and she is currently a film columnist for Logo TV’s NewNowNext. Jenni is a former co-director of the San Francisco International LGBTQ Film Festival, the oldest and largest queer film festival on the planet, and served as director of marketing at LGBT film distributor Wolfe Video for more than a decade where she also created the global LGBT streaming VOD platform WolfeOnDemand.com. She co-founded the pioneering LGBT online platform, PlanetOut.com as well as the legendary Queer Brunch at Sundance. She is also the proud proprietor of Butch.org. Jenni has been widely honored for her creative writing and innovative non-fiction storytelling. She holds a BA in Film Studies from the University of Minnesota and is currently an independent consultant in marketing and digital film distribution. A 2018 MacDowell Fellow, Jenni is now in development on her third feature-length essay film, The Quiet World and an essayistic memoir of the same name.

Kate Kendell - LGBTQ+ activist, longtime ED of National Center for Lesbian Rights, and Chief of Staff at the California Endowment

Louie Seamus — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:02:13 -0800

Kate Kendell led the National Center for Lesbian Rights for 22 years. She has devoted over three decades to fighting for racial and social justice and equity. She now serves as Chief of Staff at The California Endowment, the largest health equity foundation in California.

Mridu Chandra, Filmmaker

Louie Seamus — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 12:10:28 -0800

Mridu Chandra is a BAFTA and EMMY nominated filmmaker and producer based in New York City. She has over 15 years of experience as a creative producer of impactful documentaries and fiction films that cover topics of civil rights, environmental and racial justice, and gender equality. Seven of her films have premiered at Sundance, Telluride, and SXSW; aired on PBS, Disney+, and Netflix India; and screened for members of the U.S. Congress and the United Nations. Most recently, she produced BECOMING COUSTEAU (Disney+) for two-time Oscar nominee Liz Garbus and co-produced CURED (PBS) which garnered her an Emmy nomination for Best Documentary Research. Her expertise as an archival media researcher and clearance specialist has additionally served numerous other documentaries (WHOSE STREETS?), fiction films (STEVE JOBS directed by Danny Boyle) and Broadway productions (BETRAYAL directed by Mike Nichols). She is currently in development on a new film about how Dalip Singh Saund, a local judge of Indian descent, defeated aviation pioneer and WWII hero Jackie Cochran Odlum in a 1956 run for Congress in California's 29th district to become the first ever Asian American member of U.S. Congress.

Pamelouie's interview with San Francisco based photographer, filmmaker and artist, Lauren Tabak.

Louie Seamus — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 17:56:14 -0800

Lauren Tabak is an award-winning creative working in film, music and the arts. Lauren has received a National Lesbian and Gay Journalism Award award for Excellence in Online Journalism for a piece she wrote about her experience co-producing and directing “Never A Cover”, a short film about the Lexington Club, San Franscisco’s iconic dyke bar. In 2017 she made her pop music debut in the Frameline Film Festival and in 2020 won San Francisco IndieFest’s “Best Music Video '' for her self-directed video “That’s What We Do”. Most recently Lauren has been shooting “Queer From Here” an ongoing geographically specific portrait project she founded that explores modern queer identity. Since 2019, the exhibition has been shown in museums and galleries across the United States from San Francisco California to Nashville, Tennessee. In 2021, Lauren was awarded a CLIO for her documentary “Love Me Like You Should”, a short film about disco icon Sylvester. Her current music project, Charles Mercy, is a multimedia lesbian western and collaboration with American songwriter and producer Chuck Prophet. The Boot called Charles Mercy ”Equal parts lounge singer and gun slinger” and Country Queer described the project as “A total left-fielder in all the best ways”. Lauren lives in San Francisco with her Texan boo and her dog named Lou and recently built a backyard pizza oven that she wrote a song about called "Pizza Oven Blues #1-4, 17".

Community Matters with Jessica Farb, the Directing Attorney for the San Francisco Office of the Immigration Center for Women and Children

Louie Seamus — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 18:04:50 -0800

Community Matters is a KXSF program focused on the work of Bay Area and other grass roots organizations. This episode contains an interview with Jess Farb, the Directing Attorney of the San Francisco Office of the Immigration Center for Women and Children and 5th Wave Radio's Pamelouie.