The Youth / Elders Podcast
Responding to a need for queer, intergenerational connections and spaces, The Youth/Elders Podcast features personal stories, lived histories, and candid conversations between queer youth, queer elders, and lots of folks in between. Episodes touch on everything from identity and relationships to activism and community spaces (then and now). Hosted and curated by Naomi Bain, Bear Bergman, leZlie lee kam, Ty Sloane, and Rhoma Spencer.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 37 minutes
- Episodes
- 12
- Years Active
- 2019 - 2021
Stepping In, Stepping Out
It's the last episode of our second season! Hosts Ty Sloane and Bear Bergman are joined by Sedina Fiati and Catherine Hernandez for an insightful conversation about leadership, accountability, and ch…
I'm Still Here
Zaddies? Elders? Hot mamas? A roundtable of five queers discuss desire, race, (in)visibility, and access as they age. Co-hosts leZlie lee kam and Rhoma Spencer are joined by Debbie Douglas, Canute La…
Room to Grow
This episode includes two separate conversations about queerness across geographies, with a focus on folks who’ve come to Toronto from different places. First, Ty Sloane talks with artists Cole Alvis…
Freedom is Coming
For this episode of The Youth/Elders Podcast, Naomi Bain and Rhoma Spencer are joined by artists and educators Rania El Mugammar and LeRoi Newbold to talk about how things have changed (and haven't) …
Mixed Feelings
Co-hosts leZlie and Ty delve into a topic that's close to both of their hearts - mixed race - with the help of artists Aria Evans and kumari. They talk about their own searches for identity and belon…
On My Own Terms
In this episode, Bear sits down with Kai, a trans man and therapist living in the States, to talk about how he's navigated being "out" in various situations and how he's he's found agency in deciding…
Do the Work
What does accountability look like on both a personal and an institutional level? Co-hosts Naomi Bain and Ty Sloane talk with Adam Benn and Ravyn Wngz about the often fraught relationship between com…
I Am What I Am
We're back just in time for Pride: a whole new season of The Youth/Elders Podcast, hosted and curated by Naomi Bain, Bear Bergman, leZlie lee kam, Ty Sloane, and Rhoma Spencer.
Our first episode feat…
Home for the Holi-Gays
We tackle ideas of home and belonging - from the challenges of being separated from your culture and family, to the possibility of creating new traditions with chosen kin. In the second act, we're jo…
We're Here, We're Queer, and... It's Complicated
This episode delves into histories of queer activism in Toronto and beyond, with stories of the Toronto and Montreal bathhouse raids, New York’s early Pride parades, and a discussion of the sometimes…
In the Sheets and on the Streets
In the first episode of this intergenerational queer podcast, we delve into notions of identity and community, teasing apart the community acronym and its various incarnations – 2SLGBTQIA* - who deci…
The Youth / Elders Podcast Trailer
A sneak peek at The Youth / Elders Podcast, a new project from Toronto's Buddies in Bad Times Theatre creating space for intergenerational conversations and connection between queer youth, queer elde…