Doug PollardFreshly Doug Thursday September 10
Apologies for the short postings - still battling a cold! Major guests today - LEONIE YOUNG CEO of BEYONDBLUE and former deputy Lord Mayor of Melbourne GARY SINGER.
Today Shelly Argent of PFLAG on their radio TV and newspaper campaign for gay marriage.
Beyondblue has been criticised for not addressing mental health, depression and self harm in the GBLTI community - CEO Leonie Young joins us to explain bb's reaction to the latest position paper from Suicide Prevention Australia on self harm in our community.
Dep Lord Mayor Susan Riley makes her regular appearance - among other things we'll look at the 'human library.' You can borrow an indigenous Australian and hear about their life.
Digging Deeper from 10 with Susan's predecessor, former Deputy Lord Mayor Gary Singer
Then we launch a new segment with the Green Renters - it can be hard to work out how to be green when you live in a rented propery, but Colin from the Green Renters shows us how.
Hot everyone gay fits into the gay 'scene', which is why the queer indie nights 'Orlando' were launched in Brunswick - but there's been some trouble around the venue. The organisers held a meeting last week to decide how to handle the situation - Nick Wurlod tells us what was decided.
And Will Conyers brings us news from theatreland.
Freshly Doug, Joy 94.9 in Melbourne, streaming live at www.joy.org.au. Podcasts also available at the Joy site. Every Thursday Nine till Noon.
