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TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones
Welcome to the TransLash Podcast, a show where we tell trans stories to save trans lives.
At a time when anti-trans attacks are being used to undermine democracy and human rights, award-winning journalist Imara Jones brings you the most important conversations for and about the trans community. From celebrations of trans joy to crystal-clear analysis of the latest political developments to discussions about love and sex, the TransLash Podcast keeps listeners informed and reminds us to never…
Episodes
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesTrans Sci-Fi, Cosplay, & Comics
As New York Comic Con begins, Imara celebrates trans nerd culture. First she’s talks with Blu del Barrio about playing Adira Tal, the first non-binary…
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Cybersecurity for Trans People
Online harassment against trans people is becoming increasingly violent and sophisticated. In the wake of the stalking and doxxing of streamer Clara Santorini…
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Monkeypox and the Trans Community
As the United States struggles to contain the outbreak of Monkeypox, trans people are once again sidelined in our public health response. Amidst this sea of…
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Replay: Trans Reality with TS Madison
In this episode replay from 2021, Imara welcomes TS Madison, the incredible entrepreneur, entertainer, and star of the reality TV series The TS Madison…
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Black Girl Nerds: House of the Dragon
We're sharing a very special episode of the Black Girls Nerds podcast where Imara sits down host Jamie Broadnax to talk about gender and race in the new HBO…
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Replay: Intersex and Trans
In this episode replay from 2021, host Imara Jones sits down with the groundbreaking intersex activist Sean Saifa Wall. Saifa, who is Black, intersex and trans…
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Trans Mutual Aid
From the work of Marsha P. Johnson and Sylvia Rivera to the Covid-19 pandemic, mutual aid has long been key to trans survival. To find out what trans mutual…
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Trans Soul Music: Shea Diamond
Imara discusses the liberatory power of music with singer, songwriter, and activist Shea Diamond. They trace her journey of creative self-expression from…
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ALOK
Imara dives deep with internationally acclaimed author, speaker, poet, and comedian Alok Vaid-Menon. In this interview, Imara and Alok discuss the…
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BONUS: Audio Pride Parade
Welcome to the Acast Audio Pride Parade! On this stop, Imara reflects on the violence of erasure she experienced growing up in Atlanta, Georgia, and reminisces…
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BONUS: Abortion Rights Are Trans Rights
In the wake of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, the TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones is republishing an episode about the importance of…
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L Morgan Lee Makes Tony History in A Strange Loop
Imara is joined by L Morgan Lee, the first openly trans person to be nominated for a Tony Award. In their conversation, L Morgan reflects on how her…
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The Uvalde Shooting Leads to Online Trans Hate
Hours after the tragic Uvalde Shooting, dangerous rumors began to circulate online that the shooter, Salvador Ramos, was transgender. These falsehoods led to…
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Summer of Trans Sex
There are few things more policed in life than sex and sexuality. For lots of trans folks, learning to embrace themselves as sexual beings is a journey all its…
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Trans Mother's Day
The word “mother” hits differently for trans folks. Traditional notions of motherhood are very in racialized and heterosexual norms. But what does motherhood…
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Janelle Monáe
Imara has an eye opening conversation with the one and only Janelle Monaé, an 8-time Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, producer, actor, and one of the most…
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Trans Athletes Speak Out
Recently, swimmer Lia Thomas made history when she became the first known transgender athlete to win a division I National championship in any sport…
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Trans Bodies, Trans Choices
As a critical Supreme Court ruling on abortion looms, this TransLash episode focuses on the importance of reproductive justice, including body autonomy, trans…
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The Anti-Trans Hate Machine Rolls On
The attacks on trans people all over the country have ramped up again this year. This week, Imara delves back into the Anti Trans Hate Machine to bring you up…
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A New Black Trans Civil Rights Agenda
We often use words and phrases like freedom, liberation, and civil rights in the advocacy work that we do. These themes are at the core of almost all the…
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T4T: Trans Love
We’re coming up on Valentine’s Day. This can be a difficult time for trans people, because the love our culture celebrates on that day so rarely reflects us…
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The Biden Presidency One Year Later
In this first episode of 2022, Imara looks back on the first year of what the Biden Presidency has meant at the national level for trans and queer communities…
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Taking Care Of Yourself During The Holidays
The Holidays can be a tough time for trans people which is why taking care of ourselves is so important this time of the year. In this last episode before the…
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Introducing: Harsh Reality – The Story of Miriam Rivera
It was supposed to be a reality show with a twist. In a sun-drenched villa in Ibiza, six hot guys compete for a cash prize and for the love of the beautiful…
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Healthcare Open Season for Trans People
In this week’s episode, as healthcare open season starts across America, Imara Jones engages in conversations on new, emerging options for the trans and queer…
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Replay: Native Americans and Trans Rights
In this Native American History Month replay special from 2020, Imara discusses with Deb Haaland, now Secretary of the Interior and former Congresswoman, how…
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Netflix v. The Trans Community
Host Imara Jones peers behind the curtain of Netflix to see what the Dave Chappelle controversy reveals about the operations and values of the streaming giant…
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Intersex and Trans
Host Imara Jones sits down with the groundbreaking intersex activist Sean Saifa Wall. Saifa, who is Black, intersex and trans discusses how those who are…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesCancel Me, Daddy: Shame On Chappelle
Imara sits down with Cancel Me, Daddy hosts Oliver-Ash Kleine and Katelyn Burns to talk about Dave Chappelle’s hate-speech in his special “The Closer” as well…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesLatinx Heritage Month
Host Imara Jones sits down to discuss the importance of Latinx trans identities in the fight for transgender rights overall with Jennicet Gutiérrez, National…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesA Conversation with Dr. Rachel Levine
Award-winning journalist Imara Jones sits down with Dr. Rachel Levine, the Assistant Secretary for Health at the US Department of Health and Human services, to…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesMoney, Power and A Radical Vision
Over the past three episodes of our first ever mini-series, Imara has detailed the institutions that are the major components of the anti-trans hate machine…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesTransphobia In A Suit
In the third episode of the TransLash Media’s mini-series The Anti-Trans Hate Machine, Imara investigates the influence the Heritage Foundation had in infusing…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesA Coordinated Attack on Trans Youth
In episode 2 of 4 of The Anti-Trans Hate Machine mini-series, we investigate and uncover the forces and organizations responsible for the reinforcement of…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesIt's Not Really About Sports
In the opening episode for TransLash Media’s riveting new mini-series, our trusted award-winning journalist Imara Jones introduces us to a key component of the…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesTransLash Presents: Gender Reveal
This week, Imara shares another podcast TransLash listeners are sure to love: Gender Reveal. In the Season 6 premiere, we speak with Imara Jones (she/her)…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesThe Anti-Trans Hate Machine: A Plot Against Equality - Trailer
Amid a record-setting year of anti-transgender legislation, TransLash Media presents our new limited-series podcast, The Anti-Trans Hate Machine. This…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesTransLash Presents: Transcripts
This week, Imara shares another podcast TransLash listeners are sure to love: Transcripts. All over the South, trans people are fighting to make their homes…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesTrans Motherhood
In this week’s episode, Imara welcomes incredible activists and mothers on to the show to commemorate the celebration of Mother’s Day on May 9th. Imara is…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesTrans Reality with TS Madison
Imara welcomes TS Madison, the incredible entrepreneur, entertainer, and star of the reality TV series The TS Madison Experience, for a colorful and insightful…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesStopping & Healing From Violence
In honor of April being Sexual Assault Awareness Month, Imara welcomes advocate and organizer LaLa Holston-Zannell, who is currently working at the ACLU…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesTrans Visibility with Leyna Bloom
Imara welcomes the incredible model, actor, dancer and activist Leyna Bloom to the podcast for a conversation about her groundbreaking work. Notably, Leyna…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesTrans Athletes Speak Out
At a time when so much hate and misinformation about trans athletes is rampant, Imara brings two talented trans competitors on the show to hear their stories…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesBlack Trans History and Futures
For Black History Month, Imara brings us an episode focused on honoring Black, trans histories and understanding how they can help us envision and build toward…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesTrans Love
In this Valentine’s Day episode, Imara brings us an entire episode celebrating trans love. First, she sits down with Precious Brady-Davis, who appeared on the…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesTransLash Presents: Gender Reveal
This week, Imara shares another podcast TransLash listeners are sure to love: Gender Reveal. In this episode, host Tuck Woodstock speaks with author and…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesThe Inauguration and Trans Rights
In this episode, Imara delves into what the new Biden-Harris administration means for trans people. Political analyst Danielle Moodie, who hosts the talk show…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesLooking Back at 2020
This week on the TransLash Podcast, we go back and bring you the best segments from our first year with this lookback. As always, we start with a moment of…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesShop Trans for the Holidays
Imara helps you find your last minute holiday gifts by highlighting trans and non-binary owned businesses to support! She’s joined by Al Sandimirova, a refugee…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesMauree Turner Makes History
This week, we break format for an in-depth interview with Mauree Turner, the first out non-binary state lawmaker in US history who’s also the first Muslim and…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesTransLash Presents: Queersplaining
This week, Translash shares another podcast we think you’ll enjoy. Every week on Queersplaining, Callie Wright tells a story from their own life or the lives…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesNative Americans and Trans Rights
Imara unpacks the latest in the 2020 election with Congresswoman Deb Haaland. Plus, she sits down with Geo Neptune, the first out Two-Spirit, non-binary and…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesUnpacking the Election
Imara Jones sorts through what the election results mean with trans journalist and freelance political reporter Katelyn Burns to talk about what it all means…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesTrans Politics 2020
With the Presidential Election closing in on us, we approach looking towards politics through a lens of hope with Samantha Allen, journalist and author of Real…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesThe Religious Right and Trans Healthcare
With Debi Jackson, a former conservative Southern Baptist turned trans rights advocate, we take a peek into the mentality of the Christian Right to learn why…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesThe First Debate and Star Trek
We process the first presidential debate with the help of Jamilah King, host of The Mother Jones Podcast. And the debut of Ian Alexander on Star Trek; named…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesImmigration, Detention and Trans Rights
In this episode, Imara has important conversations about the intersection of immigration and trans experiences. Maria Hinojosa, founder of The Futuro Media…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesTransphobia, White Fear and Elections
TransLash Podcast host Imara Jones talks with Kai Wright, who hosts WNYC’s The United States of Anxiety, about the links between transphobia, the history of…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesBiden-Harris and Trans Votes
In the premiere episode of the TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones, Imara discusses the Democratic National Convention and what the presidential ticket means…
TransLash Podcast with Imara JonesIntroducing the TransLash Podcast with Imara Jones
With anti-trans violence and political backlash at all-time highs, award-winning journalist Imara Jones hosts the TransLash podcast, where trans people and…