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Power Beyond Pride
Ignite your activism! Power Beyond Pride dives deep into the electrifying work of LGBTQ+ leaders and organizers shattering barriers. Hear their inspiring stories, feel the raw power of their purpose, and discover concrete ways YOU can join the movement in your own community. Two dynamic hosts every week, plus a monthly all-host power surge discussing the latest movement news! Get ready to be inspired and take action!
Episodes
Power Beyond PrideBeyond the Ballot, Accountability, and the Fight for Our Future #82
This Reply All episode wrestles with how LGBTQ+ lives get pulled into election-season “culture war” debates that distract from everyday realities like…
Power Beyond PrideQueer Creativity, Sex Worker History, and Movement Building with Huck Reyes #81
What happens when art becomes a tool for connection and history becomes a form of advocacy? Huck Reyes, a Filipino American writer, photographer, and community…
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Building Community, Challenging Bias, and Driving Innovation with Jake Tenenbaum #80
Innovation doesn’t belong exclusively to billionaires, tech executives, or Silicon Valley—it starts with everyday people, their experiences, and the problems…
Power Beyond PrideLeather, Liberation, and Living Out Loud with Race Bannon #79
What does it mean to live authentically when society tells you that parts of who you are should be hidden? On this episode of Power Beyond Pride, Shane Lukas…
Power Beyond PrideVulnerability, Activism, and Queer Resistance with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore #78
Author and activist Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore sits down with Shane Lukas and Mattie Bynum for a wide-ranging conversation about the personal and political…
Power Beyond PridePurpose, Politics, and Pride with Joanna Whaley #77
In this wide-ranging conversation, Joanna Whaley explores the intersection of faith, identity, politics, and public service. She discusses her belief in…
Power Beyond PrideQueer Film, Community, and Resistance with Brie Byers #76
Brie Byers reflects with co-host Daniel W.K Lee and Melodie KG on finding meaningful work through the Queer Coalition at Illinois State University and how that…
Power Beyond PrideCommunity, Creativity, and Joy with Jordan Lee #75
In this episode of Power Beyond Pride, Mattie Bynum and Shane Lukas welcome Jordan Lee, a two-time Grammy-nominated educator, award-winning producer, and…
Power Beyond PrideDrag, Activism, and Power Beyond Pride with Honey Davenport #74
What happens when authenticity becomes its own form of activism? Honey Davenport explores that question through a wide-ranging conversation about drag, leather…
Power Beyond PrideQueer History, Courage, and Legacy with Tony Valenzuela #73
What can queer history teach us about the work of building a better future? Tony Valenzuela shares lessons from decades of work in queer arts, culture…
Power Beyond PrideBelonging, Mental Health, and Building Community with Ethan Ide #71
Ethan Ide, founder of the Boston Queer Club, shares how feeling isolated despite growing up in an affirming environment inspired him to build a new kind of…
Power Beyond PrideTruth, Stories, and Change with Spencer Macnaughton #70
Spencer Macnaughton joins Daniel W.K. Lee and Kate d'Adamo to talk about his journey from mainstream media to founding Uncloseted Media. He shares how years of…
Power Beyond PrideCommunity, Courage, and Reinvention with Noris Chavarría #69
Description: Noris Chavarría joins Daniel W.K. Lee and Kenyon Farrow to talk about his journey from growing up in Queens as a queer Salvadoran American to…
Power Beyond PrideHistory, Identity, and Action with Power Beyond Pride Reply All #68
What happens when history is rewritten, identities become contested, and movements struggle over who belongs? The Power Beyond Pride hosts explore those…
Power Beyond PrideRunning, Writing, and Becoming with Simran Chugani #67
Simran Chugani brings a powerful conversation with co-hosts Kenyon Farrow and Shawn Aaron about what it means to live authentically while navigating athletics…
Power Beyond PrideSongwriting, Community, and the Power of Expression with Ashley Virginia #66
Ashley Virginia joins co-hosts Shane Lukas and Daniel W.K. Lee to talk about how songwriting became a way to process emotions, express identity, and connect…
Power Beyond PrideHistory, Pride, and Queer Possibility with Hugh Ryan #65
What happens when a community loses touch with its own history? Hugh Ryan joins Mattie and Kenyon for a thoughtful and often hilarious conversation about queer…
Power Beyond PrideJustice, Community, and Clearing the Path with Adam Henderson #64
What if the phrase "second chance" is itself the problem? Adam Henderson, VP of Sales at Orijin, opens this conversation with Shane Lukas and Mattie Bynum by…
Power Beyond PrideRitual, Roots, and Radical Selfhood with River Coello #63
Co-hosts Melody KG and Mattie Bynum dig into the deeper currents of River Coello's work, exploring what gets erased when colonial systems take hold — and what…
Power Beyond PrideLogging Off, Showing Up, and Organizing with Cayden Mak #62
What happens when the internet turns politics into a consumer activity — something you watch, share, and feel, rather than something you do? Cayden Mak…
Power Beyond PrideHistory, Hollywood Hustle, and the Lavender Scare with Lisa Cordileone #61
The Lavender Scare — the 60-year federal policy that allowed gay people to be legally fired from government jobs — is the subject of Lisa Cordileone's…
Power Beyond PrideArt, Community, and Change with Jordan Robinson #60
What happens when creativity meets civic engagement? Jordan Robinson explains how his experiences in education, museums, and community programming inspired him…
Power Beyond PrideReply All: One Year, Real Wins, and Nuclear Family Nonsense #59
A year after launch, Power Beyond Pride takes stock of what real progress looks like when the broader political landscape is hostile. Join hosts Mattie Bynum…
Power Beyond PrideVisibility, Humor and Trans Stories with Tony Zosherafatain #58
Daniel W.K. Lee and Mattie Bynum sit down with filmmaker and documentarian Tony Zosherafatain to unpack the emotional impact of telling trans stories in…
Power Beyond PrideHistory, Trans Legacy, and Courage with Sophie Edwards #57
This episode explores why history matters in the fight for LGBTQ+ visibility and belonging. Sophie Edwards discusses the importance of creating trans-centered…
Power Beyond PrideIdentity, Empathy, and Power with JD Valadares Williams #56
JD Valladares Williams joins the hosts to explore how emotional intelligence shapes the way we connect, lead, and advocate for change. Drawing from their…
Power Beyond PridePoetry, Power, and Perspective with Daniel WK Lee #55
In this episode, Melodie KG and Kate sit down with poet, author, and activist Daniel WK Lee for a conversation that moves between humor, lived experience, and…
Power Beyond PrideHope, Power, and Community with Suzanne Pharr #54
Kenyon Farrow and Mattie Bynum welcome legendary organizer and writer Suzanne Pharr for a moving conversation on movement-building, queer liberation, and the…
Power Beyond PrideHealth, Pride, and Perseverance with Dr. Demetre Daskalakis #53
Description: In this episode, Mattie Bynum and Shane Lukas sit down with Dr. Demetre Daskalakis to explore his journey from a curious kid with a doctor’s kit…
Power Beyond PridePower, Protest, and Community with Kate d'Adamo #52
Kate d'Adamo joins Melody KG and Danielle W.K. Lee to break down what actionable, community-centered advocacy looks like in practice. From her work with…
Power Beyond PrideCommunity, Courage, and Humanism with Court Beyer #51
Court Beyer (she/they) joins co-hosts Mattie Bynum and Shane Lukas bringing both heart and strategy to a conversation about queerness, humanism, and the power…
Power Beyond PrideReply All: Courts, Protests, and Power #48
In this Reply All episode, Shane, Kenyon, and Mattie move from breaking news into the personal stakes behind it—what it feels like to live inside systems that…
Power Beyond PridePower, Philanthropy, and Drag with Michael Barrett Jones #50
Michael Barrett Jones - Activist, Director of a Nonprofit and Storyteller —joins Mattie Bynum and Shane Lucas as he shares a powerful journey from grassroots…
Power Beyond PrideS** Work, Art, and Radical Humanity with Miss Mei #48
Miss Mei (they/them) — co-founder and executive director of Decrim305 and a 14-year sex worker — joins co-hosts Mattie Bynum and Shawn Aaron to share the…
Power Beyond PrideTwo-Spirit Truth, Decolonized Power, and Righteous Rage with Soul #47
This episode explores Two-Spirit identity as both spiritual and gendered, and how Indigenous frameworks can expand what many people think they know about…
Power Beyond PrideTruth-Telling, Humor, and Hope with Mark S. King #46
Author and HIV Activist Mark S. King shares with co-hosts Mattie Bynum and Shane Lukas a clear framework for movement work: credibility comes from…
Power Beyond PrideJoy, Backlash, and the Bravery of Youth with Domenico Ruggiero #45
Domenico Ruggiero shares with co-hosts Hunter and Mattie Bynum how his leadership began “at the margins” as a first-gen, biracial, queer student from an…
Power Beyond PrideQueering Hip Hop, Liberation, and Telling Truths with Shirlette Ammons #44
In this episode, musician and artist Shirlette Ammons digs into what it means to be an interdisciplinary artist—moving between music, poetry, and page-based…
Power Beyond PrideReply All: IDs, Pushback, and Power #43
From Kansas ID rollbacks to the State of the Union, co-hosts Mattie Bynum, Melodie KG, Daniel WK Lee, and Shane Lukas discuss how power uses narrative…
Power Beyond PrideImmigrant Safety, Community Trust, and Queer Liberation with Eliazar Posada #42
Co-hosts Daniel WK Lee and Kata d’Adamo sit down with Eliazar Posada to talk about what community protection looks like when national politics turn hostile…
Power Beyond PrideTour Life, Safe Spaces, and Censorship with Ryan Cassata #41
Mattie Bynum and Shane Lukas welcome Ryan Cassata (along with bandmates Top Surgeons, Kyle and Lauren) to talk about life on tour and the surprising ways…
Power Beyond PrideAnger, Advocacy, and S** Workers' Rights with Savannah Sly #40
Savannah Sly brings a movement-builder’s lens to the question of what actually changes things—beyond catharsis—by pairing passion with strategy, mentorship…
Power Beyond PrideReply All: Organizing, Solidarity, and Strategy to Melt ICE #39
This Reply All episode of Power Beyond Pride brings Mattie Bynum, Kenyon Farrow, and Shane Lukas together to unpack what it means to organize, stay connected…
Power Beyond PrideCulture, Critique, and Care with Randy Kim #38
Co-hosts Daniel W.K. Lee and Kenyon Farrow talk with podcaster Randy Kim about what it took to feel whole inside his intersecting identities as Vietnamese…
Power Beyond PrideTherapy, Trees, and Transformation with Jessie Cockerham #37
In this episode, Co-hosts Mattie Bynum and Kate d'Adamo sit down with Jessie Cockerham, a therapist and founder of Wolf’s Refuge Counseling and Healing…
Power Beyond PrideDesign, Dissent, and Education with Susanna Shaul #36
On Power Beyond Pride, Melodie KG and Shane Lukas welcome Susanna Shaul, a NYC-based art director and designer with deep roots in immigrant advocacy and LGBTQ+…
Power Beyond PrideClicks, Coalitions, and Creativity with Rodrigo Brandão #35
Rodrigo Brandão joins co-hosts Kate d'Adamo and Daniel W.K. Lee to explore the evolving role of media, activism, and art in driving social change. Rodrigo…
Power Beyond PrideReply All: Holidays, Healing, and High Stakes On the Slay Ride Out of 2025 #32
The sugar cookies get extra sprinkles with this December Reply All episode recorded LIVE at the end of 2025 featuring Mattie Bynum, Kenyon Farrow, Daniel W.K…
Power Beyond PridePurpose, Liberation, and Possibility with PBP Co-Host Shawn Aaron #34
Shawn Aaron takes the guest seat in conversation with co-hosts Mattie Bynum and Shane Lukas to discuss the origins of his organization, Dem Bois Inc., which…
Power Beyond PrideStorytelling, Provocation, and Radical Resistance with Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore
In this episode, co-host team members Mattie Bynum and Shane Lukas talk with The New York Times-lauded author Mattilda Bernstein Sycamore about the "urgency"…
Power Beyond PrideNavigating HIV, Identity, and Advocacy with William Torres Fuentes #31
In this episode, podcast co-host team members Mattie Bynum and Daniel W.K. Lee hang out with William Torres Fuentes to discuss the "rainbow of colors" in…
Power Beyond PrideLove Rebels, Power Imbalances, and Consent Culture with Kitty Stryker #30
Kitty Stryker, activist, journalist, and author of Ask: Building Consent Culture, joins co-hosts Shane Lukas and Hunter to delve into the complex conversation…
Power Beyond PridePrEP, Politics, and Power Play with Damon Jacobs #29
"Tub Talks" vlogger and therapist Damon Jacobs shares the evolution of sexual health conversations, the impact of PrEP, and the importance of integrating…
Power Beyond PrideActivism, Anger, and The Outlaw Project with Monica Jones #28
As the founder of the Outlaw Project, Monica Jones shares her story with hosts Mattie Bynum and Shane Lukas, detailing how her lived experience and the impact…
Power Beyond PrideReply All: Vigilance, Melting ICE, and Figuring Out Family #27
Co-hosts Kenyon Farrow, Mattie Bynum, Melodie KG, and Shane Lukas explore the struggles faced in memorializing trans lives, the comfort found in chosen family…
Power Beyond PrideDomestic Violence, Systems of Care, and Authenticity with Stephen Fletcher #26
Stephen Fletcher, Director of Victim Services for the Family Service of the Piedmont, joins hosts Mattie Bynum and Shane Lukas to discuss his career evolution…
Power Beyond PrideSolidarity, Sanctuary, and Courageous Storytelling with Melvy Shaw #25
Community organizer Melvy Shaw meets with Mattie Bynum and Kate d'Adamo to discuss the importance of cross-community solidarity, her work with the North…
Power Beyond PrideQueer Liberation, Palestinian Activism, and Storytelling with Thafer Abu Qamir #24
Palestinian American writer and organizer Thafer Abu Qamir chats with Daniel W.K. Lee and Shane Lukas about co-founding NOLA Freedom Forum and the Palestinian…
Power Beyond PrideReply All: Symbols, Tokens, and the Keeping the Fight Local for Queer Liberation #23
This monthly Reply All episode features hosts Kate d'Adamo, Daniel Lee, and Shane Lukas discussing the balance between symbolic activism (such as rainbow…
Power Beyond PrideCourage, Social Capital, and Queens (of the Dead!) with Dominique Jackson #22
Dominique Jackson joins co-hosts Mattie Bynum and Shane Lukas to discuss her career, activism, and mental health advocacy, drawing on her own life experiences…