WNYC; Studio 360; Gay flag, Hip-hop, Spektor
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- WNYC
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- Studio 360
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- Gay flag, Hip-hop, Spektor
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- WNYC (New York, New York)
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- Forty years after Stonewall, where is gay culture today? The design firm Worldstudio rethinks the rainbow flag. Gay rappers struggle for acceptance in the LGBT and hip-hop worlds. A decade after "Will and Grace," where are the non-sidekick gay characters on TV? And later, singer-songwriter Regina Spektor performs songs from her new album, Far . Reimagining the Rainbow The rainbow flag was designed in 1978 for a gay parade in San Francisco and over the last 30 years it has become the global symbol for gay pride. If the flag were designed in 2009, how would it look? Mark Randall of the design firm Worldstudio accepted the challenge, and he and his team came up with several ideas for a 21st-century pride flag makeover. Check out the designs and vote for your favorite HERE. Homo Hop Historically when homosexuality has come up in rap lyrics, it's been as a slur. But a new sub-genre of hip-hop by gay artists is starting to catch on. Rappers like Shorty Roc, Deadlee, and Mlange Lavonne call it "homo hop," and they're fighting for acceptance among hip-hop heads and the LGBT community alike. Produced by Roy Hurst. Bonus Track: "I'm a Rapper" "I'm a Rapper" by Shorty Roc. Warning : explicit content. Bonus Track: "Gay Bash" "Gay Bash" from Mlange Lavonne's album The Movement . Queer TV It's been more than a decade since Ellen DeGeneres came out on her sitcom and "Will and Grace" premiered. So how is television doing with the portrayal of non-straight people in 2009? Comedian Judy Gold tries to answer that question and tells Kurt, "I want a show about a gay family where you forget they're gay." Mizrahi Picks a Winner Dozens of listeners submitted ideas to Studio 360's Flickr page for the gay flag redesign challenge. And fashion designer Isaac Mizrahi picks his favorite. Regina Spektor On Regina Spektor's new record, "Far," she gets seriously existential - mentioning God 33 times in the first single, "Laughing With." She performs that song live in the studio and talks with Kurt about life, the universe, and everything.
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WNYC-FM
Identifier: 64234.1 (WNYC Media Archive MDB)
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- Chicago: “WNYC; Studio 360; Gay flag, Hip-hop, Spektor,” WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC, accessed June 13, 2025, http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-05fbgtsk.
- MLA: “WNYC; Studio 360; Gay flag, Hip-hop, Spektor.” WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Web. June 13, 2025. <http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-05fbgtsk>.
- APA: WNYC; Studio 360; Gay flag, Hip-hop, Spektor. Boston, MA: WNYC, American Archive of Public Broadcasting (GBH and the Library of Congress), Boston, MA and Washington, DC. Retrieved from http://americanarchive.org/catalog/cpb-aacip-80-05fbgtsk