https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/strangers-in-a-straight-land--4719417enPerforming ArtsCopyright Kyle Shanebeckhttps://d3wo5wojvuv7l.cloudfront.net/t_rss_itunes_square_1400/images.spreaker.com/original/76087f6df47af5f82f81e73d1ad65c66.jpghttps://www.spreaker.com/podcast/strangers-in-a-straight-land--4719417Wed, 05 Apr 2023 23:36:13 +0000Kyle ShanebeckKyle Shanebeckfeeds@spreaker.comPoetry by Kyle Shanebeck. I am a queer Poet and Wildlife Biologist; born and raised in a conservative christian community in California. My poetry explores the topics of gender, loss, family, and perceptions of the self. Particularly in reference to...true6286ee96-cbe9-56fa-8bc9-6784a27007f3episodichttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-7-the-blinding-light--43979779https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43979779Sat, 20 Mar 2021 21:28:33 +0000Kyle ShanebeckIn this episode we exploring seeing. But specifcally the newness of experience, being in a place you have never been. Being unable to structure the sensory information you are collecting, learning to order the world of your perception. I read a...2792gay,lgbtq,poem,poetry,science,spokenwordfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-6-i-remember--43481221https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43481221Mon, 15 Feb 2021 21:43:49 +0000Kyle Shanebeck**content warning** abuse, homophobia, homophobic language. In this episode I perform a spoken word piece I wrote that builds upon my experiences I spoke about in previous episodes. Particularly focused on the difficulty of compound trauma in the...2657lgbtq,poem,poet,poetry,spokenword,writertruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poem-it-gets-better--43328039https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43328039Sun, 07 Feb 2021 04:53:45 +0000Kyle Shanebeck68poem,poetry,spokenwordfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poem-to-my-happiness--43328033https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43328033Sun, 07 Feb 2021 04:53:21 +0000Kyle Shanebeck96poem,poetry,spokenwordfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poem-we-told-them-when-our-patience-died--43328031https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43328031Sun, 07 Feb 2021 04:52:48 +0000Kyle Shanebeck84poem,poetry,spokenworkfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-5-those-who-cannot-hear-them--43276951https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43276951Thu, 04 Feb 2021 01:48:47 +0000Kyle Shanebeck*Content Warning* suicide, homophobia, religion. On this episode of Strangers in a Straight Land, we explore the intersection between both sexual and gender identity for many queer people and how that complicates our self acceptance and coming out...2553lgbtq,poet,poetry,queer,spokenwordtruefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poem-epitaph-of-the-cremated--43154327https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43154327Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:11:22 +0000Kyle Shanebeckpoem87poemfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poem-the-funeral--43154317https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43154317Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:10:56 +0000Kyle ShanebeckPoem125poemfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poem-death-we-wash-with-roses--43154310https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43154310Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:10:19 +0000Kyle ShanebeckPoem42poemfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-4-give-me-the-light--43154193https://api.spreaker.com/episode/43154193Thu, 28 Jan 2021 01:09:35 +0000Kyle ShanebeckDeath is a common image in poetry, likely due to our inability to know what happens after we are gone. Here we explore three poems about Death, and discuss how we view it as a people.2544lgbtq,poem,poet,poetry,queer,spokenword,writerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poem-home--42890286https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42890286Mon, 11 Jan 2021 23:01:56 +0000Kyle Shanebeck29lgbt+,poem,poet,poetry,spokenwordfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poem-homegrown--42890276https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42890276Mon, 11 Jan 2021 23:01:12 +0000Kyle Shanebeck55lgbt+,poem,poet,poetry,spokenwordfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poem-ode-on-melancholy-john-keats--42890257https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42890257Mon, 11 Jan 2021 23:00:40 +0000Kyle ShanebeckPoem by John Keats, Ode on Melancholy explores sadness and its place in our lives.96lgbt+,poem,poet,poetry,spokenwordfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-3-the-temple-of-delight--42890230https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42890230Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:58:42 +0000Kyle ShanebeckIn this episode I explore John Keat's poem "Ode on Melancholy" as we explore sadness' place in our lives. For many people who don't have to struggle with mental health problems on the regular, 2020-2021 has been a difficult time; so here I share some...1966lgbt+,poem,poet,poetry,queer,spokenwordfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poem-interim-edna-st-vincent-millay--42807333https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42807333Wed, 06 Jan 2021 02:37:06 +0000Kyle ShanebeckInterim by Edna St. Vincent Millay, from her book "Renascence and Other Poems"629poem,poetry,spokenwordfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poem-investigation--42776247https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42776247Sun, 03 Jan 2021 23:38:50 +0000Kyle ShanebeckPoem by Kyle Shanebeck, from episode 2.38lgbt,poem,poetry,queerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poem-blue-neighborhood--42776243https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42776243Sun, 03 Jan 2021 23:37:59 +0000Kyle ShanebeckPoem by Kyle Shanebeck, from episode 2234lgbt,poem,poetry,queerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/episode-2-blue-neighborhood--42776180https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42776180Sun, 03 Jan 2021 23:35:15 +0000Kyle ShanebeckTrigger Warning: Abuse, suicide, conversion therapy. In this episode I explore a three part Poem called "Blue Neighborhood" inspired by the pop artist Troye Sivan's album of the same name. Feeling like a stranger in your own community, wearing a mask...2860lgbt,podcast,poem,poet,poetry,queerfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poem-my-isaac--42697618https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42697618Mon, 28 Dec 2020 23:08:20 +0000Kyle Shanebeck99lgbt,poem,poet,poetry,queer,spokenwordfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poem-inflection--42697625https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42697625Mon, 28 Dec 2020 23:08:06 +0000Kyle Shanebeck45lgbt,poem,poet,poetry,queer,spokenwordfalsefullhttps://www.spreaker.com/episode/poem-god-hates-f-gs--42697606https://api.spreaker.com/episode/42697606Mon, 28 Dec 2020 23:06:44 +0000Kyle Shanebeck62lgbt,poem,poet,poetry,queer,spokenwordtruefull