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The preapocalyptic podcast!

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We’re all doomed, so say the pundits… and we all know they never engage in hyperbole, right? Also, Dylan Forbis, the first out trans man to run for public office in Brazoria County, crashes the pod to update us about what the changes he’s making to the Texas Democratic Party. The TA Podcast is an intergenerational show featuring a trans Baby Boomer, Gen Xer, and Millennial that considers the issues affecting the lives of trans and intersex people. Subscribe to the TransAdvocate Podcasts and Audio Essays here: iTunes Google Play Soundcloud PlayerFM Stitcher On the Pod: Cristan Williams, Alexis Melvin, Robin Mac, and Dylan Forbis. Production and Sound Design: Cristan Williams Reminders: #VoteQueer! Upcoming August 2018 Primaries (USA): Alaska, Arizona, Connecticut, Florida, Hawaii, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Tennessee, Vermont, Washington, Wisconsin, Wyoming Register to Vote in the US Topics: Houston Pride Woodlands Pride San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus Bomb Threat

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Community significance

“The preapocalyptic podcast!” may matter to community readers because it preserves a first-person or testimonial account connected to history, archives, and memory, while also engaging technology, data, and platforms. Such accounts can document how an issue was understood and experienced from within the period or community being discussed.

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The article may have historical value because it explicitly interprets or preserves material concerning history, archives, and memory. Published in 2018 by Transadvocate.com, it can be read both for the history it describes and as evidence of how technology, data, and platforms was framed at that moment.

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“The preapocalyptic podcast!” discusses institutions, law, or governance in connection with history, archives, and memory. Even without a dominant policy classification, the article may help researchers identify practical consequences for technology, data, and platforms.

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    History, archives, and memoryTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
    100%
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    Technology, data, and platformsTheme family: Knowledge, history, and communication
    100%
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    Violence, safety, and dehumanizationTheme family: Power, ideology, and social conflict
    67%
  4. 4
    Education and youthTheme family: Institutions, law, and public life
    67%

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  1. 1100%

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Relationship among the ranked article themes The central circle is the primary theme. Line styles are defined in the relationship key below the diagram. History, archives, and memory to Technology, data, and platforms: Overlapping sibling theme
Technology, data, and platforms
History, archives, and memory to Violence, safety, and dehumanization: Overlapping theme
Violence, safety, and dehumanization
History, archives, and memory to Education and youth: Overlapping theme
Education and youth
History, archives, and memoryRank 1
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  • Overlapping themes
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Cristan Williams

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Connected through 2 citation links between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

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Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Rani Baker

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Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Kelley Winters

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Connected through 1 citation link between registered publications. Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Admin

98 publications · 0 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

Marian

7 publications · 12 inbound sources/citations

Shares registered themes including Transgender identity and history, Community and organizing, Education and youth.

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