The Nothing Exists Radio Hour S3E18: Jacqueline Pennington (Raising a transgender child)

Check out my interview with Jacqueline Pennington!

https://northumberland897.ca/nothing-exists/2020/6/19/the-nothing-exists-radio-hour-s3e18-jacqueline-pennington-raising-a-transgender-child

We talk about:
– Her experience with learning her son’s true gender
– Expectations we have about our child’s gender starting in pregnancy
– What transitioning can look like with children
– Political misconceptions and barriers within our local healthcare community regarding transgender children
– Navigating consent and advocacy work with her son
and tons more.

Featured Tunes:
Paper Thin by RVIVR
Pretty Girls (The Mover) by Against Me!
We Belong by The Hextalls
Freedom by Beyonce ft. Kendrick Lamar

The Nothing Exists Radio Hour Ep. 60: Nicole Brown (Barriers to supporting youth with autism and a parents vision for doing better)

Check out my conversation with Nicole Brown!

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We chat about parenting a kid with autism and how changing policy is affecting her family. We talk about autism, what it takes to support a child with autism, and Nicole’s vision for better policy.

Featured Tunes:
10 000 Miles by Clan Hannigan
No Happy Birthday by Hayden
Parachute by James Durbin
Doll Parts by Hole

The Nothing Exists Radio Hour Ep. #7: Interview with Jeff Wheeldon, Green Party Candidate in Northumberland Peterborough South

May 18 LIVE on Northumberland 89.7.

LISTEN HERE if you missed it live!

Check out my interview with Jeff Wheeldon on Northumberland 89.7 FM Small Town Radio! We’re gonna talk about things like:
– Democratic deficits
– Strategic voting
– Why he’s into the Green Party
– Balancing his campaign with parenting
– His social media prescence
– Affordable housing
– Basic income guarentees
– Making mental health services part of OHIP+
– The Green vision for legalizing cannabis
– The interconnection of everything

*BONUS* Jeff tells a dad joke.

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“Jeff Wheeldon is a real estate agent in Brighton, where his family has been building community since 2016. Jeff chose to enter politics as a way of serving others, and feels at home in the Green Party where service is prioritized over self and constituents take priority over party. He is inspired by the core values of the Global Greens movement, and the way that elected Greens conduct themselves with integrity and openness to working across party lines.

He was originally drawn to the Green Party after reading Elizabeth May’s book Losing Confidence in 2009. In 2014 he was the founding CEO of the Green Party Provencher Electoral District Association, and ran in that riding in the 2015 federal election. In 2016 he joined the Green Party of Canada’s Shadow Cabinet as International Affairs Critic, a role he still serves in today.

Jeff holds a Master of Arts degree in Theology, specializing in ethics. He has travelled widely, and has worked in trucks and factories as well as higher education administration and real estate. Jeff joined the Rotary Club of Brighton in early 2018, and volunteers with St. Paul’s Anglican Church whenever he can. In 2016-17 he initiated and engaged with a committee of church leaders in another denomination to develop policies and programs promoting environmental stewardship as church practice across the country. Jeff is an avid reader and writer, and devoted father of two beautiful boys.”

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