The Tenth Voice is the Kansas City area’s only weekly broadcast created by and for LGBTQIA+ people in our community in the Greater Kansas City area and around the world online. Listeners can tune in each Saturday at 1:00 PM. Each week our team of hosts and producers present interviews, information, music, news and features especially important to Lesbians, Gay Men, Bisexuals, Transgender & Nonbinary people, Queer, Intersex, Asexual & Aromantic people and Allied collective communities. Since 1989, The Tenth Voice radio show has documented and informed the LGBTQIA+ Kansas City Community.
The name of the show comes from the early Dr. Kinsey sex studies where he determined that 1 in 10 people are homosexual. That number has changed over time but just like the historic Stonewall name, we are keeping ours for the same reason.
First Saturdays’ host is Daddy Rae with Grey Matters
Second Saturdays’ hosts are Fiona & Una Nowling, for The Rainbow Kotatsu
Third Saturdays’ host is Michael Grayman-Parkhurst with Show People.
Fourth Saturdays’ (Trans Talk episode) hosts are Una & Fiona Nowling.
Fifth Saturdays’ host is Starla Carr.
The monthly Trans Talk segment of The Tenth Voice radio took home the Alliance for Community Media Foundation’s Hometown Media Awards’ ‘Best Of Underserved Voices – Community Radio’ 2021 award for their episode featuring an interview with Stephanie Byers, who made history twice last December by becoming Kansas’s first transgender person elected to the Kansas State Legislature as well as the first Indigenous trans person elected to any state legislature.
April 20, 2024 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
The Tenth Voice • April 20, 2024 – Through the Rainbow Lens
It is the third Saturday of the month and time for Through the Rainbow Lens with Matthew Koehler!
Matthew is a lifelong thespian, a proud bisexual, and a believer in the value of artistic expression. Forged in the Omaha youth theatre scene, he went on to earn a BFA in Theatre with a concentration in acting from Kansas City's Avila University. Matthew has worked at many theaters around town, as a spotlight operator and stage manager. Growing up in the arts taught Matthew that the lessons of theatre are inherently bound to the skills it takes to cultivate a full and forthright life.
Join us this Saturday at 1pm. And keep up to date with all thing Tenth Voice by visiting our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TenthVoice
Read MoreApril 13, 2024 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
The Tenth Voice • Saturday April 13, 2024 – The Rainbow Kotatsu
Join us this Saturday on The Tenth Voice as we continue our series on anime (animation) and manga (illustrated novels) dealing with LGBTQIA+ themes. As always, we’re going to give you a wonderful list of resources for LGBTQIA+ anime and manga shows that are non-cringe, non-triggering to watch! So, be ready to squee your queer little heart out at all the fuzzy feelings and join us under the rainbow kotatsu today!
The discussion will be hosted by Fiona and Anna: Fiona is a nonbinary lesbian, and has presented in four panel sessions on Yuri and LGBTQIA+ themes in Anime, as well as assisting with engineering for anime music video (AMV) sessions at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2021 & 2022, and at Momocon 2022 & 2023, two of the largest anime conventions in the United States. Anna is a regular guest of The Rainbow Kotatsu and as well as loving anime & manga, and being a gamer, she hosts a regular Transformers podcast!
Join us this Saturday at 1pm on 90.1FM, or streaming on kkfi.org! Keep up to date with all things Tenth Voice by visiting our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TenthVoice
Read MoreMarch 23, 2024 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
The Tenth Voice • Saturday March 23, 2024 – Bi George
Welcome to this week's episode of The Tenth Voice, where we discuss news and issues and items of interest to the LGBTQIA community. This week is on Bi George, join George Thorman as she talks with another amazing guest and gives us a round up of the LGBTQIA+ news for the month. All this and more on this week's episode of Bi George.
This week, we are joined in the studio by Kimberly Carlson, the current President of the board of the AIDS Service Foundation Kansas City. We’ll be discussing prevention and treatment options, the upcoming AIDS Walk Kansas City and even how you can get free testing at home - for more information on that, check out together.takemehome.org
Join us this Saturday at 1 pm for another lively and interesting discussion!
Keep up to date with all things Tenth Voice by visiting our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TenthVoice
Read MoreMarch 16, 2024 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
The Tenth Voice • March 16, 2024 – Through the Rainbow Lens
It is the third Saturday of the month and time for Through the Rainbow Lens with Matthew Koehler! Coming up this weekend, Matthew and his good friend Reily Harker sit down and discuss all the ins and outs of the fashion industry. Not to mention the looks Reily constantly turns out everyday.
Matthew is a lifelong thespian, a proud bisexual, and a believer in the value of artistic expression. Forged in the Omaha youth theatre scene, he went on to earn a BFA in Theatre with a concentration in acting from Kansas City's Avila University. Matthew has worked at many theaters around town, as a spotlight operator and stage manager. Growing up in the arts taught Matthew that the lessons of theatre are inherently bound to the skills it takes to cultivate a full and forthright life.
Join us this Saturday at 1pm. And keep up to date with all thing Tenth Voice by visiting our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TenthVoice
Read MoreMarch 9, 2024 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
The Tenth Voice • Saturday March 9, 2024 – The Rainbow Kotatsu
Join us this Saturday on The Tenth Voice as we continue our series on anime (animation) and manga (illustrated novels) dealing with LGBTQIA+ themes. As always, we’re going to give you a wonderful list of resources for LGBTQIA+ anime and manga shows that are non-cringe, non-triggering to watch! So, be ready to squee your queer little heart out at all the fuzzy feelings and join us under the rainbow kotatsu today! This month, we are discussing good representation in gender-bent and intersex representation in anime and manga.
The discussion will be hosted by Fiona and Anna: Fiona is a nonbinary lesbian, and has presented in panel sessions on Yuri and LGBTQIA+ themes in Anime at AWA, Momocon & Otakon, as well as assisting with engineering for anime music video (AMV) sessions at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2021 & 2022, and at Momocon 2022 & 2023, two of the largest anime conventions in the United States. Anna is a regular guest of The Rainbow Kotatsu and as well as loving anime & manga, and being a gamer, she hosts a regular Transformers podcast!
Join us this Saturday at 1pm on 90.1FM, or streaming on kkfi.org! Keep up to date with all things Tenth Voice by visiting our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TenthVoice
Read MoreFebruary 24, 2024 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
The Tenth Voice • Saturday February 24, 2024 – Bi George
Welcome to this week's episode of The Tenth Voice, where we discuss news and issues and items of interest to the LGBTQIA community. This week is on Bi George, join George Thorman as she talks with another amazing guest and gives us a round up of the LGBTQIA+ news for the month. All this and more on this week's episode of Bi George.
Join us this Saturday at 1 pm for another lively and interesting discussion!
Keep up to date with all things Tenth Voice by visiting our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TenthVoice
Read MoreFebruary 17, 2024 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
The Tenth Voice • February 17, 2024 – Through the Rainbow Lens
It is the third Saturday of the month and time for Through the Rainbow Lens with Matthew Koehler! Dereck, Taylor, and Matthew sit down this week to discuss everything there is about to know about dating apps. These three plan to highlight the highs and lows of the 21st century world of virtual dating.
Matthew is a lifelong thespian, a proud bisexual, and a believer in the value of artistic expression. Forged in the Omaha youth theatre scene, he went on to earn a BFA in Theatre with a concentration in acting from Kansas City's Avila University. Matthew has worked at many theaters around town, as a spotlight operator and stage manager. Growing up in the arts taught Matthew that the lessons of theatre are inherently bound to the skills it takes to cultivate a full and forthright life.
Join us this Saturday at 1pm. And keep up to date with all thing Tenth Voice by visiting our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TenthVoice
Read MoreFebruary 10, 2024 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
The Tenth Voice • Saturday February 10, 2024 – The Rainbow Kotatsu
Join us this Saturday on The Tenth Voice as we continue our series on anime (animation) and manga (illustrated novels) dealing with LGBTQIA+ themes. As always, we’re going to give you a wonderful list of resources for LGBTQIA+ anime and manga shows that are non-cringe, non-triggering to watch! So, be ready to squee your queer little heart out at all the fuzzy feelings and join us under the rainbow kotatsu today!
The discussion will be hosted by Fiona and Anna: Fiona is a nonbinary lesbian, and has presented in four panel sessions on Yuri and LGBTQIA+ themes in Anime, as well as assisting with engineering for anime music video (AMV) sessions at Anime Weekend Atlanta 2021 & 2022, and at Momocon 2022 & 2023, two of the largest anime conventions in the United States. Anna is a regular guest of The Rainbow Kotatsu and as well as loving anime & manga, and being a gamer, she hosts a regular Transformers podcast!
Join us this Saturday at 1pm on 90.1FM, or streaming on kkfi.org! Keep up to date with all things Tenth Voice by visiting our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TenthVoice
Read MoreJanuary 27, 2024 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
The Tenth Voice • Saturday January 27, 2024 – Bi George
Welcome to this week's episode of The Tenth Voice, where we discuss news and issues and items of interest to the LGBTQIA community. This week is on Bi George, join George Thorman as she talks with another amazing guest, Carey Rich, owner of an HR company, who is going to talk about inclusive workplaces and who job applicants can get a good idea of how inclusive a culture actually is. And we will finish up with a round up of the LGBTQIA+ news for the month. All this and more on this week's episode of Bi George.
Join us this Saturday at 1 pm for another lively and interesting discussion!
Keep up to date with all things Tenth Voice by visiting our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TenthVoice
Read MoreJanuary 20, 2024 Local, News & Public Affairs, Podcast
The Tenth Voice • January 20, 2024 – Through the Rainbow Lens
It is the third Saturday of the month and time for Through the Rainbow Lens with Matthew Koehler!
Matthew is a lifelong thespian, a proud bisexual, and a believer in the value of artistic expression. Forged in the Omaha youth theatre scene, he went on to earn a BFA in Theatre with a concentration in acting from Kansas City's Avila University. Matthew has worked at many theaters around town, as a spotlight operator and stage manager. Growing up in the arts taught Matthew that the lessons of theatre are inherently bound to the skills it takes to cultivate a full and forthright life.
Join us this Saturday at 1pm. And keep up to date with all thing Tenth Voice by visiting our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/TenthVoice
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