Talking T-ea
My mission is to dedicate my journey of recovery and personal life experiences to advocating for the LGBTQ+ community. Through my podcast, I aim to create awareness, express my lifestyle and culture, and provide education on vital topics such as HIV and transgenderism. I seek to empower listeners by fostering understanding, promoting inclusivity, and offering insights to anyone who wants to learn more.
Episodes
17 episodes
Breaking Silence, Building Sanctuary: A Conversation with Miryam Kabakov
This episode centers on faith, identity, and advocacy — how one woman’s courage to create space for LGBTQ+ Orthodox Jews sparked healing in communities that once refused to see them. Through Miryam’s story, you’ll explore:&nb...
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Season 2
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Episode 7
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25:49
Coming Out, Coming Home: Finding Truth in a Loud World
“Today’s episode is close to my heart — a reflection shared in honor of National Coming Out Day. Coming out isn’t just a moment; it’s a lifelong journey of returning home to ourselves. For some, it’s loud and proud; for others, it’s quie...
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Season 2
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Episode 6
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18:21
Juelz and her part 2
Recovery Isn’t Linear — Relapse doesn’t mean failure; it means you’re still fighting for your life and learning new tools. (National Institute on Drug Abuse, 2020)Community Heals — Sponsorship and service in recove...
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Season 2
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Episode 5
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28:03
Bathrooms, Bodies and Belonging; What Makes A Woman, Really?
*"This episode is about more than bathrooms or locker rooms—it’s about belonging. For too long, fear has dictated who is allowed to enter certain spaces, whose bodies are seen as valid, and what makes a woman ‘real.’ But when we peel back that ...
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Season 2
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Episode 4
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35:09
Searching for Kasey: Loss, Recovery, and holding on to Hope
"In this episode of Talking T-ea, we explore the disappearance of Kaysey through the eyes of her best friend Anna. This story is about more than loss—it’s about recovery, resilience, and holding on to hop...
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Season 2
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Episode 3
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24:56
Finding Joy in a Trans Body
In this episode Juelz reflects n the topic of feeling joy and happiness and all connections to living inside a trans body.
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Season 2
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Episode 2
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29:30
Breaking Through the Shame Spiral
in this raw and unfiltered episode, Juelz breaks open the silence around shame, guilt, addiction, HIV, and survival. From living as a trans woman doing sex work. From undiagnosed to positive to reclaiming her story through recovery and healing,...
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Season 2
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Episode 1
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29:05
God is with me still: Trans, faithful, and unshaken
The door of the church closed on me—but God’s heart didn’t. This episode speaks to the sacred truth that love is louder than rejection, and faith is bigger than fear.
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Season 1
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Episode 10
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27:18
Healing out Loud: Resilience, Recovery, Representation in Queer Spaces
"Talking T-ea: Healing Out Loud — Resilience, Recovery, and Representation in Queer Spaces"📝 Footnote:In this episode of Talking T-ea, we share the weight of identity and explore what rec...
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Season 1
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Episode 9
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24:16
From her to Hän: Transition, Trials and Triumphs
In this powerful and personal episode of Talking T-ea, host Juelz sits down with Hän — a transgender man who shares his journey of transitioning from female to male, navigating gender identity, addiction, recovery, and the resilience i...
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Season 1
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Episode 8
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41:46
Twice Transitioned-Gender, HIV &Coming home to Self
Juelz's powerful story of truth, transformation, and telling it like it is.This episode of Talking T-ea spills the truth and the triumph — as Juelz opens up about living her truth as a transgender woman, her HIV diagnosis...
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Season 1
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Episode 7
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35:20
Code VII on beats, Identity, and being an Ally
About this episode: In this heartfelt conversation, Talking T-ea welcomes the introspective and outspoken artist Code VII. We explore how his music channels his emotional landscape around transgender issues,
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Season 1
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Episode 6
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33:24
Becoming Jake: Transition, Truth and the Power of support
In this powerful and personal episode, we sit down with Jake Shoulders to explore his journey as a transgender man—from the first steps of transitioning and navigating family dynamics, to confronting rejection and finding resilience....
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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25:23
Breaking the Beat: A Tejano trailblazer's journey
In this powerful and inspiring episode, we sit down with the first transgender woman to enter the Tejano music scene—a courageous artist who’s not only breaking barriers but reshaping the soundscape of tradition. She opens up about her cr...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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25:15
Embracing Identity-A journey of pronouns, Community & Hope
In this episode, we sit down with Darian, a passionate advocate for the LGBTQIA+ community, to explore the power of gender identity, the impact of pronouns, and personal experiences of coming out. They open up about navigating reject...
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Season 1
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Episode 3
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36:51
Dating a transgendered woman
Interviewing and exploring the experience of dating a transgender woman living with HIV and in recovery from addiction to drugs. These questions are designed to promote understanding, challenge stigma, and provide a platform for honest an...
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Season 1
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Episode 2
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33:27
