Twin Cities Pride Amplified Podcast
1) Twin Cities Pride Amplified – Ep. 94: The Unsinkable Ship of Navigating Mental Health
Hosts Andi Otto, Kelsey Alto, and Rina Heisel get real about the mental health struggles hitting the LGBTQIA+ community and the heavy emotional toll of the current political environment. They discuss ...Show More
2) Twin Cities Pride Amplified – Ep. 93: Culture, Advocacy, and Community w/ Terresa Hardaway
Terresa Hardaway, who owns Black Garnet Books and is the Creative Director of Blackbird Revolt, joins hosts Andi Otto, Kelsey Alto, and Rina Heisel to chat about everything she does as an educator, de...Show More
3) Twin Cities Pride Amplified – Ep. 92: The Unsinkable Ship of Navigating Mental Health
Hosts Andi Otto, Kelsey Alto, and Rina Heisel get real about the mental health struggles hitting the LGBTQIA+ community and the heavy emotional toll of the current political environment. They discuss ...Show More
4) Twin Cities Pride Amplified – Ep. 91: Highlighting Trans Northland
This week Andi Otto and Rina Heisel are joined by Sean Hayes, executive director of Trans Northland. They talk about the challenges rural communities face, the influx of people coming in from out of s...Show More
5) Twin Cities Pride Amplified – Ep. 90: Reflecting on Andi’s Time as Executive Director
Kelsey Alto, the director of programming for Twin Cities Pride, returns to host this week’s show. We had so much fun talking about Andi Otto’s life that we decided to have one more episode on Andi! Th...Show More
6) Twin Cities Pride Amplified – Ep. 89: Getting to Know Andi Otto (Part 2 of 2)
This week Kelsey Alto takes over the show once again as she continues her conversation with TC Pride executive director Andi Otto. What do drag kings, the Burnsville Mall food court and frosted cookie...Show More
7) Twin Cities Pride Amplified – Ep. 88: Getting to Know Andi Otto (Part 1 of 2)
This week Kelsey Alto takes over the show as our usual host, Andi Otto, will be in the hot seat! You’ll get to learn a lot more about Andi, including his journey from lesbian to wife to Mom to trans D...Show More
8) Twin Cities Pride Amplified – Ep. 87: Dr. Kade Goepferd on LGBTQ Youth and Back to School
This week Andi and Rina are joined by Dr. Kade Goepferd, the Chief Education Officer and the past Chief of Staff for Children’s Minnesota, the Medical Director of Children’s Minnesota Gender Health P...Show More
9) Twin Cities Pride Amplified – Ep. 86: Hannah Wydeven of Solcana Fitness
This week Andi and Rina get to know Hannah Wydeven, owner of Solcana Fitness in Minneapolis. Solcana is a queer owned, women owned gym designed for all body types. We’ll talk to Hannah about the inspi...Show More
10) Twin Cities Pride Amplified – Ep. 85: Being LGBTQ in the Current Cultural Climate
This week Andi Otto gets real about the concerns of the LGBTQ community. Andi shares his perspective on what it’s like to live as a trans person right now, from something simple as taking his kids bac...Show More