Fresh Fruit
Thursday, 7:00 pm to 8:00 pm
DJs: The Fresh Fruit Collective
Arts & Culture, Interview, LGBTQIA+, Politics, Public Affairs
Fresh Fruit, the longest running weekly Queer radio show in the country, has been live on KFAI Fresh Air Radio since May 11, 1978.
Fresh Fruit Collective Hosts:
1st Thursdays– Quinn Villagomez
General topics, Pop Culture, Queer People of Color
2nd Thursdays – Roxanne Anderson & Quinn Villagomez
General topics, RARE Productions, Trans & Queer people of Color
3rd Thursdays – Dixie Treichel
Arts, Entertainment, Philosophy, Politics, Surprises
4th Thursdays – Alfred Walking Bull
Humor, Health, Recovery, Indigenous/Two Spirit and Queer-identified artists
Engineers – Roxanne Anderson, Dixie Treichel, Quinn Villagomez, Alfred Walking Bull
Visiting Hosts/Engineers – Leigh Combs, Peter Gokey, Andy Birkey, Jeremy Brezovan, Pat Nelson
Links
Fresh Fruit: 35 Years of Queer Radio, an audio documentary by Dixie Treichel for MinneCulture
This Way Out the International Queer Radio Magazine
The Trevor Project, suicide prevention services for queer youth
Suicide and Depression Awareness for Students
Suicide Prevention Resource Center and hotline, LGBTQ
American Foundation for Suicide Prevention
On May 14, 2013 Minnesota became the 12th State to legalize same gender marriage.