Take the Last Bite

Take the Last Bite is a direct counter to the Midwest Nice mentality— highlighting advocacy and activism by queer/trans communities in the Midwest region. Through each episode, we're aiming to unearth the often disregarded and unacknowledged contributions of queer and trans folks to social change through interviews, casual conversations and reflections on Midwest queer time, space, and place.

Season 5

Ep. 1: Midwest: More than Cows, Corn, and Conservatives →

Season 4

Ep. 13: (Small Bites) Doctor Who Discourse, Two Palestines, and Coding with Empathy →

Ep. 12: Today's Gender Is Up for Debate →

Ep. 11: This “Dad” has More than Jokes →

Ep. 10: Animate Me Like One of Your Canonically Queer Characters →

Ep. 9: Inside the “Journal of a Black Queer Nurse” →

Ep. 8. Hey Google, Who is Barbara May Cameron? →

Ep. 7: The Anatomy of a Liberatory Think Tank →

Ep. 6: Trans Fat: Lessons from Large Trans & Nonbinary Folks [redux] →

Ep. 5: "Chef" is Gender Neutral →

Ep. 4: The Golden Era of Queer Comic Books →

Ep. 3: Ope, I'm a Queer Trope! →

Ep. 2: Behind the Scenes of “Diving for Rays: A Queer Conservationist’s Story” →

Ep. 1: Putting Queer Folks on the Map →

Season 3

Ep. 8: (Small Bites) Gallbladders, Imposter Syndrome, and No-Contact with Family →

Ep. 7: You Are Not a Student Loan →

Ep. 6: Tracking Patterns That Produced the Club Q Attack →

Ep. 5: Riding a Trans-Inclusive Tidal Wave with Schuyler Bailar →

Ep. 4: Cheers to 30 Years of Midwest Queers →

Ep. 3: Building the Next Genderation [redux] →

Ep. 2: Our Post-Roe Reality →

Ep. 1: Big Gay Group Project →

Season 2

Ep. 9: Right On, Cuee →

Ep. 8: I Guess I'll Vote *shrug* →

Ep. 7: Trans Policy Issues: Why Are We Talking about Sports? [redux] →

Ep. 6: Taking Care of the Electrified Meat We Inhabit →

Ep. 5: Making the Personal Political, Locally →

Ep. 4: Binders, Bridesmaid Dresses, and Burritos →

Ep. 3: Trans Joy, in a Meadow, with Daffodils and a Ribeye →

Ep. 2: Let's Get Down to (Queer) Business →

Ep. 1: You're Allowed to Fire Your Therapist →

Season 1

Ep. 9: (Small Bites) Ferrets, Farming, and Fat Kid Food →

Ep. 8: (Small Bites) Animation, Grief, and the Gay Outdoors →

Ep. 7: Just(ice) Joking with Hayden Kristal →

Ep. 6: Trans Abolitionist Vision [Redux] →

Ep. 5: Queers Who Make Beers →

Ep. 4: Rural v. Urban Queerness →

Ep. 3: Queer Death and Aging →

Ep. 2: Midwest Nice →

Ep. 1: Serving the Last Bite →

Trailer - Introducing the Last Bite →

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Attributions

Host: R.B. Brooks
Editor: Justin Drwencke
Cover art: Adrienne McCormick

With thanks to Andy Newhouse and Nick Pfost