In celebration of JOY 94.9’s Radiothon #WeStillNeedJOY, Word For Word invited three inspirational women in leadership, all of whom host Dean Beck, met through his years of broadcasting at the station.  They were: Jude Munro […]http://media.rawvoice.

When Victoria Police raided the gay nightclub TASTY, over 20 years ago, they strip-searched over 400 clubbers.  The exercise cost the police millions of dollars in compensation and destroyed their relationship with the LGBTI community […]http://media.

It was nearly 5 years ago when Jason Ball first appeared on Word For Word. That day coincided with his coming out publicly as the first gay player of Aussie Rules football at any level.  […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_word/p/joy.org.

It had the lot: sex, nudity, murder, gay boys, interracial relationships, pensioners, Jews, Poms, drug addicts, backyard abortionists, fortune tellers and a whole lot more. As TV historian and author Nigel Giles explains, Number 96 […]http://media.

In high school he won the Sydney Morning Herald’s Young Writer Of The Year award. He signed his first book deal while completing Year 12. At 27yo, Will Kostakis‘s third book The Sidekicks, now has […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_word/p/joy.org.

Once upon a time, Helen Razer was (very briefly) the program director of JOY 94.9. Her distinguished career in broadcasting aside, Helen Razer is a prolific writer and an accomplished author of many books.  Her […]http://media.rawvoice.

At 36 years of age, Alex Greenwich is a busy man. It was a by-election in 2012 that saw Alex Greenwich take over from Clover Moore as the independent member for Sydney in the NSW […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_word/p/joy.org.

David Stuart, Manager of London’s ChemSex Clinic at 56 Dean Street returns to Word For Word. So what has changed in the last three years? The ChemSex Moive was released globally, shocking the world. The […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_word/p/joy.org.

Changing the hearts and minds of Americans is what GLAAD has been doing in the USA for 30 years. As we continue to wait for marriage equality in Australia, GLAAD is accelerating LGBTIQ acceptance globally. […]http://media.rawvoice.com/joy_word/p/joy.

WORLD EXCLUSIVE: In this exclusive interview with Dean, exgay survivor Jesse Jackman, reveals the struggles he had reconciling his faith and sexuality and for the first time publicly discusses his suicide attempt in 2009. Currently […]http://media.