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The Homestretch with Adrian Durant is an inspirational podcast curated to share experiences depicting powerful messages of hope and success. Join Adrian Durant, a professional Olympic and College Head Track and Field Coach in this series dedicated to interviewing track and field stars from around the globe. Designed to provide interesting, in-depth conversations, explore the experiences of successful athletes including stories detailing their journey to the top and the trials and tribulation ...
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Where GBTQ men share their experience of the shame of feeling different while growing up and more importantly overcoming it. The Unapologaytic Podcast also explores gay culture and aims to build bridges with other communities.
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In this episode of the Unapologaytic podcast, host Pierre speaks with Rahim Thawer, author of The Mental Health Guide for Cis and Trans Queer Guys. They delve into the complex dynamics of masculinity, body image, and internalized homophobia within the queer male community. The discussion covers the challenges faced in maintaining social status, nav…
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In this episode of the Unapologaytic podcast, host Pierre speaks with Dr Jason Durant, author of Boy from the North Country, about their shared experiences of growing up in small communities and grappling with masculinity and acceptance as gay men. They discuss the pervasive sense of alienation amongst gay men, even in tolerant places like New York…
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In this episode of the Unapologaytic podcast, host Pierre engages with painter Dan Swan @danswanart | danswanart.com to explore his representation of the male body in art. Dan shares the aesthetic inspirations behind his work and the natural beauty and seduction of the male form. The conversation delves into societal attitudes and censorship toward…
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Meet Brighton's newest music sensation, the duo LADSCLUB, dubbed as "Pet Shop Boys on acid." In this revealing and fun-filled conversation, Ed and Greg share the origin of their band name, the process of creating their debut album, and how their real-life experiences shape their music. From the struggles of finding an unused band name to the joy of…
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Framing Masculinity in Queer Photography In this episode, I interview Vincent Keith, an influential figure in the world of masculine art and the founder of Mascular (https://www.mascularmagazine.com), a quarterly magazine that celebrates masculine art. Vincent opens up about his journey, drawing a vivid picture of his experience as an American born…
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Pierre talks to Phil Samba @idiosyncraticxl, a social activist, writer, researcher and HIV prevention advocate. They discuss Phil's journey as a black gay man in London, navigating stereotypes and moving towards self-realisation. Phil is on a mission to democratise access to PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis), an HIV prevention drug, and its significa…
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Pierre interviews Ignacio Labayen de Inza, the founder and CEO of Controlling Chemsex, a charity that provides support to individuals affected by chemsex. Ignacio shares his personal journey and the reasons behind starting the charity. They discuss the complexities of chemsex, its impact on the queer community, and the need for awareness and suppor…
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David Ingram @memoirsofagay, an openly gay stand-up comedian, speaks candidly about the vulnerability and fear associated with performing stand-up comedy, especially as a gay man. He emphasises the importance of being authentic and vulnerable in comedy and in life. David talks about how being open and honest about his life experiences and struggles…
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Host Pierre chats with photographer Adrian Lourie about his Meat Icons project, which features unretouched, natural photos of men in hotel rooms. Adrian discusses his journey into photography, his inspiration and how he creates a comfortable environment for his models. Adrian also talks about the importance of diversity in his work and breaking dow…
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In the premiere episode of season 2 of The Unapologaytic Podcast, Pierre interviews Jason Jones @trinijayjay, a Human Rights and LGBTQ+ activist who fought and won a legal battle to decriminalise homosexuality in Trinidad & Tobago. Jason talks about the need for unity within the LGBTQ+ community, the harm caused by internalised homophobia, transpho…
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Welcome to another enlightening episode of The Unapologaytic Podcast with me, Pierre! In this captivating instalment, I had the pleasure of sitting down with the incredible Darren Brady, a renowned life coach and co-founder of The Quest—a groundbreaking self-development program tailored for GBTQ+ men. Join me on this transformative journey as Darre…
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In this empowering episode of The Unapologaytic Podcast, we dive deep into the topic of gym anxiety within the LGBTQ+ community. Our special guest, Matt Boyles @FitterYouGlobal, the renowned gay personal trainer and founder of Fitter Confident You joins us to share his invaluable insights and perspectives on championing queer bodies, overcoming gym…
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Gay life coach Kevin Kasir @kevinkasir provides some quick and easy life hacks to help listeners/viewers improve their lives. Kevin talks about his journey of self-discovery and coming out, and discusses the reason why he became a life coach. He discusses the importance of setting boundaries and how it helps in achieving goals. Kevin also shares hi…
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In this episode, Gustavo @guto_figueira shares his inspiring journey of living with ADHD and starting a community in East London from scratch. Gustavo talks about his experience of being rejected by his father after coming out and the importance of being a positive voice in the world. He discusses how he copes with his ADHD. We dive into Gustavo's …
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Phil: Confessions of a Gay Builder (Episode 4) In this thought-provoking podcast, Phil @buildergymguy79 talks about his difficult decision to leave his wife in order to live as his authentic self. Phil lets us gain a deeper understanding of the struggles he faced in coming to terms with his true identity as a gay man and the impact this decision ha…
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Episode 3 Baz Gouldsbury: Finding happiness by being true to oneself Baz @baz_gouldsburypt shares his journey from bullied kid to confident cross fit trainer, athlete and model. Thank you for listening. Please like, comment and share with your friends. 🏳️‍🌈 ❤️ 🏳️‍⚧️ ➜ FOLLOW BAZ: 📸 Instagram - https://instagram.com/baz_gouldsburypt ➜ FOLLOW ME: 🌈 U…
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Episode 2 Dave Rich: an Influencer for Good and a Positive Role Model In the second episode of The Unapologaytic Podcast, Dave @daverich_uk shares his experience of gay shame and what made him choose to focus on being a relatable influencer. Dave has been promoting and supporting Unapologaytic for years and we met last year for a photo shoot. Join …
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Episode 1 🏳️‍🌈 🥳 🏳️‍⚧️ In this very first episode of The Unapologaytic Podcast, Jae shares their experience of challenging society’s expectations of what gender queerness should act and look like. Jae and I had 4 shoots over the last 5 years. The last one was for the St Sebastian project for Unapologaytic where Jae embodied a modern version of the …
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Today we have with us on the show, a very talented athlete and an Olympian, Jeanelle Scheper. She competes in High Jump in Track & Field and has represented Saint L…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Today we have with us on the show, Megan Tapper, a very talented athlete and an Olympics Bronze Medalist. Megan started her career in sports at a very early age. Sh…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Today we have with us on the show, one of the most influential personalities, none other than Anton Gunn. Anton is a former senior advisor to President Barack Obama…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Joining us once again on the show, a World Champion and now an Olympic Gold Medalist, today we have with us none other than, Michael Cherry. We had an episode with …
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Today we have with us on the show Rudy Winkler, a track and field athlete who competes in the hammer throw and has competed in two consecutive Olympic Games i.e. 20…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Our today's guest is an inspiration to not just athletes but for every one of us. He has one of the most heart touching stories of courage, determination and powerf…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Today we have with us on the show Leevan Sands, a four-time Olympian and Olympic Bronze medalist. Sands had a remarkable sporting career where he competed in four O…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Today's episode is special because we have with us our very first non track & field athlete guest. Today, we have with us on the show, the former NFL player, an ent…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Our today's guest, Renny Quow is a Trinidadian male track and field sprinter who represented Trinidad and Tobago in many international track & field events includin…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Our today’s' guest Eddie Lovett is a professional sprinter who specializes in the 110 meters hurdles. Eddie represents U.S. Virgin Islands in international events a…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Our today's guest, Jamie Nieto is an American high jumper who represented US in two Olympic Games and many other international track & field events. Injuries are bi…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Out today's guest is an extremely inspiring personality not only because of his achievements but also he has one of the most inspiring journeys of becoming a pro at…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. USA’s 2011 world 110m hurdle champion and our today's guest, Jason Richardson is one of the most profound and articulate athletes in the sport. Jason Richardson mad…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Where all athletes dream of winning a World Championship, out today's guest has won not one, not two but 5 World Championships. Jessica Beard is an American sprinte…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Our today’s' guest has represented his Country 5 times in the Olympic games and his Country's first athlete to reach an Olympic final, we have with us, former track…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Today we have on the show, one of the most versatile and experienced athletes, Shara Proctor. She competes in jumping events where she has represented both Anguilla…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Today, we have with us on the show, Wallace Spearmon, an Olympian athlete and a World Champion. Spearmon is a track & field athlete who specializes in the 200 meter…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Winning a World Championship is a dream of many athletes, our today's guest has won not one, not two but 7 World Championships out of which she has won 5 World Cham…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, where we meet and have conversations with some of the most inspiring and elite athletes, coaches and sports personalities. Today we have one of the most talented and experienced sprinters in the U.S., Mike Rodgers. The two-time World Championship medalist has been at the top of his spri…
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In today's episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, we have the pleasure of having not only a talented athlete and an inspiring personality but also an entrepreneur and a business woman on the show, Track and Field High Jumper, Priscilla Frederick-Loomis. Priscilla is a 2015 Pan American Games Silver medalist, setting a new country High Jump rec…
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In this episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant we are honored to have an Olympic Medalist and former world class Track & Field Athlete, Coach Tonja Buford-Bailey. Buford-Bailey formerly served as the men and women’s sprint coach at the University of Texas and as the head women's track and field coach at the University of Illinois where she saw …
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In this episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant we have with us Janieve Russell, a talented young track and field athlete. Russell was highly successful as a youth and junior level athlete. She was a nine-time gold medalist at the CARIFTA Games and a double gold medalist at the 2012 World Junior Championships in Athletics, winning the 400 meters…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, today we have with us on the show, former Long Jump athlete and an Olympics Bronze Medalist, Chelsea Hammond Ross. Following her graduation from the University, Hammond turned professional, and focused on her long jump career. She started training with numerous sporting personalities, i…
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Welcome to another episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, today we are honored to have with us, an Olympic gold medalist and a world champion athlete, Aleen Bailey. Bailey graduated from the University of South Carolina, where she competed during her Junior and Senior season after transferring from Barton County Community College. Soon after t…
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Today’s guest on The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, is one of the most inspiring Track and Field Athlete in the World, Olympic Gold Medalist, 4 times World Long Jump Champion and National Track and Field Hall of Famer, none other than, Dwight Phillips. Phillips was a promising sprinter from his early days. He started competing in international events…
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Today, on the show, we have with us, the fastest woman in the Canada, none other than Olympic sprinter Khamica Bingham. Khamica Bingham is a Canadian track and field athlete who specializes in the 100 meters. She has represented Canada at the Pan American Games, Commonwealth Games and the World Championships in Athletics. She became part of the nat…
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Today, we have not one but two track stars on the show. In this episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant we have with us, the famous Barber Twins. Me’Lisa (Lisa) and Mikele (Miki) Barber are accomplished American track and field sprint athletes. Both have won several gold medals on the world track and field stage in their sprinting event, the 4×1…
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In this episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant we have with us Michael Cherry, a talented young track and field athlete. Cherry specializes in 400 meters. He was a member of the USA team in the 4 × 400 meters relay at the 2017 World Championships in Athletics in London, UK, placing second and receiving a silver medal. In 2019, Michael Cherry an…
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In The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant we bring you interviews with inspiring athletes and sports personality. But our today's guest is not only an Olympic Hurdler but also a professional level singer; we have with us, the multi talented, Shevon Nieto. She won the bronze medal at the 2005 Central American and Caribbean Championships and finished fifth …
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Just one Olympic Gold is a dream for many athletes but our today's guest is a 4 times Olympic Medalist of which 3 are Gold Medals out of which he won two Gold in a single Olympics. Our today’s' guest on The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant, needs no introduction, he is one of the most decorated male US sprinter, 4 times Olympic Medalist, 6 times World C…
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In this episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant we got the great opportunity to speak with Olympic Gold Medalist and track & field athlete, Natasha Hastings. "The 400M Diva", is a 2 time Olympic Gold medalist, World Champion, NCAA and SEC Champion. Hastings has been running professionally for 12 years. But now, as she pursues her dream of sport …
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In this episode of The Homestretch w/Adrian Durant we are honored to have Hall of Fame Head Coach, Curtis Frye on the show. Curtis Frye is the head coach for the University of South Carolina Track and Field teams. He has also served as an assistant coach for the United States women's track and field team at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greec…
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