THIS WAY OUT the international gay & lesbian radio magazine RUNDOWN for Program #1,069, distributed 09/22/08 via the PRSS Content Depot, Pacifica's Audioport, and free online downloads at www.radio4all.net and www.indymedia.org (hosted this week by Lucia Chappelle and produced with Greg Gordon) Get "Engulfed" by best-selling openly gay humorist David Sedaris; Barack Obama opens up on LGBT issues; Brazil's President laments lawmakers' homophobic hypocrisy, activists ACT UP to protest a Papal Paris visit, HIV infections surge among gay men in China, the U.S. and Australia, a Galveston gay bar survives Ike to serve the community, and more global LGBT news = RUNDOWN = Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:09 SEGMENT #1 - "NewsWrap": Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva defends the concept of same-gender civil unions and scolds lawmakers for their homophobic hypocrisy; ACT UP/Paris protests the Pope's visit and his opposition to the use of condoms for HIV prevention; alarming spikes in HIV infections among gay men are reported in Beijing, young gay and bisexual Black men in the U.S., and gay Australian tourists who bring it back with them from Asian countries that have high infection rates, while U.K. agencies urge sexually active gay men there to get tested at least once every 12 months; queer activist John Burnside, longtime partner of pioneering leader Harry Hay, dies in San Francisco at the age of 91; and Robert's Lafitte, a gay bar, and one of the few businesses still standing in the wake of Hurricane Ike in Galveston, Texas, survives the devastation to bring emergency workers and remaining residents together (written by GREG GORDON, with thanks to REX WOCKNER with BILL KELLEY, and reported this week by CHRIS WILSON and PAM MARSHALL) [10:38] + billboard for David Sedaris interview [:06] . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:44 SEGMENT #2 – The venerable LGBT weekly "PHILADELPHIA GAY NEWS"" tried for some time to arrange interviews with the two major candidates for U.S. president, Republican Senator John McCain and Democratic SENATOR BARACK OBAMA. According to publisher MARK SEGAL, when "it became clear that McCain would not participate," the decision was made to go forward with an Obama exclusive. Segal questioned the senator about how an Obama Administration would approach several LGBT issues, and about his historic campaign . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7:21 SEGMENT #3 - "TWO" I.D. by singing duo ZRAZY (briefly intro'd by their "Come Out, Everybody"). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . :18 SEGMENT #4 - The latest book by public radio humorist DAV ID SEDARIS is called "WHEN YOU'RE FULLY ENGULFED IN FLAMES" (Little, Brown & Company)... and it was burning brightly at the top of the best seller lists during his tour of AUSTRALIA when he encountered "This Way Out" correspondent JOHN FRAME in BRISBANE (with brief intro music from "April in Paris" performed by BILLIE HOLIDAY) . . . . . . . . . 7:59 Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:18 TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:49 =============================== * =============================== STATION PROMO COPY: ANNCR: NEXT TIME ON "THIS WAY OUT," BARACK OBAMA OPENS UP ON L-G-B-T ISSUES, AND GET "ENGULFED" BY BEST-SELLING OPENLY GAY HUMORIST DAVID SEDARIS... IN THE NEWS, BRAZIL'S PRESIDENT LAMENTS LAWMAKERS' HOMOPHOBIC HYPOCRISY, ACTIVISTS ACT UP TO PROTEST A PAPAL PARIS VISIT, HIV INFECTIONS SURGE AMONG GAY MEN IN CHINA, THE U.S. AND AUSTRALIA, AND A GALVESTON GAY BAR SURVIVES IKE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY. ALL THAT, AND MORE THIS WEEK, WHEN YOU DISCOVER "THIS WAY OUT: THE INTERNATIONAL LESBIAN AND GAY RADIO MAGAZINE", ______________________________________ &nb sp; [DAY and TIME] HERE ON __________________________. [STATION] =================================================================== "This Way Out" operating expenses are funded by VOLUNTARY "PROGRAM ACQUISITION" PAYMENTS FROM YOU, OUR STATIONS, and through tax-deductible donations from our listeners. 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