News worthy

News worthy

Author: JOY 94.9 - LGBTI, LGBTIQA+, LGBTQIA+, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGB, Gay, Lesbian, Trans, Intersex, Queer Podcasts for all our Rainbow Communities May 8, 2026 Duration: 55:30

While many songs are about timeless themes such as love, other songs can be very specific to the time and place where they were created. Like other artists, songwriters and musicians respond to what is happening around them – they hear the news and respond to current events. In the Seventies, this meant there were plenty of songs written about peace, social change and political resistance. On this weeks show we feature a small selection of songs responding to the news of the day.

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Every Saturday morning, Martin and Venetia open up a time capsule filled with denim flares, burnt orange kitchen bench tops, and the unforgettable soundtrack of a transformative decade. Their Living in the 70s podcast is more than a nostalgic trip; it's a deep and joyful exploration of the music that defined an era, from the birth of disco and glam rock to the funky numbers that became anthems. This weekly show, presented by JOY 94.9 for all our Rainbow Communities, digs into specific themes, uncovering the stories behind songs from disaster movies, pivotal movement anthems, one-hit wonders, and those gloriously daggy duets. Crucially, they highlight the disco and club tracks that steamed up dance floors in LGBTI venues, tracing the vital connections between the music and the communities that embraced it. Listening feels like flipping through a well-loved record collection with insightful friends who understand how these sounds shaped culture and identity. Each episode weaves together history and melody, creating a rich tapestry that celebrates the decade's audacious spirit. Whether you lived through it or are just curious about the era's iconic beats, this podcast offers a warm, engaging, and distinctly personal journey back to the seventies.
Author: Language: en-us Episodes: 100

Living in the 70s
Podcast Episodes
It’s all in the mind [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:30
Show broadcast Nov 16 2025 The human mind – mysterious, creative and unknowable. Both the engine that creates songs but also often the subject of songs, including many songs from the 1970s. The post It’s all in the mind…
Science and Peace [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:30
Show broadcast Nov 9 2025 It’s international science and peace week. Yes, there is a week for that. So on today’s show, all of our songs are about science or peace. Was a bit too much of an ask to find a song about both,…
All the animals [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:30
Show broadcast Nov 2 2025 It’s a menagerie in here! Yes this week all of our tracks have some kind of animal in the title. Furred, clawed, scaled and winged, animals make their way into songs – often as metaphors – just…
Getting daggy with it [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:30
Show broadcast Oct 26 2025 The Seventies had some truly great music. Music that has stood the test of time and sounds as relevant and fresh today as it did 50 years ago. However, not all of it was good, or still sounds r…
Who’ll stop the rain? [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:30
Show broadcast Oct 19 2025 This week we’re getting a little bit wet. It’s Spring, and it’s been a bit rainy in some parts of the country. So we thought we would play some tracks all about the rain. The post Who’ll stop t…
Gone solo [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:30
Show broadcast Oct 12 2025 On this week’s show we are playing tracks from artists who went solo after being known for being in a band. Many of them became much more well known after striking out on their own. Perhaps the…
Happy 6th birthday to us! [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:30
Show broadcast Oct 5 2025 It’s our birthday! Yes we have been doing this show for six whole years. In fact, our fist show was broadcast live on this exact date – October 5 – in 2019. Oh what eager newbies we were back th…
Self titled [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:30
Show broadcast Sep 28 2025 It’s an odd tradition, really, but sometimes an album will simply be called whatever the name of the artists is who made the recording. Often this means it’s a debut album, but not always – som…
More of our faves [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:30
Show broadcast Sep 21 2025 This week it’s another show where we take a break from themese and just pick a few tracks we feel like listening too and sharing with you all. The post More of our faves appeared first on Livin…
Singer songwriters [not-audio_url] [/not-audio_url]

Duration: 55:30
Show broadcast Sep 14 2025 The Seventies ushered in the era of the Singer Songwriter. These double threats (usually triple threats, because they could play an instrument or two as well) liked to go their own way, often t…