Poz Vibe Podcast

Hello Poz Vibers of the world! This week we are bringing you not one, not two but 3 stigma fighting guests for our third episode of season 3. Well, 3 is the magic number after all.  Joining us on this episode is Eliane Becks Nininahazwe who has lived with HIV for 19 years. Jordi Moya Roset , a Catalan living in Dublin who shares his HIV journey beautifully with us all. And to round off our tr...

Poz Vibers of the world unite! It’s that time of the week when we inject some poz-itivity into your ears. In this episode, we had the pleasure of spending time with, in their own words, ‘warbler, modell, actrice and visual artiste’ - Mx Justin Vivian Bond and the unique, colourful and wonderful Timmy Spence. Btw, you can listen to Justin Vivian Bond’s latest album ‘Only An Octave Apart’ here . We...

Welcome Poz Vibe Tribe to Poz World! Your fearless hosts Veda Lady and Robbie Lawlor have returned with more great guests and stories to inspire you.  To kick off our third season we are joined two incredible humans. We are very lucky to welcome Ru Paul's Drag Race royalty, Ongina for a second time on the pozcast. And making their Poz Vibe debut, J ohn Sizzle , drag star, D.J and co-owner of...

Surprise Poz Vibers!  You thought we were all done for this season but we're sneaking in one last episode before we climb into our 18ct gold sleep pods until spring.  In this special NYE episode, Veda and Robbie recorded a quick chat, live at the Poz Vibe Christmas party and the wonderful Feargh from Tall Tales (we gave Esther the night off ; ) asked past Poz Vibe guests for some positiv...

We hope your Christmas stockings are HUNG and waiting for Santa's big sack on Christmas Day but we've got an early gift just for you - this episode of course! ; )  For this special festive Poz Vibe kiki, we've got two international guests to warm you up like a glass of mulled tequila. David Sánchez Calvo is an actor and activist from Spain who's personal motto is 'Whatever the question, the a...

Welcome to round 2 of Poz Vibe Podcast LIVE! Before we tell you all about this week's episode, we'd really appreciate if you added your voice to Europe’s first ever stigma survey here. The survey should take between 10-20 minutes to complete and questions are focused on your experience of HIV related stigma and discrimination. It is completely confidential. This data helps sledgehammers, like us,...

We ticked another incredible guest off our guest wish list this week as we sat down to talk to activist, author and historian, Sarah Schulman.  Sarah was a member of Act Up in 80s and 90s New York which she has documented in her new book, Let the Record Show: A Political History of ACT UP New York, 1987-1993. The book is a 2021 New York Times Book Review Editors' Choice and would make an exce...

Sit up straight and align your chakras Poz Vibers! This week we are joined by two peaches to both delight and informmmmm you all. Kayden Gray is a queer porn star and activist and created the groundbreaking U = Fucking U project. We also chatted with Daniel Souza who grew up in an extremely religious household in Brazil. His mother's reaction wasn't pozitive when he first came out but he is now pr...

Category is...LIIIIVE.WORRRRK.POSE! Tens across the board Poz Vibers because this week we have two very special guests to help us mark World AIDS Day. We were so excited to be joined by Pose writer and producer, Our Lady J who beamed into us from the other side of the world. She shared her intentions behind bringing Pose to life, being a creative and living with HIV. Fellow writer and creative Dan...

**TRIGGER WARNING: This episode contains references to rape which some listeners may find distressing** Well, colour us happy and call us daddy because we've got two more incredible guests to share their stories with us this week on Poz Vibe.  Conleth Teevan , a father of two with his husband Mikey , tell us of his experience of living with HIV. We were also lucky to be joined by Tonie Walsh...

This week on Poz Vibe Podcast we can BARE-ly contain our excitement for our guests. We are lucky enough to be joined in this episode by Broadway Bares star Richard But I’ll Take Dick and Poz Vibe alumuns Conor Anderson. RIchard shared their journey of gender expression, finding their first high heels in Payless shoes, sex positivity and being ‘one of the first butts’ on Instagram. You heard it her...

Clutch your pearls and twirl your headphones because joining us this week on Poz Vibe Podcast is none other than news reading legend, Anne Doyle! Queen Anne chatted to us about her experiences of reporting on HIV in the 1980s and 90s, BEEP-ing without fear and being a ‘rampant little Wexford bunny’. We were also delighted to be joined by Erin Nugent of HIV Ireland. Anne is, of course, our wonderfu...

Bow down Poz Vibers because we are joined this week by royalty - the one and only Ongina plus Ireland’s #1 dancing queen Regina George .  Ongina came to international attention on the first series of RuPaul's Drag Race when they came out as HIV-positive. Their story is inspiring, moving and a celebration of living with HIV. We hope you love it. We were also lucky to be joined again this serie...

Hello Poz Vibe Tribe! This week we’ve got another incredible episode for you with added cherries on top... For episode 2, there’s double trouble in the form of our favourite fruity drag queen Cherrie On Top and activist Eugene Lynch . Cherrie, a.k.a Matthew Cavan, is a triple threat - she’s a drag queen, singer and actor born and raised in Belfast. Cherrie bravely shared her story of discovery and...

Welcome back Poz Vibe Tribe and say hello to series 2 of Poz Vibe Podcast! To get our second series underway, we present to you Poz Vibe Live - Festival Huns. We were lucky enough to be asked by Sofft Productions to bring the podcast to magical Dunderry Park alongside incredible acts like Pillow Queens and Dani Larkin . Hellurrr - we’re with the bands now and our rider says U = U. In between shama...

Surpriiiiise! You thought you'd seen the last of the Poz Vibers for this series but we like to keep you on your tippies friends. Veda and Robbie recorded a very special, bonus graduation episode featuring all of our first series alumni. We had a gorgeous evening in the stunning Tropical Popical on South William Street getting manis done under the watchful eye of the fabulous Andrea Horan. Thank yo...

Well, time flies when you’re destroying stigma and being HIVIPS. Alas, we have already come to the end of the first series of Poz Vibe Podcast. For our final twirl around the dance floor, we pulled out all the stops and kiki-ed with trans icon and Grande Dame of Granard, Rebecca de Havilland . Rebecca shared her trans and HIV stories with us, warts and all, with hope, joy and tenacity. But wait! T...

We’ve reached double digits here at Poz Vibe HQ - this is our tenth episode and we’re so excited that we have two stunning guests to mark this mini milestone. Michael O’Dea is an activist, masters student and ‘sexual wellbeing enthusiast’ and we are big fans. Michael talked to us about stigma and shame and taking a sledgehammer to both. Our other brilliant guest is Luis Noguera Benitez, a Venezuel...

Well, colour us happy because we have yet another two stunning guests to bless your ear buds this week. It’s A Sin star, actor and theatre maker Nathanial Hall joins us to share his HIV story and more importantly sing us something from The Sound of Music...she is 16 going on 17, hellur! We were also joined by Conor Anderson, UCDSU President who shared with us his experience of disclosing his statu...

For Pride week, we recorded a very special episode featuring our mothers, Millie and Mary and Veda’s drag mom, Mr. Pussy a.k.a Alan Amsby. Mary and Millie share how they felt when their sons came out with their H.I.V poz status, Mr. Pussy shares tales of the Diceman , Thom McGinty and tears were shed all around. If you want to support the podcast, please make sure you subscribe wherever you listen...

As it’s Pride Week, we are blessing you with a double drop. This bonus episode features speeches made by Veda and Robbie at a special afternoon tea in The Mansion House hosted by The Lord Mayor, Hazel Chu. There’s also a special vox pop at the very end featuring past Poz Vibe guests so make sure you keep listening. It could bring a pozitive tear to your eye so watch out! If you want to suppor...

This week we are joined by glam rock, shapeshifter Angelina Lovelace and activist Felipe Santos. Angelina talks about popping her PrEP like a Tic Tac and Felipe shares his story as a Brazilian in Ireland, learning about his health care rights and the importance of friends and allies. But before you move another inch, make sure you subscribe to the pod first wherever you listen so never miss an epi...

Look alive, it’s episode 5 and yet again, we’ve got two incredible guests for you this week. Not only do we have U=U pioneer and activist Bruce Richman to educate and uplift us but we also have actual royalty - Queen of Ireland, Panti Bliss . No other pozcast can touch us bébés. Rich and Panti both shared their HIV stories beautifully, Veda coined the phrase D=D and we put a call out for Bruce's p...

Hello Poz Vibe Tribe! Welcome to Poz Vibe Podcast, a podcast for HIV positive people, our friends, family and allies, created and hosted by Veda Lady and Robbie Lawlor. Well, shut the front door - it’s episode four already and we have got an incredible one for you this week. Nature is healing and we are getting PrEPared, The sun is out too so who better to talk to us this week than activist, RuPau...

This week we were joined by incredible guests Regina George and Luke Toomey who generously shared their HIV stories with us. Regina describes herself as Ireland's #1 Dancing Queen, DJ, host, make up artist and supermodel supreme. Well of course she is! Fionn is a 'social and cultural innovator' oh and he can also sail a boat. But before we drop our anchors, make sure you subscribe to the pod where...