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  1. 4D AGO

    Getting our game on with AJ Ogilvy retired NBL athlete

    This week on JOY Drive, Jacs Host of Game On joins JOY Drive host Warren Andrew to talk being your authentic self with retired professional basketballer Andrew “AJ” Ogilvy. AJ came out publicly last month in the lead up to the NBL Pride Round now in its fourth year. He had a 12 year career spanning 218 games, played at the top level with the Sydney Kings and the Illawarra Hawks where he was team captain in 2020-21 and 2021-22. When asked what would he say to athletes concerned about being their authentic selves at an elite level his response was don’t worry as he has been accepted with the basketball community wrapping their arms around him, and in his words “filled his heart with love”. The post Getting our game on with AJ Ogilvy retired NBL athlete appeared first on Game On!.

    13 min

  2. 4D AGO

    Getting our game on with Graeme Attey (GameGear), Siyan Baxter (GLTA – tennis), Andrew Bondini (Spectres Australia)

    Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community! Contact sports – Monash University and GameGear have launched a world-first concussion trial including the AFL and NRL. The two year trial will assess the efficacy of headgear during elite and community football and rugby games. Graeme Attey, the industrial designer behind GameGear, joined Game On to talk design, innovation and safety. (Starts 3:12) Tennis – Siyan Baxter is a winner baby! The 2026 @gltaworldtour Glam Slam Women’s B Doubles Champion! Keen to dust of your tennis racquet and join the winner’s circle? Hear from one of the founders of the @hobartouttennis and current member of @teambrisbanetennis about how welcoming tennis is for lesbian, bi and trans people and the opportunities for you! (Starts 12:39) Basketball – The @nbl Pride Round continues for 2026 with the exciting annual @melbunited Pride Game on February 7 at John Cain Arena. It’s a home game against the Adelaide 36ers with @isaachumphries7 heating up the action on the court! @joy949 will be at the game from 6-8pm broadcasting live – make sure to pop by and say hi! – and the @melbourne_spectres will be right next to the Joy 94.9 crew! @titan_lads joined the show in the @joy949 Sport Studio to talk inclusive basketball, big plans and even bigger achievements and how you can be part of the basketball action! (Starts 23:06) Luke and Sassy Scott were at the Australia Open Glam Slam hosting the One Point Glam Slam. Scott’s hubby Marcus and twin boys were courtside. In between all the tennis shenanigans, Scott took some time out to share his top tips for those pondering whether parenthood is right for them. (Starts 40:09) A big thank you to our wonderful guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset, and encouraging everyone in the Rainbow community to get their game on! And thank you for being a part of Team Game On! The post Getting our game on with Graeme Attey (GameGear), Siyan Baxter (GLTA – tennis), Andrew Bondini (Spectres Australia) appeared first on Game On!.

    42 min

  3. 12/03/2025

    Getting our game on with Luke Heckendorf, Macquarie University – Sport

    This week on JOY Drive, Jacs Host of Game On joins JOY Drive host Warren Andrew to talk belonging with Luke Heckendorf, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging Lead, Macquarie University – Sport. Luke has extensive experience in diversity and inclusion roles, having worked with Football Australia, Touch Football Australia, and the National Rugby League, is a proud LGBTQ+ ally and passionate about creating accessible, inclusive spaces for everyone. A proud member of Pride In Sport, Macquarie University – Sport has achieved Platinum Tier status, becoming the first sports organisation in Australia to do so. This recognition has led to the opportunity to undertake the first ever Pride in Sport Platinum Project aimed at uncovering barriers that LGBTQ+ students face when it comes to sport and physical activity on campus. If you identify as part of the LGBTQ+ community, share your voice by completing a short online survey. Your input will help create more inclusive and welcoming spaces for sport and physical activity at university. Get involved with the Project Platinum Survey and be part of driving positive change on university campuses across Australia. LGBTQ+ Inclusion in Sport link. (Open until December 2025) There is also to be an updated LGBTQ+ inclusion policy released. Reach out and request a copy of the updated policy. The post Getting our game on with Luke Heckendorf, Macquarie University – Sport appeared first on Game On!.

    5 min

  4. 12/03/2025

    Getting our game on with Nathan and Chris – Emerald City Kickball – Melbourne and Brendan and Chris – GayFL

    Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community! We kick off the show with inclusive sporting news! In tennis news, Switzerland’s Mika Brunold has come out as gay with a in a heartfelt Instagram post being second male professional tennis player to come out publicly in the last year. And in football news, Sam Kerr returned for the Matildas on Australian soil for the first time in two years with a 2-0 win over New Zealand. (Starts 3:30) In awesome Emerald City Kickball sporting news, for the first time ever Kickball will be part of the Gay Games in Perth in 2030! Nathan Lithgow Stakeholder Manager and Chris Pangalos, Director of Marketing and Communications from Emerald City Kickball – Melbourne join the show in the JOY 94.9 Studio to talk community, connecting and having fun through inclusive sport! (Starts 5:50) We are then joined by another dynamic duo taking over the Joy 94.9 airwaves between 6-7pm starting from next week over the summer grid– Chris and Brendan Maher – hosts of a new show called GayFL –  a dedicated AFL/AFLW show. If you love your footy you are bound to love GayFL! (Starts 26:30) And we celebrate celebrating pride in the WBBL with two pride matches between the Perth Scorchers, Hobart Hurricanes and Melbourne Renegades with a call out for a pride round. (Starts 38:54) A big thank you to our wonderful guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset, and encouraging everyone in the Rainbow community to get their game on! And thank you for being a part of Team Game On! The post Getting our game on with Nathan and Chris – Emerald City Kickball – Melbourne and Brendan and Chris – GayFL appeared first on Game On!.

    41 min

  5. 11/26/2025

    Getting our game on with AJ Lamarque (Sydney Spectres), Nic Norris (Melbourne Frontrunners), Jesse Edwards (Melbourne United)

    Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community! Basketball – We chat with AJ Lamarque Sydney Spectres member and Pride In Basketball Ambassador about inclusive basketball in Sydney and the opportunities for you on and off the court – even at the Gay Games in Valencia, Spain! (1:57) Running / Walking – Run clubs are all the rage so we chat with Vice President Melbourne Frontrunners Nic Norris about the awesome annual Pride Run on Sunday 22 February 2026 at the Botanical Gardens. Registrations are open for what is a very fun and very colourful morning of connecting! More info Melbourne Pride Run. We also delve into Nic’s running exploits which include a move into triathlon with a commitment to complete an Ironman! (11:37) Basketball – Melbourne United embraces the NBL’s annual Pride Round for the fourth consecutive year on Saturday the 7th of February 2026 with an exciting home game at John Cain Arena. High flying Dutch dunker Jesse Edwards is live in the JOY 94.9 Sport Studio to talk about why the club celebrates diversity and inclusion in basketball, being an active ally and sharing pro tips on how to dominate on the court with a challenge accepted to attempt a 720 slam dunk! (20:10) Who is getting their game on as we close the show? This week Ash Riddell,AFLW player with North Melbourne. The runner-up to Adelaide’s Ebony Marinoff last year, this year North Melbourne’s Ash Riddell polled 23 votes to add the League’s highest individual honour to her fifth All-Australian selection. And potentially a back-to-back premiership on Saturday when North Melbourne take on the Brisbane Lions for the AFLW Grand Final. Saturday 29 November. 7.45pm – a night grand final for the first time. We hear part of Ash Riddell’s wonderful speech after being announced AFLW 2025 Best And Fairest! (37:36) A big thank you to our wonderful guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset, and encouraging everyone in the Rainbow community to get their game on! And thank you for being a part of Team Game On! The post Getting our game on with AJ Lamarque (Sydney Spectres), Nic Norris (Melbourne Frontrunners), Jesse Edwards (Melbourne United) appeared first on Game On!.

    40 min

  6. 11/19/2025

    Getting our game on with Gail and Glenn – Founders Country Struts, Nicolette Forte – Singer/Footy player and Dean Vickerman Head Coach Melbourne United

    Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community! Gail and Glenn, founders of Country Struts, the boot-scooting group that’s been taking Melbourne by storm had the Carlton AFLW team jumping, turning, and toe-tapping their way through a full session of boot scouting fun recently. Did the fun factor get them the win and into the AFLW Semi-Final for 2025? Let’s say yes! You’ll be on a winner if you give boot scouting a go with Gail – the real deal rodeo dance queen complete with denim and rhinestones and concrete cowpoke Glenn! (Starts 2:14) You are never too old to give sport a go! Singer and songwriter Nicolette Forte picked up a footy 20 years after having to put it down as a 13 year old with no pathway at te time. Enter the over 35s AFL masters women’s league and the mighty Parkside Spurs! Nicolette nicknamed Nico Kico for her kicking prowess is loving the game so much so that she wrote a song about it – The Chasing Game. Check out the video featuring the team! (Starts 11:43) We welcome Melbourne United Head Coach Dean Vickerman to the JOY Sport Studio to chat about the club’s incredible support for inclusion in basketball. This is the fourth consecutive year the professional basketball club has supported basketball being a sport for everyone with another Pride Round planned for February 7 2026  at John Cain Arena. The game will be against the Adelaide 36ers – the team Isaac Humphries plays with Isaac being the  first openly-gay NBL player coming out in November 2022. Isaac played for Melbourne United at the time and Dean talks about the support for Isaac and why inclusion for the club is so important. (Starts 21:48) On Sunday just gone, the 16 November, it marked three years to the day that Isaac Humphries came out to the world and changed his life forever to become the only active openly gay male professional basketball player in a top-tier league anywhere in the world. We hear part of an interview Isaac shared on Adelaide’s NOVA919 with Jodie & Hayesy of the impact it made to himself, and a global audience. (Starts 42:18) A big thank you to our wonderful guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset, and encouraging everyone in the Rainbow community to get their game on! And thank you for being a part of Team Game On! The post Getting our game on with Gail and Glenn – Founders Country Struts, Nicolette Forte – Singer/Footy player and Dean Vickerman Head Coach Melbourne United appeared first on Game On!.

    46 min

  7. 11/12/2025

    Getting our game on with Morgan Taylor Capital Riot, Jamie Crain CEO Sports Medicine Australia, Rowen D’Souza Founder Glam Slam

    Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community! Ice Hockey – Something new is hitting the ice in Canberra! The Capital Riot Ice Hockey Club is ACT’s first LGBTQIA+ ice hockey team. One of the founders and player Morgan Taylor joins Game On to encourage you to hit the ice because ice-hockey is for everyone! (Starts 1min 50secs) Exercising in the heat – Jamie Crain CEO Sports Medicine Australia shares how you can stay safe while out and about under our blistering Australian sun. The Sports Heat Tool, developed by the Heat and Health Research Centre at  the University of Sydney is an easy way to know how safe playing conditions are based on your local weather and sport type! (Starts 9mins 18 secs) Tennis – The fabulous Glam Slam has opened registrations for 2026! Rowen D’Souza  Founder of the Glam Slam at the Australian Open is in the JOY 94.9  Sport Studio to talk tennis and how you can be part of this incredible event which is all about growing a community of tennis players! (Starts 21mins 25secs) A big thank you to our wonderful guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset, and encouraging everyone in the Rainbow community to get their game on! And thank you for being a part of Team Game On! The post Getting our game on with Morgan Taylor Capital Riot, Jamie Crain CEO Sports Medicine Australia, Rowen D’Souza Founder Glam Slam appeared first on Game On!.

    41 min

  8. 11/05/2025

    Getting our game on with Tyler Leslight Jockey – Racing Queensland and Connor Wilson – President Melbourne Spectres

    Welcome to Game On JOY 94.9’s Home of Sport live every Wednesday from 6-7pm where you’ll hear where you can get your game on! This show is all about showcasing where sport is safe, inclusive, welcoming and fun for the Rainbow community! We start the show with an update of what is happening in inclusive sporting news! We speak with a trailblazer in Australian horse racing — jockey Tyler Leslight. Tyler made headlines as Australia’s first openly transgender jockey, and his courage and authenticity have inspired many both within and beyond the racing world. Tyler is a participant in the Racing with Pride series, an initiative from Racing Queensland celebrating inclusion and diversity in the sport and joins us to talk about his journey, the racing community, and what it means to live authentically in the saddle. (Starts 7mins 18secs) Then it’s time to talk basketball with the new Melbourne Spectres President Connor Wilson live in the JOY Sport Studio. The Melbourne Spectres is Melbourne’s LGBTIQ+ and Allies Basketball Club with clubs based in Sydney, Brisbane, Perth and Adelaide. We find out what the Melbourne crew is up to which includes heading to the Gay Games 2026 in Valencia, Spain! Connor shares the incredible connection the club  has with Melbourne United, one of the biggest professional basketball teams in the country. (Starts 23mins) A big thank you to our wonderful guests for their support of an inclusive and supportive sporting culture and mindset, and encouraging everyone in the Rainbow community to get their game on! And thank you for being a part of Team Game On! The post Getting our game on with Tyler Leslight Jockey – Racing Queensland and Connor Wilson – President Melbourne Spectres appeared first on Game On!.

    44 min
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    JOY 94.9 - Rainbow Community Podcasts for our LGBTI, LGBTIQA+, LGBTQIA+, LGBT, LGBTQ, LGB, Gay, Lesbian, Trans, Intersex, Queer Communities
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    2023 - 2026
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    80
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