HeyJaredVolunqueers
Volunqueers is a monthly podcast brought to you by the LGBTQI+ RPCV affiliate group. Each episode we will interview an LGBTQI+ RPCV to learn about their Peace Corps service, what it was like to live abroad as a queer person, and how Peace Corps has impacted them.
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Episode 20 - Dr. Don Kilhefner (RPCV Ethiopia) (opens the original)
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In this episode, we sit down with living legend Dr. Don Kilhefner, whose journey began in 1962 among the very first wave of Peace Corps volunteers! Stepping straight from a Rose Garden blessing with JFK into the highlands of Ethiopia, all while harboring a truth that could have ended his service overnight. Between hand-cranked stencils, a secret recipe for revolutionary school lunches, and a touch of Amharic-infused "witchcraft," Don’s time in Dessie sparked a lifelong fire. But that was just th
Episode 19 - Steph Shelton (RPCV Tonga) (opens the original)
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In this episode, we sit down with Steph Shelton, an RPCV whose journey took her from post-recession job hunts to the Kingdom of Tonga, where female homosexuality was practically invisible and she was forced to step back into the closet. Between navigating the "Beach Corps" myth and Tonga’s complex third-gender dynamics, Steph spent two years guarding her identity thousands of miles from home. But just as she reached the finish line, a single late-night slip-up threatened to blow her cover and ig
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