S1 EP1: Dustin Lance Black

Out with Suzi Ruffell

Keep It Light Media

Relationships, Sexuality, Society & Culture, Comedy Interviews, Health & Fitness, Comedy

4.7 • 943 Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2020

⏱️ 63 minutes

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For the first episode of the series it was my absolute pleasure to interview the wonderful, Dustin Lance Black. Dustin is an Academy Award winning screenwriter and inspirational gay rights activist and I loved chatting to him about his life and work. I hope you enjoy listening as much as I did spending time with Dustin...xx And if you want to get in touch with me on the show, here's how... email: [email protected]: @outwithsuzi Producer: Michael Marden A 'Keep It Light Media' Production Sales and general enquiries: [email protected] Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Out with Susie Ruffle, a podcast about coming out, being out and finding
0:16.7	your place in the world.
0:18.6	This is the first episode, Hello, I'm Susie. If you're not aware of me, I'm mainly a stand-up comedian, but I'm also a writer, an actor, and a podcaster.
0:29.8	I'm wondering where you're listening to this. You might be on a walk or you might be at home
0:34.2	it is a very strange time in the UK at the moment well across the whole globe we're
0:40.6	currently in the midst of the coronavirus outbreak and well first of all I hope that you are doing well
0:49.0	I wondered whether to put out the podcast right now. It feels like a strange time to launch a new
0:54.0	podcast but then I thought maybe you're looking for something that's a little bit of
0:59.1	light in the shade maybe you're looking for a little bit of escapism for an hour and maybe this
1:04.6	podcast can be that for you. I've been working on this show for the last few months.
1:08.6	I've read a number of books, I've been researching, and I've been interviewing a collection of brilliant of community. I've created this podcast because it's something that I wish existed. I wish
1:24.9	it existed when I was coming out and when I was realizing that I was different. This
1:29.7	podcast isn't just for people that have just come out. It's also not just for people that are part of the LGBT plus community.
1:37.0	I think this podcast is for anyone, for anyone that's got an interest in people.
1:42.0	And I mean, I think... for anyone that's got an interest in people.
1:42.6	And I mean, I think, I hope, that's a lot of us.
1:47.4	The first episode is with Oscar winner, Dustin Lance Black.
1:52.0	I went to Dustin's house a few weeks ago before all of this started and I had a chat to him in his very cool London pad.
2:01.0	People often say that you shouldn't meet, I don't know, heroes or people that
2:05.3	really inspire you in case they let you down. Let me tell you, meeting Dustin was
2:10.5	an absolute joy. I'm so passionate about the work that he creates. I've been a huge
2:15.0	fan of his writing and I'm also, I'm so inspired by his work within activism. It was just an absolute
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