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Hello and welcome to the Bisexual Biologist. This is the introductory

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episode of the podcast and it is a place where we talk nature, queerness and

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everything in between. My name is Riley and I am the host for this podcast and I

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am a homosexual as they would say in Kath and Kim. The idea for this show was

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birthed in a cocktail bar in London when I had some time living there and for a

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while I sat on the name Bisexual Biologist and I didn't know what I

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wanted to do with it. Basically I came out as bi. I say queer now because it's a

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lot easier for people to understand. I also have a background in studying

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biology so I kind of wanted to do something where these two worlds

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collided and this is essentially what it's gonna be. So strap in as we talk

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about it. Let's delve into it a little more. So after studying and completing a

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bachelor's degree in conservation biology at university, moving abroad and

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living overseas for five years and also undertaking my own journey of identity

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and discovery, I essentially wanted to create something that gave me a sense of

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purpose and passion in life because you know working full-time nine-to-five

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doesn't really do that much especially when it's not a new industry that you

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studied and just being a human is fucking hard these days. So I kind of

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just wanted something that I could delve into and have fun with and like really

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just give me joy and happiness essentially. So I thought to myself what

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better way than to delve into the world of queerness and how present it is in

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the natural world. So essentially this podcast is going to serve as an

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educational platform that opens up an introduction to the biological world for

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many people. People who don't know much about biology, people who don't know

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much about nature, people who are interested in that and want to learn

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more. So it's going to focus primarily on how same-sex sexual behavior is widely

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spread and documented throughout the natural world. So basically it's seen

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from insects, birds, mammals all the way through to reptiles like across the

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whole board of the animal kingdom. They are gay as shit. They love it. They

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absolutely love it. They bloody love it. It also will be to break down the

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stigmas around homosexuality in society that still exists today and also the

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unnaturalness that people claim to argue. Anyway so this will be a space where

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queerness is talked about by queer people. Essentially down the line I want

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to have people on the show to interview and have an open dialogue conversation

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with about specific things but to start off it's just gonna be me talking to the

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camera like I am right now. Essentially I want to create a space where I can

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utilize my degree and the information that I learnt through those years of

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studying and educate people on the vast beauty and dynamics of the ecosystems

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and species of this planet. It's where I'm able to learn about queerness in

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society as well and go on my own journey of discovery and education and to

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normalise terms experiences and homosexuality on a broader scale. I'm

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here to have fun with this podcast. I'm here to laugh at myself. I'm here to make

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you laugh. I'm here to be stupid and silly but also have fun in terms of

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giving educational content that's interesting and like not really focused

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on too much. So we're gonna continue to share the wonders of being gay with the

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world. So join me for a chaotic and silly adventure into the workings of the

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natural world, breaking down barriers in society and opening up a dialogue for

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inclusion and positivity. Nature's gay baby, don't hide your DNA.