Episode 15: Alphabet Soup Radiothon

This week, we're doing something special on the Petri Dish.

JOY is a community radio station providing a voice for the LGBTIQ community (Q-munity?) in Melbourne, and around the world at joy.org.au. We don't receive government funding, and there is a limit to the amount of sponsorship we are allowed to accept (only 5 minutes per hour!). Basically, JOY runs on the smell of an oily rag, and we need your support to stay on air.

The Petri Dish, like most of JOY's programmes, are staffed (although "fuelled" might be a better word) by volunteers. We do this because we're enthusiastic about science, about JOY, and about the LGBTIQ community.

If you enjoy the Petri Dish and all the other programmes that JOY brings to you as much as we enjoy bringing them to you, show your support for queer independent media by becoming a JOY member. If you do it before Sunday 21/6, you could be in the running to win an enormous number of fantastic (but non-science related) prizes! That's how much we value your support.

To everyone who has already joined up or renewed their memberships, thank you for your support.

And a very special thank you to everyone who listens to the Petri Dish! Remember, we always want to hear what you have to say, by texting in, ringing, emailing, or leaving posts on this blog.

Thanks again, and now: back to the science!