werkbook
Claim This Podcastby Tyson Seburn
Podcast Overview
<p>Welcome to werkbook, where Queerness and ELT intersect. This podcast project brings together Taylor Veigga, Tyson Seburn, and nine ELT folx to explore LGBTQ topics that affect queer people in different contexts, sometimes the same way and sometimes very differently. We'll hear experiences that sound familiar, some that are very difficult, and some that show the joyful and colourful impact being queer has for us and others around us. </p>
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June 18, 2026
Episode 6: Ethan's werkbook
Hey you. It's Tyson and Taylor here. We're thrilled to bring you back into the werkbook space for this new drop! Welcome back.In this episode, we share a new story: What does it mean to stay soft in a world that keeps asking you to harden? For Ethan, that question stretches across continents, starting in Vietnam with lotto and parents, moves through to the United States with research work, follows into Brazil where visibility seems everywhere, and back to Vietnam, holding power and taking up space. All these with a pearl necklace sparkling their vibes.EPISODE GUIDE00:00 – Softness is a superpowerWe’re half full… and staying soft in a hard world is its own kind of rebellion.03:15 – Intersectional fabulous realnessEthan talks intersectionality, living visibly, and why a pearl necklace can be both an accessory and a manifesto.08:00 – Identities aren’t pie charts, darlingWe unpack nationality, queerness, and the complicated business of belonging—to countries, communities, and ourselves.15:58 – Growing up queer in VietnamFrom media portrayal to hát lô tô, Ethan reflects on navigating early life and culture that built their curiousity.25:08 – Returning home as an openly queer leaderThere’s something deliciously full-circle about coming back to Vietnam as your whole self—and making institutions take notes.27:36 – The coming out storyWe love a supportive family arc. Did Ethan get one?37:19 – Claim your power, teachersQueer people belong in classrooms, research, leadership, and policy—not just surviving systems, but reshaping them.41:34 – Visibility isn’t free labourResearch, allyship, tokenisation, lived experience, and money all in one segment!47:57 – Spirituality requires authenticityFrom temples to trains, Ethan reflects on self-acceptance, higher powers, and why you can’t build a life on a closet door.52:21 – Queer joy is Taylor. That is all.Friendship, mentorship, found family; plus some traditions must endure. 🌈✨Final vibe check:Softness is power, identity is fluid, and queer joy is in the conversations—and a fabulous necklace 💖* All voice clips used are done so for lighthearted entertainment and often educational purposes under the creative commons licensing. Ethan mentions Queer Eye (for the Straight Guy) and so that's a brief clip.* Intro and outro logo combined from music by Gamemaster Audio and AM Beef. * Background ambience includes Liquid Memoirs - Transitions, Risian - Imagine a World, and Yair Cohen - Our Home. * Queer joy background music includes excerpts from Jane The Boy - Electric by Electric.
April 24, 2026
Episode 5: Ani's werkbook
Welcome to this episode of werkbook! Tyson Seburn & Taylor Veigga explore what being Queer actually looks like for eleven Queer ELT folx—across cultures, generations, religions, and life stages.EXCLUSIVE RELEASE @ #IATEFL2026In this episode, Ani, a Brazilian educator who identifies as travesti, shares her journey from navigating gender identity in a conservative environment to building a fulfilling life in São Paulo. Our conversation explores language, identity, queer visibility, cultural norms, and the power of representation—moving from personal struggle to joy, love, and future possibility. It’s a grounded, deeply human look at how vocabulary, community, and visibility can help us be who we are in all ways. .EPISODE GUIDE00:00 Intro & meeting Annie 04:05 Identity, teaching & finding a way through 05:00 Moving to São Paulo for safety and freedom 09:10 Culture, masculinity & being visible 15:00 Language, labels & reclaiming words 19:45 Religion, silence & early self-discovery 30:00 Gender roles & the pressure to perform 36:45 School, allies & early confidence 37:30 Pop culture, Gaga & representation 47:00 Allyship & asking better questions 55:00 Queer joy, love & building a future 1:00:10 Final thoughts on real allyship
April 4, 2026
Episode 4: Gaye's werkbook
Welcome to this episode of werkbook! Tyson Seburn & Taylor Veigga explore what being Queer actually looks like for eleven Queer ELT folx—across cultures, generations, religions, and life stages. In this episode, we meet with Gaye (he/she/they), who is from Türkiye. They are pansexual and bigender. Most of us don’t grow up with the words to describe our identities that clearly; in fact, we aren’t encouraged to. In this episode, Gaye reflects on how that absence shaped their understanding of gender and sexuality while growing up in a conservative, under-resourced context. They talk about working as a queer educator in an environment where openness isn’t always possible—supporting students who are asking similar questions, often without the language to do so. Gaye also traces how access (or lack of it) to media and representation influenced that process: from discovering shows like The L Word to recognising how mainstream portrayals can both illuminate and distort queer lives.The conversation also touches on family, particularly Gaye’s relationship with their mother, and the complicated mix of care, silence, and expectation that comes with it. Throughout, Gaye returns to the role of education—not as a grand solution, but as a daily, practical way of making space for honesty, visibility, and small shifts in understanding.If you believe that stories like Gaye’s aren’t heard enough in ELT contexts, I’m so happy you’re here to listen to our latest episode.EPISODE GUIDE00:20 — Identity and labels02:32 — Language, survival, and growing up in Türkiye06:20 — English opens up more possibilities08:25 — The L Word, awareness, and distorted expectations14:04 — Performing identity in restrictive environments19:42 — Mental health for self-understanding22:18 — Professional life and pressure25:02 — Grief and its relationship to queerness28:39 — Queerness as motivation and connection31:03 — Gaye's queer joy with students* All voice clips used are done so for lighthearted entertainment and often educational purposes under the creative commons licensing.* Intro and outro logo combined from music by Gamemaster Audio and AM Beef. Some background music by Diamonds And Ice. Queer joy background music by Jane The Boy.
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- What is werkbook?
<p>Welcome to werkbook, where Queerness and ELT intersect. This podcast project brings together Taylor Veigga, Tyson Seburn, and nine ELT folx to explore LGBTQ topics that affect queer people in different contexts, sometimes the same way and sometimes very differently. We'll hear experiences that sound familiar, some that are very difficult, and some that show the joyful and colourful impact being queer has for us and others around us. </p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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