This week we are heading back in time to the early 00s - this is the time when the Spice Girls were unravelling, we had e-mail but not social media (not even MySpace!), and electroclash was at its peak.

And it was at this time that my guest Jordan King - a Canadian multi-disciplinary artist, archivist, and historian, with her personal work currently focused on the overlap of drag culture and trans female identity - and a small group of friends started to host a weekly party in the then recently renovated basement of the Lotus Hotel in Vancouver.

We talk all about the subtle difference between being a 'ringleader' and being a 'wrangler', Jordan's casting in the Hollywood film Connie and Carla, and the magic and chaos of throwing yourself head first in to something you're passionate about...

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Listen to Jordan's podcast Radio Never Apart - https://soundcloud.com/neverapartmtl/sets/radio-never-apart-podcast

Lotus Hotel, Vancouver, Canada (with Jordan King)