Our People

Joe Dugandzic

Podcaster, Lighting Designer, Techie, Foodie, Railfan.
Founder, Host and Executive Producer

Joe Dugandzic has been podcasting since 2008, but has been involved in digital media for many years.  Many people have told him over the years that he had a great ‘radio voice’, and it makes sense, as he was an avid listener of local Valley radio talk shows while growing up.  An IT Professional by day, and an entrepreneur and media enthusiast by night,  Joe was inspired by major shows on the Internet such as Feast of Fun, Invasion of the Pod People, The 404, among others. This led him to create QTalk Arizona in 2010.  Further inspiration from TWiT.tv and an attempt to serve a larger audience than a single podcast was capable of, QTalk Arizona became a podcast network in 2011.  Joe somehow roped many of his friends who already had varied interests, into becoming talk show hosts on QTalk Arizona.  And today, the network has seven podcast series–with more on the way.  Joe feels that QTalk Arizona can give back to the community by bringing people together throughout Arizona.  Joe hosts several talk shows on the network.

Joe has been involved with the local LGBT community for many years, starting out being a participant in the 1n10 youth program in the late ’90s and serving on the Phoenix Pride Board of Directors and doing fundraising for Aunt Rita’s Foundation’s events.  Joe is currently single, hoping that Mr. Wonderful will show up sometime soon and loves living in Downtown Phoenix.

Seth Anderson

Downtown Hipster, Coffee Lover, Events Know-It-All.
Site Blogger and Contributor to “What The Hell Is Going on In Arizona?“

Seth is the ultimate urban dweller and is always in the know about what is happening in the Phoenix Metro Area.  He’s even more focused on Downtown Phoenix development and whatever the latest new ‘scene’ is in the downtown corridor.  Seth has been a consistent fixture of QTalk Arizona from the beginning and “loves doing his thing” with QTalk AZ.  Seth met Joe Dugandzic in 2010 after they discovered they were both fans of another big gay podcast, Feast of Fun from Chicago.  Seth also writes for several other publications, is currently writing a book and has his own blog at jsethanderson.com.  As Seth admits, there’s no way that he (or anyone) knows of everything going on all the time — so, if you’ve got a tip on something going on around town or the State, drop him us a line at events@qtalkaz.com!

Jacob Barros

Car Enthusiast, Lover of the Finer Things in Life, Idea Guy
Producer and Host of “KarCast“

Jacob has been a automotive enthusiast for, well, forever — at least we think so!  Jacob came to Joe in the early months of 2011 and suggested a car show, with eventual expansion as a video podcast.  Well, it’s still audio-only, but the plans for the video continue.  Jacob loves some of the finer things in life, including luxury and sports cars.  He’s always got that next great business idea up his sleeve and even his own ideas for developing custom cars.  He’s an avid watcher of the development of today’s electric car movement as well as other alternative-fuel vehicles.

Dave Cathey

Auto Enthusiast, Do-It-Yourself-Guy, Techie, Part-Time Tasmanian Devil
Co-Host of “KarCast”

Dave Cathey hasn’t yet found a vehicle he didn’t like.  Well, to clarify, he hasn’t found a vehicle that he couldn’t change to fit his liking.  And where does the techie meet the ‘car guy’?  Yep, he’s got a Prius in the family.  Dave definitely has an interest in some of the awesome sports and muscle cars that out today, but has a keen interest on yesterday’s cars.  Where does the Tasmanian Devil thing fit into all of this?  Well, just listen to Dave’s super-excitable personality on the show and you’ll find out!

Babe Caylor

Proud Mom, Community Activist, Wonderwoman
Co-Producer and Co-Host of “The Joe and Babe Show“

It’s not just that Babe is a mom in real life, but she likes to think of all of her 1n10 kids as her own children too.  Babe and Joe Dugandzic go way back to his 1n10 days, and it’s fitting that now they’re working again together on Internet radio.  Babe has been involved in the local LGBT community since the early 1990s and she’s always offered a helping hand or inspiring words to those who may need them.  Babe used to be on the radio with her own show ‘back in the day’ and was thrilled at the opportunity to get back on the airwaves.  And, Wonderwoman?  Well, as she says, “we’re taking over the town!”  There’s nothing that Babe couldn’t accomplish if she set her mind to it, we’re sure of that!

Pandora DeStrange

Fierce Drag Queen, Founding Member of AZ Gender Outlaws, Theatrical Wizard
Producer and Host of “All That Glitters“

Pandora DeStrange decided to unite the drag community of Phoenix when she moved here years ago from a far away land. Over time, she has succeed in elevating drag to a new level of performance and entertaining audiences across the entire State. She and her Arizona Gender Outlaws conspire to create bring events of drag terrorism to a local venue near you. Be on the lookout for their minions and antics wherever you might be!

Dr. Dina Evan

Therapist, Spiritual Guide, ‘The Oracle’ of QTalk AZ
Producer and Host of “The Dr. Dina Hour“

Dr. Dina Evan is a kind soul, with lots of advice and help for you in case yours has gone astray.  Nope, we’re not talking about religious mumbo-jumbo, but just great spiritual advice intermingled with some therapy and a side of reality.  Dr. Dina understands and explains the world around us like no one we’ve ever met and we’re thrilled she’s with us.  She’s a mother, personal and spiritual counselor, author and has a great sense of humor.  She writes columns for several publications and is excited to once again be on the radio, this time in a whole new way.  ”The Oracle”?  Well, we just thought that fit!

Luis Garcia

Softball Player, Columnist, LGBT Community Evangelist
Producer and Host of “What The Hell Is Going on In Arizona?“

Luis Garcia is a longtime resident of Phoenix. For the last ten years he has been reporting LGBT-related news and entertainment in Arizona working for Spectrum Weekly, Echo Magazine and ‘N Touch News. Luis is a past member of the Crystal Meth Task Force, American Legion, Phoenix 2010 Census Complete Count Committee, Encanto Village Planning Committee, Latino HIV/AIDS Day of Awareness and is a founding member of Human and Equal Rights Organizers.

Luis is the recipient of the 2009 Equality Arizona Central Activist Award and was recognized as a 40 Hispanic Leaders Under 40 in 2010 by Chicanos Por La Causa.

Olivia Gardens

Drag Queen, Community Activist, Gender Outlaw
Co-Producer and Co-Host of “All That Glitters“

Olivia Gardens is a member of the Arizona Gender Outlaws and part of Pandora’s tribe. She’s currently the reigning Miss Phoenix Gay Pride and does numerous projects benefitting the Phoenix LGBT Community.

Jimmy Gruender

LGBT Rights Activist, Force To Be Reckoned With. Out, Loud And Proud
Co-Producer and Co-Host of “What The Hell Is Going On In Arizona?“

Jimmy Gruender has served in several non-profit organizations including five years on the Phoenix Pride board of directors, regional representation for Inter-Pride, and on the board of H.E.R.O. from 2008 to 2011 and Co-chair 2009 to 2011. He is currently the Chair of One Voice Community Center, and has served as a Co-Director for Right to Marry AZ for 2010, and 20122 and is the Director The Right to Marry for Northern Arizona in 2012.

Bradly McComb

Coffee Enthusiast, Techie, Apple Fanboy
Co-Producer and Co-Host of “TechnoBabble“

Bradly McComb has been a technology enthusiast for many, many years.  But, he’s definitely on the Apple side of the aisle.  Not that he can’t find his way around a Windows PC, but he definitely subscribes to the Steve Jobs mantra.  Most everything in Bradly’s world revolves around simplicity, an Apple trait to be sure.  Coffee?  Well, he recently wondered how he would have lived through these last few crazy years without it.  As for the techie side, whether it’s the multi-terabyte SAN setup at home for media consumption or his Google voice-to-iPad-to-something-else-at-home setup, he’s got it all down.  And yeah, sorry boys, Brad’s quite taken by his partner Jacob of many years.

Libbie Miller

Wine Lover, and, is there more to life than that?
Co-Host of “Queers! Eat, Drink and Be Fabulous!“

Libbie Miller never met a bottle of wine that she couldn’t call her own.  In fact, we think that she’d probably marry a bottle of wine if she had her chance.  But, her wife would probably take issue with that!  Libbie is a self-proclaimed ‘wine-o’ and has decided to make her non-work life a winding-road-adventure of discovering the world’s wines and winemakers.  Food, of course, goes hand-in-hand with wine, and she’s always about finding that great new restaurant.  So, if you’re thinking that she is somehow messily loopy on wine all the time, you’re sadly mistaken.  She’s a ‘wine-o’ with class, but on the show, we never know what she’s going to say next!

Nathan Treanor

Blogger, Wine Enthusiast, Postino Shareholder
Co-Host of “Queers! Eat, Drink and Be Fabulous!“

Nathan Treanor has been a blogger for several years, along with being a podcaster of his own series “Nathan OUTloud“.  He’s been involved with HRC and other LGBT community organizations, helping to push for equality.  But, when it comes down to it, just have a look at Nathan’s foursquare account and you’ll know where his real passion lies.  Food and wine!  Complete this sentence, you know you’re a ‘wine-o’ when _____.  It’s ok, because Nathan teams up with Libbie to bring us the wine perspective on every episode of “Queers!”  Food-wise, well, he’s definitely also a foodie at heart.  But it would seem that there’s a particular place that he likes to frequent.  ’Church’ for Nathan on Sundays is Brunch at Postino.  And, yes, if there truly were stock-owning opportunities for those restaurants, he would have been the first shareholder!

Claudine Wessel

Community Activist, Event Planner Extraordinaire, Foodie
Co-Producer and Co-Host of ”Queers! Eat, Drink and Be Fabulous!“

Claudine Wessel is always actively involved in the community.  Someone referred to her recently as “Mrs. Gay” and she just cracked up!  She feels like she’s not really so involved, but we know better.  Whether it’s HRC or the Democratic Party, she’s out to lend a helping hand and get out the message.  She started her event-planning work at DisneyWorld (rough job, huh?) several years ago and she really feels like it may be her calling in life.  Of course, you can’t plan an event without food!  Claudine loves a great restaurant, cafe, dive, whatever…it’s all about great food, creative cooking and presentaiton and great company.  Joe Dugandzic has known Claudine for many years and brought the idea of a food and wine show to her.  Several weeks later, a show was born!