The Podcast
ViiV Healthcare’s Being Seen Podcast is an in-depth exploration of culture’s role in resolving the tension between how we are seen and how we see ourselves. It is a space to explore current cultural representations and their impact through conversations with leading artists, writers, activists, entertainers, and community leaders. If we create nuanced and accurate cultural portrayals of identity and experience, we have an opportunity to reduce stigma and change perception - impacting everything from HIV to institutional inequality.
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Being Seen Podcast Seasons
Season 1
The power of firsts. The roles we play. Finding our stories. Learning how to love, radically. The first season of Being Seen, hosted by award-winning author and advocate Darnell Moore, focuses on the gay and queer Black male experience through conversations with leading voices including Lee Daniels, Luke James, Lena Waithe, Kiese Laymon and Dyllon Burnside.
Season 2
The barbershop. Representation in Hollywood. Masculinity, through the eyes of the trans masculine community. Finding spaces where we can inhabit shared visions of freedom. The second season of Being Seen, hosted by award-winning author and advocate Darnell Moore, features conversations with award-winning guests including Steven Canals, Colman Domingo, Keiynan Lonsdale, Shangela, Kalen Allen, and more.
Season 3
Season 3, hosted by Tony Award-winning actress, singer, producer and author Anika Noni Rose, invites listeners to join an in-depth exploration of the Black female experience, told through ten episodes that explore the ways in which we inhabit spaces like power, freedom, desire and safety. These are spaces that can provide agency and protection but can also be weaponized against us. These episodes will navigate through the nuanced ways women want to be seen, offering a powerful opportunity to change perception and dramatically impact stigma.
Season 4
Being Seen Season 4 explores music, faith, and sex education as sites of identity, power, and resistance. Through intimate, probing conversations, season 4 examines how culture, belief, and the body shape our understanding of self and what it takes to live with honesty, agency, and care in systems that often demand silence or conformity. The fourth season of Being Seen, hosted by award-winning author and advocate Darnell Moore, features conversations with award-winning guests including Dream Hampton, Tamela Mann, Shan Boodram, and Dr. Regina N. Bradley.
