This Way Out: Underdogs anthem+Sochi-bound Billie Jean+global LGBT news

This Way Out #1,347 Program Rundown:

Opening teases/theme music/intro continuity . . . . . . . . . . 1:05

SEGMENT #1 – "NewsWrap": Sexual minorities now live in dangerous times amidst increasing arrests in Nigeria after President Goodluck Jonathan signs a draconian "Jail All the Gays" bill; six men arrested in Gabon for participating in a "gay wedding" are released without charge after prosecutors determine that no "real marriage" had occurred; President Yoweri Museveni declines to sign a draconian "Anti-Homosexuality Bill" in Uganda, but only for legal reasons, calling gay people "disgusting" and "abnormal"; Gays & Lesbians of Zimbabwe wins a rare legal victory in the country's High Court; Oklahoma's hetero only marriage law is the latest state statute to be declared unconstitutional by a federal judge [with brief comments by the author of the state's 2004 marriage amendment former Senator JAMES WILLIAMSON, and notoriously homophobic current State Representative SALLY KERN]; Utah's legally wed same-gender couples are told they can file joint state tax returns if they were married by December 31, 2013, even though the state refuses to recognize their unions and has a new $200,000 hired gun leading its defense of the marriage ban in the 10th Circuit; and 80 percent of the congregants of the First United Methodist Church in Alexandria, Indiana quit after the choir director of 6 years is dismissed for being gay [with comments by former choir director ADAM FRALEY] (produced by STEVE PRIDE, written by GREG GORDON, and reported this week by MICHAEL LE BEAU and MICHELLE-MARIE GILKESON) [10:45] + Billboard for the Andrew Abaria feature [:06]. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10:51

SEGMENT #2 – Sochi-bound BILLIE-JEAN KING gets fierce with ersatz TV commentator STEPHEN COLBERT on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report" (with an intro and brief outro from the show's theme music by CHEAP TRICK) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4:26
[comedycentral.com]

SEGMENT #3 – "TWO" I.D. by iconic singer/songwriter JANIS IAN [:08] + Gay Filipino classical pianist turned pop singer/songwriter ANDREW ABARIA chats with "This Way Out's" CHRIS WILSON about his personal and musical journeys, bookended by two cuts from his "WE ARE THE UNDERDOGS" EP: the title track and "Kiss Me Till They Find Us" [11:01] . . 11:09
[andrewabaria.com]

Closing Credits/continuity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1:25

TOTAL PROGRAM TIME. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28:56