Let's Get Both Ties

Jon returns to talk Nosferatu, the new movie by Robert Eggers, and its origins, the roles of vampires in media and how they've touched on queer themes.

Jay talks about his concerns for the new year as a queer person in the US. He also talks about things in his life he wants to work on.

Christian Garcia of That Ol' Gay Classic Cinema adds Dr. Seuss' classic How the Grinch Stole Christmas! to the Holiday Story Trunk as he and Jay talk some of the history of the story, some of the adaptations, the Tumblr headcanon that linked the Grinch to Tony the Tiger, and the greater universe of the story. That Ol' Gay Classic Cinema: https://open.spotify.com/show/4aIAsQdHfQCsgodkdRf7rB

Jonathan Miranda offers Barbie's animated take on Dicken's A Christmas Carol for the holiday story trunk this year. And he and Jay quickly find a lesbian pairing in this version!

Erica Olivera returns to talk about the mythical figure of Krampus and what he's got to do with Christmas.

Sam presents Tomie DePaola's The Legend of the Poinsettia for the first of the 2024 entries to our holiday story trunk.

Jay is joined by returning guests Angelo Thomas and Miranda, and new guest Bryce Madison to discuss Wicked Part 1, the first of the two films adapting the musical Wicked.

Jay's friend Hannah Byram comes by to discuss the backlash to female representation in entertainment. And yes, it touches on the recent politics of the time as well.

Jay and his new guest Johnny Gayzmonic break down Disney+'s new show from Marvel Television: Agatha All Along as Marvel Studios finally does meaningful queer representation.

While Jay's politics haven't been a secret, he decides to talk about them now.

Bill Graff returns to share some ghostly stories from his own life as well as some of the ghostly sightings around Hollywood.

After running weekly for a year, it's about time we had a trailer!

Sam thinks back on scary TV shows he saw as a kid, encouraging Jay to open up about the topic of urban legends.

Jonathan Miranda returns to tell spooky urban legends from his stomping grounds in Chicago.

Jay is joined by Erica Olivera to discuss folklore from around the world and some of the stories in it that really got under their skins.

To kick off our first full October, Jay gets horror movie aficionado Mario Martinez to talk some of his queer horror favorites, focusing on a big three.

Jay is joined by Sam and new guest Sean discuss Animaniacs, one of their favorite childhood animated shows.

Jon returns to join Jay in reading a bizarre Chick Tract, The Birds and the Bees , which argues against homosexuality using a little girl who is a lot.

Following from last week's episode, Dave Griffin, our first guest on a regular episode who identifies as straight, talks about his past as a child recording Adventures in Odyssey, the harm he has seen the company behind the show cause and how the show played a role, and what he is doing to try to counter it now and how you can get involved. https://davegriffin.me/read-me-first/

Jay and friends Erica and Sam read and break down the script for "One in Ten," an unreleased episode of evangelical radio program Adventures in Odyssey.

Erica Olivera joins Jay in reviewing Camp Damascus, a queer horror novel by Chuck Tingle.

Sam joins Jay in reading the classic piece from 1969 that examines the complexities of Superman having sex and attempting to reproduce. Read the piece on Larry Niven's website: https://www.larryniven.net/?q=man-of-steel-woman-of-kleenex-by-larry-niven

Jay and Angelo talk the announcements at D23 this year, especially for Snow White, Mufasa and Frozen 3.

Erica Olivera returns to review a Chick Tract that tells a bizarre story against witchcraft. Boolean Union's page for this tract: https://boolean-union.com/dissections/boolunion/BU.CHICK.SATM.DISCT.html

Erica Olivera and Jay talk about being ex-religious queer people, revealing some stories from their past, including Jay naming almost every church he went to. Also, we cuss.