The Bi Pod - All Things Bisexual

This week, we’re talking to Jess Vosseteig about her new book, Affirmations for Queer People! We are also doing a giveaway! If you’d like to win your own copy of the book, head over to our Patreon to enter. The giveaway is open to all paid and free subscribers on our Patreon. The giveaway closes on Sunday, 8/4 at midnight Pacific time! You can find Affirmations for Queer People here: https://books...

We've got something special for you today! Here at The Bi Pod we love the podcast I'm Feeling Queer Today, and we're exciting to bring you an episode of their show along with an interview with our new friend Claire, who worked on IFQT! In the episode we're sharing, hosts Alex and Lily take us on a journey of self-discovery, self-love, and self-confidence that is born from the suppo...

This week, we’re talking about queer style with special guest and Bi Pod Patreon member, Shanna! We chat about our personal style journeys, gender and style, and making the outside match the inside.  Our patrons are also getting links to some of our fave pieces of clothing. To listen to the full episode, find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thebipod Exciting news! Evan designed the “I’m not...

For this week’s minisode, we’re talking about Evan’s new project, the Open Concept Agenda! The Open Concept Agenda is an undated planner designed to be used how and when you want. It can also help you queer your relationship to time and productivity! You can get your own Open Concept Agenda here: https://openconceptagenda.com Or order a copy on Etsy! openconceptagenda.etsy.com  Support us on Patre...

This week, we are your content concierge! We’re recommending and chatting about some of the content we’ve been consuming lately, and Evan suggests some books, shows, and movies based on listener requests. As expected, most of our recs are queer! You can find Stud Country in a city near you here: https://studcountry.us/ You can find Zolita’s Small Town Scandal dance tutorial here: https://www.tikto...

Introducing minisodes! These bite sized Bi Pod episodes will come out between our regular episodes. For our first one, we're talking about different ways to celebrate Pride month.  You can find the Virtual 2024 Pride Calendar here: https://bipanlibrary.com/2024/05/31/virtual-pride-2024/ You can find queer-owned businesses here: https://www.everywhereisqueer.com/   You can listen to church bell...

From the vault! We're talking about our celebrity crushes. This episode was originally released exclusively to our Patreon supporters, but we're making it available to all our listeners today. You can find Evan’s accompanying hot people presentation (lol) at this link: ⁠https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IFZOSD70q-PQ9rLrh51MJRsMbHKsDwYO/view?usp=sharing⁠   You can find a sample of the Shadow...

After referencing it many times in recent episodes, we decided it was time to revisit our episode "Define the Relationship" (aka the one with the relationship smorgasbord). In this episode we reflect on our relationship two years later and the one area of the smorgasbord that made us both surprisingly uncomfortable. There are a lot of of relationship smorgasbords and relationship anarchy...

We’re talking about queer friendship, and the ways it can be expansive, affirming, and enriching in a world that teaches us to prioritize romantic monogamy over everything else. Turns out, it’s gay to be friends. To listen to the full episode, find us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thebipod Evan mentions the book "The Other Significant Others." You can find it here: https://bookshop...

Hi Barbies! We’re talking about the Barbie movie, which we believe is a film about gender performance. We discuss Barbie as an ace icon, Ken’s compulsory heterosexuality, the homoerotic tension between the Kens, and all things gender. And of course, we beach off. You can find the American Hysteria episode about Barbie here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/0nqy5sz15xeOLhIVGD420r You can learn more...

We’re talking about complicated & confusing friendships! We cover what we see as the 3 types of confusing/complicated friendships, before digging into our personal experiences with formative codependent friendships, complicated queer friendships (are we in love???), and the follies of adolescence. To listen to the full episode, find us on Patreon on at patreon.com/thebipod

Welcome back to class! In Bisexuality 201, we get into the “symptoms” of bisexuality, the ways that bisexuality can intersect with other labels and identities, and how our understanding of ourselves can change and evolve as we do. If you haven’t listened to Bisexuality 101 yet, you can find it in our feed! If you’ve listened to both episodes, you can download your completion certificate for FREE o...

We’re talking about the show Crazy Ex Girlfriend! Again! This time, we talk about Rebecca’s (questionable) heterosexuality, Valencia’s queer journey, AJ’s gender, and Daryll and White Josh’s relationship. We also give you our take on the end of the show and who we woudl have picked in the Love Quadrangle. Plus Evan pitches some excellent plot and character additions for the show! To listen to the...

If you’re looking for the Queer DMV office so you can apply for your queer card and pay your membership dues, you’ve come to the right place! Just kidding, it’s free to be gay! On this week’s episode, we chat with Flo Godineau about what it means to be bisexual enough and nonbinary enough. We also talk about backcountry skiing (as a metaphor about dating), and how Smallville fanfiction can make yo...

Changes are coming to The Bi Pod! We also get into our resolutions and things to look forward to this year.  To join our Patreon community and access all of our episodes, playlists, and get the Zoom link to our anniversary party, find us at patreon.com/thebipod  We also want to share that ProtectPalestine.org is an excellent resource for up-to-date information about what is happening in Palestine...

In our last episode of the year, we share a few listener letters and answer your burning questions! Christina cries, and Evan dishes some hot gossip about a potentially queer celebrity run in from six years ago. If you don’t want to wait until 2024 to hear from us again, find us on Patreon! We’ll be releasing one more bonus episode over there before the end of the year. You can find more informati...

This week, we’re talking about the television show Crazy Ex Girlfriend! In addition to being hilarious, smart, and out of the box, this show is very, very queer, which we love to see! There are three explicitly bisexual characters! While the show ran for four seasons (a surprise for Christina, who thought she’d seen the whole thing), we’ve recently rewatched the first couple of seasons so we mostl...

We're talking about the queer content bringing us comfort right now, and covering everything from podcasts to television shows (Christina even has a novel to recommend! Fiction!). We are collecting listener letters for a mailbag episode! Send us your thoughts on a recent episode, your queer stories, and any questions you’d like us to answer. You can DM us on Instagram @thebipod, or email us at...

How do we have difficult conversations with the people we love? Is it possible to extend self-compassion to ourselves when we've made a mistake or caused harm (is that allowed ?)? How does anti-racism fit into all of this? This episode gets into it! We're joined by Roxy Manning, PhD (Clinical Psychologist) and Sarah Peyton (Neuroscience educator) to talk about Roxy's book "How to...

How do you take care of yourself when things are hard? This week, we are revisiting our episode "How to be a Person," which we originally released in July 2022. We offer some musings and (a little bit of) concrete advice about how to get through difficult periods. You can find Carmen Spagnola's work here: https://www.carmenspagnola.com You can find Tracy Lynn's movement classes h...

We're dropping into your feed early to talk about Season 2 of Heartstopper! We start with a discussion about the current WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, and then give some general spoiler-free thoughts about the show before we enter spoiler territory. You can find the second half of our conversation about this season of Heartstopper, along with a Heartstopper-inspired playlist, over on our Patreon!...

This week, you had questions and we have answers! From blue nail polish to conflict resolution, we are answering a wide range of questions submitted by our listeners. You can find our interview with Lucy LaForge here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4obQ9NAqOOg4VkciKb4zIW?si=3e07eabf866f446a You can find Evan's Casually Obsessed episode about Star Trek ( Star Trek Picard - Part 1: Don't B...

Happy wrath month to all who observe! This week, we're talking about queerness in the workplace. We share some of our own experiences around navigating professional spaces as queer people, and we also read some of your stories about being queer at work. If you want to make us very happy, you can fill out our listener survey here: https://forms.gle/MSseNiWVEDp7R5je8 *** Support us on Patreon an...

We're talking to bicon Lucy LaForge, who you may know from her music project Lucy & La Mer! We chat about Lucy's music, queer artmaking, bisexual mental health, and becoming a confident bisexual. You can find Lucy's music (Lucy & La Mer) wherever you get your music, including this month's Patreon playlist! You can watch Lucy's Tedx Talk on breaking down binaries here: h...

This week, we're talking about Half Bad: The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself , a show Evan has watched no less than three times! We start with a spoiler-free discussion and then move into spoiler territory later in the episode. If you like magic, casual multi-attraction and polyamory, complicated relationships, and French accents, we think you'll love this show. You can find a trailer fo...