Kyle Leon Henderson

In an episode recorded in late 2020, Kyle is joined by Bestie Sarah again to talk about the last days of the Trump Presidency. As with anything about Donald Trump, if you wait too long, the narrative will change. So, with this episode being posted three weeks after recording, questions have been answered, events have unfolded that go unaddressed in this episode, and important topics have faded int...

Kyle and Ethan drove from Los Angeles to Alabama for the Holidays. While there, they decided to stay longer. A lot of life happened to them while they were there and they talk about it all. A road trip is good for the soul, and a journey always thrills Kyle. So, join Kyle and Ethan for a podcast recorded while insurrectionists stormed the Capitol and Joe Biden was certified as the next president o...

Kyle and Ethan are in the car! They have opted to drive to Alabama for the Christmas season this year rather than fly. As Kyle has been saying this whole month, “Guys, COVID is still a thing!” So, no road trip between Kyle and Ethan would be complete without a podcast episode to commemorate it! From Meteor Crater to Taylor Swift, from blizzards to bickering over holiday plans. They talk about it a...

In this fifth and final part in the exploration for grief, we come to the end and find that it is only the beginning. A death, especially one of someone as close as a parent, can break you wide open. It can send a ripple of energy throughout one’s entire life, so that when the dust settles nothing looks the way it did before. That is exactly what happened to Kyle. Loss of his father, friends, and...

In the fourth episode exploring grief, Kyle sits down with his cousin, Carrie Davis Kilgo. Carrie played a crucial part in Kyle’s grief space from the time that his father died all the way through the funeral. Carrie and Kyle have had a close bond since the day that Kyle was born and this episode touches on how that bond manifested itself pastorally in the grieving process. You will also hear Kyle...

In this deeply personal third installment of Kyle’s exploration of grief, and specifically the grief of losing his father, he sits down with two people who know a whole lot about losing loved ones, his mother Wanda, and her sister, Sandra. Wanda and Sandra, along with their brother, Danny, lost their mother to cancer when they were in their late teens and early twenties. Sandra lost her firstborn...

In part two of Kyle’s discussion on grief, he is joined by his sister, Magan Henderson Trammell. Kyle and Magan were side by side as they said their final goodbyes to their father, Coy Leon Henderson. In this episode, they sit down at Magan’s kitchen table with a pot of coffee and discuss their perspective on grief two weeks after losing their father.

After a very long hiatus, Kyle is back on the air with a series of episodes exploring the latest development in his life: Grief. Since the last episode of “Not For Nothing…” Kyle’s father passed away. Grief is a tricky thing in that it manifests differently for everyone in different ways. The next several episodes will be an exploration of that grief. This first episode was recorded on the night b...

Kyle is sitting down again with his local bestie, Billy Alexander. When these two silly boys get together, their conversations go on a rapid and meandering journey from diet and exercise, politics, sex, mental health, television, and so many other places. So, grab your favorite beverage and sit back and join Billy and Kyle at the mic for one of the happiest experiences Kyle ever gets to have, comm...

Kyle Leon Henderson has reached the end of his rope. The pressures of carrying on with the everyday tasks of life during 2020, a year complete with the worst world pandemic in over 100 years, racial tensions and social unrest, a looming Presidential election that could change the course of history or seal this country’s fate for a generation have finally gotten to him. So, he decided to take a lit...

In an episode that allows you to be a fly on the wall for a conversation between Kyle and his bestie, Billy Alexander, for a conversation that is like all others between these two, meandering, entertaining, and full of laughter, you are going hear the opinions of these two on a wealth of topics. There is usually Drag Race… There is always wine… And there is always a lot of love when these two frie...

In this completely casual episode, Kyle is joined by Sarah Cooper, once again, to talk about the continuing saga that is COVID-19, and also to talk about some more light-hearted things to pass the time and to think about anything other than the dumpster fire year that 2020 has turned out to me.

After one week, and two sessions, of therapy, Kyle talks to Ethan about how the first week has gone. He marvels at the stark contrast of how you feel before going to your first therapy session versus how you feel after you have experienced therapy. He talks about his family dynamic and some things that are decades old that have contributed to some of the issues that are popping up in his life toda...

Kyle has been talking about deciding to go to therapy for the past several weeks and the day has finally arrived. Today is Kyle’s first therapy session. This conversation recorded several days prior is all about the expectations, and trepidations, that Kyle is feeling about his upcoming therapy session. Kyle is joined by his closest chosen family members to discuss what to expect and how everyone...

Billy Alexander is back! In a light-hearted nod to Pride Month, Billy, Kyle, and Ethan sit down to discuss the greatest competition on television, RuPaul’s Drag Race. They delve into the charisma, uniqueness, nerve, and talent, and all the heart-warming moments of personal growth of the world’s most famous drag queens. Now, sissy that walk on over to the werk room for a cocktail and Shante, you st...

Kyle has shared that he is starting the journey to become a therapy-goer. He has enlisted the help from his best friend, Sarah, as she has a wealth of experience at seeing a therapist. In this episode, Kyle continues to navigate how it is all going to work and tries to find the answers to dispel his own anxieties about seeing a therapist to help him with his anxieties.

Kyle has reached a turning point in his life. In this episode he talks with Ethan about mental health. With the upheaval of this world right now, Kyle has come to the conclusion that therapy might be the only answer for what he is going through. This is the conversation that starts that journey for him. In a departure from the usual format of the show, Kyle and Ethan get real about the struggles t...

Ethan Howard Hamm is back! And he brought free samples. He is here to open everyone up to the joys of skincare. Whether it be combination skin or the difference between UV-A and UV-B sun rays, he will make you feel just a little more confident when it comes to creating a sure bet of a skincare routine that will leave your skin feeling fresh and rejuvenated. With his natural curiosity for life, Kyl...

In this last episode of Life in the Bunker, Kyle is going international! In a conversation with a much different pace, Kyle talks to one of his dearest friends, and United Kingdom native, Jake Myers. Jake is someone that Kyle has been friends with for a long time and he is excited to share with you the joy that is Jake. They talk about life in their bunkers, the culture that they both perceive of...

Kyle’s best friend, Sarah Cooper, a friend of the show, is turning 30. Just like all the people who had birthdays in April of 2020, May birthdays are suffering the same fate. But that doesn’t mean we can’t celebrate one another when we get the chance. This is an episode to celebrate best friends and what our chosen family means to us. Kyle is joined by some very special people to help make Sarah’s...

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