Queerly Recommended

Kris and Tara had a dispute about Gunpowder Milkshake. Words were said. And now they're watching 2018's Ocean's Eight and delivering a bonus episode commentary track. We start right at 0:00 and go to the end. It's a bit of an experiment. Some chemical courage. Let us know what you think and if you're interested in seeing more. If you enjoy this episode, please consider buying Kris & Tara a Ko-fi !

The episode you're about to hear was recorded on July 26, 2021. This is important because that day is… a Monday. Normally Kris and Tara record on Sunday evenings, after a long, restful weekend. Monday recordings are different. They're punchy. They're silly. They're… well they're a bit much, really. You have been warned. With that out of the way, it's a pretty full episode. Tara shares her experien...

It's Queerly Recommended's Sweet Sixteen and we have one question for you: Are you down with the witchy witchy? While you ponder that, listen to Kris and Tara dish about the latest Marvel offerings, tags for fiction, and the romantic utility of the humble tentacle. They revisit last week's conversation about trans women in lesfic with a terrific list of books that are just waiting for you to dive...

It's a big week for Kris and Tara as they talk over their lives, recommendations and schemes. Last week, Kris figured out how to get women by kidnapping and this week she's perfected an approach to winning the reality series Alone . Tara brings the cozy goodness of Stardew Valley and dips into Marvel's Loki . Official recommendations for this week are Love, Victor from Kris and Tara brings us Didn...

It's episode 14! Kris's favourite number 14! We made it, friends! This week, Kris regales us with stories of P-Town and Tara stirs the pot by asking which is gayer: P-Town or Palm Springs, and talking about an article with the best way to cook a cicada. It's a strange adolescence we're having. You know, trying new things, new experiences...but cicadas? For official recommendations, Kris brings us...

Welcome back loyal listeners! Queerly Recommended is now a teenager and we're feeling all kinds of things. Kris and Tara start off with an extremely strong stance on annuals vs. perennials and it just...goes from there. And that recent Autostraddle quiz about which job you'd have in a lesbian romance ? Well, they answer it on the air, for... science? For official recommendations this week, Kris an...

It's episode 12! Queerly Recommended is officially old enough for vaccines and to celebrate, Kris and Tara share the origin stories of the podcast and a certain nom de guerre. Then, things turn to the professional as Amanda Radley mails in with an answer to that Audible question from the last episode. Kris (or, rather, Brit Ryder) pimps her new book Not Guilty and discusses the novella that launch...

The vaccination rate of the podcast continues to improve as Tara discovers the sole benefit of being in her 40s. Kris, forever young, welcomes her with grace and aplomb. Seriously, though, if you can get vaccinated, you should. What else? Oh yeah, the podcast. Kris and Tara muse over coffees loved and lost, the fiery appeal of the iciest of queens and yes, dear listeners, they even answer some of...

In this week's episode of Queerly Recommended, Kris and Tara answer your questions before wading out into the weeds of bank security questions, rank betrayal by a trusted sister (trusted no more), the emotional ending of Wynonna Earp and their preferred audiobook read speed. The big recommendations this week are Pretend It's a City (Netflix) from Tara and Summerland (Netflix) from Kris. If you enj...

This is what happens when you record on a Monday. Hello, friends! Things get a bit punchy this week on Queerly Recommended. Kris and Tara start off by recommending…vaccines! You should get'em if you can. Then they're back in fighting form and solving a murder. Or plotting one? Listen, if you ask silly questions, you get silly answers. For official recommendations, Kris brings us the film Boy Meets...

Did we stutter? No! This week, Tara and Kris are joined by lesfic luminary Georgia Beers. Together, they talk about Georgia's recommendations for queer media, what she wants to see more of and how sites like Does the Dog Die help viewers navigate the painful tropes associated with queer media. Somewhere in there, they cast a future Jane Bond and contemplate what a queer Taken would look like. Topp...

You've met Thirsty Kris, but could we interest you in meeting…Baby Tara? This week, our fearless hosts reach that point in every podcaster's life where you Google and read things up on sites while you're recording. Don't worry, they're not looking for recommendations. They're full to brimming with them. Tara discusses the video game Children of Morta before standing behind her queer recommendation...

This week Kris exchanges calling from a phone booth to staggering in with a hangover. From praising the qualities of Jif peanut butter to cursing the six peanut-butter-flavoured whiskeys she had on her Patreon exclusive podcast the night before. Tara, as always, remains sober, but—in a twist—brings quotes! Together they answer questions about which of Kris's characters they'd sleep with, marry, or...

This week, Kris calls in all the way from a 1980s phone booth, otherwise known as the polar vortex. It's been a wild one, but Tara and Kris get right down to what matters. Peeps over peanut butter? Smooth versus chunky? Don't worry, Kris remains on the right side of history and she's ready, if not eager, to fight you. All of you. Along with (checks notes) a veritable buttload of games and movies,...

This week marks The Cancellation of Wynonna Earp by the Coward Capitalism. During her grief, Kris notices the correlation between her liking things and them immediately getting cancelled. Can she use this power for good? Also, Tara reiterates her position on not wanting to see naked strangers, and the first listener question brings about a change in one of our hosts. This week's recommendations ar...

This week starts off with a brief but important discussion about the day after inauguration. Tara and Kris reflect on the feeling of holding your breath for four years, the perils of burnout and how nice it is to feel a little bit hopeful. Thankfully they follow it up with Tara's favourite book of the decade (Vivek Shraya's The Subtweet ) and passionate lady-sex (the Kate Winslet movie, Ammonite )...

They didn't turn to salt, but holy shit what happened these last couple of weeks? Tara and Kris start off discussing the attempted American insurrection before getting into what they love. And this week? They love a lot. Dolly Parton, Anna Burke, Hades , Bridgerton , Nora Roberts (that fucking badass). Their official recommendations for this week are Tara's favourite book of all time ( Hoosier Dad...

Before jumping into 2021 with both feet and a prayer, Kris and Tara tempt turning into pillars of salt and look back at some of their favourite queer content that got them through Hell Year.  Tara starts off first with Who We Could Be by Chelsea M. Cameron and Kris takes us home with Netflix's Teenage Bounty Hunters .  This week, Tara and Kris queerly recommend: Schitt's Creek RuPaul's Drag Race T...

Look, fuck 2020. It took our time, our mobility, our security and for some of us, our lives. Locked in our houses, bored to all variety of tears, we searched for the things that made us happy. Out of that trashfire, SO MANY PODCASTS were born. And among those? Us. This one. Queerly Recommended is a bi-weekly podcast where critic (fancy for book reviewer) Tara Scott and award-winning author (just f...