Gay2K: The Podcast

We are officially ONE YEAR OLD! In this episode, Sarah, Alex, and John Paul sit down to look back at the wild journey, the growth, and the behind-the-scenes process that brought Gay2k to where it is today. Plus, we dive straight into the drama: breaking down the trademark lawsuit between drag activist Pattie Gonia and outdoor giant Patagonia. To wrap things up, we’re sharing our favorite stories,...

In this Pride Month episode of Gay2k, Sarah and John-Paul kick things off by heading straight to Broadway. The duo unpacks Pink's high-flying, show-stopping turn as host of the 2026 Tony Awards. They dive into her gravity-defying opening performance of "Leading Lady Marmalade" and discuss the broader cultural significance of a quintessential Y2K pop icon taking the reins of theater's biggest night...

Sarah and John-Paul kick things off by catching Alex up on the chaotic public unraveling of Jeff Probst before the crew dives into the main event: the Summer Blockbuster. We’re tracking the evolution of seasonal cinema from the 90s to Barbenheimer . Have movies lost their magic, or have we just seen it all before? Pop your popcorn—the nostalgia is high and the takes are hot.

Wait, what year is it?! Gay2k is throwing it all the way back to 2003 to celebrate where it all began. This week, Sarah, John-Paul, and Alex sit down to unpack their shared high school glory days. Did their teenage years look anything like the ones on TV? Were they serving Glee club realness, or surviving Euphoria levels of chaos? Tune in as the trio spills on their own pasts before diving into a...

Surprise! We're back for another exciting episode and this time we're live and in person. Sarah, John-Paul, and Alex sit down and talk comics, superhero movies, and being an outsider amongst outsiders. Find out the team's favorite superheroes and why superheroes that fly are gay. This episode of filmed at Legend Comics and Coffee in Omaha, Ne. Make sure to check them out next time your in the Bens...

Alex and Sarah sat down to discuss the 2004, sapphic spy parody D.E.B.S. They reflect on their thoughts upon seeing it the first time, how it hits differently as an adult and which young stars they would cast in the film today. Sarah and Alex also unpack their love for Holland Taylor. For more from the Gay2k team subscribe to us at Gay2kpodcast.substack.com and finds us on social media You can als...

We're back to talk the premiere episodes of RuPaul's Drag Race All-Stars Season 11!

Welcome back to another episode of Gay2k! This week, Sarah and John-Paul are hitting the desert (spiritually, at least) to break down the madness of Coachella. The duo dives into the festival's standout moments and unpacks the absolute, inevitable rise of Slayyyter to pop supremacy. Just in time for Mother’s day the team chats about mothers of comedy. Sarah and John-Paul take time to give their fl...

In the "Supa Dupa Fly" episode of Gay2k , we drop the beat on the legendary women who built, broke, and redefined hip-hop, starting with the genre's foundational icons. The hosts dive into the pure nostalgia of the 90s super concert era—celebrating En Vogue, Salt-N-Pepa, and TLC—and unpack how these groups laid the groundwork for unapologetic sisterhood and sex positivity. They also honor pioneers...

Get ready to board the MTV dating show time machine! In this episode of Gay2K , host Sarah dives headfirst into the messy, iconic, and undeniably chaotic era of 2000s reality television. Joining the show are special guests Katlynn and Angelina, the brilliant hosts of the But I'm a Lesbian podcast. This week, the crew is unpacking the wild cultural phenomenon that was A Shot at Love with Tila Tequi...

JP is joined by special guest Madame Bazooka to recap RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 18, Episode 16: The Grand Finale! We’re absolutely gagged by America’s Next Drag Superstar, drooling over the hot husbands, and reeling from this year’s Miss Congeniality. Plus, we’re diving into the ABC’s of Miley, sharing what we’d say to our six-year-old selves, and unpacking every last bit of finale madness.

This week on GAY2K , Sarah and John-Paul saddle up for "'Out'law Country," an exploration of the queer voices that have bucked Nashville's rigid traditions. The episode kicks off with a look at the heavy cost of speaking out, revisiting the massive Cancellation of The Chicks in the early 2000s and k.d. lang’s infamous 1990 "Meat Stinks" campaign. The duo analyzes how these early instances of indus...

JP is joined by special guest Madame Bazooka to recap RuPaul’s Drag Race Season 18, Episode 15: All RuPaul-A-Paruza! From the night’s biggest moments to the season’s floppiest flops, we’re calling out the biggest liar, deciding who should maybe head back to HVAC repair, and debating which queen done already done had herses. gay2kpodcast.substack.com

Welcome back to Gay2K! This week, hosts Sarah, Alex, and John-Paul level up to celebrate the 30th anniversary of Pokémon, reflecting on the massive impact the iconic franchise had on them growing up. Then, the trio pivots to pop culture to dive into the new "mature" era of Hilary Duff, unpacking exactly why Sarah has always harbored some mixed feelings about the former Disney star. Finally, they c...

Sixteen LGBTQ reality icons entered the Deep Velvet Woods—and for the first time, the entire game belonged to them. This week on Gay2K , we’re diving into The Velvet Vow Season 1: a fog-drenched, velvet-cloaked social experiment where strategy, spectacle, and identity collide. We’re talking Parvati playing with fire, Miss J Alexander commanding the room, Tiffany “New York” Pollard refusing to go q...

In this episode of Gay2k , John-Paul and Sarah dive deep into the cultural shift of the early millennium, exploring how the explosion of reality TV served as a mirror for a generation of young queer viewers searching for themselves on screen. The duo kicks off with a look back at the first season of Survivor (2000) and the strategic dominance of Richard Hatch . They discuss the complexity of Hatch...

Grab your cherry chapstick, because this week on Gay2k, Sarah and John-Paul are talking about one of the most legendary—and deeply complicated—pop girls of our generation: Katy Perry. In this episode, the hosts dive headfirst into the late-2000s and early-2010s to explore the duality of the Katy Perry experience. On one hand, she gave the gays everything: undeniable camp, massive pop anthems, Left...

This week on Gay2k , Sarah and John-Paul take a deeply personal look at the "Gaga-sized" shift in their musical DNA, tracing how the Mother Monster changed the radio landscape just as they were entering young adulthood. As members of the Class of 2005, the hosts reflect on being Gaga’s literal peers—graduating into the same "Recession Pop" landscape and finding a life raft in queer dance hall ener...

In this episode of Gay2K , hosts Sarah and John-Paul dive deep into the cultural orbit of the one and only Madonna . They explore what it meant to grow up as a queer millennial under the influence of the Queen of Pop—a woman who provided a blueprint for reinvention, provocation, and unapologetic identity long before social media made it a requirement. The duo unpacks Madonna’s role as a "surrogate...

This week on Gay2k: The Podcast , John-Paul and Sarah are taking us on a total fever-dream trip back to the 90s! In "RuPaul: The RuVolution," the team dives deep into the glittery trenches of NYC’s downtown club scene to trace Mother’s iconic glow-up from gritty street queen to global CEO. They kick things off by obsessing over that legendary "Love Shack" cameo—reminiscing about the pure, unadulte...

Gay2K: Roses For Rosie O'Donnell This week on Gay2K, we’re laying out the red carpet for the blueprint herself: the one and only Rosie O’Donnell. 🌹✨ For those of us coming of age in the ’90s and early ’00s, Rosie was the ultimate “one of us” before we even had the words for it. Long before she officially joined the fam, she was giving major queer-coded energy as the tough-talking, fiercely loyal...

Gay2K: The Ellen Element This week, Gay2K takes a thoughtful (and honest) dive into Ellen DeGeneres . Sarah and John-Paul unpack Ellen’s cultural impact — from her groundbreaking coming-out moment that shifted mainstream visibility, to the complicated evolution of her “be kind” empire. Was Ellen a revolutionary who changed the world, a brand that outgrew its authenticity, or both? We explore the t...

In this episode, the Gay2k crew dives deep into the L.A. goth aesthetic of 1996 to revisit The Craft . While the film is ostensibly about four teenage girls practicing witchcraft, the podcast argues that the movie serves as a massive, high-budget metaphor for the queer experience at the turn of the millennium—from the "closeted" nature of their powers to the "found family" they build to survive a...

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Sarah and Kaj talk the allegory of the Slayer as a coming out narrative within the tv show Buffy the Vampire Slayer. The impact Buffy as a culture phenomenon and its lasting impact on the lgbtq community. #lgbtq #popculture #90stvshow #Buffythevampireslayer