Gayotic with MUNA

Happy holidaze from your friends and world-famous podcasters MUNA. The band gets into the holiday spirit with a festive word association game (thank you for the suggestion Kello)! They also get into the story of Katie’s special boot, liturgical dancing, and Jo’s emotional response to puppets. Ho ho ho etc! Rate Gayotic on  Apple Podcasts  and  Spotify  and leave us a revie...

From the Vulture Fest stage in Hollywood, California: it's Gayotic Live!!!!! Join the band as they get conspiracy theory indoctrination and songwriting advice from the only pop star sensation possibly more gayotic than they are: Miss Megan Stalter ( Hacks, Please Don't Destroy: The Treasure of Foggy Mountain).  Make sure you stick around 'til the end for a version of "Silk Chiffon" (with...

Well hello to all the loyal congregants of gay church, your prayers have been answered. This week, we've completed the boygenius-munaverse-gayotic trifecta: the one, the only Julien Baker (!!!) joins the band to talk underage tattoos, playing Halo with your high school boyfriend, commiserating over late-stage capitalism, writing $400,00 checks, etc etc etc. We're going to stop writing this descrip...

Hey look who's here! It's noted good dude and bassist to the stars (the stars being MUNA): Geo Botelho! The band interrogates his supposed heterosexuality, Geo shares his weightlifting and Craigslisting secrets, and everyone shares their earnest feelings of friendship for one other. Aww. They might have switched gyms from "blank" to "blank" but they're the same "blanks" you've always known. Rate G...

They're not retired but they are ... tired. The band is back in town, fresh off two historic nights at the Greek Theater, and ready to discuss the Wim Hof Method, skin care do's and dont's, and other ways to detox your body and brain after weeks on the road and on stage. Let's all take refuge in another world with MUNA, shall we? Rate Gayotic on  Apple Podcasts  and  Spotify  a...

Everybody climb back aboard the bus: we've got one more episode from tour for your aural pleasure. This time, the band is joined by the man/the myth/the living legend: production manager Ivan Barry, for a peek behind the curtain at how the MUNA machine is made. Plus, hear all about Ivan's trajectory from guy in the back of the crowd at a MUNA show to guy making the MUNA show. Gotta love that. Rate...

Meanwhile, back at the studio... Your fave and ours, Avery Tucker, drops by to mostly just reminisce with Jo, Katie, and Naomi. They talk about old bands, old scenes, high school, Silent Barn (RIP), and, of course, The Portal. Be sure to catch Avery opening for MUNA at the Greek Theater *next week* ! The Oct 12th show is long sold out but you can still grab tickets for Oct 11th here . Rate Gayotic...

Alright everybody, listen up: Dumbassology class is in session. The band continues their trek across the European subcontinent and invites us back onto the tour bus where the mics are hot and the takes are.... actually incredibly on point. Your homework assignment? Listen, repeat, rate, review, subscribe, etc.  Rate Gayotic on  Apple Podcasts  and  Spotify  and leave us a...

This just in: a transmission from pop sensations MUNA, live from the back of the tour bus on the border in...... Germany maybe? Or France? Possibly England? Climb aboard, head to the back, and hear what life on the road is really like for the world's greatest band. This is your dream come true.  Rate Gayotic on  Apple Podcasts  and  Spotify  and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Follo...

Ooooh you're gonna wanna be seated for this one. Singer/songwriter/sweetie Leland sits down with Jo, Katie, and Naomi to talk first songs, first love, and first jobs. Find out the story behind all your favorite songs that aren't MUNA songs (and also that one that is).  Rate Gayotic on  Apple Podcasts  and  Spotify  and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Follow Leland: Twitter: @LelandO...

Is there such a thing as knowing too much about your favorite band? The last half of this episode attempts to answer that question. Enjoy! Rate Gayotic on  Apple Podcasts  and  Spotify  and leave us a review to read on a future episode! Follow MUNA: Twitter:  @whereisMUNA Instagram:  @whereisMUNA Advertise on Gayotic  via  Gumball.fm See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy...

SOME NEWS: Gayotic is now releasing new episodes every other week, so that your favorite band can keep up with their whirlwind tour schedule and continue doing all those things that make them your favorite band. We'll be dropping special content on off-weeks here and there, so keep your eyes glued to this feed, don't go anywhere, don't touch that dial, etc!!!  See omnystudio.com/listener for priva...

TikTok benders, ADHD testing, the Glendale f*cking Galleria - this episode really does have it all. Join Katie, Jo, and Naomi as they sit down for an intimate, guestless hang in the studio to tell you about their one singular psychiatrist and how to see God everywhere, even on TV. (That last part is really good advice, actually.) Rate Gayotic on  Apple Podcasts  and  Spotify  and leave us a review...

It's fricken Clea Duvall y'all! You know her from every movie you ever loved growing up ( Can't Hardly Wait, The Faculty, She's All That)  and, of course, as one of the stars of the Silk-Chiffon-music-video-origin-story, But I'm A Cheerleader.  Naomi, Jo, Katie, and Clea bond over a shared love of escape rooms (who knew?), staying at home instead of going out (who can relate?), and  BIAC 's offici...

This episode is brought to you by CircleMePlus™, a service that -- for the low low price of $30 a month -- lets you book a clown by the hour. Thanks, CircusMePlus! This week, the band is joined by Bowen Yang (you might know him from his perfect podcast Las Culturistas , or even from his small cable-access television show, SNL ) to learn how to hang at a party, what squinching is, when someone is M...

Welcome, welcome, welcome, one and all, young and old, to The Best Show On Earth (aka MUNA live). Gather 'round as we get a peek behind the literal curtain on this here episode, wherein The Greatest Showmans themselves (Katie, Jo, and Naomi) regale us with tales from the road, as they talk tour highs, tour lows, and tour everything-in-betweens.  Rate Gayotic on  Apple Podcasts  and  Spotify  and l...

Wow wow wow. This week, the band delights in having the best heart-to-heart convo with poet, essayist, and cultural critic Hanif Abdurraqib ( They Can't Kill Us Until They Kill Us, Go Ahead In The Rain: Notes to A Tribe Called Quest, Object of Sound ). Together, they commiserate over the struggle of convincing everyone that you really are a silly little goose, the practice of making playlists, and...

The "padcast" is back, baby! This week is an extra special trio episode dedicated to everyone who once believed their kindergarten teacher was a celebrity. Katie, Naomi, and Josette are in the studio not only to record their famous padcast, but also to take some quality time to get to know each other even better. Previously unasked questions are finally answered: If MUNA woke up with the power to...

The title pretty much says it all?? The band is joined by the legend that is Lucy Dacus (pronounced, Daytime Kiss-kiss if you were wondering) to talk about journaling, lying to your journal to make yourself feel better, transcribing your journal as a way to check in with your past self, throwing away your journal as a way of not ever dealing with your past self, and other stuff that comes up when...

WELLLLLL-come back. The band is joined this week by comedian/actor/writer/one of the leading figures in God science, Grace Kuhlenschmidt, for a delightful conversation filled with equal parts heart-to-heart and bits and life advice. Together, they weave through the ins and outs of navigating your first queer relationship, going viral online, and the pièce de résistance that is writing your own por...

TW: Sexual trauma is mentioned in this episode. This week, Naomi, Josette, and Katie are joined by first-and-foremost-a-vocalist Matt Rogers, who leaves no crumbs in this conversation. The group gets into everything (everywhere, all at once) dissecting first horny memories, the science behind having a "gay face", and the vulnerability of bottoming. And, make sure you listen to the end to find out,...

It's the first guestless episode of the season! Naomi, Josette, and Katie sit down - just the three of them - to catch up on their jam-packed podcasting hiatus, and leave no conversation stone unturned. Topics include the emotional side effects of microdosing, the burden that comes with getting hotter, connecting with the spirits of grandparents, and how gardening is actually incredibly dangerous,...

What happens when you get 5 queer musicians together and press record? Too much introspection and good conversation to fit into one episode, that's what. So, Gayotic is back with part two with the lovely musical geniuses Tegan & Sara. In this episode, they deep talk about the relationship between legacy and queer canon, what different stages of your career actually * feel*   like, and the impo...

All rise for gay church: it's the season two premiere of Gayotic!!!! We couldn't think of a better way to celebrate than by having an epic two-parter with our parents, Tegan and Sara. In this episode, we talk sharing hotel rooms during tour, secret high school girlfriends, feeling like the Phantom of the Opera, and, of course, our therapists and whether or not we're all over-therapized (which, pro...

Have you heard the news? Gayotic is now on Headgum! Subscribe and listen every Wednesday as your faves from the top of all your Spotify Wrapped lists invite their faves from the top of their Spotify Wrapped lists to the Headgum studios to talk music, business, music business, culture, queer culture, and simply everything in between.  Subscribe and rate Gayotic on Apple Podcasts  and  Spotify  and...