HOPECAST

Take a deep breath. Nick and Paul are joined by VERY special guest Grant Shepherd to talk all things queer tantra, a practice and belief that working with and celebrating our sexual energy can transform us. Grant describes himself as a fierce advocate for gay men’s sexuality who went from muscles, drugs and disco to meditation, chanting and tantra. He encourages gay men to practice Self Like and l...

It's a miseryfest at Paul's and YOU are invited! What's that? You're busy? Something came up at the last minute?  Support the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre at https://londonlgbtqcentre.org/ You can be part of the House of HOPECAST by following us on all the socials @HOPECASTPODCAST and visiting our website at hopecastpodcast.com If you like what we do, please rate and review us. Anything les...

👋 WHAT'S UP FELLOW KIDS! 🥳 The youth have taken over 🙈 This is their show now 👨‍❤️‍👨 It's their moment in the spotlight 🌞 and they are TAKING IT 💅 OMG 🍆 LOL 💋 BBZ 🐍 Matthew and Anders enjoy some alone time without the old folk and immediately start talking about the weather and commuting routes to work. Those wild and crazy youngsters! Thankfully it doesn't take long to slide into the ga...

It’s a two hander this week (shouldn’t that be four hander? Or is that something else?) with Matthew and Paul diving into conversations on the value of therapy, safe spaces and creating trust. Matthew is about to celebrate his 30+1 so it’s a time to reflect on who he was, is and will be. Spoiler: Amazing. And we have questions: Is Paul using HOPECAST as a replacement for paying a therapist? Should...

What a week. Our Anders takes the wheel and invites us to pause and take stock of what makes us hopeful in these dark, difficult and turbulent times. He shines a light into the gloomy rabbit holes of life and gives us all a lesson in how to hope. He has questions! What is making you hopeful? What is giving you energy? What can you do to keep your head above water? Remember: There is energy in list...

Nick just bought a snake whip for his new place because The Flogger was feeling lonely, and really we could not ask for a better start to the episode. Finally we’ve earned our explicit rating so we are making the most of it. Hold onto your knickers girls, the storm is coming and we're dancing on the edge of taboo. And we have questions! Is Paul in a sub-dom relationship with his dentist? Where do...

Nick is a natural storyteller. He can take an ordinary moment and find the most beautiful golden chunks of wisdom in it, so much so that we don’t want to spoil anything about this SOLOcast. Instead, just give yourself 20 uninterrupted minutes to relax, enjoy the tale and dive in. Support the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre at https://londonlgbtqcentre.org/ You can be part of the House of HOPECAST b...

Matthew and Jarry met on a dance job where they pushed furniture around and partied hard. These days, Jarry is on a mission. To fight time, to stay happy in her skin and to shake off the obsession with perfection that started in the crucible of ballet school. We talk about friendship and eleganza weddings, hopes and wishes. Welcome to our first ever GUESTcast! And we have questions! Is it ok that...

Sound the XTRAcast Horn! It’s Sunday morning. Anders is in “full sweatpant mode” and Paul is rocking a giraffe print kimono. Anders has bed hair and Paul has hair envy even though Anders doesn’t appreciate his glorious thick head of luscious straight locks. They start by meandering through their childhood expectations of gifts and end with Anders wondering what the Amsterdam queer scene is like, e...

Strap yourself in for this one as Yassir, Oliver and Paul explore a brain-buffet of ideas ranging from the definition of loyalty, the difficulty in accessing anger, and whether Paul was able to unleash his inner warrior when he thought he was about to be murdered. SPOILER: no. And we have questions! What would you do if there were no consequences to your actions? Is Civil War inevitable in the USA...

News klaxon! We’ve got announcements and you’re gonna want to hear them. No spoilers here. Take a listen. Remember: Locker 95 is mine. Support the London LGBTQ+ Community Centre at https://londonlgbtqcentre.org/ You can be part of the House of HOPECAST by following us on all the socials @HOPECASTPODCAST and visiting our website at hopecastpodcast.com If you like what we do, please rate and review...

Hello 2022! Fancy a twosome? On the same day, Yassir walked 17,000 steps and Paul managed just over 7,000. They catch up about their very different experiences and how the year is shaping up so far. Spoiler: MIXED REVIEWS. And we have questions! What does pleasure actually mean? How do you know when you find your flow? Is it ok to use a podcast as Covid therapy? What do we have choice over really?...

Happy new year HOPECASTERS!

Twinkle twinkle little twink! It’s the final HOPECAST of 2021 and the festive spirit is in us. Matthew is channeling the heat of a thousand suns and we are here for it. Nick is holding uncertainty. Yassir is looking forward to feeling the warmth of spring. Anders is going part-time in 2022 and Paul is hopeful that we will get through this long long covid tunnel. We will, won’t we?? And we have que...

It’s another XTRAcast SOLOcast with Anders jumping straight into his goddamn thoughts and where do they go first? Open showers. He speaks about his moment of realisation that there is no need to shield the world seeing him, before taking us into the history of Christian monks meditating in the desert. It’s so HOPECAST. And we have questions! What happened during his Saturn’s Return? Exactly how do...

Your favourite pussassheauxs are back in the HOPECAST house and babe, we’ve got stuff to talk about. Are we now an astrology podcast? A science podcast? Probably!  We start on the weather, trauma, Christmas and feathers and end up journeying to Uranus. Of course. And we have questions! Can anyone have a comfortable poo in America? Are you allowed to wank on Vipassana? Where do we stand on adu...

Welcome to our Festive Freak Out! It’s all happening. Nick pulled a man in the street minutes before we recorded. Paul went to a gay pantomime. Matthew has been entertaining London. It’s a lot, and it’s all very HOPECAST. And we have questions! Do we really have to make every bite epic? Is there an antidote to ‘what if’ catastrophising? What’s the best way to deal with insults hurled from a van? R...

What do increasing COVID restrictions, social justice and orchids have in common? HOPECAST! This week it’s three introverts podcasting to the world, examining the false sense of social life we get from social media, boredom and turning FOMO into JOMO! And we have questions: What is Yassir going to do with himself now he’s left Hatebook? If you knocked for Anders as a child did he do a fake Mum voi...

Paul is back back back in the house and knocking one out solo, reflecting on the last episode and how he turned FOMO into JOMO. Channeling the great philosophers Simon Amstell and Adele, he takes on issues of success, failing, relationships and death. Of course. And he has questions! Is there really more road behind than ahead? What would your Queer Manifesto say? Should he stop talking to strange...

Yassir takes the wheel hosting a conversation that takes in juicy topics like failure, tree-climbing fish, gay footballers and instagram engagement, encouraged by the rally cry of “let’s get personal”. So we do! And we have questions! Can vulnerability be weaponised? How do we be more willing to meet the fear of failure? Are we all just destined to be a mess in progress? What would help us to embr...

Paul is off for a weekend in the countryside (eeeek!) but before that, he and Yassir chew over the last episode as well as our feelings on winter, practising NO-vember, the attractiveness of vulnerability (in others), and pursuing perfection even when others can see right through us. And we have questions: How do we marry knowing vulnerability is good with feeling comfortably vulnerable? Is there...

Woooooo spooky - we’re talking about families and trauma! But first Oliver, Yassir and Paul start with a bit Macbeth and music chat before lamenting what it means for our musical history to be considered retro by cool kids, then a few skips later we’re talking about what happens when we die before diving into abandonment, disownment and forgiveness. Happy Halloween scream queens! And we have quest...

What happens when you’re burning the candle at both ends and the whole fucking thing melts? Matt hasn’t stopped for 2 months, Paul is at the tail end of a ‘fuck’ of a cold...we’re both having a bit of a whinge about how tired we are, and missing lockdown, and *sigh* it’s all going to be ok, isn’t it? And we have questions! Is there more pressure to achieve a legacy if we’re childless? Would we be...

Snuggle up! We’re feeling sleepy this morning. Paul is husky and in his pyjamas, Anders is still in bed and Nick has his bear out. We start off slowly, hair ruffled, before diving into a discussion on post-pandemic extroversion, activism, capitalism and Berlin leather clubs. Of course we do. And we have questions: Does Paul have Covid? (Spoiler: no) Would you go to a nightclub at 4pm if it means y...

It’s our first ever ALFRESCOcast with Anders in the park avoiding building noise at home. We manifest some dogs to keep him company while we talk about the Law of Attraction so enjoy the woofing. And we have questions! What’s the difference between a prayer and a spell? How do you manifest something if you’re not clear about your needs? Does Google really know if God exists? Would you give up free...