Ranting Out Loud: An LGBTQ+ perspective on life, love, politics and chaos

Turns out Freedom 250 didn't just flop; it kept getting worse. Lee is back with Chadrick and Producer Mike to sift through the wreckage of America's birthday party, where empty crowds, rain delays, and Fox News' search for "the massive audience" became comedy gold. Then it's on to Mitch McConnell conspiracy theories, Ken Paxton's latest drama, Democrats eating their own before the midterms, and wh...

What could possibly go wrong? Turns out... pretty much everything. This week on Ranting Out Loud, Chadrick and Producer Mike watch the Freedom 250 celebration fall apart faster than a Trump business venture. Actually, it IS one and he stole your money to do it. Allegedly. We're talking collapsing stages, empty crowds, Fox News desperately searching for somebody—anybody—to put behind their cameras,...

It's straight into Father's Day as Lee, Chadrick, and Producer Mike rank TV's best (and worst) dads—from Phil Dunphy and Ward Cleaver to Jack Nicholson in The Shining . Talking about dads, the biggest dad joke is in the White House as his pet passion projects peel away in failure like the skin on his hands ... and the "patriot blue" paint under the reflecting pool. Of course, no episode would be c...

What happens when you mix Pride Month, Taylor Swift, Trump getting booed at Madison Square Garden, billionaire space races, hockey grievances, and World Cup predictions? You get another completely normal episode of Ranting Out Loud . We go head first into the reflecting pool of politics, sports, the power of Swifties, why billionaires keep getting richer while everyone else gets squeezed, and whet...

Happy Pride Month! 🌈 AI is making politicians into superheroes and we're counting backwards from 60 Minutes as media companies are busy dismantling themselves. Nobody wants to go to the White House party while America's favorite distraction machine keeps finding shiny new objects for everyone to stare at. From the slow-motion collapse of trusted journalism to reality-TV politics, streaming obsess...

This week on Ranting Out Loud, the gang dives headfirst into America's newest reality show: UFC at the White House, gold-plated horse statues, Vanilla Ice headlining democracy's funeral tour, and the ongoing collapse of basic governmental decorum. Lee, Chadrick, and Producer Mike rant through Trump's carnival-style makeover of Washington, the Texas political chaos surrounding Paxton and Talarico,...

From POTUS's revenge politics and GOP infighting to Stephen Colbert's exit, rising voter frustration, and the fight for civil rights history, this week's Ranting Out Loud covers the chaos, the hypocrisy, and the cracks starting to show. Makeup! The crew dives into: 🔥 Trump turning on his own loyalists 🔥 Why "soft MAGA" voters may finally be waking up 🔥 Texas politics, Paxton vs. Talarico, and 2...

The gang spirals from Texas politics to a gold ballroom fantasy, Reagan regrets, Democratic messaging failures, Pete Buttigieg prejudice and why America apparently fears competent gay men more than convicted felons, Jasmine Crockett with a giant hammer, and Producer Mike's deeply disturbing POTUS diaper dream. Democracy is hanging by a thread, but at least somebody brought snark. #ROL #RantingOutL...

This week on Ranting Out Loud, the crew follows the money, the messaging, and the madness behind the latest political spectacle, where a supposed crisis somehow turns into a pitch for a gold-plated ballroom. Coincidence? Sure, Jan. They break down the conveniently vague "threats," the total lack of curiosity from those in power, and the chorus of talking points that hit the airwaves in perfect uni...

The political circus delivers everything from AI Jesus fan fiction to leaders beefing with the Pope like it's a Twitter thread gone rogue. Also on the agenda: Regretful voters asking for forgiveness (…or just a ride back to relevance) Accountability vs. "thoughts and prayers" politics Why modern scandals make Watergate look like a parking ticket And yes… Florida running out of time to decide if fi...

It's Easter week on Ranting Out Loud , and what starts as a wholesome debate over chocolate bunnies (solid only, please) and blowing up Peeps quickly spirals into a full-blown political resurrection story minus the miracles. Lee, Chadrick, and Producer Mike hop from neighborhood egg hunts to global chaos faster than Melania going on FOX to debunk accusations that have yet to come up. Between candy...

It's Good Friday , but the Ranting Out Loud crew is anything but saintly. Chadrick, Lee, and Producer Mike rise again (like Easter, but messier) to unpack a week full of political chaos, questionable firings, and delicious hypocrisy. From misogyny in motion to officials getting axed faster than Wendy Torrance in The Shining, the gang dives into the latest administration drama, including scandalous...

Producer Mike sounding like latter-day Lucille Ball joins the gang covering topics from the Oscars snubbing Barbara Streisand's hairbrush, Chuck Norris dying (speak nicely of the dead — so they didn't), megachurches being the original grift, and whether your zip code is safe enough to fly a rainbow flag. Lee, Chadrick, and a very congested Producer Mike wrap up the week with equal parts theology a...

It's Friday the 13th and the luck has clearly run out. Cabinet members are brought to 'heel', DOGE bros are destroying lives while fumbling deposition questions like nervous 12-year-olds, the Strait of Hormuz is basically pinched shut like a hose with zero exit strategy from the chest-thumping bros, and Timothy Chalamet is out here insulting cancer kids while dating a Kardashian. Lee, Chadrick, an...

From bombing Iran (sorry, "military action") out of a Mar-a-Lago ballroom to Kristi Noem getting fired mid-speech with a banner to prove it, Lee, Chadrick, and Producer Mike are barely keeping up with the crazy. Add a Texas Senate race that's actually giving Democrats hope, GLAAD awards in a world quietly scrubbing LGBTQ characters off your TV, and Pete Hegseth apparently trying to speedrun the ap...

This week the guys recap the longest State of the Disunion in recorded history, complete with cold White House McDonald's in exchange for gold. We've got locker-room politics, and FBI Director named Kash trying to join the cool kids by crashing a hockey victory like a drunk intern with a badge. Measles are winning in anti-vax country and the Texas primaries like a reality show called  Indicted & P...

This week we barrel through Texas primary drama and Ken Paxton's nine political lives. Can democracy survive people who think "indicted" is just a personality trait?  Colbert blows up the FCC thanks to censorship stupidity and neighbors are apparently auditioning for "Snitches of America." Plus, olympic ladies get engaged and win gold like it's the gayest revenge tour imaginable!

It's Friday the 13th and somehow the scariest thing isn't superstition ... it's Congress. And Ring Cameras. This week the boys dive into Bad Bunny's Super Bowl cultural takeover, pearl-clutching patriots who suddenly fear subtitles, and an Attorney General auditioning for Mean Girls with a government-issued burn book. From Pride flags rising again at Stonewall to Diaper Don's fecal legacy, to a qu...

The crew skates from Winter Olympics queer wins to Grammys chaos, Super Bowl culture wars, and a political landscape where hypocrisy is still undefeated. They rant about MAGA pearl-clutching over Bad Bunny, Trump's latest racist nonsense, gerrymandering blowback, and why Republicans suddenly hate mail-in voting once people start using it. Add in Epstein-name gymnastics, billionaire benefactors wit...

This one was tough as the world suffered the loss of yet another comedic genius. Chadrick and Producer Mike went on with the show to talk about the little bit of joy that keeps being taken from us in a year that's only a month old. So, rant we did about all things Catherine O'Hara, and we ended with our inimitable style of crapping on everyone's mood by discussing journalist arrests and the admini...

Between looming icepocalypse anxiety, Ted Cruz fleeing the scene (again), and Republicans insisting January 6 was basically a light cardio event, the guys rant through weather panic, political cowardice, and courtroom absurdity. There's also Hollywood chaos, from messy accusations and Oscar snubs to Netflix openly admitting it's dumbing things down for phone-addicted viewers. Cap it off with a spi...

Slipping on black ice and straight into 2026, the crew tears into fake AI "experts," Orange-flavored tech grifts, and a political class that somehow keeps getting louder while learning less. There's plenty of ranting about ICE cosplay turning dangerous, confidence masquerading as competence, and why the machines aren't scary. The people using them are. Toss in Drag Race therapy, trashy reality TV...

Kicking off 2026 with fake optimism and zero tolerance for nonsense, the gang takes on POTUS's gold-plated ego tour, pardon shopping for predators, the Kennedy Center imploding in real time, and why some gays keep auditioning for the Leopards Eating Faces Party. Lee literally phones it in and that sends Chadrick and Mike spiraling. 

The gang rings in 2026 by side-eyeing celebrity death scrolls, dunking on Christian hypocrisy, clocking Trump's reality-show presidency, and wondering how the hell Chick-fil-A employees stay that cheerful in a collapsing democracy. From quiet papal shade to loud MAGA nonsense, midterm dreams to end-of-life jokes, this episode is equal parts gallows humor, political exasperation, and sheer resilien...

Fresh off Christmas and already out of patience, the guys dive into post-holiday life, like late Amazon gifts, airline meltdowns, family drinking legends, and the existential math of making presents feel "equal." We rant about the orange-o-tan's ego-driven legacy fantasies and drip-fed Epstein revelations to political aides acting like full-time fluffers. Take a tour this Boxing Day through politi...