The Gaily Show

Executive Producer Jim Pounds guest hosts today’s episode. He covers the Western Health Alliance and he’ll also interview James Grace. James is an actor, dancer, choreographer who is performing in A Chorus Line at Park Square. It opens May 15! For tickets and more information: https://www.parksquaretheatre.org/a-chorus-line

We start a new segment today: Onstage with Jim Pounds. Every month, Jim will preview theatre in Minneapolis and Chicago. Today he talks with Leslie Buxbaum the bookwriter and co-lyricist for the new musical Out Here which is now playing at Chicago’s Court Theatre. Get your tickets to Out Here: https://www.courttheatre.org/season-tickets/2025-2026-season/out-here/ Connect with Leslie: https://www.l...

It’s our weekly Unpack This For Me episode where a guest joins us for the hour to help me unpack a particular issue facing the LGBTQ and allied community. Today, Timothy Schraeder Rodriguez is my guest. His new book Conversion Therapy Dropout:A Queer Story of Faith and Belonging comes out May 5th. He worked with…

Luis Argueta from Unidos Minnesota joins us to talk about upcoming actions for May Day. Plus the Minnesota Truth Council who is documenting, “the full truth about the violations, receive comprehensive reparation and be protected from further violence or retaliation.” Connect Unidos Minnesota’s May Day actions and events here: https://unidos-mn.org/events/2026/5/1/may-day-2026 THEN: Joe Reberkenny...

The Supreme Court actually gave the LGBTQ a break. They declined to take up a case about LGBTQ students safety. Renee Nicole Good’s widow has sued the Trump administration for withholding evidence. The voting map wars continue with more drama today. Plus Tammye Nash is back with new reporting from the Lone Star State. We’re…

Another attempted assassination on elected leaders in the United States. Virginia Supreme Court hears oral arguments on whether to overturn Virginia’s election for new congressional maps. Meanwhile, Florida proposed new maps today that would create 4 new GOP seats. Ten Thousand Things’ production of Frank Loesser’s Musical The Most Happy Fella begins its tour of…

The exhibition Martin Wong: Chinatown USA is now open at Wrightwood 659. Martin Wong was a queer painter and poet. This exhibit has over 100 of his paintings, sculptures, drawings, and photographs. It has been curated by Dr Yasufumi Nakamori who is our guest. Please note! Admission is by advance ticket only. Walk-ups are not…

The Queer experience isn’t bound to state boundaries. Our queer lives span borders (and so do the anti-LGBTQ coalitions). So on today’s Unpack This For Me episode we look at the Great State of Arizona! Joseph Darius Jaafari the Editor in Chief and Founder of LOOKOUT, Arizona’s LGBTQ newsroom. He shares the LOOKOUT’S reporting from…

Hungary’s Orbán loses again. Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán lost the election last week, now he’s lost one of his signature laws. The EU’s top court just axed his anti-LGBTQ propaganda law. The Supreme Court agrees to hear a case that would allow them to bar kids of LGBTQ parents from pre-schools.  Jake Wittich is…

Lindsey Middlecamp, Special Counsel for the Rule of Law with the Minnesota Attorney General’s office, returns to help us understand U.S. District Judge Mustafa T. Kasubhai’s final 49-page written opinion striking down RFK Jr.’s attempts to end transgender youth healthcare across the US. PLUS: It’s election day in Virginia as the Commonwealth decides whether or…

Another pro-trans decision from the Montana Supreme Court? Let’s take a look. Sarah Dickson from Birthday Candles joins us to talk about the show. Get your tickets here: https://sidekicktheatre.com/about-the-show-birthday-candles THEN: The 3rd annual Shine the Light Survey has some surprising (and encouraging!) results about LGBTQIA+ Career Experiences in 2025. Evan Linett and Veronica Comings joi...

We’re taking a deep dive into the Iran War today and we have the perfect guest to help unpack it all for us. Will Todman is the chief of staff of the Geopolitics and Foreign Policy Department and a senior fellow in the Middle East Program at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, a…

During operation metro surge Monarca and Monarca Rapid Response Line trained 50,000 Minnesotans to be legal observers. Now, using that same model, Monarca and Unidos Minnesota are building grassroots Election Defense Networks for the upcoming November midterms. Joining us to discuss…Jose Alvillar Hinojosa is an artist, educator, and organizer based in Minnesota. Link: https://monarcamn.org/trainin...

A lot of impeachment talk happening. Let’s not. Then Tammye Nash from the Dallas Voice is back to talk about LGBTQ news and about Trump’s belief you should think of him as Jesus. Dallas Voice just started its 42nd year as the Voice of the LGBTQ Community in North Texas and beyond. Visit their website…

We take a look at the US blockade in the Strait of Hormuz. Plus, the feud between Trump and Pope Leo. Then, Dr. Samuel Huneke, Associate professor of history at George Mason University is back. We’ll talk about Hungary’s election yesterday and his upcoming book; I Will Not Abandon You Queer Women in Nazi Germany…

Join TanyaMarck and Nick from Queer Spirit as they discuss and practice ways to regulate ourselves as we continue to navigate these challenging times. How do we take care of ourselves while staying mindfully informed? Listen in and find out! Queer Spirit (QS) is a grassroots non-profit charitable organization. They are space holders who offer…

The Wizard of Oz is coming to Children’s Theatre and Artistic Director Rick Dildine joins us to discuss! More info and tickets: https://childrenstheatre.org/whats-on/the-wizard-of-oz-2/ Connect with Rick: https://www.rickdildine.com  THEN: Patrick Cottrell’s new novel Afternoon Hours of a Hermit comes out April 21, 2026. Patrick is our guest to talk about his darkly funny existential noir. Get&#82...

Less than 24 hours after Trump caved, Iran has already closed the Strait of Hormuz. Dems extend their majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court and Minneapolis looks to legalize bathhouses again. PLUS: Jake Wittich is back with new reporting from Chicago: Chicago advocates react to U.S. Supreme Court’s harmful conversion therapy ruling AIDS Foundation Chicago…

Shawn Skelly is the Former Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Personnel & Readiness and she joins us as Trump says he’s about to blow up every bridge and power plant in Iran. Connect with Out in National Security: https://www.outinnationalsecurity.org Plus, the Trump Administration just terminated agreements with five schools that were aimed to support…

Trump’s war is the poster child definition of SNAFU. Shocking new numbers of how ICE harmed Minnesota’s economy. January 6 rioter convicted of child pornography. THEN: A new book reveals the impact Operation Metro Surge had on young people. Joining us to discuss: Editor Stephanie Major, Contributor Kit Renard, and publisher Dr. Belo Miguel Cipriani.…

Jonah Mixon-Webster joins us to discuss his new poetry collection Promise/Threat. It’s described as, “a virtuosic sophomore collection that plunges the reader into the tenebrous realm between dreams and reality and firmly establishes him as an essential voice in American poetry.” Then, Luna McNamara joins us to discuss her new novel The Witch and the…

How can states fight back against fascism and Trump? Turns out there is a taxonomy of five tiers of resistance that States can do right now. It has been developed and researched by Christopher Armitage and he joins us to discuss. Christopher Armitage is an Air Force veteran, journalist, former law enforcement officer, and author…

Curtis Lopez-Galloway is the founder and President of the Conversion Therapy Survivors Network. He returns to the show to help us better understand yesterday’s decision by the Supreme Court to allow the abusive practice known as conversion therapy. Connect with the Conversion Therapy Survivors Network here: https://www.conversionsurvivor.org