The Gay Power Half Hour

This week the boys don their gay apparel, brought to you by Target. Pride season kicks off nationwide with a classic banger: anti-gay bigotry. Tony wants conservatives to boycott better if they are going to boycott at all while Casey lays out some surprising reasons why June is the worst month to go mass shooting. Robert De Niro and Al Pacino have pregnant young wives so the boys give an extended...

This week the boys are playing ball. The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence get tagged teamed by the Catholic Church and the LA Dodgers and unsurprisingly the Sisters come out on top. Bigots set their target on Target because of queer bathing suits in its Pride section and the boys wonder if anyone out there has anything better to do. Teeny tiny Florida man Ron DeSantis launches his presidential camp...

Another 30 minutes with Tony Soto and Casey Ley.

This week the boys are royally flushed. King Charles the Third is set to be crowned in London and the boys take part in the age-old debate, why do we care? Tony is on the hunt for his own Crown Jewels for a gayer regal affair, while Casey goes to upstate New York to get away from the pageantry of it all. Florida keeps making life worse for queer people so the boys wonder what a two-state solution...

This week the boys come in hot. The new Covid strain is giving people conjunctivitis and the boys talk about the other ways gays can get pink eye. Tucker Carlson is out at Fox News and CNN gets rid of its Don to make it a full-blown Lemon Party. Joe Biden is officially running again and the only Democrats in his way are two rich snake oil salesmen (not named Trump.)

This week the boys get buzzed. It’s 420 and Casey decides to celebrate like Tony does every day of the year. Tony switches to instant coffee for a reason that has Casey feeling very paranoid. The boys wonder what Clarence Thomas is smoking if he thinks we don’t know he’s a crook and a 420 PSA that if you live in America don’t knock on a stranger's door.

This week the boys realize nothing really changes. 300 episodes in and Tony is still praising natural disasters that hit red states while Casey is still waiting for karma to hit closer to home. Donald Trump was a crook when the podcast started and now 7 years later he’s an indicted crook. Tennessee never gets better, nerds are still releasing government secrets and if you want to end a pregnancy t...

This week the boys have seen it all. A Nashville shooting is just like all the others expect with a twist and Tony hates the convenient conservative narrative of a trans shooter while Casey braces for the ensuing backlash against the queer community. Right wing Americans are unclear about what past they want to return to, Tony remembers what it was like trying to be a good little Christian and Cas...

This week the boys have indictment fever. The feds are coming for both Donald Trump and TikTok and nobody knows the chaos it will reap. Stormy Daniels makes her case for the best porn star in history, Ron Desantis eats pudding weirdly and nobody likes Mike Pence.

This week the boys take a big whiff. Tony has strong opinions on facial hair and body scents while Casey hates the stench of hypocrisy on the Lt. Gov. of Tennessee’s mustache. Bigots in Ohio are upset that Nazis keep showing up to their hate protests at drag shows and the California Teacher of the Year gives another reason to be suspicious of married straight women.

This week the boys call BS. Fox News says it cares about red America but secret text messages show the only color they care about is green. Conservatives claim they want to ban drag shows to protect children but the boys wonder if banning guns and pedophile priests is the safer bet. Cosmetic surgery sounds cheaper in Mexico but in some cases, the costs prove to be devastatingly high.

This week the boys brace for the chill. Winter weather in Los Angeles tests the limits of Casey’s love of soccer while Tony pours cold water on the idea that anyone is coming to rescue you. Dark Brandon goes to Kyiv while Dirty Donald goes to East Palestine and each side digs their trenches. Books are a big political issue now and the boys discuss how both sides seem illiterate.

This week the boys stay on track. A freight train derails in Ohio spewing toxic chemicals everywhere and the boys discuss infrastructure disasters as metaphors. Jesus makes an appearance at the Super Bowl but is outshone yet again by Rihanna. A mass shooting at MSU feels like deja vu, especially for multiple survivors of multiple mass shootings.

This week the boys are flying high. A Chinese spy balloon enters American airspace and fills republicans with a lot of hot air. The State of the Union has the boys feeling pretty good about the entire Biden family. The Satanic Temple opens an abortion clinic and the boys welcome the entrance of the Dark Lord into the field.

This week the boys are afraid of Americans. One mass shooting a day in January begs the question, what’s the appeal of America for a family holiday?! Police continue to engage in mass beatings proving the most dangerous color in this country is blue. Florida bans books en masse and the boys discuss how banning books leads to porn addiction and hemorrhoids.

This week the boys are joining the House party. Republicans in Congress change the rules on smoking in the Capitol and let drag queen George Santos form an itty bitty titty committee so the boys wonder why the GOP is still so uncool. A Kentucky schoolboy is found on a kill list and like everyone in Hollywood, Tony and Casey want to know how you get put on the list. Biden's classified documents...

This week the boys are knee-deep in the new year. Casey tries repeatedly to open things strong while Tony reminds everyone that Casey isn’t known as a strong starter. Right-wing Brazil imitates right-wing America by staging a failed insurrection while its disgraced leader hides in Florida. Marjorie Taylor Greene and George Santos are the biggest names in GOP politics these days and the boys discus...

This week the boys are ringing in the new year. Asked to reflect on 2023, Casey wants people to remember the legacy of the war in Ukraine while Tony wants people to remember he has a show every Wednesday night in WeHo. The boys wonder what will happen to all the new water from Californias’s atmospheric rivers, how people will remember the dead Pope, and if there is anyone in US politics more pathe...

This week the boys are feeling jolly and bright. Tony finishes a successful first season of Battle Babies and Casey questions whether a morning cocktail is an appropriate way to celebrate. Brittney Griner’s return angers the right and that is yet another reason to celebrate, and if anyone is still looking for last-minute gift ideas the boys suggest Donald Trump NFT trading cards.

This week the boys are on the apps. Tony wants to know who is handing their information over to foreign governments for 15 seconds of fame while Casey joins Hinge to see who will date him for at least 15 days. Brittney Griner is on her way home from a Russian penal colony so for once the boys are sincerely happy for a basketball player and Kirstie Alley dies so for once the boys are surprisingly k...

This week the boys are kicking it up a notch. The World Cup is back so the boys kick around a couple of ideas for keeping the players busy in the off-season. It’s Tony’s birthday week and he is getting his kicks the old fashion way, by drinking, smoking, and gambling. The US Senate paves the way for federally protected gay marriage but Tony worries gays will still be kicked out of bakeries while C...

This week the boys are partying. It’s Casey’s birthday and Tony celebrates time taking its toll. Tony is drinking on the weekends again and Casey enjoys this new The Tony Soto Show. Donald Trump drops off a birthday gift by announcing he is running for President and the boys revel in his demise.

This week the boys experience joy. The results of the 2022 midterms are (mostly) in and there is a lot for the boys to celebrate. Tony finds himself in the strange position of thanking Americans while Casey is pretty sure his dreams literally came true.

This week the boys get hammered. Elon takes an $8 hammer to Twitter so Tony considers quitting while Casey has been quietly quitting for some time. Paul Pelosi takes a hammer to his Capital dome so the boys discuss the political nuances of the violently angry.

This week the boys are a little messy. Well, one boy at least. Tony wants to praise Casey for work he did in an acting class and eventually gets to the compliment. Casey admits Tony was the best student in the class though not necessarily the most popular. Nazis troll a bridge in Los Angeles with some of the most hateful rhetoric seen in the city since the leaked City Council tapes. John Fetterman...