The Male Gayz Podcast

The boys went to Wicked, the stars were out in the crowd and onscreen and our glowing reviews are just the start of the journey through Oz we go on with genuine Oz expert Chris Parker. Plus we celebrate the only possible Queen of the Week Hana-Rāwhiti Maipi-Clarke and a we learn why we are called Friends of Dorothy. Get every episode early and in video on our Substack! Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

We finally opened Schrödinger’s cat box and are very bummed out by the result. We recorded this episode at 8am due to Chris’s theatre schedule, so it’s a very unfiltered chat about the state of things tbh. We wonder if it’s us who is to blame, but ultimately we’ve decided blame rests with Deadpool. Get every episode early and in video on our Substack! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor...

Moo Deng has picked Trump, but we don’t know who wins - even though there may well be a winner when this is released! Plus Eli ran a half-marathon, a fact of the gay about Abraham Lincoln and the most bizarre shoot shag marry of all time. A huge thank you to Florence Pugh for hopefully listening.  Get every episode early and in video on our Substack! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

This week we record hot off the back of one of the biggest nights in Male Gayz history. Both gays went out to da cluuurb. We recap that night, with visceral detail. We also launch our second ever official Male Gayz manhunt, but this one is all in the name of love!  Get every episode early and in video on our Substack! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

We are finally back in the studio and ready to delve into all the pop culture we’ve missed, covering all the important topics like Olivia Rodrigo, The Substance, The Kardashian and of course: dandruff! Plus a Fact of the Gay on the origins of how Halloween became “Gay Christmas”, which is actually way more interesting and cool than you would think, and we award Queen of the Week to a true queen: p...

We are back in our home town and surrounded by an adoring audience of people mostly have not listened to the podcast. A round of Show and Tell had us bringing out treasures from our family homes and sees an unexpected poetry reading from an amazing special guest. Plus a fact of the gay about the Manchester Street public toilets of course! Every episode now airing in bea-utiful video form on our Su...

It’s Chris’s birthday and we are celebrating by making him work (yes podcasts are a job) in a live show from the beautiful Basement Theatre. Eli has a gift for Chris that he will surely be wearing every day for the rest of his life. We bring you Fact of the Gay about the very building we are recording in and very special Rhys Mathewson has the Gayz competing against each other in the very first ro...

Chorus Line members will know, this episode is recorded on Chris’s couch, and the proof is in the pudding. Eli is at his breaking point and has never felt more alone, and Chris has had an amazing weekend away at WOW. There's a lot of great and not-so-great new content out for us to discuss. We love The English, so Brian Jordan Alvarez is Q of the W. And Eli has another amazing Fact of th...

Chris is so late to this week's episode and it randomly inspires a very real and deeply thoughtful chat about pop stars. Phrases like “likeability is a prison" get bandied about, and we bravely ask the question everyone is so scared to ask - why are there no openly lesbian whales in pop culture! Every episode now in bea-utiful video form on our Substack! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for...

This week the boys are back to remote recording because of their high flying life style. Chris’s ears are ringing, Eli has an infected toenail, the vibes are immaculate! With a Fact of the Gay from an unexpected source: our straight friend. And no queen of the week cause we forgot lol. VIDEO EPISODES now available on our Substack ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s our first guest in approximately a million years! Taskmaster icon and Billy T winner Abby Howells joins us for a deep dive into am-dram theatre, when improvisors try to be “serious” and her secret collection of beautiful ladies. Find Backstage episodes and more on our Substack! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris is back from Queenstown and ready to lay into some farmers he met, and Eli is so high on Sudafed he almost gives David Seymour queen of the week! Plus a fact of the gay about a legal gay marriage 53 years before gay marriage was actually legal, and we have a new term we would love to empower straight men (all two who listen to this podcast) to use! Find Backstage episodes and more on our Sub...

Wanna hear us pop off? We are both furious for different reasons. These Gayz have had it and they are ready to throw a drink in your face. Eli has a new enemy. Chris has an airport rival. Plus a fact of the gay about voice training, and the queen of the week is a voice you definitely know. Find Backstage episodes and more on our Substack! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information...

We have to get into Queen of the Week right away because a true QUEEN was born at the Paris Olympics... but will she win the title or will it once again go to an incredibly irrelevant person instead? Plus we got sent a GIFT because we have our finger on the coffee pulse and the Fact of the Gay finally addresses what Jockstraps were actually invented for. Support us on Substack for bonus content an...

Chris and Eli coin a new phenomenon- The Ryan Reynolds’s effect (when one has no gay friends) Eli has an earth shattering revelation about sweet Thai chili and will the boys ever see Deadpool or are they literally too gay to be allowed. Support us on Substack ! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

It’s our official Paris 2024 episode where we mainly talk about the opening ceremony but also a bit about the sports! Plus we tell deep, dark secrets that could have gotten us CANCELLED at primary school, get into our favourite reality show The Boyfriends and you will not believe who beats Celine Dion to be the Queen of the Week Support us and get early, ad-free episodes plus bonus content at Subs...

This week we do a deep-dive on our rooms, the phenomenon of feature walls and Chris’ early works as a visual artist. Our Fact of the Gay is all about Anthony Perkins aka Norman Bates aka The Saddest Celeb Story Ever. Sponsored by 'The Deal' at AS Colour Fact of The Gay Anothony Perkins aka Norman Bates aka The Saddest Celeb story ever. Support us and get early, ad-free episodes plus bonus content...

A deep dive on Katy Perry and a shallow dive on the assassination. Chris has been going to the big boy Les Mills and we have both been meeting more Chorus Line members in the wild - including the first straight male member of the chorus line!?  See Chris live on 19 July in Rotorua See Eli live on 2 & 3 Aug in Christchurch , and Aug 21 - 24 in Auckland Support us and get early, ad-fre...

Serving up a healthy bowl of podcast salad. Back on Chris's couch, which is better for vibes, but generally worse for growing the podcast. We have the update on Earl Haggerman truly no one asked for, not even us really. We dissect modern retellings of classics, and classic re imaginings with a modern twist, and make an official announcement, that all men straight men retire from acting: stage...

If you are a fan of Joe Biden or Friands maybe skip this episode cause we have harsh words for both! Plus a thrilling Fact of The Gay about Tortoises and we listened to the worst new podcast in Aotearoa so you don’t have to. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Eli’s joined a gay tennis league and Chris has imagined a new life in Christchurch! Plus what do we think about the Charli and Lorde collab (spoiler: it made us cry) and a Fact of the Gay about Frankie Goes to Hollywood that will blow ya gay mind! A tense battle sees a kiwi icon crowned as the Queen of The Week. Thanks to our sponsors: Sybs Candles & Wilson Parking Hosted on Acast. See acast.c...

In classic Male Gayz style we bookend this week's podcast on a Taylor Swift and Dyson Vacuum Cleaners. Eli informs us all about a real life gay army, and Chris shares his thoughts on gays renovating homes and selling them to straight people. Classic Male Gayz stuff. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Chris bought some mushroom supplements and Eli saw the Opera so you could say we are living our better lives. This episode is like 80% about supermarkets... but like in a random way.  Special shout to our Queens of The Week, the cast of Furiosa. Love your work, can't wait to see your career blossom Hemsworth. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A beautiful morning podcast from the boys has opened up a plethora of conversation topics including but not limited to, if you were standard in the woods with only a packet of munchos would you survive, Is sleeping with women like eating a tomato, and why does Eli never talk about his time at the cinema! This weeks fact of the gay has us really strung up too! Literally! Hosted on Acast. See a...

Hot off the back of Eli finally watching Challengers, the male gay are return with our most salacious episode yet. Gossiping about gossip, and doing a deep dive into Manginas (Thesis on this incoming) we also ask the question everyone has been asking... What Happened to Puppetry of the Penis? Answer is... they are in the Sphere at Vegas Chris Parker tickets for Brisbane Eli Matthewson tickets...