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Legendary sketch writer Lauren Ashley Smith comes on and tells the amazing story behind meeting her wife and landing in the NYTimes. But first, the guy's discuss Russia's 81st crackdown on gay kids this year. And finally, Brent shares a very weird story about a possible...fake nurse?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Do not miss comedian Debra DiGiovanni's insane green card story (alongside plenty of other tidbits). Plus, why is Grindr trying to rebrand as a LinkedIn competitor?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guys field some fun, cute, probing, and even contentious questions from their ravenous fan base! Plus find out why Stephen Miller's boycotting Frosted Flakes (lol) and Brent explains his love of sorbet! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Political operative Brian Derrick shares some rather ominous thoughts about the upcoming election. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Pete Zias joins to explain his obsession with tabloids and why they're not just for "grandmother women" anymore. And Brent spotlights the edgelord vibe of asking "Have we met?" on a gay dating app. Then, we go to the doctor, we go to the mountains -- it's never too late for an Indigo Girls renaissance! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Anna Roisman, comedian, impressionist and former HQ hostess, gives the guys a lesson in Hilaria Baldwin 101 and it's...how do you say, cucumber? Plus, the guys explore the complicated queer tank top. And Brent's existential dread about AI on Grindr comes to a head. Just one piece of advice: don't bother Eliot in the middle of Mare of Winningham. @HAlanScott Learn more about your ad choices. Visit...

TV writer Brian Gallivan joins this week and helps the guys each figure out which Wayans brother they find the most crushworthy -- it's Damon Jr. for Brian, as made clear from his days writing for Happy Endings. Plus, #notmyspiderman trends after Tom Holland appears in a gay sex scene and people get mad? And the co-hosts commemorate the 20th anniversary of Queer Eye for the Straight Guy, and H. Al...

Actress and comedian Arden Myrin graces the fellas with her presence to discuss reality TV and, well, more reality TV. And cookiepuss! Plus, everything to know about the controversy surrounding 303 Creative, this term's Supreme Court case that ruled against a gay man...who isn't gay. And finally, does Brent know this summer's big gay bop?! Scratch that: does Brent know what a "bop" is? Learn more...

Zackary Drucker joins to talk about her breadth of film work from The Stroll to The Lady and the Dale to Queenmaker: Making of an It Girl ...and, girl, it's a gift. Plus, can Ron DeSantis actually get ahead in the 2023 political landscape using old school, all American homophobia? And when it comes to native accents, whose comes through the strongest? Ask Brent about his father! Learn more about y...

The funniest comedy writer Sean O'Connor joins the guys to goss about the sexiest baseball players and his conservative parents VERY strange (but sweet!) relationship with their gay BFF. But first, Brent's home state of Michigan is desperately trying to get YOU to move there. And then the guys debate whether it's cool to Grindr all day when you've got young kids at home that probably need food and...

Writer and theater critic Louis Peitzman joins the guys from New York, where he is by all accounts okay with Times Square (...but we love him anyway). Plus, LGBTQ+ fiction are at record sales, which is like...books? Cool! And now that Pat Sajak is exiting his gig, where do the guys (including bona fide Wheel of Fortune contestant Eliot) fall in terms of finding a replacement host? Three words: kee...

Gay horror aficionado Joshua Conkel joins the guys to talk about all the spooky horror movie deep cuts you've never heard of. But first up -- and speaking of terrifying -- people are dying from poppers!? But not the way you think. The CDC is reminding folks to...stop DRINKING poppers! And finally, Brent poses a deep philosophical question: can you Grindr openly in public!? @HAlanScott Learn more a...

Monét X Change joins this week to talk about her new standup comedy tour as well as following in the footsteps of a former Supreme Court Justice! Then, did Ted Cruz become an ally just in time for Pride month? Plus, Brent [possibly] degrades THE METH COMMUNITY and you are [possibly] OUTRAGED!!! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The guys welcome monumentally talented singer Madison McFerrin to the podcast, to discuss her first album and why the hell she's so damn popular on one deep-cut app in China! But first, the Dodgers LGBT Pride Day controversy might have been diffused, but that won't keep the guys from bickering about it along largely predictable ideological lines (Brent = pragmatically liberal, Alan = boring!) And...

This week, Matt Harkins and Viviana Rosales Olen of THNK1994 sprinkle into the pod the unique fairy dust of references that make their brand so unique, from Kim Cattrall's spoken word sex jazz to a museum dedicated solely to the evolution of the MILF. Then, a drag queen as a digital ambassador for the NAVY? In THIS economy? And a revelation about H. Alan's mom gets revealed that leaves Brent and E...

 This week, comedian (and former musical liaison to Elton John) Shalewa Sharpe joins live from NYC, not "the ATL," thank you very much. Also, when an line of underwear geared toward "thick" men is released but doesn't run beyond 2XL, did it really even happen? And is it possible to be too tired for a first date because you're too tired from your last date? Only Brent knows. Learn more about your a...

 Joey Capuana, author of queer comic Trance, joins to explain comics vs. graphic novels. Plus, fucking straight guys! Also, the New York Times lays out the timeline of how transphobia became America's most fervent talking point. Plus, is David Duchovny hot? Is Lucille Bogan a pan icon? CAN GAYS CAUSE EARTHQUAKES?  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Avi Wisnia, subject of PBS documentary 'How Saba Kept Singing' (now available everywhere, including YouTube) joins the guys to commemorate his remarkable grandfather, a Holocaust survivor [and late husband of Eliot's thirstiest fan]. Meanwhile, Brent reveals his newest investment as downtown LA'S #1 good samaritan. And why is Italy being so weird about gay parents? Fuhgeddaboudit!!! Learn more abo...

 Isaac Oliver -- scribe, memoirist and all-around delight -- joins to help further the discourse on both intimacy between gay male friends and the value of pineapple on pizza. (Pineapple?! On pizza?! Fuhgeddaboudit!) Then, remember covid? We sure don't! Plus, nepo baby and human grease fire Kid Rock gets SOOOO MADDDD at beer...because...trans? It'll make sense when you listen.  Learn more about yo...

This week, it's just the guys with listener Q&A! And there's a little something for everyone, from a career retrospective of Margo Martindale to East African dance troupes to those goddamn Funko dolls. There's even a breezy mention of Krokodil, a Russian flesh-eating drug that only Brent would happily argue is worse than Fentanyl. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Blair Socci joins to walk the guys through what will eventually be known as The Great Unfollowing. Then, Brent wonders if he's the only one to be a loyal customer to many an OnlyFans. Plus, can't a straight, married father of two (like Tennessee lieutenant governor Randy McNally) vote against the rights of the very same twinks whose thirst traps he so innocently bathes in flirty comments and fire...

English actor and dreamboat Augustus Prew joins the guys (despite a few audio difficulties) to talk about acting as a kid, an adult, and what it's like when your agent really doesn't want you to come out! But first, the fellas debate whether Mike Pence's recent Gridiron Club Dinner jokes about Pete Buttigieg were homophobic -- and you might be surprised who takes the strongest stance! And finally,...

Comedian Christi Chiello joins this week and things get very serious when the inevitable "gay podcast" question arises: what is Liza Minelli's "deal?" Plus, CPAC 2023 -- basically ComicCon, but for Republican wingnuts -- brought out the worst and darkest in America's finest transphobes. And after Meghan Trainor incorrectly co-opts queer slang and calls herself "mother" in a new single, Eliot final...

Comedians and happy couple Andrea Rosen (Upload, Never Have I Ever) and John Gemberling (The President Show, Broad City) join the guys to talk about marital bliss, the curse of the "normos," and John's cameo in HBO's smutty 1999 "documentary" Private Dicks: Men Exposed when he was just a teenager. Plus, what exactly is "bear face" and why is it EVERYWHERE? And just how many gay friends do the guys...

Living, breathing queer icon and star of the American Horror Story franchise Leslie Grossman joins the guys to commemorate her long, storied career and short stint at Weight Watchers camp. Also, has our view national feelings on queerbaiting changed, or should we still be concerned by Charlie Puth and Harry Styles courting the male gays with the male gaze? Plus, when it comes to masculinity vs. fe...