Gayish Podcast

We’re tempting the shadowbanning gods by posting this episode, title intact. Mike and Kyle dive into fag hags. Is it just misogyny? As “fag” is reclaimed by the gay community, is so too “fag hag” being reclaimed? And what is her connection to burned bottom rice? In this episode: News- 3:16 || Main Topic (Fag Hags)- 12:32 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:14:50 If you want to join Mike and Kyle on the...

Mike and Kyle talk to Paul and Pablo from the Scared Gay! podcast about why gays love horror, horror as the red-headed stepchild of the film world, The Substance, Bram Stoker’s Dracula, the “art” of “podcasting,” and more. Listen to Scared Gay! on Spotify , Apple Podcasts , or wherever you get your podcast! In this episode: News- 1:39 || Main Topic (Horror)- 9:25 || Guest (Paul and Pablo from the...

If there’s one things Kyle’s fulla, it’s… okay, well the second thing he’s fulla is regrets. Mike and Kyle talk to the drag queen, the social media sensation, and the internet’s grandmother, Fulla Regrets. Michael Staffieri joins us to tell us about creating the character Fulla Regrets, Instagram face filters, his love for his grandmother, the worst job he’s ever had, turning self-loathing into ar...

Gaslight, gapekeep, girlboss! Mike and Kyle talk about what is (and isn’t) gaslighting, the play that originated the term, the subsequent movies and their connection to gayness, the data on who is likely to gaslight and be gaslit, whether conversion therapy is a form of gaslighting, whether the First Amendment should apply to gaslighting, and Santa Claus. In this episode: News- 4:51 || Main Topic...

Better squeal for me you little piggies,  because David Lauterstein, the co-founder and CEO of Nasty Pig, joins Mike and Kyle to talk about the origin story of Nasty Pig, starting a business with his husband, Pride in the time of AIDS, sex positivity, Fire Island vs. P-Town, Honey Davenport, fetish gear, advocacy during mpox, his book “ Sodomy Gods ” ( https://store.nastypig.com/products/sodomy-go...

Clop or nay? Mike and Kyle talk about bronies, i.e. adult fans of My Little Pony, including how much the inventor of My Pretty Pony got paid, the laws that allowed for the My Little Pony ’n Friends TV show, the reboot that the bronies glommed onto, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, 4chan’s involvement in getting bronies started, BronyCon, how gay bronies are, clop, and, because it’s Mike, the b...

WTF is a situationship? If you want to know the answer, this episode won’t help. Mike and Kyle disagree about situationship definitions, the relationship escalator, and Boston marriages. But then again, they agree about gay mens’ propensity for situationships and the legal implications of situationships. And, of course, everyone can agree that it’s a pretty good portmanteau. In this episode: News-...

It’s like gooning with social media! Mike and Kyle break down brainrot, including what it is, when it was first used (hint: it’s definitely not the year you’re thinking of), the brainrot of different generations, the effects of brainrot on Gen Z and Gen Alpha, the legal implications of brainrot, and the 47 second attention span. In this episode: News- 2:32 || Main Topic (Brainrot)- 11:42 || Gayest...

We’re on a roll with the feel-good topics recently! Mike and Kyle talk about the Urban Dictionary stereotypes of herpes, the evolution of the meaning of herpes over time, the truth of Emperor Tiberius’ herpes-based kissing ban, lesbians’ herpes superpower, the conspiracy theories behind the herpes medication acyclovir, disclosure of HSV to gay hookups, and the legality of herpes. In this episode:...

We go balls out on this episode. Mike and Kyle talk about how castration has been used throughout history as both reward and punishment, the castration of gay men during the Holocaust, modern-day voluntary eunuchs, whether male-to-eunuch is a valid transgender identity, nullos on Grindr, chemical castration as a punishment, the castrati, and castration as BDSM play. In this episode: News- 3:24 ||...

He broke his back on that mountain just for you; it’s Jake Gyllenhaal! Mike and Kyle dive into the controversial topic of whether straight actors should play gay roles, plus they cover Brokeback Mountain, the Oscars, Brokeback Mountain, Toothy Tile, Brokeback Mountain, defamation laws as they apply to calling someone gay, and Brokeback Mountain. We don’t know how to quit you, Jake. In this episode...

What does it mean to be othered? More importantly, what does it feel like, and why do people do it? Mike and Kyle bring on the experts from the Othering Podcast to help us understand the concept, implications, and ways to handle being othered. Plus, our guests share more about how the podcast saved their relationship and their lives. In this episode: News- 1:32 || Main Topic (Othering)- 8:34 || Gu...

This episode shattered Kyle’s entire perception of Mike. We talk about karaoke, its meaning, who invented it, whether it’s loved or hated, the politics of karaoke, research about gender in karaoke, and the true meaning of karaoke. In this episode: News- 3:57 || Main Topic (Karaoke)- 12:29  || Gayest & Straightest- 1:01:43 If you want to watch a video version of the podcast, you can find it on...

We’re sick and tired of hearin' all these people talk about, ”What's the deal with this pop life and when is it gonna fade out?” Pop star JORDY joins Mike and Kyle to talk about why gays love pop music, his new record “In Retrospect” (available now!), his song that went viral with trans men, what’s on his Spotify playlist, the importance of creativity, his Pitch Perfect-esque history with a cappel...

It’s our 500th episode extravagaynza! There are huge announcements about exciting changes to the podcast (some that you might be able to see right now), plus audio messages from listeners, Q&As, presents, and a touch of Derek. True to form, Mike and Kyle give their honest answers to your questions about sleeping together (no seriously), underwear choices, masculinity and femininity, rosé, cats...

Do- do you got a first aid kit handy? Mike and Kyle share the misery by talking about all things heartbreak, including the history of heartbreak , gayta on breakup rates of straight vs. gay couples, Sapphos’ writings on heartbreak, takotsubo cardiomyopathy, Boston marriages. the half-life of getting over a relationship, and heartbalm torts. In this episode: News- 11:57 || Main Topic (Heartbreak)-...

We know that dykes are on bikes, but are they in bars? In the context of the great lesbian bar die-off (AKA the great vanishing), Mike and Kyle talk all things lesbian bar-related, including Gladys Bentley, Mona’s 440 Club, laws historically affecting lesbian bars the three-article rule, The Lesbian Bar Project , Seattle’s Wildrose, and the use of the word “dyke,” In this episode: News- 2:34 || Ma...

WTF are we even talking about? Mike and Kyle do their best to wade through a conversation about soccer (yeah, yeah, you might call it football, but the word “soccer” is actually British), including the history of soccer; FIFA; the ban on women’s soccer; homophobic soccer fans; the 2026 World Cup; the World Cups in Qatar, Russia, and Saudi Arabia; homophobic chants at soccer games; and women and no...

What’s the point of sports? Why are there gendered sports? Do those assigned male at birth have a biological advantage? Mike and Kyle have an honest conversation about trans athletes in sports with Chris Mosier, a trailblazing athlete, coach, and founder of TransAthlete.com. In this episode: News- 1:27 || Main Topic (Trans Athletes)- 10:18 || Guest (Chris Mosier)- 25:05 || Gayest & Straightest...

Are they hot or just sexist? In this Patreon-voted topic, Mike and Kyle talk about the history of daddy issues, Freud, daddy issues for straight women vs. gay men, daddy issues and attachment styles, sugar daddy scams, sex work, and quotes about gay daddy issues. In this episode: News- 3:10 || Main Topic (Daddy Issues)- 12:00 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:08:39 If you want to join Mike and Kyle o...

It’s not too soon to be thinking about mid-terms! Returning guest and CEO of Oath.vote Brian Derrick joins Gayish to talk about important mid-term elections you’ve never heard of, down-ballot races, the electoral college, gerrymandering, voting rights, the realities of the blue wave, Donald Trump, MAGA, ICE, Project 2025, and LGBT rights. In this episode: News- 3:22 || Main Topic (Elections)- 12:4...

Stick it in my meatus! On this doozie of an episode, Mike and Kyle talk about sounding, including what it is, porn statistics about sounding, safety tips for sounding, quotes from sounding experts, and insight on the differences between penile and vulvar sounding. We don’t have a trigger warning on this episode, but maybe we should have? Listen at your own risk! In this episode: News- 1:19 || Main...

Is it just a euphemism for Grindr? Does anyone meet anywhere else these days? Haven’t they already covered this topic? Mike and Kyle answer all these questions and more, including what’s changed about dating apps recently, AI photo fraud, romance scams, Match Group, enshitification, and Hinge’s “Designed to be Deleted” ad campaign. In this episode: News- 4:17 || Main Topic (Dating Apps)- 14:33 ||...

In this rare PG episode from our live show at Indy PopCon, Mike and Kyle talk about the history of libraries, the Library of Alexandria, Sapphos’ poetry, Magnus Hirschfeld’s Institut für Sexualwissenschaft, Nazi book burnings, the ONE Archives, banned books, and how librarians are lesbian-coded. In this episode: News- 4:45 || Main Topic (Libraries)- 10:51 || Gayest & Straightest- 45:12 If you...

Drink your juice, Gayish! Mike and Kyle talk about the gay classic movie Steel Magnolias, including the gay man who wrote it, Mike’s feelings about Julia Roberts, the racial inequality and the all-Black cast remake, what kind of a name is M’Lynn, the meaning behind the name Steel Magnolias, whether it’s camp, and if it deserves its place as a gay classic film. In this episode: News- 5:02 || Main T...