A podcast about finding connection and community through curiosity and empathy.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Freemium | Publishes | Weekly |
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Love & Connection Expert - on Why Gay Dating Feels so Hard, Modern Relationships & Hinge's 2026 LGBTQ DATE Report
If you’re fed up with modern dating, this episode is for you.
In it you and I sit down with Hinge’s Love & Connection Expert Moe Ari Brown to bring you actionable data from Hinge’s 2026 LGBTQ+ D.A.T.E. Report! We talk about what dating loo...
Steven Rowley - on Gay Aging, Reinvention, and Aliens!
If you’ve ever felt behind in life, like you aren’t quite measuring up to your peers, or perhaps you have no clue what you’re doing. If that’s the case, this is the episode for you.
In this episode, Steven Rowley and I sit down to discuss...
Gay Money Expert — How the Gays Afford Their Trips, Surprising Side Hustles, and Shame Spending
If you’re constantly worrying about money and wondering how you’re going to make it through the summer without maxing out your cards, this episode’s for you.
In it, I sit down with finance guru Nick Wolny, author of Money Proud, as he teac...
Lesbian Bar Historian — on Windows as Protest, Queer Bar Gentrification, and How You Can Save Them
If a gay bar you love has ever shut down, you must listen to this episode.
In this episode, Rachel Karp and I get into her incredible road trip where she visited every lesbian bar in the country with her wife and best friend. She takes us...
Gay Bulge Expert (on Performance Anxiety, Holetox, & Sexting Pitfalls)
If you’ve ever avoided sex because you were scared of what might happen, this episode is for you.
In this episode, nurse aesthetician and founder of Lushful Aesthetics, Chris Bustamante, and I explore all things dick-related. We get into w...
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A gay writer in NYC writing about relationships, sex, and Queer culture, all the while fueled by curiosity and empathy and striving to enhance connection. \ud83c\udff3️\ud83c\udf08
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Author of Boyslut: A Memoir and Manifesto. Editor-in-Chief of BOYSLUT, a digital zine sharing nonfiction and fiction erotica from kinksters across the globe, along with the occasional thought piece.
Political Strategist. Founder of Oath. Anita Bryant's worst nightmare.
Contributing Editor @ Blue Amp Media, child-wrangler, sometimes-filmmaker, Missoulian dropped on my head in NYC. Wandering Agent-lessly Signal: @redpencilscript.10, [email protected], (She/Her)
Founder of Homebody Psychotherapy. A NYC-based, reclaimed creative yearning for witnessing, connection, and diving fearlessly into imagination.
hairy jewess. host of “that’s a gay ass podcast”
\ud83c\udfa7 Co-creator and producer of the podcast Cruising. \ud83c\udfa7 \ud83d\udcdaAuthor, THE LESBIAN BAR CHRONICLES coming May ‘26 from Beacon Press. Preorder now! ⬇️
A man of trans experience, going through some trans experiences. This is NOT my typical theater stuff, it's more musings and nerdery about gender. Also, if you're my family or something, maybe don't read the spicy ones?
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