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Gayish Podcast
Hosted by Gayish Media · EN
Featured in Buzzfeed, Oprah Magazine, Esquire, and Queerty, Gayish is an award-winning podcast that breaks down one gay stereotype each week. Mike and Kyle bring humor, honesty, and irreverence to topics like the hanky code, depression, and open relationships.
Past guests have included Jinkx Monsoon, YouTuber Davey Wavey, gay porn star Calvin Banks, disability activist Andrew Gurza, a gay priest, a trans atheist, and Mike’s wildly supportive mom.
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Gayish: 492 Dating Apps
6d ago01:19:25Tap to summarizeIs 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 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:12:35 If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit cruise.freakbooty.com to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for. On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike shares with Kyle dating/hookup profiles he found online. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.
Transcribe →Gayish: 491 Libraries: Live from PopCon in Indianapolis
2w ago00:51:24Tap to summarizeIn 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 want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit www.gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for. On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike tells Kyle about portrayals of libraries in media. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.
Transcribe →Gayish: 490 Steel Magnolias
3w ago01:20:20Tap to summarizeDrink 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 Topic (Steel Magnolias)- 17:34 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:14:04 See Mike and Kyle live at PopCon in the Indiana Events Center in Indianapolis on Saturday, May 9 at 6pm. Get tickets at https://popcon.us/popcon-indy/. If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit www.gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for. On the Patreon bonus segment, Kyle shares with Mike some romcoms that romanticize stalking behavior. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast. Remember, the next Patreon Happy Hour is Wednesday, May 6 @ 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern. Check Patreon for the link the day of. We’re looking forward to seeing you then!
Transcribe →Gayish: 489 Stalking
4w ago01:32:52Tap to summarizeSurreptitiously follow us as we walk down the metaphorical sidewalk that is this episode. Mike and Kyle talk about the difference between voyeuristic behavior and stalking, social media stalking, the writings of Sappho of Lesbos and Shakespeare, cases like Oscar Wilde, Versace and Andrew Cunanan, and John Hinckley Jr. and Jodie Foster, gayta on stalking for sexual minorities vs. straight people, cyberstalking, and burners on gay online spaces like Grindr and Sniffies. In this episode: News- 3:50 || Main Topic (Stalking)- 16:12 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:26:52 See Mike and Kyle live at PopCon in the Indiana Events Center in Indianapolis on Saturday, May 9 at 6pm. Get tickets at https://popcon.us/popcon-indy/. If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit www.gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for. On the Patreon bonus segment, Kyle shares with Mike some romcoms that romanticize stalking behavior. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast. Remember, the next Patreon Happy Hour is Wednesday, May 6 @ 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern. Check Patreon for the link the day of. We’re looking forward to seeing you then!
Transcribe →Gayish: 488 Biting II
Apr 2301:29:52Tap to summarizeOm nom nom (but not vore). In this accidental repeat of a topic, Mike and Kyle talk about the evolution of biting, preying mantis sex, dick biting, rough sex, lesbian vampires, bite mark analysis in court cases, nail biting, and Mike Tyson. In this episode: News- 3:16 || Main Topic (Biting)- 15:06 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:21:48 See Mike and Kyle live at PopCon in the Indiana Events Center in Indianapolis on Saturday, May 9 at 6pm. Get tickets at https://popcon.us/popcon-indy/. If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit www.gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for. On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike tells Kyle something about Star Trek, IDK I forget. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.
Transcribe →Gayish: 487 Pop Culture (w/ Graham Gremore from Queerty)
Apr 1601:18:13Tap to summarizeGraham Gremore, the editor-in-chief of Queerty, joins us to talk all thing pop culture, including Heated Rivalry, the ElphaBUTT Throbb, Devil Wears Prada 2, Ivanka Trump, the Kardashians, Nicki Minaj, gay anthems, Dawson’s Creek, Britney Spears, douching, and DTF St. Louis. Plus, a bonus conversation about Minneapolis’ bathhouses. In this episode: News- 2:36 || Main Topic (Pop Culture)- 13:22 || Guest (Graham Gremore)- 22:54 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:09:42 See Mike and Kyle live at PopCon in the Indiana Events Center in Indianapolis on Saturday, May 9 at 6pm. Get tickets at https://popcon.us/popcon-indy/. If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit www.gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for. On the Patreon bonus segment, Kyle and Mike take a look at a negative comment they got about their pop culture beliefs. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.
Transcribe →Gayish: 486 Massages
Apr 901:20:17Tap to summarizeMassages may start all the way back at the Egyptians, but we’re happy about the ending, too. Mike and Kyle talk about the history of massages, women and gays as massage therapists, touch deprivation (which disproportionately affects queer people), and the benefits of massage to people with HIV/AIDS, In this episode: News- 4:09 || Main Topic (Massages)- 18:31 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:13:09 If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit www.gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for. On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike tells Kyle about the “it was just a massage” excuse. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.
Transcribe →Gayish: 485 Nine
Apr 201:45:59Tap to summarizeHappy 9th birthday to Gayish! To celebrate, Mike and Kyle talk about all things 9, including the cultural significance of the number 9, After-Nines, 9-inch dicks, the gay ‘90s, gendered numbers, and the 9 out of 10 LGBTQ Americans who are out to someone. In this episode: News- 4:13 || Main Topic (Nine)- 13:47 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:35:02 If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit www.gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for. (I swear we’ll stop including this in our show notes in less than a year.) On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike and Kyle talk about the Type 9 enneagram. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.
Transcribe →Gayish: 484 Extended Family (w/ Cori)
Mar 2601:06:02Tap to summarizeIt’s been a while since we’ve used this podcast as a way to keep in touch with Mike’s family, but herem we are. Mike and Kyle talk with Cori, Mike’s <insert family connection here>, about her experiences growing up, her father, and his AIDS diagnosis. In this episode: News- 2:57 || Main Topic (Extended Family)- 14:04 || Guest (Cori)- 17:23 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:01:32 If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit www.gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for. On the Patreon bonus segment, Kyle gives Mike tips on coming out to your extended family. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.
Transcribe →Gayish: 483 Vore
Mar 1901:25:15Tap to summarizeHonestly, the discussion in this episode is so wild that I forgot to take notes while editing to list the things we covered. But, I still have to SEO this thing, so… vorarephilia, Armie Hammer, gay vore, soft vore, hard vore… uhhh… cannibalism… yeah. Idk. Good luck listening. In this episode: News- 2:20 || Main Topic (Vore)- 13:55 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:16:32 If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit www.gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for. On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike tells Kyle vore in pop culture. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.
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