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Pull up a seat and grab a drink. Join a couple of out and proud best friends living in the Windy City of Chicago! The Boys discuss life events, experiences, and news stories while keeping our tongue firmly in cheek. Whether its politics, movies, theatre, television LGBTQ news, queer culture, current events, and other elements of pop culture. We spill the tea consistently and "paint trash". Spend some time with your new Gay Best Friends.
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Keep It!

Crooked Media

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Wherever pop culture and politics collide, Ira Madison III and Louis Virtel are on hand to examine the gorgeous wreckage from their uniquely queer perspective. Each week, our “Princes of Pop Culture” are joined by the likes of Michelle Yeoh, Hunter Doohan, John Boyega, Connie Britton, Gabrielle Union, and Sheryl Lee Ralph to unpack the latest controversies, laude character actress appreciation, and all the shade that’s fit to throw. New episodes drop every Wednesday.
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Human Story Theatre

Amy Enticknap

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Co-founded by joint artistic directors Amy Enticknap and Gaye Poole, Human Story Theatre focuses on producing new writing with a health and social care issue at heart. The productions ‘pop-up’ in any designated space with minimal set, giving a shared light, shared space experience. Human Story Theatre the podcast goes behind the scenes exploring the issues raised in the plays and highlighting the real human stories behind their work. Amy and Gaye chat to people with lived experience and thos ...
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Ruminations

Ruminations

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Welcome to the Ruminations Podcast with Thomas Rissling! This is my platform to discuss with you all the things that I love. Whether it's fiction, non-fiction, Pop Culture, or even experiences and lessons that I've picked up throughout my bizarre life... here I intend to share it all and learn even more, along the way!
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Feeling overwhelmed by the looming threat of climate change? We’ve got you! Sunny Drake's Climate Change and Other Small Talk is a theatrical podcast that is here to hold your hand through the scary stuff and entertain you at the same time. Made by 9 creative teams around the world, these podcast episodes have got it all: from the witty to the wacky, and the serious to the silly. It’s guaranteed to be fun and ignite your inner climate warrior all while offering global perspectives on the cli ...
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Welcome to J&J Surreal Concepts STS Podcast, We cover anything we feel like covering!! Mainly Music, Technology, gaming, world news!! Most of all We like to BS! and Hangout!! Hosted by - Jakester2014 JakesBrat614 Reaperking With Frequent Guests and special appearances! We hope to see you tuning in, and joining the conversations! New Website up Soon! Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/jjsurrealconcepts/support
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Are you a musical theatre fan who loves TikTok? Or are you curious about how this social media app has changed musical theatre fandom - and even the concept of the musical itself? TikTok Broadway: Musical Theatre Fandom in the Digital Age (Oxford UP, 2024) takes readers inside the world of TikTok Broadway, where fans create, expand, and canonize mu…
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It’s My Party: Tat Ming Pair and the Postcolonial Politics of Popular Music in Hong Kong (Palgrave Macmillan 2024) is unique in focusing on just one band from one city – but the story of Tat Ming Pair, in so many ways, is the story of Hong Kong's recent decades, from the Handover to the Umbrella Movement to 2019's standoff. A comprehensive, theoret…
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In the first book in the Modern Music Masters series, Tom Boniface-Webb examines the Manchester band Modern Music Masters-Oasis (MMM, 2020). Founded in 1994 and playing together until their spectacular and abrupt breakup in 2009, during their time together Oasis made an imprint on British music that will last for generations, impacting fans through…
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An illuminating deep-dive into everything Fleetwood Mac--the songs, the rivalries, the successes, and the failures—Dreams: The Many Lives of Fleetwood Mac (Pegasus Books, 2024) evokes the band's entire musical catalog as well as the complex human drama at the heart of the Fleetwood Mac story. Fleetwood Mac has had a ground-breaking career spanning …
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Send us a text Welcome to Episode 199A! What a damn week it's been! Not only was it the Labor Day Holiday, but Linda went on vacation to lay out (not laid out) and left Donna in charge of post-production and wouldn't ya know it?? Donna made a mess and lost the original, quality content. Damn it, Donna!! This week Casey & Mark are catching you up on…
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Nikki Bedi, host of “The Arts Hour” on BBC World Service, discusses “The Arts Hour on Tour,” which comes to WABE studios this Saturday. Tabernacle Choir president Michael O. Leavitt details their upcoming collaborations with Spelman and Morehouse colleges. Plus, we hear about Scraplanta’s expansion to Adair Park and the Cosplay Medics of Dragon Con…
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Tony Award-winning performer Shuler Hensley discusses directing the upcoming production of “The Music Man” for City Springs Theatre Company, which is on stage at Sandy Springs Performing Arts Center September 6-22. Plus, food historian Akila McConnell and chef Asata Reid from the WABE podcast “Savory Stories” share the culinary history of barbecue,…
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Our deep dive of Wes Anderson and P.T. Anderson continues: this time we discuss the 2018 film Isle of Dogs which tells the story of a boy who tries to save his dog from a tyrannical cat-cult. Michael and Abe discuss Wes Anderson’s distinctive style, themes, and characters.Features:Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM_CORPAbe Epperson: https://t…
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PRESS REVIEW - Wednesday, September 4: The infamous human trafficker known as "Bija" was found dead in Tripoli on Sunday. In other news, a new report revealed more than three thousand allegations of child sex abuse in schools run by religious orders in Ireland. Also, a Greek town once submerged by a reservoir now re-emerging as the water source dri…
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Join West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins for another Show Talk episode! In this episode, Andrew discusses Shifters (Duke of York's Theatre), Oliver! (Chichester Festival Theatre), The 39 Steps (Trafalgar Theatre) and A Night with Janis Joplin (Peacock Theatre). Hosted by Andrew Tomlins. @AndrewTomlins32 Thanks for listening! Email: andrew@westend…
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Travel expert Rick Steves stops by for the latest ATL Up and Away installment. Emory Chamber Music Society of Atlanta’s artistic director, Will Ransom, shares what’s in store for their new season. Plus, Muralist Nicole Merizalde, writer, poet, and artist Constance Collier-Mercado, and information on the first annual East Lake Music Fest. See Privac…
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In Batman and The Joker: Contested Sexuality in Popular Culture (Routledge, 2020), Chris Richardson presents a cultural analysis of the ways gender, identity, and sexuality are negotiated in the rivalry of Batman and The Joker. Richardson's queer reading of the text provides new understandings of Batman and The Joker and the transformations of the …
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If you enjoy video games as a pastime, you are certainly not alone—billions of people worldwide now play video games. However, you may still find yourself reluctant to tell others this fact about yourself. After all, we are routinely warned that video games have the potential to cause addiction and violence. And when we aren’t being warned of their…
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Before kicking off a new series join West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins for some Show Talk! In this episode, Andrew discusses Something Rotten (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Oklahoma! (Theatre Royal Drury Lane), Fiddler on the Roof (Regent's Park Open Air Theatre) and Fangirls (Lyric Hammersmith). Hosted by Andrew Tomlins. @AndrewTomlins32 Thanks f…
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John Garrison's Red Hot + Blue (33 1/3 Series) (Bloomsbury, 2024) is a meditation on music's capacity to find us, transform us, and help us make sense of our historical moment. In a narrative that blends memoir and history, Red Hot + Blue explores Garrison's coming out at the height of the AIDS crisis alongside the history of the music industry's r…
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PRESS REVIEW – Monday, September 2: Israeli PM Binyamin Netanyahu faces outrage at home over the death of six more hostages in Gaza. In other news, who are Germany’s rural far-right AfD voters? Also it's back to school in France amid the ongoing political turmoil. Finally, geothermal energy could be a godsend in Japanese spa towns.…
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Abe Epperson wants to tell you about the holy experience of watching The Saint. He wants to whisper into your ear how a director uses blocking, pacing, and movement to make you understand how awesome the Saint is. I mean, look at Val Kilmer in the above photo. I bet God needed another day of rest after he made that high-tech hunk of disguise.Featur…
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Citizen Cowboy: Will Rogers and the American People (Cambridge UP, 2024) is a probing biography of one of America's most influential cultural figures. Will Rogers was a youth from the Cherokee Indian Territory of Oklahoma who rose to conquer nearly every form of media and entertainment in the early twentieth century's rapidly expanding consumer soc…
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In their latest book, Fandom is Ugly: Networked Harassment in Participatory Culture (NYU Press, 2024), Mel Stafill highlights the importance of considering contemporary public culture through the lens of fan studies The Gamergate harassment campaign of women in video games, the “Unite the Right” rally where hundreds of Confederate monument supporte…
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Brian Brushwood joins Michael and Adam to discuss the classic real time strategy game, Starcraft 2! They sweetly discuss the sweet strategies, the sweet story, and its sweet impact on the genre. Listen until the end for some sweet voice acting.Brian Brushwood: World’s Greatest Con https://pod.link/1572307941 Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAIM…
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Playwright Bill Balzer and director Lynna Schmidt talk about the play, “Two Drink Minimum.” A story of a mother entering dementia while her son struggles to keep their relationship grounded. Plus, we hear from Rough Draft Atlanta assistant editor Sammie Purcell and AJC senior editor Mike Jordan about this weekend’s festivals and activities. We also…
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Send us a text Welcome to Episode 198! The Boys have had a busy and intense summer so far and they are back this week with a 'lively' one! There's been some headlines coming out of Hollywood the last few weeks and scandals have ensued creating those headlines. Casey is surprising Mark with this week's Midsection ready to spill the tea on the sudden…
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In this “City Lights” episode, we discuss what you’re not supposed to discuss outside of Write Club. Write Club. One of the co-founders, Nicholas Tecosky talks about this unique literary battle where local writers duel through dynamic reading. We hear from WABE’s music contributor, Dr. Scott Stewart, about the late summer films coming out and their…
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I was immediately drawn to the book The Devil’s Music by Dr. Randall Stephens, Associate Professor of British and American Studies at the University of Oslo. Dr. Stephens and I came across one another online and the book, which combines part rock n’ roll history, part American Christianity history, was an absolute delight for me. The Devil’s Music:…
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Ira and Louis discuss the addictive new Sabrina Carpenter album, Bennifer’s divorce, Beyoncé rumors at the DNC, Pop Star Academy, and the return of What Not to Wear’s Stacy London and Clinton Kelly. Hannah Berner joins to discuss her standup special We Ride at Dawn, the upcoming Giggly Squad book, and more. Subscribe to Keep It on YouTube to catch …
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We celebrate 100 years of the activist and writer James Baldwin by revisiting Lois Reitzes’ 2018 conversations on “If Beale Street Could Talk.” She spoke with director Barry Jenkins and actor Colman Domingo, who portrays Joseph Rivers in the film. Also, we listened back to Reitzes’ conversation with author Robert Jones Jr. about his 2021 novel, “Th…
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Alonzo Bodden details the upcoming “Wait, Wait… Don’t Tell Me” stand-up comedy show at Symphony Hall. Plus, we hear how Anne Byrn brings history and insight to her new book, “Baking in the American South.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Mia Zapata and the Gits: A True Story of Art, Rock and Revolution (Ferel House, 2024) by Steve Moriarty, shares the story of the Seattle based The Gits and their charismatic front person Mia Zapata. The Gits were on the verge of international rock stardom but on July 7, 1993, days before their third US tour, Mia Zapata, The Gits 27-year-old singer-…
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Alliance Theatre artistic director Tinashe Kajese-Bolden discusses “The Mountaintop,” which is on stage at the Alliance from August 30 through September 22. Plus, Lila Ramani of the band Crumb joins us ahead of their August 25 show at the Buckhead Theater, and we speak with the CEO and founder of Eclipso Atlanta, Antoine Lieutaud, about their new V…
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PRESS REVIEW - Thursday, August 22: We look at reactions to Day 3 of the Democratic National Convention with Tim Walz accepting to be Kamala Harris' running mate and surprise endorsements by Oprah Winfrey. Also in the news: Satellite images appears to show that around 500,000 trees were felled to make way for Elon Musk's controversial Tesla gigafac…
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Kathleen Bertrand, executive producer of the Bronzelens Film Festival, discusses the event, which runs from August 21 to 25 and is hosted at various Atlanta venues. Plus, food historian Akila McConnell and chef Asata Reid from the WABE podcast Savory Stories discuss the culinary history of America’s favorite lunch food, the sandwich, and Atlanta au…
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Ira and Louis discuss Blake Lively and Ryan Reynolds and other Hollywood power couples, Lady Gaga and Bruno Mars’ collab, Gena Rowlands’ iconic roles, Chappell Roan’s fame jitters, Tinashe’s new album, and Beyoncé’s new whiskey brand. Bowen Yang joins to discuss his Emmy nom for SNL and more. Subscribe to Keep It on YouTube to catch full episodes, …
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Beth McKibben, senior editor and dining editor at Rough Draft Atlanta, discusses the many theme bars in Atlanta. Plus, Sally Faulkner, principal of the design firm Faulkner + Locke, details “The Art of Signia,” and Chef Demetrius Brown shares his vision as the new co-owner of the restaurant Bread and Butterfly. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.c…
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PRESS REVIEW - Tuesday, August 20: We look at reactions to the opening day of the Democratic National Convention in which President Joe Biden passed the torch to presidential candidate Kamala Harris. Also: a mega yacht belonging to a British tech entrepreneur has sunk off the coast of Italy after a massive tornado hit. And: find out why more and mo…
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Atlanta drag queen Tyra Rex discusses "Shamilton!" The parody musical is on stage at City Winery on August 22, 24, 25, and 28. Plus, celebrated outdoor photographer Peter Essick explores the unnatural world of construction sites for his new book, "Work in Progress," and we hear about MOCA GA's Working Artist Project. See Privacy Policy at https://a…
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Author and all-around fantastic guy, Jason Pargin, joins the boys on the road to unpacking the themes, production, and structure of 2002’s Road to Perdition. They talk gangster movies, anti-heroes, and the fact that Jason is definitely not a murderer.Features:Jason Pargin: https://www.tiktok.com/@jasonkpargin Michael Swaim: https://twitter.com/SWAI…
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Fede Alvarez’s "Alien: Romulus" hit cinemas on August 16th. It’s set between the events of Alien and Aliens, two science fiction classics. We review the movie and ask whether it continues the thematic work done in its lauded predecessors, touching on capitalism, AI, body horror, subversion of sexual and reproductive systems, colonialism, class, and…
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Send us a text Welcome to Episode 197! We are in punditry and the past few weeks have been filled with events, opinions, and tea. About a week ago, the assumed Democratic Nominee for President named her vice presidential running mate. After weeks of speculation, questioning, and comparing Tim Walz has been named the choice. The initial pool of cand…
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In Normporn: Queer Viewers and the TV That Soothes Us (NYU Press, 2023), Karen Tongson presents an irreverent look at the love-hate relationship between queer viewers and mainstream family TV shows like Gilmore Girls and This Is Us. After personal loss, political upheaval, and the devastation of the COVID-19 pandemic, many of us craved a return to …
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Atlanta Quilt Festival co-founder O.V. Brantley and Dr. Arshley Emile, who directed the new documentary “Stitch,” discuss the film and the festival which is running through September 8. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Actor Colman Domingo discusses his starring role in the new film, “Sing Sing.” Plus, Erin Drakeford takes the spotlight for our series, “Speaking of Art,” and Dr. Scott Stewart talks about the scores of Westerns for “Music in Media.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-se…
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Swaim wrote a novel called The Climb, currently available as a lush, all-color PDF, as well as in an ereader-compatible format, and in physical form. THIS is a sample of the audiobook version of The Climb, read by the author, a man named Michael.It's just the first three hours. The full thing can be had for a scant twenty dollars by visiting the Sm…
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Film critic Alonso Duralde and I talk his new book, Hollywood Pride: A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Representation and Perseverance in Film (Running Press, 2024), including some fascinating anecdotes, case studies, and watershed moments in queer cinematic history, not to mention its creators, its stars, its detractors, and its various ebbs and flows -- fr…
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Humble Emmy-nominee Louis Virtel is joined by guest co-host Michelle Collins to wade through a week’s worth of pop culture drama, including Quentin Tarantino shading George Clooney, Olympic gymnast Jordan Chiles losing her bronze medal, Pat Sajak returning for Celebrity Wheel of Fortune, the alleged feud embroiling the box-office hit It Ends With U…
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Join West End Frame Editor, Andrew Tomlins for a round-up of some shows at this year's Edinburgh Fringe Festival. The show's discussed include T*t Swingers (Pleasance Courtyard), Jake Roche: Neporrhoids (Pleasance Courtyard), I Wish You Well (Underbelly George Square), Come Dine With Me (Underbelly Bristo Square), Who Do Ya Love (Assembly George Sq…
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Our three co-hosts are stuck in the multiverse and need to get back to their home universe. Clearly, the only way to do that is to explore our cultural obsession with multiverses, alternate timelines and parallel worlds, and tie it all into a conversation about post-modern art, pop culture, and the lessons these stories teach us. Also, each episode…
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Atlanta jazz trumpeter Joe Gransden shares how he tracked down his prized Trans Am 30 years after selling it. Plus, Artist Treyvian Dowell takes the spotlight for our series, “Speaking of Art.” See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.…
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Movies under the Influence (University of Minnesota Press, 2024) by Dr. Jocelyn Szczepaniak-Gillece charts the entangled histories of moviegoing and mind-altering substances from early cinema through the psychedelic 1970s. Dr. Szczepaniak-Gillece examines how the parallel trajectories of these two enduring aspects of American culture, linked by the…
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