Gayish Podcast

Is Mardi Gras straight or gay? We cover New Orleans, Southern Decadence, Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, and beeeeeeeads! Plus, an appearance from one of our favorite guests.

Gay porn star Calvin Banks and YouTuber Davey Wavey talk about how Calvin’s very personal story of abuse was removed by YouTube and how censorship is impacting LGBT YouTubers.

Obviously the two best people to give relationship advice, Mike and Kyle discuss aromantics, romantic literature, and why straight people should avoid chocolate. Happy VD!

Gay death penalty, Jussie Smollett, a correction, the formula for group sex, and all before we get to the topic of being gay in the workplace. If you want to jump right to the topic, start at 35:45.

Threesomes are a thing we should talk about, right? Come be our third or fourth wheel as we look at the rich tapestry that is sex between three people. At the same time. In the same place. Probably.

Queer representation in video games is getting better! Special guest Matt Baume joins us to get into the nitty gritty nerdy queerity of gaming. Topics: Kamala Harris, Star Trek, Graham Linehan, mermaids, hbomberguy, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez

How do gays make gay friends? Does the ‘f’ in friend stand for ‘fuck first’?

The question that splits our community - have you ever hooked up at the gym? Plus, hear about the gym's gay history, locker room fun and flops, and if straight guys need to be worried.

After 100 episodes, and 100 shots of beer, we recorded this trainwreck. Enjoy the questions and answers, well wishes from our friends, and hear us generally be a sloppy mess. Plus meet Fucking Dan!

So, Batman and Robin are gay, right? The answer, plus homophobia in comics, tight nipple-suits, gay superpowers, and other LGBT superheroes.

Special guest Davey Wavey, owner of the second and third most famous nipples (after Janet), joins us to teach us how to pleasure our nipples.

What does it mean if you·re a straight guy that has a gay sex dream? Or vice versa? Wet or dry, gay or straight, most of us have sex dreams. We take a look at what actual science says about your dreams to figure out what dreams say about us.

Santa comes down your chimney early this year! Mike and Kyle talk about every possible Santa: gay Santa, black Santa, Russian Santa, and underwear-clad Santa. Happy Holigays!

Live (kinda) from the Portland Podcast Festival, Mike and Kyle talk sluts, gay sex, and streetcars.

There are at least 101 reasons not to listen to this episode. One of them is the Thanksgiving food Kyle loves to hate, Turkey. Join us as we take a look at the strange world of Turkey, and somehow stumble into the list of the most offensive things on the internet.

What are gold star gays, and why do we hate them? Who knew Mike and Kyle would come out in such strong support of vaginas and all they stand for.

What does losing your virginity mean to gay men? We invited Ray and Jay from the He Said He Said podcast to help us blow a hole in the traditional ideas of what virginity means.

Freddie Mercury, because Freddie Saturn canceled on us. Mike and Kyle talk about Freddie, Queen, HIV/AIDS, the new Rami Malek movie Bohemian Rhapsody, the song Bohemian Rhapsody, and straightwashing. Plus, the potentially rich nuances of Fat Bottomed Girls.

Twink, twank, twunk. Mike and Kyle examine the sub-categories of gays, such as twinks, twunks, bears, otters, and peacocks?

Artist Justin Michael Williams shares the good, the bad, and the black of LA gay culture, including his struggles with an eating disorder. Download his free meditation guide at www.meditationkingdom.com.

Grab your Uggs and your butt hookah, and get ready to decide if you like your PSL with or without mace. Join us as we take a fascinating look at the pumpkin spice phenomenon!

There’s a lot of False-vadas out there, so we tell the Truvada. We talk about the magic pill that prevents HIV. Plus, Mike confronts Kyle.

Why are gay men called fairies? Mike and Kyle explore fairies, faeries, and even ferries in the temporary autonomous zone we co-created to record this episode. Topics: radical faeries, gay head, fairy godmothers, gay mentors, alaska thunderfuck, chechnya, vietnamese bachelor

Parks, bathhouses, public bathrooms, and more! We chat with Matt Fisher and Ryan Weadon from the Ex Rated Movies podcast about what cruising means to us and how our experiences don’t always live up to what you see in Queer As Folk. Topics: Eminem, Karamo, bathhouses, trough urinals, hookups, anonymous sex, adult classified ads, Squirt.org

Take a knee, open up, and let us gush all inside you… about protests. Topics: Colin Kaepernick, sip-in, Stonewall, Russia Day, Queer Nation, drag queens

Davey Wavey, founder of the erotic gay site Himeros.tv, joins us to talk about the good and the bad of gay porn. If you want a hot, steamy, arousing conversation about porn, sorry ‘bout it because we mostly talk about the ways it fucked us up. Topics: sex education, Blake Mitchell, sexual health, gay porn studios, Bianca Del Rio, Alex Jones

Give me a hand, won't you? This is our live recording from the Pride48 event in New Orleans.

Are gay men more likely to be pedophiles? We reached into the very back of the pedophiling cabinet to pull out this risqué topic. Topics: child abuse, Anita Bryant, NAMBLA, LGBTP, #droptheb

Gays love their dogs, but why? We talk about the stereotypes, the ups, the downs, and all the in-betweens (literally) of dogs.

Instagays are hot, but is there more to them? Also, what’s up with Ma Johnson’s crotch? The answer to both questions: probably. Topics: Instagays, Instagram, Khalid El Khatib, Logan Fletcher, Antoni, Queer Eye

Mike returns from Russia! We share our personal experiences and some research about the damaging consequences of passing for straight. #downer Topics: passing, mental health, closeted, Russia, gay

We welcome our first ever guest co-host, Josh Galassi, to talk homophobes with Kyle. Also, an update from Mike in Russia. Topics: homophobes, homophobia, Josh Galassi, Dorothy Hajdys, Allen Schindler Jr., Bill Clinton, Don’t Ask Don’t Tell

Wines aren’t gay or straight, but the people that order them are. Chris Bolla, manager of the Wines of Washington Tasting Room, shares the stereotypes of who orders different types of wine. Also, BROSÉ Y’ALL! Topics: Justice Kennedy, gay-friendly wines, Two-Buck Chuck, wine tasting

Russia may have anti-LGBT laws, but it has a pretty queer history. They might as send us to jail now because we get all Gayish on its ass, right before Mike gets inside it. Topics: gay propaganda law, World Cup 2018, Apple, Chechnya, Tchaikovsky, face control

In celebration of the World Cup, we talk soccer guys, putos, and talk about real soccer phrases that sound real gay. Topics: 2018 World Cup, Russia, Mexico, FIFA, Robbie Rogers, Collin Martin

Our live streaming (in more ways than one) broadcast for Pride48 2018. Topic: watersports, golden shower, pornhub, ricky martin, annie sprinkle, albert fish

As a belated Father’s Day gift, we are celebrating dads of all shapes and sizes. Sorry daddies and daddy enthusiasts, this is about actual fathers.

Queer Eye. Season Two. Netflix. We talk about it. The good and the bad. You know the drill.

Why do Amtrak passengers keep dying? After recent news of Aaron Salazar’s mysterious coma-inducing injuries, Mike and Kyle dig in to other unexplained Amtrak deaths (or are they murders?).

What do you expect from episode 69?

Legalese? Legal please! Let’s dig into cake like Rihanna on her not birthday, and other important gay cases. Topics: Masterpiece Cakeshop v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Supreme Court, Lawrence v. Texas, Loving v. Virginia, Obergefell v. Hodges

To celebrate the Stanley Cup, we talk about hockey (of the ice, not of tonsils). Strap on your helmet and get your curvy stick ready, it’s going to be a weird three periods. Topics: hockey rules, hockey terms, Voight Demeester, Howard Bloom, 1999, Brad Marchand

Are you as shocked as we are it took this long for us to do this episode? This week is all about dicks! So many dicks! All the dicks! It seems appropriate that it is an extra-long episode too. Enjoy.

OK, so this episode is about unicorns. Why? We have no idea. I mean, they are pretty gay. But we also talk about millenials, pooping ice cream, and Kyle says something that Mike says is his favorite thing that has ever been said on the podcast.

It’s not all brunch dates and morning blow jobs. Gay dating in a straight world can be tricky. Topics: Colton Haynes, psychology of dating, gay dating vs. straight dating, how to lie on the first date, dating Kyle

Gayish interviews Josh Galassi about his Queerty article, “I’m gay and disabled and no one in Seattle will have sex with me.”

By listener request, we talk about the ups and downs (and rinse and repeat as desired) of gay bars. We are joined by our guest, Queerty writer and potential Kyle replacement, Josh Galassi. Topics: dos and don’ts of gay bars, Cafe Lafitte in Exile, gay bar assault

THIS EPISODE IS A SHOCKER NO NOT THAT KIND OF SHOCKER. Special Guest: Max Cameron (bondagelessons.com). Topics: BDSM, kink, polyamorous, Max Cameron, bondage Skippers: BDSM discussion starts at 15:50

The murder of Ally Steinfeld. We try to record an edit-free podcast this time. It didn’t work. Topics: Ally Steinfeld, murder, true crime, trans, transgender, transphobia Skippers: Ally’s story starts at 13:09

Mike and Kyle discuss our top listener-requested topic: age. Is it true that gay relationships have greater age gaps than straight relationships? Let’s talk about our weird feelings about age! Topics: age gaps, Age Gap Love on Netflix, grandparents’ STDs, gay age gap formula Skippers: age discussion starts at 13:35