The category is ... the Pose finale, British drag race pre chat, Little Mix, Big Brother, Leo's science corner, and not everything aged well from this old recording. I say the Vivienne might go home early and I also mock Leo for his fear of a disease outbreak. This was before the pandemic. Short but classic.

The category is ... the Pose finale, British drag race pre chat, Little Mix, Big Brother, Leo's science corner, and not everything aged well from this old recording. I say the Vivienne might go home early and I also mock Leo for his fear of a disease outbreak. This was before the pandemic. Short but classic.

Episode 21: The Addendum Episode/Season 2 Finale

We discuss pride, performance art, only fans, euphoria -  when it was new sheesh sorry about the delay but congrats re: the Emmies, micropenis, jingle jangle, Riverdale, Darren Criss, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Pose, a Madonna record that came out a year ago from now but pretty recently when we recorded - Madam X, Katie Perry, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Rihanna, the fetishising of mixed raced children, Casta paintings, homophobic algorithms, religion stuff, the white internet, science facts with Leo, gay Pokemon secret, and on.

We discuss pride, performance art, only fans, euphoria - when it was new sheesh sorry about the delay but congrats re: the Emmies, micropenis, jingle jangle, Riverdale, Darren Criss, Chilling Adventures of Sabrina, Pose, a Madonna record that came out a year ago from now but pretty recently when we recorded - Madam X, Katie Perry, Taylor Swift, Ariana Grande, Rihanna, the fetishising of mixed raced children, Casta paintings, homophobic algorithms, religion stuff, the white internet, science facts with Leo, gay Pokemon secret, and on.

Episode 20: Pride, Television, and Homophobic Algorithms

Julie Andrews

sponsored by original stitch, we discuss jynx, Julie Andrews, RuPaul's drag race, Pokemon, the sound of music, Ariana Grande, exercise crazes, typhoid Mary, possible futures, homelessness, the product of hate, the sound of music, accent training, problematic names, more drag race and Julie Andrews, bosom buddies, plastic surgery, sweating, irony, racist businesses.

sponsored by original stitch, we discuss jynx, Julie Andrews, RuPaul's drag race, Pokemon, the sound of music, Ariana Grande, exercise crazes, typhoid Mary, possible futures, homelessness, the product of hate, the sound of music, accent training, problematic names, more drag race and Julie Andrews, bosom buddies, plastic surgery, sweating, irony, racist businesses.

Episode 19: Julie Andrews

Special numbers episode, numerology, tarot, cutie catcher, more three's company, six degrees of separation, secret gay actors, and so much more. well, some more.

Special numbers episode, numerology, tarot, cutie catcher, more three's company, six degrees of separation, secret gay actors, and so much more. well, some more.

Episode 18: Special Numbers

On this episode we take a look at oh so many things. Including '70s sitcom Three's Company, the business of podcasting, hmmmmm, hummina hummina hummina, royal animals, impressions, we really get into Three's Company sheesh, perception, the tragicomedy of Miss Vanjie - sheesh this was recorded a while ago, we get into some serious discussion about what happens when you die, and this episode is so old we are discussing Game of Thrones because it's "winding down", eunuchs, Citizen's Arrest, and we get into the astrology of game of thrones.

On this episode we take a look at oh so many things. Including '70s sitcom Three's Company, the business of podcasting, hmmmmm, hummina hummina hummina, royal animals, impressions, we really get into Three's Company sheesh, perception, the tragicomedy of Miss Vanjie - sheesh this was recorded a while ago, we get into some serious discussion about what happens when you die, and this episode is so old we are discussing Game of Thrones because it's "winding down", eunuchs, Citizen's Arrest, and we get into the astrology of game of thrones.

Episode 17: Three's Company and Game of Thrones

Miss Vanjie

We discuss all sorts of things. Including a drag race episode so old that the conversation starts with the phrase "Vanjie is still in it" ... and Nina West just went home. From there we discuss Met gala and camp, what is camp? what's The Met? review of looks, who may say yaasss?, gay animals, monarchies, Game of Thrones, chess, ASMR, pickled things, we finally unpack the difference between pandas and koalas, and our own little Leo gets a promotion!

We discuss all sorts of things. Including a drag race episode so old that the conversation starts with the phrase "Vanjie is still in it" ... and Nina West just went home. From there we discuss Met gala and camp, what is camp? what's The Met? review of looks, who may say yaasss?, gay animals, monarchies, Game of Thrones, chess, ASMR, pickled things, we finally unpack the difference between pandas and koalas, and our own little Leo gets a promotion!

Episode 16: Miss Vanjie & the Met Gala

We discuss the director's cut of 54, Paris Is Burning, RuPaul's Drag race from so long ago that Suga Cane just got eliminated, the Vanjie cult of personality, Game of Thrones (spoiler alerts a plenty!), do people have souls, stardust, the internet, luck, Cubby from Pose, extra! extra!, can something be too vanilla?, this is our first fully sponsored episode! Kirby, queer icon? Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula, gay Pokémon, and meeting up with closeted Republicans at highway rest stops. Enjoy! 

We discuss the director's cut of 54, Paris Is Burning, RuPaul's Drag race from so long ago that Suga Cane just got eliminated, the Vanjie cult of personality, Game of Thrones (spoiler alerts a plenty!), do people have souls, stardust, the internet, luck, Cubby from Pose, extra! extra!, can something be too vanilla?, this is our first fully sponsored episode! Kirby, queer icon? Francis Ford Coppola's Bram Stoker's Dracula, gay Pokémon, and meeting up with closeted Republicans at highway rest stops. Enjoy!

Episode 15: Queer Representation in 54 & Paris Is Burning

We discuss Pete Buttigieg the gay presidential candidate, Applebee's commercial, queer characters on TV, Brunei makes it a crime to be gay, an old season of RuPaul's Drag Race, cereal taste test, Darren Criss comes out as straight, an oppressive house, extra extra! and the Taylor Swift gay conspiracy theory.

We discuss Pete Buttigieg the gay presidential candidate, Applebee's commercial, queer characters on TV, Brunei makes it a crime to be gay, an old season of RuPaul's Drag Race, cereal taste test, Darren Criss comes out as straight, an oppressive house, extra extra! and the Taylor Swift gay conspiracy theory.

Episode 14: Conoces Cantinflas? Representation in TV and Politics

We come back from a break and discuss Bohemian Rhapsody, Drag Race from a million years ago, motorcycle gangs, and so much more. 

We come back from a break and discuss Bohemian Rhapsody, Drag Race from a million years ago, motorcycle gangs, and so much more.

Episode 13: Season 2: Welcome Back

Coming out just a short three months after Valentine's day, we discuss all matter of nonsense including a story about getting bashed, fleecing a 10 year old for his Nintendo Switch, and we must also say, this is the final episode of TalkSucker. Not the last episode we're going to do - this podcast will never end. It's a special episode where we discuss the final episodes of several shows that we watch - Steven Universe, Drag Race All Stars, Celebrity Big Brother. The Circle, Bromans, The Good Place, and we also discuss the transcendental british game show Only Connect and pop group Little Mix. Sorry for the mislead. 

Coming out just a short three months after Valentine's day, we discuss all matter of nonsense including a story about getting bashed, fleecing a 10 year old for his Nintendo Switch, and we must also say, this is the final episode of TalkSucker. Not the last episode we're going to do - this podcast will never end. It's a special episode where we discuss the final episodes of several shows that we watch - Steven Universe, Drag Race All Stars, Celebrity Big Brother. The Circle, Bromans, The Good Place, and we also discuss the transcendental british game show Only Connect and pop group Little Mix. Sorry for the mislead.

Episode 12: Finale 

A podcast that reviews how the LGBTQ+ community manifests in pop-culture and media. Often touching on subject matter regarding Latinx culture, queer theory, entertainment, music, relationships, money, genitalia, and death - there is very little that is safe from the tangential course of our conversations. Welcome to the sound of freedom.

An end of the year wrap up that comes out just four months short!  We discuss shows we want to return, 3 kings day, and more. 

An end of the year wrap up that comes out just four months short! We discuss shows we want to return, 3 kings day, and more.

Episode 11: End of the Year Wrap Up

We discuss CRAZY RICH ASIANS and all things Constance Wu. In addition we discuss Noches con Platanito, Ariana Ariana Ariana, Trump, and some, some more. 

We discuss CRAZY RICH ASIANS and all things Constance Wu. In addition we discuss Noches con Platanito, Ariana Ariana Ariana, Trump, and some, some more.

Episode 10: CRAZY RICH ASIANS

The usual gang discusses the first season of Pose on FX. In honor of the government shutdown we are coming to you with even more episodes to fill the void left by a failing government. Last episode recorded in 2018

The usual gang discusses the first season of Pose on FX. In honor of the government shutdown we are coming to you with even more episodes to fill the void left by a failing government. Last episode recorded in 2018

Episode 9: The Category is: POSE

In this episode we discuss all aspects of Steven Universe and also the gay wedding cake debate.  (We are pro-cake and anti-hate.)

In this episode we discuss all aspects of Steven Universe and also the gay wedding cake debate. (We are pro-cake and anti-hate.)

Episode 8: Steven Universe

Ahab : Moby Dick :: Gayhab : Drag Race

Episode 7: Drag Race s.10 Finale

Is Sense8 the future of media? Episode 6 of Talksucker: In the midst of the series finale, we look back on the Sexy Netflix show Sense8. We discuss top/bottom politics, gay travel, and phallus-centric lesbian sex. We are also still fishing for a proper theme song. #SpoilersSponsored By:Chatty Catties: The Talking Cat Comedy - Included with Amazon Prime: Sponsored by Chatty Catties the award winning independent black comedy.  Available free with Amazon Prime.

Is Sense8 the future of media? Episode 6 of Talksucker: In the midst of the series finale, we look back on the Sexy Netflix show Sense8. We discuss top/bottom politics, gay travel, and phallus-centric lesbian sex. We are also still fishing for a proper theme song. #SpoilersSponsored By:<ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chatty-Catties-Megan-Hensley/dp/B074H1YYZY/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chatty Catties: The Talking Cat Comedy - Included with Amazon Prime</a>: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chatty-Catties-Megan-Hensley/dp/B074H1YYZY/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sponsored by Chatty Catties the award winning independent black comedy. Available free with Amazon Prime.</a></li></ul>

Episode 6: Sens8

This episode jumps off with us having seen a double feature thru the ages - Overboard from 2018 &amp; Overboard from 1987. As relevant then as it is now, this delightful-seeming tale features coercive relationships, problematic sexual encounters, and many digressions.Sponsored By:Chatty Catties: The Talking Cat Comedy - Included with Amazon Prime: Sponsored by Chatty Catties the award winning independent black comedy.  Available free with Amazon Prime.

This episode jumps off with us having seen a double feature thru the ages - Overboard from 2018 &amp; Overboard from 1987. As relevant then as it is now, this delightful-seeming tale features coercive relationships, problematic sexual encounters, and many digressions.Sponsored By:<ul><li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chatty-Catties-Megan-Hensley/dp/B074H1YYZY/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Chatty Catties: The Talking Cat Comedy - Included with Amazon Prime</a>: <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Chatty-Catties-Megan-Hensley/dp/B074H1YYZY/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sponsored by Chatty Catties the award winning independent black comedy. Available free with Amazon Prime.</a></li></ul>

Episode 5: Overboard/Overboard

This is a special episode where we discuss two movies that Leo didn't have any interest in seeing. This is the second take.  Without assigning blame, the first take didn't get recorded, and we mostly just talked  about the ideas of queerness as displayed in Supertroopers. Unfortunately, most of what made it into the second take was a discussion about what movies should be named in Spanish.  Enjoy! And apologies about the sound quality. We now have it sorted.

This is a special episode where we discuss two movies that Leo didn't have any interest in seeing. This is the second take. Without assigning blame, the first take didn't get recorded, and we mostly just talked about the ideas of queerness as displayed in Supertroopers. Unfortunately, most of what made it into the second take was a discussion about what movies should be named in Spanish. Enjoy! And apologies about the sound quality. We now have it sorted.

A Fairly Special Episode: A Quiet Place/Super Troopers 2

We discuss one movie and one tv show, among other things. Who is Jennifer Tuckerman, and is she at least bi. Is it weird that a movie set in the world of fashion has zero gay characters? And what's this Gay Face Family show I keep hearing about? All of this and more but still no theme song.

We discuss one movie and one tv show, among other things. Who is Jennifer Tuckerman, and is she at least bi. Is it weird that a movie set in the world of fashion has zero gay characters? And what's this Gay Face Family show I keep hearing about? All of this and more but still no theme song.

Episode 3: I Feel Pretty/Champions

We watch some recent queer movies and discuss.  

We watch some recent queer movies and discuss.

Episode 2: Call Me By Your Name/Love Simon

An entertaining podcast with a cast of gay men talking about movies and pop culture.  Lots of fun, a great commute companion.

LGBTerrific

I’m always looking for interesting podcasts that explore diverse ideas surround LGBTQ+ art/culture. They are funny, genuine, loose at times, and addressing some really important themes. Also—the title is glorious.

Great Title

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OwlTail

Right now, billions of neurons in your brain are working together to generate a conscious experience -- and not just any conscious experience, your experience of the world around you and of yourself within it. How does this happen? According to neuroscientist Anil Seth, we're all hallucinating all the time; when we agree about our hallucinations, we call it "reality." Join Seth for a delightfully disorienting talk that may leave you questioning the very nature of your existence.

TED Talks Science and Medicine

Your brain hallucinates your conscious reality | Anil Seth

Using examples from vacations to colonoscopies, Nobel laureate and founder of behavioral economics Daniel Kahneman reveals how our "experiencing selves" and our "remembering selves" perceive happiness differently. This new insight has profound implications for economics, public policy -- and our own self-awareness.

TED Talks Daily

The riddle of experience vs. memory | Daniel Kahneman

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Every Monday & Wednesday.

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How our mind explains things:[topic-start]
“The way that the mind works, very frequently, is that we start from a decision, or we start from a belief, and then the stories that explain it come to our mind. Conclusions come first, and rationalizations come later.”[topic-end]
How we come to believe things:[topic-start]
"The real cause of your belief in a political position, the real causes are rooted in your personal history. They’re rooted in who are the people that you trusted and what they seemed to believe in, and it has very little to do with the reasons that come to your mind, why your position is correct and the position of the other side is nonsensical."[topic-end]
Who is Daniel Kahneman:[topic-start]
Nobel prize winning psychologist and economist who helped created the field of behavioural economics.

The Nobel Prize-winning psychologist on why we think and act the way we do — and why facts matter less than we think in forming our beliefs.
With his book Thinking, Fast and Slow, Daniel Kahneman emerged as one of the most intriguing voices on the complexity of human thought and behavior. He is a psychologist who won the Nobel Prize in economics for helping to create the field of behavioral economics — and is a self-described “constant worrier.” It’s fun, helpful, and more than a little unnerving to apply his insights into why we think and act the way we do in this moment of social and political tumult.
Find the transcript for this show at onbeing.org.

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Daniel Kahneman — Why We Contradict Ourselves and Confound Each Other

Real scenarios of a hospital during a war:[topic-start]
“... we were hand squeezing his ventilator as we ran out of oxygen" and when we finally found the physician to get more oxygen, he said "We don't have any oxygen left, you're going to have to let him go"[topic-end]
Who is Sheri Fink:[topic-start]
An investigative journalist who won the Pulitzer Prize for her coverage of Memorial Hospital (the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina).

Sheri Fink on the tragedy of being forced to choose who's life to save

When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? Maybe you save the youngest. Or the sickest. Maybe you even just put all the names in a hat and pick at random. Would your answer change if a sick person was standing right in front of you? In this episode, we follow New York Times reporter Sheri Fink as she searches for the answer. In a warzone, a hurricane, a church basement, and an earthquake, the question remains the same. What happens, what should happen, when humans are forced to play god? Produced by Simon Adler and Annie McEwen. Reported by Sheri Fink.  In the book that inspired this episode you can find more about what transpired at Memorial Hospital during Hurricane Katrina, Sheri Fink’s exhaustively reported Five Days at Memorial You can find more about the work going on in Maryland at: www.nytimes.com/triage Very special thanks to Lilly Sullivan.  Special thanks also to: Pat Walters and Jim McCutcheon and Todd Menesses from WWL in New Orleans, the researchers for the allocation of scarce resources project in Maryland - Dr. Lee Daugherty Biddison from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Howie Gwon from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Emergency Management, Alan Regenberg of the Berman Institute of Bioethics and Dr. Eric Toner of the UPMC Center for Health Security.  Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at Radiolab.org/donate.    

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When people are dying and you can only save some, how do you choose? Maybe you save the youngest. Or the sickest. Maybe you even just put all the names in a hat and pick at random. Would your answer change if a sick person was standing right in front of you? In this episode, we follow New York Times reporter Sheri Fink as she searches for the answer. In a warzone, a hurricane, a church basement, and an earthquake, the question remains the same. What happens, what should happen, when humans are forced to play god? Produced by Simon Adler and Annie McEwen. Reported by Sheri Fink.  In the book that inspired this episode you can find more about what transpired at Memorial Hospital during Hurricane Katrina, <a href="http://www.sherifink.net" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Sheri Fink’s</a> exhaustively reported <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Five-Days-Memorial-Storm-Ravaged-Hospital/dp/0307718972/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1471783956&amp;sr=8-1&amp;keywords=five+days+at+memorial" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Five Days at Memorial</a> You can find more about the work going on in Maryland at: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/triage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.nytimes.com/triage</a> Very special thanks to Lilly Sullivan.  Special thanks also to: Pat Walters and Jim McCutcheon and Todd Menesses from WWL in New Orleans, the researchers for the allocation of scarce resources project in Maryland - Dr. Lee Daugherty Biddison from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Howie Gwon from the Johns Hopkins Medicine Office of Emergency Management, Alan Regenberg of the Berman Institute of Bioethics and Dr. Eric Toner of the UPMC Center for Health Security. Support Radiolab by becoming a member today at <a href="https://pledge3.wnyc.org/donate/radiolab-it/onestep/?utm_source=wnyc&amp;utm_medium=radiolab-redirect&amp;utm_campaign=pledge&amp;utm_content=show-notes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Radiolab.org/donate</a>.

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