Best Rick Clemons Podcasts (2024)

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639: Living Your Life (UN)Closeted Part 9 – Live the life of your choosing and Freak Others Out – Rick Clemons 12:17

1h ago12:17

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It's time. Time for you to truly live your life (un)closeted. Yet, too often we are afraid of living our life in a way that FREAKS OTHERS OUT! To bad! You have the right to live your life on your terms, and if it freaks others out, that is on them. In this episode you'll... Be invited to take the risk of living life on your terms Learn how to embra…

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292: Craig Cullinane – Using The Body Electric to Heal From Religious Programming 46:41

44m ago46:41

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Sex and religion. For many, especially gay men, and even more so for gay men who are religious leaders, the thought of erotic pleasure is a "No, no!" Really? Why is that and who made it that way? Exploring the concept that we are all erotic and spiritual beings who desire pleasure, turns the tables on this kind of archaic thinking. You can be eroti…

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638: Living Your Life (UN)Closeted Series Part 8 – Let your F*cking Intuition Guide You – Rick Clemons 11:36

5h ago11:36

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Our intuition is our friend. But not if you don't tap it. If you ignore it, it will ignore you. Today we explore how to let your f*cking intuition guide you in those big decisions of life - coming out, careers, relationships, health, friendships, finances, etc. In this episode you'll... Tap into how to discover your intuition and leverage it Learn …

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291: Max Austin – We can’t be wrong and other gay truths 33:49

7d ago33:49

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Throughout history, all we have heard as gay men is that being gay is WRONG, WRONG, WRONG. Yet, we often ask ourselves, "How can we be wrong?" Debut author Max Austin, shares his insights about his life in the '90s amongst the HIV/AIDS crisis and the shame, vile bullying he experienced as a nurse, which led him to constantly ask the question that i…

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637: Living Your Life (Un)Closeted Series: Part 7 – What Happens When You Unfollow The Rules – Rick Clemons 11:32

3h ago11:32

11:32

Rules, rules, rules. They are meant to be broken, and meant to be followed. But they are also meant to be rewritten. When you come out of the closet you lovingly rewrite the rules for you. In fact most the time when we shake up our lives we are rewriting the rules so that life can be better. Having the courage to unfollow a rule, break it and rewri…

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290 – Never Let The Making of Our Gay History Be Forgotten – Erick Marcus 34:07

14d ago34:07

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Daily life is a culmination, in the moment, of all the history that has preceded our lives. For gay men, there is such a rich history of gay men and others in our LGBTQ history that have brought us to these moments. And, as gay men we need to be the flag bearers of continuing to make history for the generations to come. Joining me today is Journali…

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636: Living Your Life (Un)Closeted Series: Part 6 - How to have the courage to love and befriend yourself – Rick Clemons 12:37

17d ago12:37

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You've heard it before and you will hear it again - "If you don't love yourself, how in the hell you gonna love somebody else?” - RuPaul and Amen! But it's hard, hard, hard to love yourself unless you give yourself permission to love all your self - every little bit form your head to your toe. That takes courage. That's what we'r also exploring thi…

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289: Luis Baez – Charting your course and career as a gay man 37:53

21d ago37:53

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Career, money, success, and rising above our circumstances. There's not to many gay men who have pursued these goals. But what happens when you struggle to get there? Do you give up? Telling us not to give up, Luis Baez, a kick as Sales Coach shares his story of rising out of poverty and his journey to find the career he loves and the lessons he's …

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635: Living Your Life (Un)Closeted Series: Part 5 – Drop the BS of the inconceivable and thrive – Rick Clemons 13:43

29d ago13:43

13:43

If you've ever caught yourself saying, " I can't conceive of that," then you've blown the possibility of what's possible. That mindset prevents us as LGBTQ+ individuals from becoming our own version of a Disney Imagineer for our lives. Break free of the BS of the inconceivable and get curious about what's truly possible. In this episode you'll Lear…

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288: – Finding Peace As A Gay Man – Dr. Wade Maggert 45:20

28d ago45:20

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The pursuit of peace-of-mind, serenity, of "Can this crazy life just let me breathe?" As gay men this is the hamster wheel that we struggle with from the time we realize we are gay, to present day - the pursuit of peace. But what changes when we have the tools to slay the "everything, everywhere, all at once" dragons in our lives? We learn to activ…

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634: Living Your Life (Un)Closeted Series: Part 4 - Who created those beliefs? You or the others? – Rick Clemons 11:30

23d ago11:30

11:30

To begin to unpack our direction and our desires, we have to realize that our beliefs and values will guide us or fight us. Of course, we'd prefer they guide us. In order to make those beliefs serve us and serve us well, whether we're coming out of the closet, choosing a new career, or letting go of toxic people in our lives, we have to get ready t…

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287: Christopher Adams – Reliving Where We Came From As Gay Men To Thrive 30:21

1M ago30:21

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As gay men, we know that many have paved the way for us to enjoy our lives as they are today. But the fight isn't over, and it's always humbling and inspiring to revisit history and the arts that got us here. Today we are joined by writer Christopher Adams who invites to revisit, the re-release of Fritz Peter's Finistère a trailblazing, 1951 publis…

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633: Living Your Life (Un)Closeted Series: Part 3 - Let’s Get Naked With Our Truth(s) – Rick Clemons 11:35

1M ago11:35

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Here' the naked truth about being in a state of confusion. You can't get out of confusion until you get naked with your truth! Whether you are coming out of the closet, walking away from a bad relationship, going for a promotion, or letting go of people in your life that no longer serve you, you have to get fully naked with the truth behind that de…

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286: Mark Pettit – Living his best ANKRBOY life 45:06

1M ago45:06

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As a 40+ gay man, he's now living his most authentic life being the ANKRBOY he'd never dreamed hed be in this way. During the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, his life and career was shattered because of one innocent move out in public. But that didn't stop him from rising to the top of his now delicioous 40+ gay life. Joining us today on the podca…

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632: Living Your Life (Un)Closeted Series: Part 2 – Why Your Closets A Mess – Rick Clemons 12:35

2M ago12:35

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Before you can step out of the confusion of your life's closets, you have to do this one thing! Admit your closet is a mess. It's in the messiness of our life's closets hat we find the path forward. We reveal the hidden secrets so that they are out in the open, and we free ourselves to be ourselves. In this episode you'll Learn how own that your cl…

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285: Ronald Hunter – Discover what happens when gay angels get their wings 39:44

2M ago39:44

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From finding himself on the streets at a young age to thriving in the military, this former Boy Scout found his wings, gave back to his country, and literally and figuratively learned the power of finding his own gay wings to thrive beyond the chains of sexual abuse victimhood. You're invitied into an intimate conversation where Ron Hunter, author …

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631: Living Your Life (Un)Closeted Series: Part 1 - Freedom and Desire – Rick Clemons 14:27

2M ago14:27

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We're kicking off a new series entitled "Living your life (UN)Closeted. Designed to make you think and to guid you out of the closets of your life, host Rick Clemons guides you by the hand to the freedom of living your life (un)closeted. We kick of the series exploring desire and freedom. In this episode you'll Learn how to get real with your desir…

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284: Jay Claypool – Gay AF from the farm, military, to the drag stage! 50:04

2M ago50:04

50:04

Yes sir, I'm a farm boy. Yes sir, I'm ready to serve my country. No sir, I'm not gay or do drag - but your not supposed to ask and I'm not supposed to tell. Taking us on his journey to stand up for who he is, virgin author, Jay Claypool shares his life and story about growing up on a rural farm in Georgia and keeping his life as a gay man and drag …

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630: Ry Levey – Silencing LGBTQ+ Christian Music – Not on God’s Watch! 47:45

2M ago47:45

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For too long the voices of Christians have tried to silent the LGBTQ+ community. But what happens to their voices when Christian music artists sing the Lords praise, and those performers happen to be members of the LGBTQ+ community? Do they abandon them? Call them fake Christians? Film producer Ry Levey brings his newest documentary to life - Song …

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283: C. Travis Rice – Making Room For Romance In Your Gay Life 33:53

2M ago33:53

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Is gay romance dead? Do you feel like no gay man has a romantic bone left in his body? Well grab your beach chair, your Speedo, and sunscreen and get ready for your next summer read. Steamy, passionate, and full of sizzling romance, author C. Travis Rice (Christopher Rice) shows how ghosts of gay men's past can lead to an happy ending. In this cand…

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629: C. Travis Rice – Celebrating Pride with Gay Romance For Your Summer Beach Read 34:36

2M ago34:36

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As we wind up Pride Season, why not think about your next beach read. Even more provocative, why not think about the importance of having LGBTQ+ representation in our fiction life. After all, art imitates life...right? Proving that point, author Christopher Rice, writing under the pen name of C. Travis Rice shares a sizzling romance between two gay…

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282: Wade Maggert – Breaking Free and Practicing Self-Love 45:08

2M ago45:08

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Happy Pride. That's what today's guest said over the pounding beat of his DJing life for many years. The thrill, the fun, the drugs, the sex. It all made him feel desired and alive...so to speak, until it didn't. Then he woke to the truth that to be desired and loved, he had to do that to and for himself. Dr. Wade Maggert, brings his Buddhist sensi…

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628: Mark Pettit – Living your truth and being the ANKRBOY you were meant to be 45:50

3M ago45:50

45:50

Imagine being a young, closeted TV newscaster trying to make your way during the height of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Then because of one innocent move out in public, your whole world shatters. Joining us today on the podcast is three-time Emmy® award-winning anchorman and best-selling author turned actor, Mark Pettit, to share his journey of coming in…

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281: Kadeem Alphanso Fyffe – Threading the needle of gay success 47:56

3M ago47:56

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From the moment he was a young man, he knew, and was taught - no one is going to hand you anything and you have to go out and get it yourself. And as a Jamaican-American man that is exactly what he did. He's gone out and fiercely pursued his dreams and lived his life authentically. Author and Fashion Designer, Kadeem Alphanso Fyffe shares is though…

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627: Jamie Marich – You Lied To Me About God 43:48

3M ago43:48

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The journey of an LGBTQ+ persons life, more often than not, requires the GOD TALK. And even more often that not, that conversation kills their desire to talk about GOD. Today we have a candid discussion, just in time for Pride month, about the relationship you can have with GOD and all the lies you've been told. Author Dr. Jamie Marich shares her f…

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280: Michael Pezzullo – How To Navigate The Partying Ways Of Gay Life 51:40

3M ago51:40

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There's a stereotype about gay men that all we want is sex, partying, and drugs. For some that might be true. For others we just enjoy the occasional dip into that space. But what happens when navigating the drinking, drug, partying way of being becomes blurred and we don't realize that we're on the verge of addiction? Joining me today to unpack th…

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628: Don Mamone – How to be an unapologetic rebel – no guilt, no shame. 47:49

3M ago47:49

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Living your truth, and being who you are, is every human beings right - provided it doesn't hurt someone. Which is always the tricky thing to discern. Yet, how is someone being gender fluid hurting anyone? In reality it is just another aspect of whom a person is. So live and let live, and just go be your own version of an unapologetic rebel. Speake…

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287: Michael Andor Brodeur – The true meaning of muscle in a gay mans world 46:11

3M ago46:11

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Men, muscle and masculinity. It seems to be that constant tug-of-war in our male psyche. Then add to the mix being gay, and suddenly we're a mess. Whether you're a muscle chaser, worshipper, or it's not your thing, there is that swole that happens in your loins when you feast upon a man, regardless of how you land on the muscle spectrum. Taking a d…

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625: Dr. Lulu - Embracing your transgender black child 49:19

3M ago49:19

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Embracing your transgender child is hard enough for many parents, but then add to the mix that your child comes from Nigerian descent and is part of the people of color community, and that brings on a whole new set of challenges. Sharing her own journey as a queer parent of a black transgender child, Dr. Lulu - fierce LGBTQ+ advocate - talks truths…

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278: Dr. Gary Bucher – Making Butt Health A Priority 35:41

3M ago35:41

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We go to the gym, watch what we eat, many of us use condoms for safer sex experiences, yet one area we don't concern ourselves with - so to speak is our butt health. Sure we know about prostate cancer and the such, but when was the last time you ask your Doctor about the health of your butt. Starting today, we make butt health a priority - and it h…

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624: Izzy Wagner – Get Your Lesbian Self-Love on and Rock Your Body 40:03

4M ago40:03

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Fitness, looking good, wanting to be accepted for who you are as a Lesbian woman. It's all such hard work. Then add to the fact that being accepted as a Lesbian just compounds those feelings of acceptance from others and yourself, and life can really suck. Or does it? It's actually a mind game and a practice. To get you prepared to show off your st…

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277: Rick Clemons – Your Pursuit of Passion is BS 16:37

4M ago16:37

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Passion, passion, passion. I just want to find my passion. Yup! Don't we all. But for gay men, this desire is a consistent rumbling that often leaves us high and dry with no passion to make us fill fulfilled. Well, today we're going to debunk the pursuit of passion and ask you to instead get curious. Inspired by Elizabeth Gilbert of Eat, Pray, Love…

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623: Kevin O’Connor – Navigating Grief and Coming Out 46:55

4M ago46:55

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From coming out to losing people in life, grief is part of he equation. Yet you an rise above grief and move forward, if you choose. Helping us unpack the grief of coming out and moving on is author Kevin O'Connor who learned a lot about grief living two floors above it in his family's funeral business. These experiences helped him navigate is way …

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