Best Gayme On Podcast Podcasts (2024)

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Episode 1: CRAZY IN TEXAS (Spring) 2024 1:21:13

1M ago1:21:13

1:21:13

Kick off Spring of 2024 with vocal house remixes of some of the latest pop hits in along with a few (decade drop) flashbacks. Music from Beyonce,, Ava Max, P!nk, Dua Lipa, Ariana Grande, Kelly Clarkson, Pharrell Williams & Miley Cyrus, Danni Minogue, Calvin Harris & Sam Smith, Tate McRae, Rita Ora, Lady Gaga, Kim Petras ft. Nicki Minaj, Mary J Blig…

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108: The Skrulls Are Cancelled (feat. Jay) 58:55

2M ago58:55

58:55

Hello Gamer Friends! We've got a double spoilercast for two shows that are well past the need for any spoiler warnings. First up, we talk with our MCU Correspondent Jay to talk Secret Invasion and close out with season 2 of Loki. Thank you so much for listening! As always, we really appreciate the support. Make sure to give us a rating and review, …

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107: The Worst Year In My Adult Life 1:22:36

3M ago1:22:36

1:22:36

We're alive! Your Gamer Friends return to share some updates. Basically, last year was the worst year of our lives. Everything sucks! Not even two Spider-Men could save 2023. But, we're back, and we're going to talk about it all, including a very informal recap of our gaming adventures last year as well as a haphazard yet well deserved crowning of …

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0.20. Dialing in to Gender: Tracing Trans Internet History with Avery Dame-Griff 1:02:54

5M ago1:02:54

1:02:54

In this interview episode, Leigh sits down with scholar and creator of the Queer Digital History Project Avery Dame-Griff to discuss his book The Two Revolutions: A History of the Transgender Internet and all it contains about the magic of the evolution of trans folks on the internet. From BBSes (bulletin board system) to Twitter, we discuss how tr…

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46. A Husband is Unnecessary: Yoshiya Nobuko & Japanese Girls' Culture 1:42:58

6M ago1:42:58

1:42:58

This episode has EVERYTHING: gay haircuts, yearning, rage against the patriarchy, they were *roommates*....let’s talk about the magical world of Yoshiya Nobuko, girls’ culture, and lesbian fiction in Taishō era Japan! Leigh is joined by guest host Erica Friedman, speaker, editor, researcher and an expert on all things Yuri. Yoshiya Nobuko was an ex…

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History is Gay Presents: LGBTQ+ History Trivia Night! 1:17

8M ago1:17

1:17

Hello queerlings! Leigh here with an exciting announcement! | Join us on Sunday, October 1 at 5:00 pm Pacific Time / 8:00 pm Eastern for our first-ever virtual LGBTQ+ History Trivia Night, presented by History is Gay! All listeners and friends are invited to come join the fun, make a team (or get to know new friends), and flex your queer history an…

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0.19. Classical Myths, Monsters, and Ancient Gays: A Conversation with Liz Gloyn 55:03

9M ago55:03

55:03

In this interview episode, Leigh talks with Dr. Elizabeth Gloyn, Reader in Latin Language and Literature at Royal Holloway, the University of London, and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Her research focuses on the intersection between Latin literature, ancient philosophy, and gender studies; as well as topics of classical reception…

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Almost A Triple Spoilercast: How Y'all Doing? 51:33

11M ago51:33

51:33

Your Gamer Friends Return! Finally! After an unexpected and unplanned hiatus, Big Nkrumah and AudioNerd64 explain what they've been up to before diving in to spoilery reviews of Guardians of the Galaxy Volume 3, Across the Spider-Verse, and John Wick 4. We're recording again the weekend this episode releases and will have some more gamer content fo…

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45. There's No Crying in Baseball, But There Are Lesbians! Queer History of the AAGPBL 1:45:22

11M ago1:45:22

1:45:22

An episode Leigh has been dreaming of since the start of the pod is finally here! In this ep, Leigh is joined by guest host Frankie de la Cretaz, sports journalist, queer history buff, and certified Gaylor Swiftie, to discuss the queer history of women’s baseball & softball, in particular the story of the All-American Girls Professional Baseball Le…

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Quantumania Spoilercast: The Revolution Will Be In The Quantum Realm 35:53

1y ago35:53

35:53

Your Gamer Friends are back with a spoilercast for Ant-Man and The Wasp: Quantumania. Thank you so much for listening! As always, we really appreciate the support. Make sure to give us a rating and review, follow us on Twitter, Discord, or Instagram, support us on Patreon, and tell your gamer friends about the show! We’ll catch you back here soon. …

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0.18. Take Me Out to the Ball Gayme: Will Graham Talks "A League of Their Own" 41:10

1y ago41:10

41:10

Have you, like our dear host Leigh, gotten totally sucked into the amazing new Amazon Prime adaptation of A League of Their Own? Do you want to hear all about the show, its meticulous research into queer life of the 1940s and how the writers, producers, and cast opened up the scope of the movie to focus on the lives of the All-American Girls Profes…

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0.17. Dip Me in Honey & Throw Me To the Lesbians: Queer Feminist Restaurant History 48:22

1y ago48:22

48:22

Anyone remember that pin & bumper sticker with the slogan that serves as the title for this episode? Well, I hope you’re hungry, because we’re talking lesbians and food in this interview with Dr. Alex Ketchum, Director of the Just Feminist Tech and Scholarship Lab, lecturer, and author, whose work integrates food, environmental, technological, and …

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106: Rip-Roaring Mad 59:48

1y ago59:48

59:48

We're back, this time with another deep-dive into the wild world of D&D drama! This time, your Gamer Friends are joined by friend of the show and D&D correspondent, KetracelBlack, to get caught up on the recent OGL drama between Wizard's of the Coast, pretty much every other tabletop game company, and the TTRPG community at large. From the origins …

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44. Can We Just Title An Episode "F*ck Colonialism"?: Reclaiming Two-Spirit Histories 1:36:22

1+ y ago1:36:22

1:36:22

For this episode, Leigh is joined by guest host Sam Campbell for the pod’s first episode focusing on Indigenous North America, discussing the history behind various Two-Spirit identities and Indigenous cultural norms around gender and sexuality. In this episode, we’ll talk about the pre-colonial significance of Two-Spirit people to Indigenous commu…

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105: 2022's Games of the Year 1:23:05

1+ y ago1:23:05

1:23:05

Our 2022 recap is here, and we have plenty of surprises in store for our favorite games of the year. This year we're giving flowers to our favorite backlog experiences, indie games, the coveted top three, and an extra special category. Love our list? Hate it? Big Nick is off Twitter so feel free to direct any hate in AudioNerd's direction. Until ne…

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0.16. Undoing Silence: Hugh Ryan & The Women's House of Detention 50:02

1+ y ago50:02

50:02

In this interview episode, Leigh sits down for a conversation with historian and writer Hugh Ryan about his landmark book The Women's House of Detention: A Queer History of a Forgotten Prison. The Women's House of Detention is the story of one building: the people it caged, the neighborhood it changed, and the resistance it inspired. Listen for an …

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Episode 4: MADE YOU LOOK 1:17:10

1+ y ago1:17:10

1:17:10

This podcast was recorded live in Times Square on NYE! Ending 2022 with some of latest hits in vocal house and a few flashbacks. Music from P!nk, Rihanna, Beyonce, Meghan Trainor, Sam Smith, Ava Max and more. Enjoy and Happy New Year 2023! All contributions to https://paypal.me/TonyBuilt will help support some of my personal costs, associated with …

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GotG Christmas Special Listen-Along 46:22

1+ y ago46:22

46:22

It's a Christmas miracle! We've got one more surpirse for our Gamer Friends, come listen along with us as we watch the Guardians of The Galaxy Christmas Special. These are usually for our patrons but the Christmas spirit called us to share it with everyone. Hope you enjoy and we'll see you next year with our GOTY episode. Thank you so much for list…

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104: A Banger of a Start 53:36

1+ y ago53:36

53:36

We're back with a huge episode to close out the year! Big Nkrumah's favorite Cities: Skylines content creator, Few Candy, is here to discuss her hugely successful first year on YouTube, her next big project, and what it was like being contacted by Colossal Order, the game's developers. Please make sure to check out Few's content! Her one-year anniv…

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Negro Cat 2: Negroes Forever Spoilercast 1:44:31

1+ y ago1:44:31

1:44:31

Your Gamer Friends are back to recap and discuss Wakanda Forever and Phase 4 of the MCU! Well, minus AudioNerd -- he got a fancy new job making the official Black Panther: Wakanda Forever podcast, so he doesn't want to be associated with our foolishness on this one. Thank you so much for listening! As always, we really appreciate the support. Make …

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103: THIQUE 50:35

1+ y ago50:35

50:35

Happy Halloween! To close out spooky season, AudioNerd and Big Nkrumah are talking about the horrific allegations surrounding the imminent release of Bayonetta 3 and the scary (not really) prospect of James Gunn taking over the DC film universe. Also, have you noticed how queer Apex Legends and Destiny are? We certainly have! With the launch of Ape…

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0.15. Malinda Lo and Queer YA Historical Fiction 28:48

1+ y ago28:48

28:48

Another interview episode for you all in the feed today, this time Leigh sat down with author Malinda Lo about her writing, her interest and research into queer history, and the trajectory of queer literature since her first published book in 2009. Her award-winning novel Last Night at the Telegraph Club is a queer historical fiction coming-of-age …

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She-Hulk by Night Spoilercast 52:26

1+ y ago52:26

52:26

Yeah, our spoilercasts are just episodes now! This week, your Gamer Friends are joined by friend of the show @JenYetAgain to discuss the joy that was She-Hulk, and what she represents for a lot of different Marvel fans. We also dig our claws into Werewolf By Night, the new Halloween special. We don't want to spoil the spoilercast, so that's the onl…

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0.14. A Pod Meets BROS Love Story: Making Queer (Romcom) History! 18:57

1+ y ago18:57

18:57

While Leigh is working on putting together the next regular History is Gay episode for you, we've got a special treat in the form of a minisode, all about the new film BROS, making history as the first romantic comedy from a major film studio about two gay men and featuring an all LGBTQ+ principal cast! It's uproariously funny, filled with queer hi…

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102: Committed To The Occult 48:49

1+ y ago48:49

48:49

It's that time again! Your friends in gaming Big Nkrumah and AudioNerd64 are joined by Enya (Edna) to discuss the payment for goods and services that led Big Nkrumah, notorious for being against all dark-sided games, to screaming his way through Phasmophobia and Dead by Daylight. If you're a Patron, you already have access to a video of Professor D…

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Episode 3: DON'T YOU WORRY (Summer Wrap-Up) 2022 1:18:29

1+ y ago1:18:29

1:18:29

I am releasing this episode on the last Sunday of Summer 2022, but DON'T YOU WORRY here's some of the best music of the season to help you ease into Autumn. Music from Lizzo, Elton John & Britney Spears, Beyonce, Post Malone & Doja Cat, Kate Bush, Anita and more including the title track by Black Eyed Peas, Shakira & David Guetta. Keep moving and e…

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101: Racist Space Monkeys 1:09:43

1+ y ago1:09:43

1:09:43

Join your Gamer Friends as they embark on the first episode with the new format! This time, we're joined by friend of the show and Dungeon Master @KetracelBlack to discuss the recent Dungeons & Dragons controversy surrounding the Hadozee, a race of space monkeys that some claim to be racist charicatures of Black people. We talk about the origins of…

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0.13. Before We Were Trans: A Convo with Kit Heyam 35:44

1+ y ago35:44

35:44

For this bonus episode, Leigh sat down with Dr. Kit Heyam, university lecturer, queer history activist, and trans awareness trainer, about their new book, Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender. We talked about gender diversity throughout the world, the importance of getting into “messy” or not easily-categorized gender variance in queer his…

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100: One Hundred Things Are Percolating 51:31

1+ y ago51:31

51:31

We've made it to 100 episodes, and we have some big plans to share for the future of Gamer Friends. Shoutout to all of our incredible listeners for getting us to this milestone! As always, we really appreciate the support. Make sure to give us a rating and review, follow us on Twitter, Discord, or Instagram, support us on Patreon, and tell your gam…

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43. Rainbow Rising: Homo-Feels About Homophiles, Part 2 1:25:58

1+ y ago1:25:58

1:25:58

For this episode, Leigh is joined again by guest host Tyler Albertario, as we continue diving into the history of the Homophile movement. In this second and final part of this discussion, Leigh and Tyler cover the rise of East Coast Homophile Organizations (ECHO), its restructuring as the North American Conference of Homophile Organizations (NACHO)…

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Marvelous Ms. Thor: The Ms. Marvel and Thor 4 Spoilercast 42:12

2y ago42:12

42:12

The recquisite amount of time has passed, lets get into the spoilercast for Ms. Marvel and Thor: Love and Thunder! Thank you so much for listening! As always, we really appreciate the support. Make sure to give us a rating and review, follow us on Twitter, Discord, or Instagram, support us on Patreon, and tell your gamer friends about the show! We’…

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42. Rainbow Rising: Homo-Feels about Homophiles, Part 1 1:34:46

2y ago1:34:46

1:34:46

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099: No Man's Skyrim 1:16:30

2y ago1:16:30

1:16:30

Hey Gamer Friends! This episode we're "Logging On" with the releases of Sniper Elite 5, Roller Champions, Industria, Mario Strikers: Battle League, The Quarry, and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge. We also cover the successful unionization of Raven QA at Activision Blizzard King, making them the first game workers union in the Unite…

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098: Pride Month Throwback 1:23:20

2y ago1:23:20

1:23:20

We're taking it easy for this episode. A little too much is happening in the world, and it's Pride! While we recalibrate, enjoy this throwback to our infinite optimism in our Avengers: Endgame spoilercast. Thank you so much for listening! As always, we really appreciate the support. Make sure to give us a rating and review, follow us on Twitter, Di…

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097: Yes Yes Y'all 1:09:15

2y ago1:09:15

1:09:15

Gamer Friends is back with a new episode! We're "Logging On" with the releases of Trek to Yomi, Evil Dead: The Game, and Vampire: The Masquerade - Swansong, Square Enix's massive selloff, Bethesda's major delays for Starfield and Redfall, FIFA and EA beef, some absolute devilry via Dead Space and Silent Hill, and the new gameplay trailer for Gotham…

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0.12. Florine Stettheimer's Gay Salon (An Interview with Barbara Bloemink) 53:22

2y ago53:22

53:22

For this bonus episode, we're bringing you an interview with esteemed art historian, art director, and curator Barbara Bloemink about her recently published comprehensive biography of turn-of-the-century Modernist painter Florine Stettheimer. Stettheimer, a cousin of Natalie Clifford Barney's, painted the vibrant world of New York between the two w…

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