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Everything & Anything...and a bit gay Podcast
by Zach Randles-Friedman
Queer-hosted and unapologetically curious. We cover everything and anything — and yes, it's a bit gay.
Episodes
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Ep. 338: The Gay Bit: Rocket Funerals, Talking to the Dead & My Husband the Chatty Kathy
This week’s Gay Bit goes a little bit everywhere, and that’s the point. Zach is back in his psychic medium and near-death experience era, and it has him thinking about the things he blurts out mid-interview, like his dream of being cryo-frozen and launched into space so aliens can find him a...
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Ep. 337: Traveling Boyfriends Davey & Omie on Gay Travel, Safety, and Love Across the Atlantic
Davey and Omie, the couple behind Traveling Boyfriends, join Zach from London to talk about love, travel, and what it really takes to see the world as a gay couple. In this episode: How a job interview Omie didn’t want and a canceled conference brought a Chicagoan and a Scot together in Miami...
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Ep. 336: Badass Granddad John Graham on Denali, Vietnam, Leaving His Body & Finding Real Meaning
He made a first-ever climb of Denali’s north face, hitchhiked around the world at 22, got thrown out of two countries in one week, and was one of the last Americans standing in northern South Vietnam when the North invaded in 1972. Now 84, John Graham is “Badass Granddad” to 127,000 followers…
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Ep. 335: This Is Everything: Trans Sports Bans, Book Bans, HIV Cuts & Why We’re Still Listening
Zach returns with a solo This Is Everything segment, working through the headlines that have been weighing on him and on the LGBTQ+ community. He starts with the Supreme Court’s two trans sports ban cases, asking how a ruling could collide with the dozens of state laws and school policies already...
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Ep. 334: From Baptist Pastor to FBI Agent: Eric Robinson on Faith, SWAT & Loving His LGBTQ Kids
A Baptist preacher who’d never held a gun walks into the FBI Academy, and 24 years later walks out a different man. On this episode of Everything & Anything…and a Bit Gay, Zach sits down with Eric Robinson, author of Irreverend: From Saving Souls to Chasing Sinners in the FBI, for a conversation...
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Ep. 333: The Gay Bit: LinkedIn Is the New Dating App — Thirst Traps, Scam Texts & Matchmaking
Is LinkedIn secretly the hottest dating app out there? On this week’s Gay Bit, Zach Randles-Friedman ends the week super gay with a campy deep dive into the world’s most “professional” social network, where the job posts are depressing, the headshots are suspiciously gorgeous, and the scammers...
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Ep. 332: Dr. Frankie Bashan on Ghosting, Dating App Burnout & Finding Real LGBTQ+ Love
Why does everyone ghost? Why do dating apps feel like a hamster wheel? And is there still a way to find real, lasting love in the LGBTQ+ community? Zach sits down with Dr. Frankie Bashan, clinical psychologist, certified sex therapist, and founder of Little Gay Book, one of the nation's leading...
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Ep. 331: Behind the Bravo Edit: Timothy Hedden on Dead Housewives of Philadelphia
What happens when a Real Housewives editor decides to kill off the Housewives himself? Timothy Hedden has spent 25 years behind the scenes of reality TV, cutting Real Housewives of Atlanta, New Jersey, and Potomac, plus Mob Wives. Now he's channeled all of it into his debut novel, Dead Housewives...
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Ep. 330: This Is Everything: Why Is Everyone So Tired? Doom Scrolling, Bad News & Finding Joy
In this solo This Is Everything episode, Zach Randles-Friedman takes on the exhaustion so many people are feeling right now. He talks about doom scrolling and a news cycle that feels like a horror show. He covers a job market where AI-polished applications flood every listing, grocery prices that...
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Ep. 329: Kiko Zhang on Chomp, Belonging, and Building a More Honest Internet
What do people really think when no one is watching? Startup founder Kiko Zang joins Zach to talk about the gap between how we perform online and what we actually believe, and why she's betting $3.6 million on closing it. Born in China and sent to an all-girls boarding school in small-town New...
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Ep. 328: The Gay Bit: Reading My DMs — Heartwarming, Hilarious & Unhinged Messages From Listeners
and Facebook and finds thousands of unread DMs waiting for him. After wading through the Nigerian princes, SEO pitches, and spam, he pulls out the real ones and reads them on air, Jimmy Kimmel mean-tweets style, except not all of them are mean. In this episode: Why Zach ignores most comments, and...
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Ep. 327: Julie Ryan on Medical Intuition, Past Lives & Spirit Talk: The Buffet of Psychicness
What happens when a surgical device inventor and serial entrepreneur discovers she can "see" inside the human body from across the world? Zach sits down with Julie Ryan — medical intuitive, psychic medium, author of eight books, and host of the Ask Julie Ryan show — for a wide-ranging…
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Ep. 326: When You Stop Caring: Friendship Cleanses, Frozen Shoulder & the Truth About Life After 50
In this solo episode, Zach talks about something most of us hit eventually: the moment you just stop caring what people think. For him, it clicked at 50. Now 53, he's still cutting people out, or at least putting them "on pause." He gets candid about the second half of life and the things nobody...
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Ep. 325: He Died in a Dairy Queen Bathroom for 47 Minutes — Vincent Tolman on Heaven & Coming Back
At 25, Vinney Tolman was found dead on the floor of a Dairy Queen bathroom. Medics pronounced him dead, zipped him into a body bag, and loaded him into an ambulance. Then a rookie medic in the back of that ambulance got a feeling he couldn't ignore. In this episode, Zach talks with Vinney, author...
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Ep. 324: Fighting for Their Lives: Jenn Garofolo on Mental Health & Raising a Trans Son
Fighting for Their Lives: Jenn Garofolo on Mental Health & Raising a Trans Son Fellow Bostonian Jenn Garofolo joins Zach to talk about her book Fighting for Their Lives, a mother's account of two separate but overlapping journeys: her son Daniel's severe mental health struggles, which began when…
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Ep. 323: Damian Pelliccione on King of Drag, Revry & Building Free Queer TV for the World
Zach sits down with Damian Pelliccione (he/they), co-founder and CEO of Revry, the free, ad-supported LGBTQ+ streaming network, and co-creator and Kings' Court judge of the hit competition series King of Drag. As Revry nears its 11th year and King of Drag returns for season 2, Damian opens up…
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Ep. 322: The Gay Bit: Take 25 - Crank Calling
This Friday on The Gay Bit, Zach comes clean about one of his most embarrassing and most beloved talents. From junior high through college, and let's be honest, still today, he was the undisputed crank call king of his Miami friend group. Armed with a landline, a phone book, three-way calling…
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Ep. 321: Sex Therapist Keri Green on the 3 C's of Dating, Kinks & Talking About What You Want
What happens when a couple married for 40 years finally says something out loud to each other for the first time? Certified sex therapist Keri Green, LMFT, CST has seen it, and she says nearly every relationship problem comes down to one thing: communication. Zach and Keri cover a lot of ground....
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Ep. 320: Miriam Katz on Interviewing Every Ex She's Ever Had | The Ex Appeal Podcast
What happens when you track down every person you've ever kissed, dated, or hooked up with and ask them what really happened? Zach sits down with comedic actor, writer, and fellow podcaster Miriam Katz, the creator of The Ex Appeal Podcast. Her show is built around exactly that premise, and it...
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Ep. 319: Psychic Medium Alysa Conger on Her Dad's Suicide, Past Lives & Predicting Charlie Kirk
Zach sits down with psychic medium and mentor Alysa Conger — a working model of nearly 17 years who also teaches people how to access their own intuition. They dig into what it actually looks like to build a mediumship practice, how Alysa's own psychic path was catalyzed by her father's suicide…
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Ep. 318: Boy Scouts to Scouting America: Scandal, Bankruptcy & 2026's LGBTQ+ Rollback
In this week's "This Is Everything" segment, Zach digs into the history of the Boy Scouts of America — now rebranded as Scouting America — tracing it from its 1910 founding through a devastating sexual abuse scandal that led to a $2.46 billion settlement and 2020 bankruptcy filing. He covers the...
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Ep: 317: Burning Man Confessions: Sex, Drugs, Elon's Brother & Finding Radical Self-Acceptance in the Desert
Zach sits down with his friend of 27 years, Justin Schiefner, a ten-time Burning Man attendee, to unpack everything the HBO Max documentary doesn't fully capture. Justin walks through his evolution from a broke first-timer in a canvas tent to a seasoned burner with a full RV setup, breaking down...
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Ep. 316: "In Between": Nicholas Molencupp & Cameron Moir on Making a Queer Dramedy About Self-Love
Guests: Nicholas Molencupp (writer, co-director, star) and Cameron Moir (actor, producer) of the upcoming film In Between Episode Overview: Zach sits down with Nicholas Molencupp and Cameron Moir ahead of the world premiere of their film In Between at the Out on Film festival (an Oscar-qualifying...
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Ep. 315: I Survived Gay Summer Camp (And I'm Still Traumatized) | The Gay Bit
In this week's Gay Bit, Zach finally unpacks a story he's been sitting on since 2004: the time his husband Andrew talked him and their friend Tony into a week at "Camp Camp," an adult LGBTQ+ sleepaway camp in rural Maine. What followed was less "magical queer retreat" and more survival horror —...
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Ep. 314: Surviving 28 Years Together, Pt. 2: Moving In, Fights, and "I'm Not Happy"
Zach continues his real-talk series on surviving a 28-year relationship — from moving in together and fighting over furniture to the terrifying night his husband said "I'm not happy." Honest, funny, and unfiltered relationship talk. Picking up from Part 1's origin story, Zach recaps the whirlwind...
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Ep. 313: Fire Island's Queer Theater Renaissance: Matt Freeman on Change Arts & the Fire Island Theatre Festival
Guest: Matt Freeman — theater educator, arts administrator, and founder of Change Arts Growing up in the On Tour Company magnet theater program in Belmore/Merrick, NY Being closeted alongside other gay classmates in the '90s vs. kids coming out today Coming out to his parents the same night his...
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Ep. 312: Brenda Cullerton: Fashion Insider, Viral Comedian & Jay-Z Superfan on Reinventing Yourself at 75
Zach sits down with writer, fashion industry veteran, and unlikely viral sensation Brenda Cullerton — a woman who spent decades writing for major publications and working alongside Anna Wintour before reinventing herself as an internet personality in her seventies. They cover Brenda's accidental...
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Ep.311: Juan Galan: Digital Nomad Life, Grindr & Rejection Wounds, and Deconstructing Christianity as a Gay Man
In this episode of Everything & Anything…and a Bit Gay, Zach sits down with Juan Gallen — a digital nomad, spiritual mentor, and coach who helps gay men break cycles of compulsive hookups and anxious attachment by getting to the root of their trauma. 00:00 — Intro: welcoming Juan Galan 00:42 —…
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Ep. 310: The Gay Bit: Take 23 - Ptown Recap
In this episode of The Gay Bit, Zach recaps the final days of his Provincetown getaway with his friend Greg. The centerpiece is Ryan Landry's Showgirls — a raunchy, hilarious variety show Zach has been attending for 25 years — featuring co-host Dina Martina and a surprise performance from Latrice...
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Ep. 309: Karen Kendra Holmes: 40 Years Wandering, Then Finding Home as a Transgender Military Veteran
Zach sits down with Karen Kendra Holmes — U.S. military veteran, TEDx speaker, author, and longtime transgender advocate — for a wide-ranging conversation about her decades-long path to living authentically. Karen shares that she began privately exploring her gender identity at age 13 but didn't...
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Ep.308: From Undiagnosed Dyslexia to Healing 60+ Lives: Mike Wood on Rewiring the Subconscious Mind
In this episode, Zach sits down with Mike Wood — COO of a $100M company and founder of a 10-week anxiety and depression recovery program — for a raw conversation about what it actually takes to quiet a mind that won't stop running. Mike traces his anxiety back to a single moment at age five:...
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Ep. 307: Midterms 2026: Orange Convicted Felon Approval Crash, the White House Ballroom Scandal & Why Every Vote Matters
In this special, more serious episode of Everything & Anything...and a Bit Gay, Zach steps away from the usual campy interviews to talk directly about the 2026 midterm elections — and why he believes this is one of the most consequential votes of our lifetime. Topics covered: Trump's approval...
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Ep. 306: Selling Dead People's Things: Estate Sale Secrets, Hoarding Horror Stories & a Three-Legged Circus Star with Duane Scott Cerny
Zach sits down with antique dealer, picker, and bestselling author Duane Scott Cerny (Selling Dead People's Things) for a conversation that swings from delightful to deeply human. Duane recounts his most treasured find — a photo of three-legged circus performer Frank Lentini, discovered by chance...
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Ep. 305: The Gay Bit: No More Dating Rules: Confidence, Chaos & 28 Years with My Husband
In this episode of The Gay Bit: Zach kicks things off with a slightly chaotic morning — a physical, low blood pressure, a failed Starbucks latte experiment, and a reaffirmed loyalty to homemade Cuban coffee. Then it's straight into the real topic: his friend's very active dating life. Zach plays...
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Ep. 304: From Chemical Sales to Couture: Ricky on Painting, Sewing, DJing & Reinventing Yourself in Midlife
Guest: Ricky — painter, sewist, DJ, and host of the podcast Eager to Know Find Rick: RickyArtist.com In this episode, Zach sits down with Ricky, a self-described "combination of right brain and left brain" who's built an entire creative second act after a first career in global chemical sales and...
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Ep. 303: AL on Dark Industrial Pop, Filming a Music Video in a Hotel Without Permission, and Chasing a Bigger Stage
Guest: AL, independent singer, songwriter, and dancer In this episode: How AL first realized music was more than a hobby — and how obsessively dissecting songs as a kid set him apart from his friends Describing his sound: a "dance industrial" mix inspired by 80s Freddie Mercury and Madonna…
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Ep. 302: Ditte Young: The Telepath Who Talks to Animals, Ghosts, and the Other Side
In this episode, Zach sits down with Ditte Young — a Copenhagen-based telepath, animal communicator, licensed therapist, TEDx speaker, and author of four books, including What the Horse Whispers. Ditte opens up about hearing animals speak to her as a four-year-old, the harrowing premonition of…
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Ep. 301: Falling in Love, Coming Out at 25, and Fleeing for Safety: Delilah's Story of Queer Awakening & Building Emergence Pathways
In this episode, Zach sits down with Delilah, founder of Emergence Pathways, who shares the deeply personal story of realizing she was a lesbian at 25 — after years in a loving relationship with her fiancé — and how that discovery led her to the love of her life. Delilah opens up about: The…
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Ep. 300: Remembering Dolly Parton: A Tribute to Her Music, Charity & LGBTQ+ Legacy | Episode 300
In this special 300th episode, Zach steps away from the usual format to pay tribute to a true icon: Dolly Parton. This is a personal, heartfelt reflection on what Dolly meant not just to the LGBTQ+ community, but to the world at large. Zach shares a personal story from a family trip to Dollywood,...
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Ep. 299: The Gay Bit: My Two-Day Hangover Confession (Don't Be Like Me)
Zach kicks off this week's Gay Bit with a full confessional recap of a Thursday night in Boston that started innocently (Mediterranean food with friends Mark, Sam, and new pal Nick) and spiraled into a seven-plus-drink evening across multiple bars. Highlights include meeting a future pansexual...
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Ep. 298: Dr. Frank Spinelli: Surviving the Boy Scouts, Confronting Shame & The Shame Compass
Dr. Frank Spinelli is a physician, certified health coach, HIV advocate, and author whose new book, The Shame Compass, is the product of decades spent understanding — and living with — shame. Frank opens up about his early career treating people living with HIV at Gay Men's Health Crisis, and...
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Ep. 297: From a Wisconsin Bedroom "News Set" to Podcast Empire: Richard Wilmore on Rosie O'Donnell, Coming Out & Building a Media Career
Richard Wilmore grew up in a tiny town at the top of Wisconsin, so far north he says people mistake Green Bay for "northern." He knew he was different by grade school, though he didn't come out until his twenties at UW Milwaukee, where a big, macho freshman-year roommate turned out to be entirely...
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Ep. 296: Ryan Landry on Showgirls, Provincetown & 45 Years of Camp Legend
Ryan Landry has been a fixture of Provincetown since 1979, and on this episode he opens up about nearly five decades of camp, chaos, and creative survival. He talks candidly about how the town's architecture and artist-friendly spirit have eroded under development pressure, and why he believes...
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Ep. 296: From a Wisconsin Bedroom "News Set" to Podcast Empire: Richard Wilmore on Rosie O'Donnell, Coming Out & Building a Media Career
Richard Wilmore grew up in a tiny town at the top of Wisconsin, so far north he says people mistake Green Bay for "northern." He knew he was different by grade school, though he didn't come out until his twenties at UW Milwaukee, where a big, macho freshman-year roommate turned out to be entirely...
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Ep. 295:This is Everything: Tracy Stella Connects With My Dad
In this deeply personal solo episode, Zach opens up about a psychic reading he did with medium Tracy Stella, who he first connected with in 2022 and later welcomed as a guest on the show in 2025. Zach walks through the session in detail — his late father coming through with a message about...
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Ep. 294: The Gay Bit #20: Standards and Types
This week on The Gay Bit, Zach takes listeners through a brunch with his friend "Freddie" that spirals into a full breakdown of modern gay dating culture. What starts as harmless phone-snooping and prank messaging turns into a real conversation about Freddie's Grindr profile — outdated photos, a...
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Ep. 293: Building Gathry: The App Connecting LGBTQ+ Communities Worldwide with Greg Palmer
Greg Palmer, known in the community as BabyArm, joins Zach to talk about Gathry, the app he built to help LGBTQ+ people find real events happening around them instead of just defaulting to the same bars every weekend. Greg walks through the origin story, from a themed drag night in London to a…
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Ep. 292: Capitol Hill Journalist Myles Morel on McConnell, DC & Neutral Reporting
Myles Morel is a Capitol Hill correspondent for The Gateway Pundit who's built a following filming candid, on-the-ground moments in DC — including a viral series of clips from outside Senator Mitch McConnell's home during his prolonged public absence. In this conversation, Myles walks through…
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Ep. 291: From Budweiser to Brad Pitt: RLC Talent Agency's Leila on 23 Years Building Hollywood's Model & Talent Empire
Guest: Leila, Founder & CEO, RLC Models and Talent Agency In this episode, Zach sits down with Leila, the powerhouse behind RLC Models and Talent Agency, who has spent 23 years building one of LA's most versatile talent and modeling operations. Leila shares the story of landing her first major...
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Ep. 290: This is Everything: Why I'll Never Move to a Red State (Even for Family)
In this week's "This Is Everything" segment, Zach gets personal about a question that's been on his mind: what does it actually mean to be a queer person living in a red state right now? Prompted by a wave of anti-LGBTQ+ news alerts and his own family's push to relocate, Zach walks through why he...
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Queer-hosted and unapologetically curious. We cover everything and anything — and yes, it's a bit gay.
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