Gaslight, gapekeep, girlboss! Mike and Kyle talk about what is (and isn’t) gaslighting, the play that originated the term, the subsequent movies and their connection to gayness, the data on who is likely to gaslight and be gaslit, whether conversion therapy is a form of gaslighting, whether the First Amendment should apply to gaslighting, and Santa Claus.

In this episode: News- 4:51 || Main Topic (Gaslighting)- 13:51 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:14:59

If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for. (I swear, we’ll remove this from our episode descriptions just the second the cruise happens.)

On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike tells Kyle about the opposite of gaslighting. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast. Get the full scoop on all the exciting additions we’ve recently made to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast/posts/exciting-news-163749474.

Better squeal for me you little piggies,  because David Lauterstein, the co-founder and CEO of Nasty Pig, joins Mike and Kyle to talk about the origin story of Nasty Pig, starting a business with his husband, Pride in the time of AIDS, sex positivity, Fire Island vs. P-Town, Honey Davenport, fetish gear, advocacy during mpox, his book “Sodomy Gods” (https://store.nastypig.com/products/sodomy-gods-book), now available on audio book, and embracing the sluttiness.

In this episode: News- 1:28 || Main Topic (Nasty Pig)- 10:52 || Guest (David Lauterstein)- 13:17 || Gayest & Straightest- 50:37

Follow @david_lauterstein and @nastypig on Instagram, and learn more about Nasty Pig or shop their latest collection at nastypig.com.

If you want to watch a video version of the podcast, you can find it on Spotify or on YouTube. We’ll also be posting clips to our brand new TikTok. Plus, get access to tons of bonus video content and a weekly livestream of our full recording session if you’re a $10+/mo member on Patreon.

If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.

On the Patreon bonus segment, Kyle shares with Mike recent blog posts from the Nasty Pig website in what becomes quite the controversial segment. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast. Get the full scoop on all the exciting additions we’ve recently made to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast/posts/exciting-news-163749474.

Clop or nay? Mike and Kyle talk about bronies, i.e. adult fans of My Little Pony, including how much the inventor of My Pretty Pony got paid, the laws that allowed for the My Little Pony ’n Friends TV show, the reboot that the bronies glommed onto, My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic, 4chan’s involvement in getting bronies started, BronyCon, how gay bronies are, clop, and, because it’s Mike, the brony connection to Star Trek.

In this episode: News- 2:50 || Main Topic (Bronies)- 12:41 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:05:48

If you want to watch a video version of the podcast, you can find it on Spotify or on YouTube. We’ll also be posting clips to our brand new TikTok. Plus, get access to tons of bonus video content and a weekly livestream of our full recording session if you’re a $10+/mo member on Patreon.

If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.

On the Patreon bonus segment, we play a game of pony or drag queen. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast. Get the full scoop on all the exciting additions we’ve recently made to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast/posts/exciting-news-163749474.

WTF is a situationship? If you want to know the answer, this episode won’t help. Mike and Kyle disagree about situationship definitions, the relationship escalator, and Boston marriages. But then again, they agree about gay mens’ propensity for situationships and the legal implications of situationships. And, of course, everyone can agree that it’s a pretty good portmanteau.

In this episode: News- 2:54 || Main Topic (Situationships)- 10:06 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:00:03

If you want to watch a video version of the podcast, you can find it on Spotify or on YouTube. We’ll also be posting clips to our brand new TikTok. Plus, get access to tons of bonus video content and a weekly livestream of our full recording session if you’re a $10+/mo member on Patreon.

If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.

On the Patreon bonus segment, Kyle shares with Mike some advice from the internet about managing a situationship, and it’s not all good. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast. Get the full scoop on all the exciting additions we’ve recently made to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast/posts/exciting-news-163749474.

It’s like gooning with social media! Mike and Kyle break down brainrot, including what it is, when it was first used (hint: it’s definitely not the year you’re thinking of), the brainrot of different generations, the effects of brainrot on Gen Z and Gen Alpha, the legal implications of brainrot, and the 47 second attention span.

In this episode: News- 2:32 || Main Topic (Brainrot)- 11:42 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:06:27

If you want to watch a video version of the podcast, you can find it on Spotify or on YouTube. We’ll also be posting clips to our brand new TikTok. Plus, get access to tons of bonus video content and a weekly livestream of our full recording session if you’re a $10+/mo member on Patreon.

If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.

On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike and Kyle go deeeeep. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast. Get the full scoop on all the exciting additions we’ve recently made to Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast/posts/exciting-news-163749474.

We’re on a roll with the feel-good topics recently! Mike and Kyle talk about the Urban Dictionary stereotypes of herpes, the evolution of the meaning of herpes over time, the truth of Emperor Tiberius’ herpes-based kissing ban, lesbians’ herpes superpower, the conspiracy theories behind the herpes medication acyclovir, disclosure of HSV to gay hookups, and the legality of herpes.

In this episode: News- 2:42 || Main Topic (Herpes)- 11:05 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:05:46

If you want to watch a video version of the podcast, you can find it on Spotify or on YouTube. We’ll also be posting clips to our brand new TikTok. Plus, get access to tons of bonus video content and a weekly livestream of our full recording session if you’re a $10+/mo member on Patreon.

If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.

On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike has a crisis about his herpes test results. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast. Get the full scoop on all the exciting additions we’ve recently made to Patreon.

We go balls out on this episode. Mike and Kyle talk about how castration has been used throughout history as both reward and punishment, the castration of gay men during the Holocaust, modern-day voluntary eunuchs, whether male-to-eunuch is a valid transgender identity, nullos on Grindr, chemical castration as a punishment, the castrati, and castration as BDSM play.

In this episode: News- 3:24 || Main Topic (Castration)- 12:21 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:18:33

If you want to watch a video version of the podcast, you can find it on Spotify or on YouTube. We’ll also be posting clips to our brand new TikTok. Plus, get access to tons of bonus video content and a weekly livestream of our full recording session if you’re a $10+/mo member on Patreon.

If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.

On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike tells Kyle about Alan Turing. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast. Get the full scoop on all the exciting additions we’ve recently made to Patreon.

He broke his back on that mountain just for you; it’s Jake Gyllenhaal! Mike and Kyle dive into the controversial topic of whether straight actors should play gay roles, plus they cover Brokeback Mountain, the Oscars, Brokeback Mountain, Toothy Tile, Brokeback Mountain, defamation laws as they apply to calling someone gay, and Brokeback Mountain. We don’t know how to quit you, Jake.

In this episode: News- 3:20 || Main Topic (Jake Gyllenhaal)- 9:38 || Gayest & Straightest- 55:04

If you want to watch a video version of the podcast, you can find it on Spotify or on YouTube. We’ll also be posting clips to our brand new TikTok. Plus, get access to tons of bonus video content and a weekly livestream of our full recording session if you’re a $10+/mo member on Patreon.

If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.

On the Patreon bonus segment, did Jake Gyllenhaal come out of the closet? If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast. Get the full scoop on all the exciting additions we’ve recently made to Patreon.

What does it mean to be othered? More importantly, what does it feel like, and why do people do it? Mike and Kyle bring on the experts from the Othering Podcast to help us understand the concept, implications, and ways to handle being othered. Plus, our guests share more about how the podcast saved their relationship and their lives.

In this episode: News- 1:32 || Main Topic (Othering)- 8:34 || Guests (The Othering Podcast)- 16:12  || Gayest & Straightest- 56:33

If you want to watch a video version of the podcast, you can find it on Spotify or on YouTube. We’ll also be posting clips to our brand new TikTok. Plus, get access to tons of bonus video content and a weekly livestream of our full recording session if you’re a $10+/mo member on Patreon.

If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.

On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike shares with Kyle some studies illuminating othering topics we didn’t cover on the main episode. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast. Get the full scoop on all the exciting additions we’ve recently made to Patreon.

This episode shattered Kyle’s entire perception of Mike. We talk about karaoke, its meaning, who invented it, whether it’s loved or hated, the politics of karaoke, research about gender in karaoke, and the true meaning of karaoke.

In this episode: News- 3:57 || Main Topic (Karaoke)- 12:29  || Gayest & Straightest- 1:01:43

If you want to watch a video version of the podcast, you can find it on Spotify or on YouTube. We’ll also be posting clips to our brand new TikTok. Plus, get access to tons of bonus video content and a weekly livestream of our full recording session if you’re a $10+/mo member on Patreon.

If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.

On the Patreon bonus segment, Kyle shares with Mike questions from both a gay and a straight about going to gay karaoke. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast. Get the full scoop on all the exciting additions we’ve recently made to Patreon.

We’re sick and tired of hearin' all these people talk about, ”What's the deal with this pop life and when is it gonna fade out?” Pop star JORDY joins Mike and Kyle to talk about why gays love pop music, his new record “In Retrospect” (available now!), his song that went viral with trans men, what’s on his Spotify playlist, the importance of creativity, his Pitch Perfect-esque history with a cappella, and where all the gay male pop stars are.

In this episode: News- 3:31 || Main Topic (Pop Music)- 13:12  || Guest (JORDY)- 22:13 || Gayest & Straightest- 58:40

Get JORDY’s new album, “In Retrospect,” wherever fine music is found: https://music.empi.re/inretrospect. Plus, you can follow him on Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/jordymusic/) and TikTok (https://www.tiktok.com/@iamjordy).

If you want to watch a video version of the podcast, you can find it on Spotify or on YouTube. We’ll also be posting clips to our brand new TikTok. Plus, get access to tons of bonus video content and a weekly livestream of our full recording session if you’re a $10+/mo member on Patreon.

If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you’re attending for.

On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike and Kyle dissect JORDY lyrics together. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast. Get the full scoop on all the exciting additions we’ve recently made to Patreon.