Hot Takes & Deep Dives

Podcast serving quick hits & deep cuts on LGBT pop iconography & NYC culture. Recent guests include Rosie O'Donnell, Sandra Bernhard, Fortune Feimster, Roxane Gay, Fran Drescher, Isaac Mizrahi, Lea DeLaria, Melissa Etheridge, Rachel Dratch, Gina Gershon, Margaret Cho, L Word creator Ilene Chaiken, Jenifer Lewis, Judy Gold, Mario Cantone, Michael Musto & more!

Behind the Scenes of And Just Like That - Filming Insider Tells All 07/28/2025

Jenifer Lewis on Bette Midler, Whitney Houston & Mother of Black Hollywood 07/14/2025

Sex and the City Exec. Producer & Writer — Jenny Bicks 06/30/2025

Liz Glazer — Quitting Law to Become a Comedian & Marry a Gay Rabbi 06/16/2025

And Just Like That (w/ Every Outfit's Chelsea Fairless & Lauren Garroni) 06/02/2025

Cult of Body & Soul - My new docuseries drops May 27! 05/23/2025

Judy Garland, Radical Faeries & more (w/ Justin Elizabeth Sayre) 05/19/2025

“Rent” & “Hamilton” Power Producer is a Theater Kid (w/ Jeffrey Seller) 05/05/2025

Culture Catch-up: How to Fix Bravo & Summer House (w/ Dan Allegretto) 04/28/2025

Madonna & Michael Jackson Choreographer / Director — Vincent Paterson 04/21/2025

DJ Lina Bradford on Candis Cayne, Club Kids, Fire Island Reign & more 04/14/2025

Jeff Hiller on HBO’s Somebody Somewhere, Fire Island & Actress of a Certain Age 03/31/2025

Bruce Vilanch on Bette Midler, Writing The Oscars & more! 03/24/2025

Madonna Blond Ambition Reunion w/ Luis Xtravaganza, Carlton Wilborn & Kevin Stea 03/17/2025

Liz Feldman — Dead to Me & No Good Deed Writer/Creator, Kate Moennig, The L Word 03/03/2025

Julie Klausner on Madonna “I’m Breathless,” Difficult People, Death Becomes Her & more 02/24/2025

SNL’s Cheri Oteri on The View, Barbara Walters, Jennifer Coolidge & more 02/18/2025

Jonathan Larson Project, RENT, Untold Broadway Stories (w/ Jennifer Tepper) 02/10/2025

Kyle Richards, Kathy Hilton, Kim Richards — House of Hilton Tell All (w/ Jamie Stein) 02/03/2025

Art of Hollywood & Reality Scandal Monetizing on TikTok & YouTube (w/ Zack Peter) 01/20/2025

Jackie Warner (Work Out) Returns! Sex, Love & LA Fires 01/14/2025

Business of Broadway — Financials, $$, Flops (w/ Katharine Quinn) 12/23/2024

Culture Debate: 2024 Theater, Film, Concert Revue (w/ Mark Snyder) 12/12/2024

Danny Pellegrino on Wicked Press Tour, Fixing RHONY, Hallmark Christmas & more! 11/25/2024

Jamie Babbit on Directing But I'm A Cheerleader, Natasha Lyonne, Clea DuVall, The L Word 11/04/2024

Showgirls, Midnight Movies & Camp Classics (w/ Peaches Christ) 10/15/2024

Makeup Artist Kristofer Buckle on Madonna, Mariah, Bethenny, Cher & more 09/30/2024

L Word Rockers BETTY - Behind the Music, Sondheim & more 09/16/2024

Countess Luann de Lesseps & Assistant Roger Dawley 09/09/2024

Judy Gold Returns! Gay Divorce, Writing Rosie's Talk Show, Janeane Garofalo & more 09/03/2024