Maebe A. Girl (Maebe Pudlo) joins the show to talk running for state Senate in California (election is on 6/2), why she runs for office in drag, and having the conviction to be truly progressive despite roadblocks.

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Please don't break your jaw with a tiny hammer. What a fantastic conversation about men and the Internet. I love this one! Please listen if you like smart people like Aidan! Writer Aidan Wharton of Gay Buffet, joins the show to talk about tech, human connection, and the male loneliness epidemic. Gabe grapples with the misconception he had about working for himself, when he realized he actually works for social media. (And I get it, okay Millennials whateverrrr).

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This one is important! Ballots are out! Rev. Rae Huang, the future Mayor of Los Angeles if anyone has any sense, joins the podcast to go step-by-step through her ideas for a better Los Angeles. 

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Writer KB Brookins joins the show to talk about trans news that doesn’t suck. It’s a really great conversation about specific wins and how to see them, use them, and get involved in creating them.

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Author and activist Ben Greene joins the pod to talk about why he focuses on good news. Your despair is someone else's business model. Plus, some extremely insane stories of passing as cis. (Ben's is wild!!!)

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Eligio Guerrero from The League of United Latin American Citizens (LULAC) in Seguin, TX joins the show to talk about the organization's work and its return to its roots as a civil rights stalwart in the face of ICE raids. And then the people of Big Bend National Park fight back against a wall. Plus, the children of the Dilley detention center, investing in the youth, and how to make it easier for Latinos to vote despite all the efforts against it. 

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Gabe and Lex Rofeberg, who had very similar childhoods, talk about discarding the Zionism they were taught growing up. What does that mean for their futures and the future of Judaism?

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In honor of her new book Like, Follow, Subscribe, Fortesa Latifi joins Gabe to talk about something Gabe hates: child influencers and family vlogging.

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Reporter Fortesa Latifi joins Gabe to discuss the origins of mommy blogging and child influencers, what has come out since these children have grown up, and what these families are actually selling. Plus, the dangers and problems of selling exclusive content of your children, turning your home and their safe space into a "set," and strangers being a fan of your child. What laws can be put into place to protect the children in these online famous families?

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Bill O’Reilly book titles. Zionist Instagram accounts. Checking NewsMax every day. Lyz Lenz, author and writer of the newsletter Men Yell At Me, joins the show to talk about making men mad. We discuss divorce, our funny(?) families, and how we’ve become better and worse for consumption of political media. Political discussion starts about 8 minutes in. Tw for Epstein.

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Writer Kayla Kumari Upadhyaya joins the show to talk about finding queer community and chosen family in a red state like Florida. Gabe shares his stories of growing up there and learns about the type of solidarity that can beautifully develop in adversity --- both with the weather and, you know, otherwise.

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