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.... more

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May 21, 2026Ep. 220: Top Surgery Changed Everything: A Plastic Surgeon on Trans Care & Changing Lives
Episode Notes:
How it started: Dr. Blechman trained at NYU and did a fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he focused on breast reconstruction for cancer patients. In 2016, a trans patient came in seeking a mastectomy — and everything shifted.

Top surgery isn't one thing: The term is often used to mean chest masculinization, but Dr. Blechman walks through the full range — from complete chest masculinization to gender-affirming radical breast reductions for non-binary patients, to breast augmentation for trans women. Every patient is different, and he starts every consult by asking patients to tell him about their journey with gender.

Narcotic-free pain management: Dr. Blechman has developed a protocol using a pre-surgical nerve block (long-acting numbing medicine injected into the rib cage), combined with Advil and Tylenol post-op. Only about 10% of patients need anything beyond that. He draws on his experience running the NYC Marathon to put post-op discomfort in perspective for patients — and credits the psychological framing as part of why it works.

Nipple tattooing: Some top surgery patients choose not to keep their nipples. For those who later want one, or for patients who experience asymmetry or color variation after surgery, Dr. Blechman's PAs perform nipple and areola tattooing right in the office.

Building a safe space: Dr. Blechman talks about the well-documented reality that many trans people have had negative experiences in healthcare settings. His practice is designed to counter that — respectful care, inclusive intake, and a staff trained to meet patients where they are.

Advocacy beyond the OR: Dr. Blechman travels to Albany and Washington twice a year with medical organizations to meet with legislators on gender-affirming care issues. He notes that New York State has written gender identity protections directly into the state constitution.

NYC Pride March: For the past three to four years, Dr. Blechman and his team have marched in NYC Pride with a pickup truck and a group of patients they've operated on — sometimes 20–30 people. One former patient is now shadowing in his office, inspired to go to medical school.

Grayson: Dr. Blechman mentions operating on Grayson, a trans fitness influencer with hundreds of thousands of followers, whose dressing-removal video got 14 million views on TikTok.
Connect with Dr. Blechman: 🌐 blechmanplasticsurgery.com
https://www.blechmanplasticsurgery.com/dr-keith-blechman-upper-east-side-plastic-surgeon
https://www.instagram.com/dr.blechman/
https://www.instagram.com/breastsurgerygroup/

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May 20, 2026 Ep. 219: Mean Boys, Fentanyl, and the Gay Hierarchy: Director Justin Alexander Gets Candid
This week, Zach sits down with Justin Alexander — writer, director, and producer — for a wide-ranging conversation about his debut feature film Mean Boys and the raw personal experience behind it. Justin shares how growing up as an outsider, being bullied, and looking up to popular jocks in school became the foundation for a story that's part bisexual love triangle, part cautionary tale about fentanyl addiction. He opens up about losing a friend to fentanyl — a friend who didn't even know what he was taking — and why he felt compelled to tell that story. The conversation gets into the realities of indie filmmaking: shooting Mean Boys in two parts years apart, writing a sudden 60-pound weight gain into the script to explain a returning actor's transformation, and what it actually feels like when your movie comes out and there's no Hollywood Reporter moment waiting for you. From there, Zach and Justin dig into something both of them know well — where you fit in (or don't) in the gay community. They talk about mean gays in West Hollywood and Boston, body image pressure, and the unspoken hierarchies that show up whether you're 17 in high school or 35 at Equinox. Justin also previews two upcoming projects: Video Essay, a parody about the indie film festival circuit shot in New York; and Drive Me to Rap, a motion-capture film about two gay rappers co-starring Melanie Halfkenny from Queen & Slim. Plus: his dream of working with Jodie Foster, his love of Pedro Almodóvar, and Zach's very serious plan to find him a husband in Boston.
Follow Justin on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamjustingonzales
🎬 Watch Mean Boys now:
Apple TV: https://tv.apple.com/us/movie/mean-boys/umc.cmc.40dfrljemlixdzx3gubnsy8qf
Tubi: https://tubitv.com/movies/100049337/mean-boys
And available on Roku and Here TV
Topics covered:
• Mean Boys — the film, its origins, and what it's about
• Bisexuality, bisexual erasure, and queer representation in film
• Fentanyl addiction and the dangers of contaminated drugs
• Gay hierarchies, body image, and outsider identity
• What it's really like to make micro-budget indie films • Justin's upcoming films: Video Essay and Drive Me to Rap
• Pedro Almodóvar, Jodie Foster, and Justin's filmmaking inspirations
• The gay community in West Hollywood vs. Boston
Podcast song by SIXFOOT 5: https://www.sixfoot5prod.com
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/sixfoot-5/1551774977
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5rHMzoU0G0fLhaBsrQiOOY?si=laSZ5hiKTYubJJyhrzf2JQ

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May 19, 2026Ep. 218: Dance Moms Star Lennon Torres on Social Media Harm, Trans Rights & Big Tech
About Lennon Torres Lennon Torres is a professional dancer, trans activist, and advocate for online safety and social media reform. She is a core voice at the Heat Initiative, an organization fighting to hold Big Tech companies accountable for harms to children and young people. She also writes the Diary of a Palatable Trans Woman on Substack — an honest look at what it's like to navigate spaces that don't fully welcome you while doing work that depends on being in the room.
Lennon appeared on Dance Moms beginning in Season 3 as a guest dancer. She has since been featured in documentaries about social media harm and works closely with families who have lost children to platform-facilitated tragedies.
Topics Covered
Growing up on Dance Moms — the excitement, the exploitation, and the panic attacks on camera

How social media shifted from connection to engagement-driven addiction — and when Lennon first felt it happen

Why algorithms are engineered to show your content to people who will react most extremely — not your actual audience

Meta's internal documents proving they knowingly connected predators to minors

Influencers as an unpaid workforce performing for an algorithm, not their followers

Sextortion: what it is, how it works, and the story of Jordan DeMay

The documentary Can't Look Away (available at joltfilm.com) and the families behind it

Mason Edens — a teenager whose TikTok feed shifted from positive affirmations to suicidal ideation in under two weeks

Alexander, 14, who was poisoned by fentanyl purchased through a Snapchat-recommended contact

Landmark legal victories: Meta and Google found guilty in LA addiction trials; New Mexico awarded $375 million

Why queer kids are three times more likely to be harmed online — and why Big Tech lobbies against reform using LGBTQ+ community as cover

Tim Cook, tech oligarchs, and what it means when powerful gay men align with power over people

Lennon's personal healing journey — deleting social media, switching to a dumb phone, and reclaiming herself

The false choice between safe social media and LGBTQ+ community online

What Lennon would be doing if social media didn't exist (spoiler: a queer kids outdoor camp)
Resources & Links
🔥 Heat Initiative: heatinitiative.org

✍️ Lennon on Substack — Diary of a Palatable Trans Woman: https://substack.com/@lennontorres

🎬 Documentary: Can't Look Away —https://www.jolt.film/watch/cantlookaway
Podcast song by SIXFOOT 5: https://www.sixfoot5prod.com
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5rHMzoU0G0fLhaBsrQiOOY?si=laSZ5hiKTYubJJyhrzf2JQ

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May 18, 2026Ep. 217: Tarot, Signs From the Dead & Past Lives with Kelly O'Hearn
Kelly O'Hearn is back, and this one goes deep. One of Zach's all-time favorite guests — and it's easy to hear why. Their conversation flows like two old friends who can't stop finishing each other's thoughts, covering everything from quarters mysteriously appearing after a loved one's passing to the quantum physics of tarot to what it means when a baby's soul comes through during a reading and changes a woman's entire life.
In this episode:
How Zach took a 6-week tarot class (with the incredible Amaris in Canada) after Kelly's first reading inspired him — and what he discovered

Why tarot is a language, not a fortune-telling trick — and how intuition works like a muscle

Quarters, flickering lights, and boxes falling over — signs from Zach's late mother-in-law and what Kelly thinks they mean

The global spiritual shift happening right now, the rise of feminine energy, and why people are turning away from rigid religion toward personal faith

Kelly's "dark night of the soul" — illness, divorce, and losing her father — and how it led her to tarot in 2014

How she studied secretly for 3.5 years, told no one, and then finally told her very New York, very Wall Street mother — whose first words were "Are you monetizing it?"

Past life regression, soul contracts, and why Earth is one of the most desired places to be as a soul (even though it's the hardest)

Channeling: archangels, clairvoyance, clairaudience, and what it sounds like when a message isn't your own thought

Daryl Anka / Bashar, Lee Harris, and the 2027 predictions that have Zach obsessed

The most powerful reading Kelly has ever done — a story that will stop you cold

Her Arcanum series: a four-book love story of souls traveling through lifetimes, trying to get it right. Book 3 — Arcanum: Secrets of the Madonna — is set in late 1400s Vatican and comes out June 9th
Pre-order Arcanum: Secrets of the Madonna: https://www.amazon.com/Arcanum-Secrets-Madonna-Kelly-OHearn-ebook/dp/B0GY9YRR24?ref_=saga_ast_ss_dsk_dp
Books 1 & 2 on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/stores/Kelly-OHearn/author/B0D324YQG5?ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_1&qid=1779053698&sr=8-1&shoppingPortalEnabled=true&ccs_id=2b73128c-1cbd-44c3-89f5-75a2571451b2
Follow Kelly: https://www.instagram.com/kellyohearnauthor/
Everything & Anything… and a Bit Gay drops new episodes weekly. Subscribe, leave a review, and tell us what you think about Kelly's books in the comments.
Podcast song by SIXFOOT 5: https://www.sixfoot5prod.com
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5rHMzoU0G0fLhaBsrQiOOY?si=laSZ5hiKTYubJJyhrzf2JQ

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May 17, 2026 Ep. 216: Bisexual, Biracial & Writing His Truth: Isaac Grijalva on "Six and a Half Days in the City"
In this episode:
• Isaac's debut novel Six and a Half Days in the City — what's real vs. fictional
• Coming out as bisexual at 17: the notes app, Facebook post, and a very supportive mom
• Growing up Native American and Mexican American with a bisexual mother
• Why people still deny bisexuality exists — and why Isaac no longer cares
• Hookup culture, Grindr, Hinge, and making real friends off dating apps
• Being an EMT in pre-med and balancing school, work, and writing
• Trauma showing up uninvited: a panic attack in Prospect Park
• Isaac's next book: grief, brotherhood, and a bisexual oldest son
• Where to find Isaac: @isaacgrijalvabooks on Instagram, TikTok: @isaactaylorsversion99

Buy Issac's Book: https://www.amazon.com/6-1-2-Days-City-ebook/dp/B0F89S9WSG
Podcast song by SIXFOOT 5: https://www.sixfoot5prod.com
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/sixfoot-5/1551774977
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5rHMzoU0G0fLhaBsrQiOOY?si=laSZ5hiKTYubJJyhrzf2JQ

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May 15, 2026 Ep. 215: The Gay Bit: Cliques, Categories & The Truth About the LGBTQ+ Community
The Gay Bit — Cliques, Categories & The Truth About the LGBTQ+ Community
In this week's Gay Bit, Zach gets real about something we all see, experience, and — if we're honest — participate in: the silent rules about who belongs where inside the LGBTQ+ community.
From twinks and bears to Grindr exclusion lists to fem-on-fem policing to the obsession with masculinity, Zach holds the mirror up to the community he loves — himself very much included — and asks: are we building the inclusive community we say we want, or are we recreating the same hierarchies we're trying to escape?
Plus: the time Zach accidentally landed in Provincetown during Bear Week, his habit of borrowing friends' phones to "call his mom," and why the bears might just be the most welcoming group of all.
The Gay Bit drops every Friday on Everything & Anything… and a Bit Gay.
Podcast song by SIXFOOT 5: https://www.sixfoot5prod.com
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Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5rHMzoU0G0fLhaBsrQiOOY?si=laSZ5hiKTYubJJyhrzf2JQ

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May 14, 2026 Ep. 214: Skin Secrets From a 103-Year-Old Beauty Brand | Elizabeth Grant
Zach sits down with Margot Grant-Witz, third-generation CEO of Elizabeth Grant Skincare, a privately owned brand founded in 1948 by her grandmother — now 103 years young — who developed the world's first at-home serum after suffering bomb blast damage to her skin during WWII. They cover the real reason your neck is sagging (hint: it's your phone), why bar soap is destroying your face, the truth about the vampire facial, how men and gay culture are reshaping the skincare industry, and why 28 days is all it takes to transform your skin.
Elizabeth Grant Skincare: https://elizabethgrant.com
📩 DM Zach on Instagram with your results after trying the products!
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May 13, 2026 Ep. 213: Plastic Surgery Ethics, GLP-1s & Body Autonomy | Dr. Steven Williams
Board-certified plastic surgeon and President Emeritus of the American Society of Plastic Surgeons Dr. Steven Williams joins Zach for a wide-ranging, refreshingly honest conversation about plastic surgery ethics, body autonomy, the GLP-1 revolution, transgender surgery, medical tourism risks, social media's toxic impact on beauty standards, and why your NAD supplements probably aren't doing what you think.
Dr. Williams practices at Tri Valley Plastic Surgery in the Bay Area. Learn more at TriValleyPlasticSurgery.com.
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May 12, 2026 Ep. 212: Trans Voice Training: How to Change Your Voice in 4–6 Months | Nicole Gress
Zach sits down with Nicole Gress (she/they), speech-language pathologist and founder of Undead Voice — a virtual trans voice training platform helping transgender and gender-diverse people find voices that feel affirming. Nicole shares why the traditional medical path can take 3–5 years, how Undead Voice cuts that to just 4–6 months, and the free Jumpstart program that's already helped over 40,000 voices across 20 countries. They also talk about voice dysphoria, workplace transitions, the safety realities trans people face right now, and why community is the secret ingredient in any voice journey.
🔗 Partner with Undead Voice: https://www.undeadvoice.com/partnership
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May 11, 2026 Ep. 211: Why Love Isn't Enough: Attachment Wounds, Limerence & How to Rewire Your Brain
Zach sits down with Thais Gibson, founder of the Personal Development School, to explore why our childhood wounds quietly run our adult relationships — and what we can actually do about it.
Thais breaks down the science of attachment styles, explains the difference between love and emotional obsession (limerence), reveals why people cheat (it's not what you think), and shares a powerful subconscious rewiring technique you can start using tonight.
Whether you're stuck in a push-pull relationship, wondering why you keep going back to the same person, or just want to understand yourself better — this episode is for you.
🔗 Take the free attachment quiz: personaldevelopmentschool.com
Follow Thais on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thepersonaldevelopmentschool/
Topics covered:
– What attachment styles are & how they form
– The bear in the woods: why our brains hold onto pain
– Limerence vs. real love (and the Starbucks story)
– Why people cheat — and what the 90% actually have in common
– How to set boundaries with regulated tone + strong language
– The subconscious rewiring tool you can do in 5 minutes a day
– Why affirmations don't work (and what does)
Podcast song by SIXFOOT 5: https://www.sixfoot5prod.com
Apple: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/sixfoot-5/1551774977
Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/5rHMzoU0G0fLhaBsrQiOOY?si=laSZ5hiKTYubJJyhrzf2JQ

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