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Actor and filmmaker Ryan Czerwonko stops by to discuss acting, Paglia's blind spots, Erich Fromm's Escape from Freedom, radical monogamy and other relationship styles, Sebastian Meise's post WW2 gay prison flick, Great Freedom, Rihanna's best album, and the word "queer". 

As Putin invades Ukraine, I spoke with my Ukrainian friend, Taras Matora, who lives with his family in Lutsk. He breaks down the current situation in his village; the airstrike alarms, the bomb shelter he just helped build, the preparation for possible gun battle, (his friend asks him for bullets during our recording), and why he doesn't believe outside military help is the answer.  He also speaks about the importance of retaining joy and invoking a sense of normalcy. 

Solo Episode. Brennan breaks down brokedown Tulum, Mexico, and the dumb Whoopi Goldberg non-event. 

Rodney Dailey pops by to chat about moving to NYC, crowd sourcing decentralized digital platforms, wikipedia’s slay, Summer Walker’s saga, aesthetic vs. art, Britney’s pseudo freedom, Kanye’s lack of fashion, fashion’s functionality vs. art as ritual, NYC’s affordability, Rodney’s Paglia experience, Sexual Personae, divine aesthetic in Catholicism/Black AME churches, fake fascists, and a return to religion?

Michael Sugarman pops by to weigh in on the possible 2024 ticket, 90's nostalgia, the flick Fear, Trump's missed humor, overrated irony, Growing up in NYC and where to go from here, the "F" word, waging the fake culture war, Cat people, our brilliant Secretary of Transportation, the right's campy cable genius, Kamala's fakedom, Judaism experimentation, and Raves vs. warehouse parties. 

David Odyssey from  Nylon and the Luminaries podcast stops by to discuss the gay freedom narrative, his 2018 interview with Justin Vivian Bond, Drag Race's blindspots, Paglia's genius and faults, objectivity, identity and cruising, consent, Paris Hilton as America's greatest satirist, The Simple Life, Fran Lebowitz, Wendy Williams, Larry Kramer, money and creativity, Grace Jones, the contradiction of gay celebrity, Quentin Crisp, Dan Levy, Sandra Bernhard, and point of view and freedom. 

Elliot Conrad pops by  Hotel Indigo to weigh in on Kanye West, Christ, religion, spiritual conflicts, abortion, reparations, slave built universities, Quentin Crisp, Rome, the most controversial figure, openness to possibility, homosexuality and the Bible, the thorn in Paul's side, tradition, Azealia Banks, his relationship to gay men, procreation, and the possession of spirit. 

NYC born and bred aficionado Cassandra Paras stops by to weigh in on the fraudulent Patti Smith and punk rock music, NYC it girls from Vanderbilt to Sevigny, Brennan's drug fueled Christmas Eve, who deserves the keys to the city, Ghislaine Maxwell's conviction, Fuck Boys vs Soft Boys, Epstein's hotness, fillers, and a very Happy New Year.  

Sam Kriss's article on the depletion of desire in film, queer and capitalistic intersectionality, Eyes Wide Shut as the best Christmas film ever made, viable monogamy, porn and taboo, inoffensive incest, hookup apps and mystery. 

Stephen Adubato from the Cracks in Pomo podcast stops by to discuss Ye's latest interview, love for Paglia, Azealia Bank's pandering, Donda, Lauryn Hill, universities pushing a Rittenhouse consensus, Mariah Carey's bipolar diagnosis, and clown Cuomo.