⚠️ Spoiler alert: we’re talking ALL of Netflix’s The Boyfriend Season 2 with fan-favorite guests Lee (@typical.lee) and Nuri (@durianseeds) of the Why Won’t You Love Yourself podcast!

This is the official gaysian group therapy recap: who grew, who spiraled, whose nudes leaked, who’s insufferable, who looks like a Rize/Switch promoter…and why this show hits so hard??

We unpack ALL of the cast, couples, rivalries, and friendships!

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Shoes off … we’re all coming to the cottage! 🏒

Bao and Chris catch Heated Rivalry fever and bring on Kevyn Fong, the internet’s favorite gaysian comedian, to unpack the viral gay romance series that has gaysian men fully in a chokehold.

⚠️ Spoiler warning: This episode contains major spoilers for the entire first season of Heated Rivalry.

This episode is part recap, part group chat, part emotional support session as we dig into the questions that actually matter: How did an aspiring art-school barista end up with a snatched 8-pack? What are the real strategies for getting your Asian mom to apologize? Will this show finally convince a generation of gay men to stop ghosting and try vulnerability and intimacy? Would Shane and Illya ever open their relationship? And… was Rose “Mystique-coded” or are we just projecting?

If you watched Heated Rivalry and haven’t emotionally recovered, this episode is for you. Plus, Chris has an important update to share at the end.

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Two gay Asian best friends get real about the fears that haunt them—from porn-at-work panic to aging, jealousy, and loneliness.

We hit record on Halloween night in full costume and confront the ghosts that actually scare us: the fears we never say out loud. It’s our most vulnerable episode yet (and bootleg therapy)! We cover…

Cute Ghosts of the Everyday: Small anxieties that still make our palms sweat, like accidental gay porn at work.
Ghosts That Linger: Lifelong fears of being alone, running out of time, and never feeling enough.
Secret Ghosts: Confessions we’ve NEVER admitted to ANYONE about love, jealousy, sex, and aging.
Ghosts We’ve Laid to Rest: Fears we’ve made peace with.

Because naming your ghosts makes them a little less scary. Allegedly!

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TikTok’s gaysian saint of hot takes Nathan Ramos Park joins us to talk about pretty privilege, internet fame, and what happens when your actual face becomes the discourse. We dig into his viral controversies, car rants and the Midwest vs. West Coast gaysians debate. Then, Bao surprises them with a game for the chronically online - HOT TAKE OR FAKE TAKE - that leaves everyone sob-laughing!

In loving memory of Tamerlane Vuong Sanchez Jr. and Daniel Hoag — we know you're dancing, listening, and judging this episode in spirit where you are. Rest in Power.

And special thanks to listener Matt Huang (@fakematthuang) for helping us transition to Spotify!

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BONUS EPISODE: Filmmaker Andrew Ahn joins us to talk about The Wedding Banquet — his hilarious, heartfelt new film about queer Asian identity that had us SOBBING 😭! We get into everything: working with Bowen Yang, LA’s 321 parties, Millennial indecision, chosen vs. biological family, Korean spa culture, and why queer theory’s kind of a buzzkill. When it’s time to Be Real, Andrew gets into his beef with twink death.

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Artwork photo by Daniel Seung Lee (@danielseunglee)

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Our final episode of the season — where we drunkenly share chaotic advice to listener-submitted quandaries! From how to find a gay friend group, to how to break into one. How to bottom with hemorrhoids, and whether you should laser your butt hair off. We stumble hilariously through this finale and end on a Be Real — with the help of Cory Nakamura (@igotthedoorcor). Catch up on Part 1 of the finale first before you listen to this one!

More importantly, rest in peace John. You were one of the podcast's biggest fans, and filled the world with such warmth and positivity. We'll never forget your smile and your love of music. We're playing Tinashe Save Room For Us in your memory all day today.

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It’s the season finale! We reach into the listener mail bag and attempt to answer your questions — with the help of Cory Nakamura (@igotthedoorcor), also known as Bao’s boyfriend. But first, Cory has a *mysterious whisper* surprise in store for us. What could it be???

P.S. Return for part 2 next week!

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We're sorry, ok!?! We're issuing official apologies for things we've said on the podcast, and regrets IRL: wronging our former guests and yelling at our friends in Puerto Vallarta, to Ozempic, Wicked: The Movie and Sarah in 3rd grade. Tune in for the tea!

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YOUNGMI MAYER (@ymmayer), our goddess, our inspo for this show, our ICON - joins us as the first queer woman on the podcast! The comedian and the wisecrack of TikTok and Twitter chats with us about her new memoir I’m Laughing Because I’m Crying. And digs into why gay men adore her, her bravado as an Asian American from Asia, and the struggle of pretending to like a bad film or TV show solely because Asians made it. When it’s time to get real, we all console each other through our recent turmoils.

Buy YoungMi’s memoir here.

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We welcome our YOUNGEST guest ever Emmett Chen-Ran (@doubleemt) to talk about what he really thinks of the term “gaysian,” why older Gaysians hang out in homogenous groups, rice queens, going on 40 dates in one year, founding his own startup in SF, and what it was like confronting questions about his gender in a Christian, Chinese immigrant home 🏳️‍⚧️.

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