Nancy

Nancy is back! And we're diving into the taffeta-covered world of kids who do drag.

— Desmond is Amazing is a 12-year-old drag kid, LGBTQ advocate, and founder of their own drag house: the Haus of Amazing.

— Ophelia Peaches is a 15-year-old drag kid, LGBTQ advocate, and emcee.

— Jessica L'Whor is a Denver-based drag queen.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom, Albert Behar, Alexander Overington, Anamorphic Orchestra ("Creature Comforts"), Broke for Free ("Calm the Fuck Down"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

A decade after The L Word ended, The L Word: Generation Q is finally here, so this week we're revisiting the time Kathy watched the original series.

— Cameron Esposito is an actor, comedian, and producer.

— Sarah Shahi, Erin Daniels, and Mia Kirshner played Carmen, Dana, and Jenny on The L Word. Ilene Chaiken was the show's co-creator and executive producer.

— Leisha Hailey and Kate Moennig reprised their roles as Alice and Kate in The L Word: Generation Q.

Special thanks to Cassie Sercia and Autostraddle's Riese Bernard.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom with additional music by Kai Engel ("Seeker") and Lawrence Grey ("The St Marks Shake"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

Consider this episode a gift to start your 2020 off RIGHT: It’s our conversation with the one-and-only BD Wong. Dreams do come true. 

— BD Wong is an actor known for such roles as Dr. George Huang on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit, Dr. Henry Wu in the Jurassic Park films, and most recently as Whiterose on Mr. Robot. He won a Tony Award for his role in David Henry Hwang’s M. Butterfly, and has a starring role in the upcoming series, Awkwafina is Nora from Queens.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom. Additional music and theme by Alexander Overington.

Our holiday gift to you: Chani Nicholas and Joel Kim Booster (our conversation with them, that is, not the actual people...though we wish we could)!

— Chani Nicholas is an astrologer and the author of the upcoming book, You Were Born For This: Astrology for Radical Self-Acceptance.

— Joel Kim Booster is an LA-based comedian and writer, and he is currently starring in Sunnyside.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom. Additional music by Alexander Overington & Broke for Free ("The Great"). Theme by Alex Overington.

For the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, we talk about what actually happened and where we go from here.

— Marc Stein is a historian at San Francisco State University.

— Karla Jay is an author, activist, and Professor Emeritus at Pace University.

— Raquel Willis is the Executive Editor at Out Magazine.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom, Mystery Mammal ("Relay"), and Little Glass Men ("Sector Vector"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

When Andraya Yearwood runs against her competition, people pay attention — whether she wants them to or not.

— Katie Barnes is a reporter for ESPNW and espn.com.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom, Benedek ("Cruzin'"), Anamorphic Orchestra ("Signs of Life"), Andy G. Cohen ("A Perceptible Shift"), and Kai Engel ("Headway"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

It’s a moment of reckoning for many members of the United Methodist Church, and after 25 years as a United Methodist pastor, Cynthia Meyer found herself with a decision to make.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom, Andy G. Cohen ("Land Legs"), Axletree ("Goodnight Esme Instrumental" and "Dragon Country Apple Clove Instrumental"), Josh Woodward ("Border Blaster Instrumental"), Little Glass Men ("Procreation"), and Kai Engel ("Mare"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

Good sex ed can be life-changing. But getting access to it often entails a fight.

— The “Our Whole Lives” program was created in partnership between the United Church of Christ and the Unitarian Universalist Association.

— Matt Bloom is a reporter for NPR affiliate station KUNC in Colorado. He's also worked at stations in Los Angeles and Bloomington, Indiana. You can follow his reporting on Twitter @matthew_bloom or find more work at mattbloomwrites.me.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom, Marco Trovatello ("Haunty Fourstroke"), Nctrnm ("Tethered"), Meydan ("Elk"), Against Me! (Transgender Dysphoria Blues), Kai Engel ("Cold War Echo"), and Josh Woodward ("Show Me (Instrumental Version)"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

Note: this is a rerun of a previous episode.

Traveling to Taiwan with her mom, Kathy imagines the life she might have lived had her family stayed.

Kathy's mom previously appeared on Nancy in the episodes "Hello hello" and "Kathy's Mom is Uncomfortable With All This."

— Guo Mama is a volunteer at the Taiwan Tongzhi Hotline Association in Taipei.

— Li Te-Yun (Nan Gua) is a singer-songwriter in Taiwan.

Special thanks to Andrew Ryan, a host and producer with Radio Taiwan International.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom, Art of Escapism ("Done with Disco"), Uncan ("Unbroken"), and Little Glass Men ("Cloud Launching").

This week, Nancy is live and talking romcoms, meet-cutes, and weddings...with special guest Daniel K. Isaac!

— Daniel K. Isaac stars on Billions as Ben Kim and recently guest starred on The Other Two as Jeremy.

— Daniel was also recently on an episode of Death, Sex, and Money.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom. Theme by Alexander Overington.