Not For Nothing...

As Pride month progresses, Kyle continues the conversation about what Pride means to others. This week, librarian, Alyx Kim-Yohn comes to the show. Alyx and Kyle have been friends from a distance for years. They share a best friend in common, Friend-of-the-Show Sarah Cooper. The COVID-19 pandemic and ensuing quarantine have given them a chance to deepen their friendship, and so Kyle did the only natural thing to do, bring them on the show! Alyx is a librarian who identifies as non-binary and their pronouns are They/Them/Theirs. In this episode, we explore the nuances of being non-binary from Alyx’s perspective, the importance of representation, and the importance of respect. Born and raised in Huntsville, Alabama, Alyx has now lived in Columbus, OH, and Nashville, TN before settling back down in Huntsville. They have a unique perspective on Pride in three distinct cities and the differences are stark.

In continuing the conversation about pride month, Kyle sits down with another Kyle. Kyle Griswold. Kyle Griswold is a former college athlete, a former researcher of LGBTQ+ issues, a humanitarian, one of Kyle Leon Henderson’s newest friends, and he happens to be transgender. In a friendship forged through a love of whiskey, Kyle and Kyle have grown to be fast friends who deeply respect one another’s perspectives. We continue the discussion about people’s relationship to Pride celebrations with Kyle Griswold’s perspective on the celebration and education of the world.

Happy Pride Y’all! In one of the most real episode of “Not For Nothing…” Kyle has ever recorded, he talks about LGBT Pride with Ethan. Being raised in the south and feeling like they never found their truest space within Pride celebrations, Ethan and Kyle have very complicated relationships with the month-long embrace of being exactly who one is. For this episode, the two find themselves in the midst of uncomfortable topics, a bit emotional, and very… Real.

Kyle is delighted to sit down with his dear friend, and mentor, actress, writer, improv maven, Samantha Jones. Kyle and Samantha met in 2014 in New York City when he began studying improv under her guidance. In the years since, their paths have crossed time and again. Today, they continue to perform improv together. In addition, they are now writing parters and great admirers of each other’s work. When Sam and Kyle get together, the deepest parts of their silliness and twisted way of looking at the world come out for full display.

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Beth Zysberg is back!! And she is on the move! She has to decide what she is going to do now that the world is thawing out and coming back to life again. Kyle and Beth discuss their mutual anxiety about trusting the CDC science after spending a year begging people to trust the CDC science. In the end, Beth decided that her next step is deciding what her next step is, and that’s okay!

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After several weeks of a partial hiatus, Kyle is back with a brand new episode. so much has happened in the last couple of weeks. His job has changed, he moved apartments, and he had a birthday. Kyle and Ethan do a relationship check-in to see if they are still standing after the most strenuous move they have ever made. Kyle freely admits he is exhausted and road-weary after the year of productivity that 2021 has been. But like everyone else, he is pushing forward with new ideas and excitement.

In this last look back at Kyle’s first podcast, “Kyle’s Friends Are Funny,” Kyle is joined by his friend of almost 20 years, Josh VanZant. The episode was recorded in Washington Heights, New York City in April of 2016. Josh and Kyle met freshman year in college. They had a ten year hiatus from their friendship, which they talk about in the episode, but now they get together at least once a year, usually around Christmas time, to laugh and reminisce and talk about the crazy town they grew up in. During the hiatus of their friendship, Josh moved to South Korea, Kyle moved to New York City and this episode was the first time they saw one another since college. It was as if no time had passed.

Kyle is pausing again for a break from the show, but he is bringing you take number two of last week’s episode. Kyle, as a podcaster, has evolved over the years. Sometimes the evolution in our art can come quickly. Last week he brought you an interview with his sister. This week he is bringing you the exact same episode, but with a more clear vision, and a dinner with his family. Enjoy the first episode of Kyle’s Friends Are Funny.

This week, Kyle is taking it easy by not recording a new podcast episode, but rather going back to the very first episode of a podcast that he ever recorded back in 2015 with his sister, Magan. He is getting ready to move to his new house, and, in retrospect, he wished he could have recorded a podcast this week because looking back at the first thing you have ever done can be the cringiest cringe moment of your week. So, sit back and enjoy, or muddle through, the very first episode that Kyle ever recorded.

Ethan is back and he is talking about moving. Kyle and Ethan are… Wait for it, moving again! These two fellas have had extensive experience at changing homes, changing neighborhoods, changing cities, changing states! They have moved a lot. And the story of all their moves is one worth telling. Ethan and Kyle go back to the very beginning and talk about how far they come and where they are going. If there is one thing that is more of a hassle than anything else one does in real life, it’s moving. Kyle and Ethan hope this is the last move for a very long time.