Secure the Gag

Nathan and Joel discuss Joel’s seminal direction of Normani’s “Motivation” music video, Bling Empire, and their love of Joey, the incredible Williamsburg barber. They also discuss Joel’s show Dynasty Confidential, his podcast, Urgent Care, and acclaimed late night sets on CONAN and the Late Late Show. You got to listen! 

Joel’s Work That’s Discussed: 

Late Late Show Set

CONAN Set 2016

CONAN Set 2017

Joel on Bling Empire

Urgent Care

Dynasty Confidential 

Secure The Gag is a queer comedy podcast hosted by comedian and writer, Nathan Pearson. Tune in every Monday as Nathan interviews funny queers about their infamous online videos, bits, and success. 

Nathan is a queer comedian and writer from Atlanta who now lives in Brooklyn. He’s known for his gay infused characters online and amassed followers from his viral “Guy Fucks His Bully’s Dad” piece as a part of UCB’s Characters Welcome. As someone who went off online with very specific gay humor, Nathan wants to sit down with other queers to discuss their funny moments that took off.

Secure The Gag is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network hosted by WUSSY Mag @wussymag

Hosted by Nathan Pearson @nathankpearson

Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto

Edited by Megan Pope @megspope

Podcast Art created by Beardy Glasses @beardy.glasses

Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix 

Follow @SecureTheGag

Wowow! Today on Secure The Gag we have the oh, so beloved and very funny, Richard Perez! 

Richard is the name on everyone’s lips and is the next big follow for you comedy fiends. Marty Miller shouted out Richard as his funniest follow a couple episodes ago, so naturally we had to extend an invite on the pod. Nathan and Richard discuss Richard’s background in photography, break into online comedy, and goals for the future in live performance and production. For the most unique POV in comedy vids ranging from subjects like The Daily to moose knuckles, follow Richard!

Richard’s Work That’s Discussed: 

Between Two Friends

Listening To The Daily

my famous “moose knuckle” in Fort Greene’s Farmers Market

Felt inspired - The Daily Makeup

Resolution Post

First Time Taking Melatonin 

DEPOP

Susan Alexandra 90s Gap Inspired Ad

Nathan and Charles discuss Charles’ hilarious presence on Instagram filled photoshopped images, sketches, and the successful parody presidential run of Anne Ranch. The two also dive deep into Search Party season four where they discuss the story arc of the season, creation of Cole Escola’s character Chip, Chantal’s bottle episode, and the incredible casting at large. Charles is all around an incredible talent and provides a wealth of knowledge in this episode. 

Charles’ Work That’s Discussed: 

Search Party 

Fort Tilden 

Love is 2020

Celebrities For Anne

Centaur Charles

Oysters Rockefeller 

Welcome to Gag Reflects, Secure The Gag’s biweekly queer comedy roundtable review episode where a rotating crew of comedy insiders reflect on the latest news, media, and goss. 

Today, we are joined by comedians Megan Pope, I’m Going To Marry Your Dad aka Xalvador, and Zach Schiffman. We discuss Jojo Siwa’s beautiful coming out story, the year of Cole Escola, Search Party, and a lil industry news. 

Secure The Gag is a queer comedy podcast hosted by comedian and writer, Nathan Pearson. Tune in every Monday as Nathan interviews funny queers about their infamous online videos, bits, and success. 

Nathan is a queer comedian and writer from Atlanta who now lives in Brooklyn. He’s known for his gay infused characters online and amassed followers from his viral “Guy Fucks His Bully’s Dad” piece as a part of UCB’s Characters Welcome. As someone who went off online with very specific gay humor, Nathan wants to sit down with other queers to discuss their funny moments that took off.

Secure The Gag is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network hosted by WUSSY Mag @wussymag

Hosted by Nathan Pearson @nathankpearson

Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto

Edited by Megan Pope @megspope

Podcast Art created by Beardy Glasses @beardy.glasses

Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix 

Follow @SecureTheGag

She’s here!!! Secure The Gag welcomes to the pod the straightest lesbian comedian, Grace Kuhlenschmidt (Paper, Variety, WSJ Magazine)! 

Nathan and Grace discuss Grace’s come up through Chicago, her work as the Creative Director at Converse, and celebrate the Buttigieg. They also - in a never before done stunt - countdown Grace’s top five most viral TikTok videos. Can’t say it enough - Grace is THE MOMENT, and to have her on the pod was a blessing from Christ himself. 

Grace’s Work That’s Discussed: 

Converse

My First Cooking Tutorial

POV I’m Bully

Me With My Straight Son vs. Me With My Gay Son

POV You’re The Lesbian In My Math Class

Comment Below If Uve Ever Felt Misunderstood

Woman Confuses Jon Ossof for Pete Buttigieg

My Official EarnIt Commercial

*Grace’s Fave Rug Maker

Secure The Gag this week is a MASTERCLASS in comedy lead by the charming and funny, Dewayne Perkins (The Amber Ruffin Show, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Saved By The Bell, The Break with Michelle Wolf)!! 

Nathan and Dewayne discuss Dewayne’s background in sketch comedy with 3Peat, his transition to stand up, and his experience in multiple writers’ rooms. Dewayne also shares about the importance of networking in comedy, how he landed himself as a co-producer of Brooklyn Nine-Nine, and his relationship with the incredible Amber Ruffin. Dewayne is brilliant and this episode is our favorite so far!

Dewayne’s Work That’s Discussed: 

Dewayne Dance Video

3Peat The Blackening 

3Peat White Tax

3Peat Introducing Hater Annihilator Spray 

3Peat In Those Genes

Scared Straight Comedy Central Stand Up Set 

Clusterfest Set

Starving Artists

Secure The Gag is a queer comedy podcast hosted by comedian and writer, Nathan Pearson. Tune in every Monday as Nathan interviews funny queers about their infamous online videos, bits, and success. 

Nathan (@nathankpearson) is a queer comedian and writer from Atlanta who now lives in Brooklyn. He’s known for his gay infused characters online and amassed followers from his viral “Guy Fucks His Bully’s Dad” piece as a part of UCB’s Characters Welcome. As someone who went off online with very specific gay humor, Nathan wants to sit down with other queers to discuss their funny moments that took off.

Secure The Gag is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network hosted by WUSSY Mag @wussymag

Hosted by Nathan Pearson @nathankpearson

Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto

Edited by Megan Pope @megspope

Podcast Art created by Beardy Glasses @beardy.glasses

Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix 

Follow @SecureTheGag

Nathan and Marty chat it out about Marty’s time at Emerson, his comedic and songwriting partnership with Caroline Portu, and his Quarantine Love Letters published by Paper. They then make their way into discussing Marty’s iconic puppet lip sync videos that took over the internet and celebrity feeds! (We stan Shoshana Bean in this house.) Marty is the certified Cutest Boy in the World and this interview is a dive into his internationally hot mind. 

Marty’s Work That’s Discussed: 

A Quarantine Love Letter

Quarantined Carol & Mart

Voldy and Bella are still quarantined

Dream Girls Lip Sync 

Rain On Me Lip Sync 

Jesus Take The Wheel 

Pets

Secure The Gag is a queer comedy podcast hosted by comedian and writer, Nathan Pearson. Tune in every Monday as Nathan interviews funny queers about their infamous online videos, bits, and success. 

Nathan (@nathankpearson) is a queer comedian and writer from Atlanta who now lives in Brooklyn. He’s known for his gay infused characters online and amassed followers from his viral “Guy Fucks His Bully’s Dad” piece as a part of UCB’s Characters Welcome. As someone who went off online with very specific gay humor, Nathan wants to sit down with other queers to discuss their funny moments that took off.

Secure The Gag is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network hosted by WUSSY Mag @wussymag

Hosted by Nathan Pearson @nathankpearson

Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto

Edited by Megan Pope @megspope

Podcast Art created by Beardy Glasses @beardy.glasses

Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix 

Follow @SecureTheGag

2021 is H-E-R-E! God bless! We’re ringing in the new year with the glamorous, filthy, hilarious, horror drag artist, Biqtch Puddiń (Winner of Dragula Season 2, Eastsiders, Digital Drag Show)!

Nathan and Biqtch are longtime girlies and today they dish about Slag Wars, Biqtch’s notable performances and creative process, and Biqtch’s beauty react videos with millions of views! Biqtch also gives a Twitch 101 on how the platform is used by artists, gamers, and comedians alike. Tune in as these two laugh and cry at the memories and discuss queers online. 

Biqtch’s Work That’s Discussed: 

Drag queen reacts to CRAZY nail transformation

Twitch Channel

Shrek Number

Digital Drag Show

Dragula Looks

Secure The Gag is a queer comedy podcast hosted by comedian and writer, Nathan Pearson. Tune in every Monday as Nathan interviews funny queers about their infamous online videos, bits, and success. 

Nathan (@nathankpearson) is a queer comedian and writer from Atlanta who now lives in Brooklyn. He’s known for his gay infused characters online and amassed followers from his viral “Guy Fucks His Bully’s Dad” piece as a part of UCB’s Characters Welcome. As someone who went off online with very specific gay humor, Nathan wants to sit down with other queers to discuss their funny moments that took off.

Secure The Gag is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network hosted by WUSSY Mag @wussymag

Hosted by Nathan Pearson @nathankpearson

Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto

Edited by Megan Pope @megspope

Podcast Art created by Beardy Glasses @beardy.glasses

Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix 

Follow @SecureTheGag 

It’s the last episode of Secure The Gag in 2020! We’re wrapping up the year with the incredible comedian, actor, model, Sydnee Washington (Comedy Central, Clusterfest, VH1, Syd Can Cook, The Unofficial Expert Podcast) 

Sydnee kicks off the pod by setting the mood with some bisexual lighting then we get into it! Nathan and Sydnee discuss Sydnee’s thoughts on standup traveling online and the comments section, finding love in the comments section, and ultimately hating the comments section. They also discuss Sydnee’s prolific Syd Can Cook IG Live series, her life as a Good Christian Gay, and working as a queer in comedy. Listen! 

Sydnee’s Work That’s Discussed: 

What I want 2021 to be like 

Syd Can Cook 

Creator Chronicles 

Good Christian Gay

Getting Mistaken For A Stripper 

The Least Relatable Moment in Sex Scenes

Dildo Hoverboard

Secure The Gag is a queer comedy podcast hosted by comedian and writer, Nathan Pearson. Tune in every Monday as Nathan interviews funny queers about their infamous online videos, bits, and success. 

Nathan (@nathankpearson) is a queer comedian and writer from Atlanta who now lives in Brooklyn. He’s known for his gay infused characters online and amassed followers from his viral “Guy Fucks His Bully’s Dad” piece as a part of UCB’s Characters Welcome. As someone who went off online with very specific gay humor, Nathan wants to sit down with other queers to discuss their funny moments that took off.

Secure The Gag is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network hosted by WUSSY Mag @wussymag

Hosted by Nathan Pearson @nathankpearson

Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto

Edited by Megan Pope @megspope

Podcast Art created by Beardy Glasses @beardy.glasses

Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix  Follow @SecureTheGag

Today we Secure The Gag with comedian, writer, actor, America’s Boyfriend, Nick Lehmann (Forever, I’m Not Crazy, Comedy Central)!!!

Nick is simply hilarious, brilliant, kind, and lovely! Nathan and Nick discuss his creative writing process, web series with Jackson Rickun, and viral video sensations. They also dive into Nick’s wild time of selling a show and appearing on Ellen in the same month. Tune in to the episode to dive into the mind of one of the leading comedic voices of this very gay generation. 

Nick’s Work That’s Discussed: 

I’m Not Crazy 

Bogeyman Annoying A Gay Man

Straight men on social media think it’s funny to fake being gay for clout

Gay kid gets stuck at an isolation sleepover

My self tape for Marriage Story

My autotune coming out story

Scare Compilation 

Gay kid at a sleepover

If Jack from Titanic had been gay

Secure The Gag is a queer comedy podcast hosted by comedian and writer, Nathan Pearson. Tune in every Monday as Nathan interviews funny queers about their infamous online videos, bits, and success. 

Nathan (@nathankpearson) is a queer comedian and writer from Atlanta who now lives in Brooklyn. He’s known for his gay infused characters online and amassed followers from his viral “Guy Fucks His Bully’s Dad” piece as a part of UCB’s Characters Welcome. As someone who went off online with very specific gay humor, Nathan wants to sit down with other queers to discuss their funny moments that took off.

Secure The Gag is part of the WUSSY Podcast Network hosted by WUSSY Mag @wussymag

Hosted by Nathan Pearson @nathankpearson

Produced by Jon Dean @jondeanphoto

Edited by Megan Pope @megspope

Podcast Art created by Beardy Glasses @beardy.glasses

Podcast Music by DJ Helix @1djhelix  Follow @SecureTheGag