After last week’s confrontation with Andy Cohen, I found out the Workout reunion was available to stream after all. So this episode is me walking that back—recapping the reunion, eating shit, and trying to make it right. The original plan was to do this with Justin Martindale while we got a spray tan from Sugared and Bronzed. But he overslept, so I ended up doing the recap in my living room with the spray tan girlies. It ended up being the most fun segment ever… until I realized the mics didn’t record. So this one’s mostly narrated. I also meet up with my longtime best friend and reality TV producer Lindsay Weiglein on the roof of the mall to try and salvage what’s left—of the episode and of my credibility. Somewhere in the chaos, we end up spray tanning a Labubu.

It’s the Workout Season 2 finale recap... but things get messy real fast.
First, John corners Andy Cohen in New York after their SiriusXM show to ask about the missing reunion episode — and it turns into a heated moment caught on camera. Then back in LA, H. ALAN SCOTT (Newsweek, Parting Shot) joins for a deep dive into the finale, but the conversation quickly spirals into a glorious sideshow covering:

• public cruising in a West Hollywood park
• rich mean gays
• What is Sniffies
• John's Dick pics
• horrible dog owners
• a performance artist with pantyhose on her head rolling a giant ball of twine through the interview
• and a baby Labubu perched on H. Alan's lap through it all.

What starts as a recap becomes a performance piece. Welcome to Show Pony.

In this supersized episode of Show Pony, I’m still technically on vacation—but when pop culture wizard Louis Peitzman (BuzzFeed, Vulture, NY Mag) agrees to sit down, you clear your damn schedule. Louis is a walking Bravo encyclopedia and a Beverly Hills local with real reality tea. We go deep—from lesbian chaos in the Jackieverse to gay porn subplots, graveyard visits, the Iraq War, and whether stressful pregnancies cause gayness (??). It all connects. Somehow. Doug’s life hangs in the balance, and it might be the most unhinged ep yet. Buckle up, pony people. 🎤 Topics Include:

• The bleak state of modern reality TV
• Jackie’s graveyard moment 
• Beverly Hills insider scoop
• Iraq War / gay porn parallels??
• “Do stressful pregnancies make you gay?” (We investigate.)

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🧠 Guest: Louis Peitzman | @LouisPeitzman
📺 Rewatch: Workout S2E7

This is what commitment looks like, people. I flew, ferried, cabbed, collapsed—and still crawled into my Provincetown hotel bed to deliver this emergency episode of Show Pony with my BFF and towel-clad co-host, Eric Maxwell. Yes, we’re sweaty. Yes, we’re possibly hungover. Yes, we do recap Episode 6, Season 2 of Bravo’s Workout (Jackie loses it, Doug is DONE, and the emotional violence is at an all-time high). And somehow, despite being horizontal and under-air-conditioned, we remain ICONIC. 🧴 What’s inside:
– A Workout recap with zero prep and maximum passion
– Provincetown gossip, vacation rants, and sunscreen regrets
– Friendship, filth, and feral hotel energy
– John trying to be a podcaster and a slut at the same time Don’t miss this chaotic, short, and absolutely necessary mess of an episode. 👉 Subscribe. Like. Tell Jackie Warner we’re still obsessed. #ShowPony #JohnArthurHill #Provincetown #WorkoutBravo #JackieWarner #GayPodcast #BravoPodcast #EmergencyPod #LGBTQComedy #EricMaxwell #HotelConfessional

One of Workout’s original breakout stars, Jesse joins John for his first in-depth, on-the-record conversation about the show — and it’s not what anyone expected. John thought this would be a light, campy reunion. Instead? Tears were shed. Spiritual truths were dropped. And what unfolded was one of the most surprising, moving, and human interviews Show Pony has ever done. Jesse opens up about fatherhood, marriage, and how his time on Bravo shaped him — for better and worse. This isn’t just nostalgia. It’s transformation.

John grabs Jeff Lewis after their SiriusXM shift and locks him down for a long-overdue Show Pony sit-down. What was supposed to be a recap of Workout S1E4 becomes something better: a no-bullshit Bravo download with one of the few people who lived it in real time. Jeff talks early Bravo, Jackie Warner, what the network used to be, and how reality TV warps everything — including your relationships, sense of self, and yes, your spray tan technique. Casual. Off-the-cuff. Surprisingly deep. Definitely unplanned.

This episode of Show Pony was barely supposed to happen. I flew out of town for a wedding, missed my production window, had no guest, and decided to record the episode as soon as I landed—delirious at midnight—with Show Pony fave Eric Maxwell. What starts as a late-night mess spirals into gay chaos: relationship drama, Bravo memories, and yes, a live trial of a blowjob throat spray. Then things take a turn: I realize a real-life Bravo executive, Erica Forstadt, is also at the wedding. So I track her down, mic her up, and get a rare behind-the-scenes look at the network that gave us Workout, Top Chef, and everything in between. Unfiltered, unplanned, and deeply Show Pony.

After a whirlwind week of post-Jackie Warner interview fame, I escape into the shade of a WeHo park with one of my best friends and Fire Island housemate, Carey O'Donnell (SUP podcast), to regroup. In the shadow of SUR and the ghost of Sky Sport & Spa, we unpack Workout Season 2, Episode 2 while getting distracted by jacked strangers on the jungle gym. Topics include:

• Post-Bravo fame burnout
• The shifting sands of gay status symbols
• West Hollywood vs Fire Island energy
• And a deeply personal revelation involving Carey’s high school swim team

Let’s just say... this episode has a lot of heart—and eye candy

Jackie Warner. Bravo icon. Fitness pioneer. Reality TV legend. This is the conversation I never thought I’d get. After weeks of planning, last-minute chaos nearly derailed everything — first a parade ruined the audio, then Jackie got COVID, mercury was in retrograde and the mics we sent to Jackie refused to work. 
So I did what I had to: I mic’d my laptop speaker. And myself. What you’re about to hear is raw, imperfect, and completely real. We talk about Workout, fame, Jillian Michaels, her mother, Sky Sport & Spa, and the truth about where Jackie is now.
It’s not polished.
It’s not filtered.
But what she told me was better than I could have ever hoped. 
It’s Jackie Warner, finally speaking.

John Hill swore he'd stop at Season 1... but the Jackie Warner obsession has fully taken over. In this explosive kickoff to Season 2 of Show Pony, John spirals deeper into Bravo madness, wandering NYC like a Sky Sport & Spa-possessed zombie—and yes, he even gets naked for the YouTube fans. Joining him is Andy's Girls host and Bravo authority Sarah Galli, who’s been decoding reality TV for a decade. Together, they unpack the cultural legacy of Workout, the unrelenting power of Jackie Warner, and what it means when Bravo takes over your soul. Subscribe, strip down, and saddle up—because Season 2 is off to an absolutely unhinged start.