The Bi Pod - All Things Bisexual

In our last episode of the year, we share a few listener letters and answer your burning questions! Christina cries, and Evan dishes some hot gossip about a potentially queer celebrity run in from six years ago. If you don’t want to wait until 2024 to hear from us again, find us on Patreon! We’ll be releasing one more bonus episode over there before the end of the year.

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The Bi Pod is hosted by Evan Chelsee and Christina Brown. This episode was edited and produced by Evan Chelsee. Our theme song is Coming Home by Snowflake (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial  (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/snowflake/61307 Ft: Analog By Nature.

This week, we’re talking about the television show Crazy Ex Girlfriend! In addition to being hilarious, smart, and out of the box, this show is very, very queer, which we love to see! There are three explicitly bisexual characters! While the show ran for four seasons (a surprise for Christina, who thought she’d seen the whole thing), we’ve recently rewatched the first couple of seasons so we mostly discuss those. The links below contain spoilers for season three!
You can read about Darryl’s bisexuality and our anthem, Gettin’ Bi, here: https://www.themarysue.com/crazy-ex-girlfriend-gettin-bi/ 
You can read more about the show’s queer characters here: https://bi.org/en/articles/the-unicorn-scale-crazy-ex-girlfriend-part-2
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Support us on Patreon and get exclusive access to cool stuff here: https://www.patreon.com/thebipod
For more content sent right to your inbox every month, subscribe to The Bi Pod Bulletin. Prefer to get social first? Follow us on Instagram @TheBiPod.
Want to be included in future mail bag episodes, or just give us your thoughts? You can leave us a voicemail at (480) Hi Bi Pod (480-442-1763) or email us at [email protected].
The Bi Pod is hosted by Evan Chelsee and Christina Brown. This episode was edited and produced by Evan Chelsee. Our theme song is Coming Home by Snowflake (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial  (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/snowflake/61307 Ft: Analog By Nature.

We're talking about the queer content bringing us comfort right now, and covering everything from podcasts to television shows (Christina even has a novel to recommend! Fiction!).

We are collecting listener letters for a mailbag episode! Send us your thoughts on a recent episode, your queer stories, and any questions you’d like us to answer. You can DM us on Instagram @thebipod, or email us at [email protected].
There are many tools and resources you can use to contact your representatives. If you’re in the US and looking for a starting point, try this one, which helps you send letters to your representatives: https://actionnetwork.org/letters/urgent-stop-the-genocidal-bombing-of-gaza?source=mc_email 
You can read about Palestinians’ use of Queering the Map here: https://time.com/6326254/queering-the-map-gaza-lgbt-palestinians/
You can explore Queering the Map here: https://www.queeringthemap.com/
We share a lot of content recommendations in this episode! Books are linked below, and the music, podcasts, and tv shows we discuss can all be found on their relevant streaming services.

How do we have difficult conversations with the people we love? Is it possible to extend self-compassion to ourselves when we've made a mistake or caused harm (is that allowed?)? How does anti-racism fit into all of this?

This episode gets into it!

We're joined by Roxy Manning, PhD (Clinical Psychologist) and Sarah Peyton (Neuroscience educator) to talk about Roxy's book "How to Have Antiracist Conversations" and the handbook Roxy and Sarah co-authored, "The Antiracist Heart".

This conversation (and these books!) align with many topics close to our hearts, and we're excited to share it with you!

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For more on Roxy and Sarah, check out their websites:

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For more content sent right to your inbox every month, subscribe to ⁠The Bi Pod Bulletin⁠.

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Want to be included in future mail bag episodes, or just give us your thoughts? You can leave us a voicemail at (480) Hi Bi Pod (480-442-1763) or email us at [email protected].

The Bi Pod is hosted by Evan Chelsee and Christina Brown. This episode was edited and produced by Evan Chelsee. Our theme song is Coming Home by Snowflake (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/snowflake/61307 Ft: Analog By Nature.

How do you take care of yourself when things are hard?

This week, we are revisiting our episode "How to be a Person," which we originally released in July 2022. We offer some musings and (a little bit of) concrete advice about how to get through difficult periods.

We're dropping into your feed early to talk about Season 2 of Heartstopper! We start with a discussion about the current WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes, and then give some general spoiler-free thoughts about the show before we enter spoiler territory.

You can find the second half of our conversation about this season of Heartstopper, along with a Heartstopper-inspired playlist, over on our Patreon!

You can get updates about the SAG-AFTRA strike here, including frequently asked questions for influencers/podcasters and contact information: https://www.sagaftrastrike.org/

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Support us on Patreon and get exclusive access to cool stuff here: https://www.patreon.com/thebipod

For more content sent right to your inbox every month, subscribe to The Bi Pod Bulletin.

Prefer to get social first? Follow us on Instagram @TheBiPod.

Want to be included in future mail bag episodes, or just give us your thoughts? You can leave us a voicemail at (480) Hi Bi Pod (480-442-1763) or email us at [email protected].

The Bi Pod is hosted by Evan Chelsee and Christina Brown. This episode was edited and produced by Evan Chelsee. Our theme song is Coming Home by Snowflake (c) copyright 2020 Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Noncommercial  (3.0) license. http://dig.ccmixter.org/files/snowflake/61307 Ft: Analog By Nature.

This week, you had questions and we have answers! From blue nail polish to conflict resolution, we are answering a wide range of questions submitted by our listeners.

Happy wrath month to all who observe! This week, we're talking about queerness in the workplace. We share some of our own experiences around navigating professional spaces as queer people, and we also read some of your stories about being queer at work.

We're talking to bicon Lucy LaForge, who you may know from her music project Lucy & La Mer! We chat about Lucy's music, queer artmaking, bisexual mental health, and becoming a confident bisexual.

This week, we're talking about Half Bad: The Bastard Son and the Devil Himself, a show Evan has watched no less than three times! We start with a spoiler-free discussion and then move into spoiler territory later in the episode. If you like magic, casual multi-attraction and polyamory, complicated relationships, and French accents, we think you'll love this show.

You can find a trailer for the show here: https://youtu.be/xDc_iartATY