The Gaily Show

Updates on ICE’s invasion of Minneapolis. We review what local officials are saying, plus where ICE has been conducting their raids. We also talk about what to do if you encounter ICE. Specifics from the American Civil Liberties Union can be found here: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/immigrants-rights 

In the second half hour, Robert Mgrdich Apelian joins us to talk about his upcoming book Fustuk, which comes out on January 20th. Apelian is an Armenian American author-illustrator. A primary goal of his work is to celebrate the diversity and cultural excellence of the Middle East and to portray it as something other than tragic and war-torn.​ Visit him online at robertapelian.com or on Instagram @robertapelian.

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S. Watch us on YouTube daily at 2pm. Catch us on the radio at 2pm CST on AM950 Radio (Minneapolis) or at 5am CST on WCPT 820 (Chicago). We cover news, politics, books, theatre, movies, and more in Minnesota, Chicago, Washington DC, Texas, and beyond! Follow us on Bluesky: @thegailyshow.org #thegailyshow

In this week’s Unpack This For Me episode, the authors of the upcoming book A Black Queer History of the United States join me to unpack their landmark book tracing the lives of LGBTQ+ Black Americans. It comes out on January 20th! Pre-order your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780807008553

Dr. C. Riley Snorton is a professor of English language and comparative literature and is core faculty at the Institute for the Study of Sexuality and Gender at Columbia University. He is the author of the award-winning book Black on Both Sides: A Racial History of Trans Identity.

Dr. Darius Bost is associate professor of Black Studies and of gender and women’s studies at the University of Illinois Chicago. Bost is the author of the award-winning book Evidence of Being: The Black Gay Cultural Renaissance and the Politics of Violence.

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S. Watch us on YouTube daily at 2pm. Catch us on the radio at 2pm CST on AM950 Radio (Minneapolis) or at 5am CST on WCPT 820 (Chicago). We cover news, politics, books, theatre, movies, and more in Minnesota, Chicago, Washington DC, Texas, and beyond! Follow us on Bluesky: @thegailyshow.org #thegailyshow

John continues coverage of the killing of Renee Good by ICE agents.

The first half of today’s show focuses on the breaking news coverage of ICE shooting and killing a woman in south Minneapolis. For the second half of the show, Joe Reberkenny of the Washington Blade returns with his analysis.

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S. Watch us on YouTube daily at 2pm. Catch us on the radio at 2pm CST on AM950 Radio (Minneapolis) or at 5am CST on WCPT 820 (Chicago). We cover news, politics, books, theatre, movies, and more in Minnesota, Chicago, Washington DC, Texas, and beyond! Follow us on Bluesky: @thegailyshow.org #thegailyshow

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the US. GLAAD Media Award nominees John Parker and Jim Pounds host an unapologetic hour with legislators, authors, journalists, organizers, researchers, and more. We feature the following contributors (see graphic below for schedule): • Tammye Nash, Dallas Voice • Jake Wittich, Windy City Times • Joe Reberkenny, Washington Blade • Dr. Samuel Clowes Huneke, George Mason University • Ilana Masad, Author & Critic • TanyaMarck Oviedo and Nick Venegoni, Queer Spirit podcast Windy City Times has been the award-winning voice of Chicago’s LGBTQ+ community since 1985. The Washington Blade has provided award-winning national and international news coverage of the LGBTQ community since 1969. Dallas Voice has been the award-winning voice of the LGBTQ Community in North Texas and beyond since 1983. Websites: samuelcloweshuneke.com ilanamasad.com thequeerspirit.com/podcast

Host John Parker and Executive Producer Jim Pounds review 2025 news stories: what surprised us and what didn’t. And we’re not just counting down to 2026, at midnight ACA subsidies expire for 24 million Americans. 

Then, we play some trivia! In 1998, USA Today and Gallup did a poll of Americans asking them what they thought would come to pass in the future…by 2025. Now that 2025 is over, what, if anything, did they get right?

Finally, can we end 2025 with a little bit of happy news? The Sundance Film Festival is just around the corner and we take a look at some of its queer films!

The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S. Watch us on YouTube daily at 2pm. Catch us on the radio at 2pm CST on AM950 Radio (Minneapolis) or at 5am CST on WCPT 820 (Chicago). We cover news, politics, books, theatre, movies, and more in Minnesota, Chicago, Washington DC, Texas, and beyond! Follow us on Bluesky: @thegailyshow.org #thegailyshow