The Gaily Show

The US Premiere of Roald Dahl’s The Enormous Crocodile: The Musical opens at Children’s Theatre Company on October 4th. Alison Arnopp joins us to discuss! For tickets and more info: https://childrenstheatre.org/whats-on/the-enormous-crocodile/#book. The 6th annual Flip The Script Film Festival opens October 3rd. Festival Director Matthew Berg shares the films and details. In-person and digital passes are available for at-home viewing! For the full list of films, schedule, and tickets: https://flipthescriptfest.eventive.org/welcome.

Attorney and writer Kat Grant joins us to discuss Christian Nationalism. Kat was a Freedom From Religion’s Equal Justice Works Fellow from 2022-24 focusing specifically on the intersection of LGBTQIA+ rights and state church separation. Kat is a contributing writer for Freethought Now and author of the blog, Transing Boundaries analyzing the intersections of law, religion, politics, and queerness!

Mason Deaver joins us to discuss their new book The Build-A-Boyfriend Project and the upcoming film adaptation of their debut novel I Wish You All the Best, coming to theaters this November. Buy The Build-A-Boyfriend Project here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780063394308. Buy I Wish You All The Best: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781338608359.  Connect with Mason: https://www.instagram.com/mason_deaver. We have our review of the film Plainclothes starring Russel Tovey and Tom Blyth. XP Lee has won a special election to fill the seat once held by Rep. Melissa Hortman. Finally, a MAGA national organizer is calling for America to create a penal colony and to arrest 500,000 Americans. He helped organize the January 6th insurrection.  

Ken Shneck editor of The Buckeye Flame and host of This News Is So Gay joins us in the second half hour to discuss the upcoming conversion therapy lawsuit at the Supreme court as well as the ongoing and expanding bans of LGBTQ people from public life. Weirdly, the Supreme Court just ruled that a transgender boy in South Carolina (and only him) may use the boy’s bathroom. Without any actual explanation. Nine state Attorney Generals just released a video proclaiming that “We will never stop fighting for you!” But what exactly is the fight?

And, Tyler Robinson was in court today, for the first time.

We break down the facts (current as of 9/15/2025) about the murder of Charlie Kirk. Abdi Nazemian joins us to discuss his new book Exquisite Things. Plus, in lighter news, gays won the Emmys this past weekend. Pre-order Abdi’s book here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780063339682 and connect with Abdi at abdinazemian.com

It’s the beginning of Virgo season. So, TanyaMarck and Nick from Queer Spirit offer us practices and energies related to clearing, detoxing, and getting organized. Plus, upcoming lunar eclipses invite us to honor endings and closures. Connect with Queer Spirit, TanyaMarck, and Nick here: thequeerspirit.com

Rachel Meredith joins us to discuss her debut novel Girl Next Door. Buy your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780063438545. Connect with Rachel: rachelmeredithauthor.com. Plus, Mike Player’s gay comedy western Utopia comes out September 19 as an ebook. He’s here to talk all about the queer frontier. Get your copy here: https://a.co/d/6MX7s5C. Connect with Mike: mikeplayer.net

It’s our weekly Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly episode and we meet Molly Sinclair who is a Certified Peer Recovery Specialist in the LGBTQIA2S+ community at Minnesota Recovery Connection and the Pride Institute. We talking about what recovery means, what it looks like, as well as Minnesota Recovery Connection’s 15th annual Walk for Recovery is this Saturday, September 13th. You can register to join AM950’s team, donate, and get info about other recovery month events at minnesotarecovery.org/walk

Filmmaker Carmen Emmi joins us to discuss his upcoming film Plainclothes starring Russel Tovey and Tom Blyth. Then, Jake Wittich, Managing Editor for Windy City Times, joins us to discuss his new reporting on the Illinois State Senate race between incumbent Sara Feigenholtz and young newcomer Nick Uniejewski. And with Mpox infections rising in Chicago, health officials urge vaccination.

New research into Google’s algorithm finds that when LGBTQ teens are in crisis and searching for help online, Google is giving them debunked religious therapy as the top options. A Michigan judge issued a ruling that essentially (and shockingly) approves of January 6th. And according to everyone in the country, the Democrats are in “disarray.” So why are they winning (and forecasted to win) all the elections this year?

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/09/google-sends-parents-of-lgbtq-kids-to-conversion-therapy-websites-why/