I grew up in Manhattan with two gay dads and spent every summer on Fire Island Pines — surrounded by shirtless men, zero boundaries, and a rotating cast of emotionally unavailable houseguests. This is the intro episode, where I break down exactly what that looked like, why it felt normal at the time, and how I ended up pitching a hamster with a PowerPoint. Welcome to the chaos. It’s not a parenting podcast. It’s my actual life.

I grew up in Manhattan with two gay dads and spent every summer on Fire Island Pines — surrounded by shirtless men, zero boundaries, and a rotating cast of emotionally unavailable houseguests. This is the intro episode, where I break down exactly what that looked like, why it felt normal at the time, and how I ended up pitching a hamster with a PowerPoint. Welcome to the chaos. It’s not a parenting podcast. It’s my actual life.

I grew up in Manhattan with two gay dads and spent every summer on Fire Island Pines — surrounded by shirtless men, zero boundaries, and a rotating cast of emotionally unavailable houseguests. This is the intro episode, where I break down exactly what that looked like, why it felt normal at the time, and how I ended up pitching a hamster with a PowerPoint. Welcome to the chaos. It’s not a parenting podcast. It’s my actual life.

This Was My Childhood (Intro Episode)

Raised Right Not Straight is a podcast about what actually happens when you grow up with two gay dads, a house on Fire Island, and no sense of boundaries — because no one around you had them either. This isn’t a nostalgia project. It’s not a coming-of-age story. It’s just what it was: real, loud, weird, and mine. Every week, I talk straight to camera — no fake setups — about what it was like to be the only child in a friend group full of adults, surrounded by shirtless men, ferry drama, and people who maybe shouldn’t have been raising anyone. And yet… here we are.

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Raised Right Not Straight is a podcast about what actually happens when you grow up with two gay dads, a house on Fire Island, and no sense of boundaries — because no one around you had them either. This isn’t a nostalgia project. It’s not a coming-of-age story. It’s just what it was: real, loud, weird, and mine.Every week, I talk straight to camera — no fake setups — about what it was like to be the only child in a friend group full of adults, surrounded by shirtless men, ferry drama, and people who maybe shouldn’t have been raising anyone. And yet… here we are.

Raised Right Not Straight is a podcast about what actually happens when you grow up with two gay dads, a house on Fire Island, and no sense of boundaries — because no one around you had them either. This isn’t a nostalgia project. It’s not a coming-of-age story. It’s just what it was: real, loud, weird, and mine. Every week, I talk straight to camera — no fake setups — about what it was like to be the only child in a friend group full of adults, surrounded by shirtless men, ferry drama, and people who maybe shouldn’t have been raising anyone. And yet… here we are.

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