Trigger warning: This episode includes discussion of homophobia, mental health and discrimination toward LGBTQ + people. Listener discretion is advised.

This week on Wednesday with Woody, we look at the closet that survives the coming out. The quiet one. The one that lives in the mind and shapes how we speak, love, work and move through the world. Drawing on research and lived experience, Woody unpacks how internalised homophobia forms, how it hides in daily life, and how it influences desire, body image and belonging inside queer communities.

Wednesday with Woody is your midweek dive into modern life where storytelling, culture and self-expression meet. Hosted by Woody, each episode explores the beauty, chaos and truth of how we live, love and create in today’s world.

Got thoughts? Join the conversation on Instagram @wednesdaywithwoody or drop a voice note in the comments. Your story might spark our next episode.

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This Transgender Awareness Week, Woody explores the world of Walls, Runways and Realness from the ballroom brilliance of Paris Is Burning to today’s conversations about visibility and belonging. Through the lives of Venus and Angie Xtravaganza and Jonathan Bailey’s historic win, this episode celebrates trans legacy while asking what true inclusion really means.

It is a love letter to trans history and a guide to seeing beyond the screen. Blending storytelling, humour and empathy, it reminds us that awareness is not just visibility. It is community in motion.

Wednesday with Woody is your midweek dive into modern life where storytelling, culture and self-expression meet. Hosted by Woody, each episode explores the beauty, chaos and truth of how we live, love and create in today’s world.

Got thoughts? Join the conversation on Instagram @wednesdaywithwoody or drop a voice note in the comments. Your story might spark our next episode.

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Trigger warning: This episode contains discussion of sexual abuse, trauma and the experiences of male survivors. Listener discretion is advised.

In this episode of Wednesday with Woody, we explore one of the hardest conversations to have in public life: male sexual abuse. We look at the myths that keep men silent, from the idea of the “gay predator” to the culture of disbelief and shame that surrounds survivors. Blending research, empathy and honest reflection, this episode asks what it means for masculinity, healing and community when men are finally allowed to speak.

Wednesday with Woody is your midweek dive into modern life. Where storytelling, culture, and unfiltered self-expression meet. Hosted by Woody, each episode unpacks the mess, magic, and meaning behind how we live, love, create, and connect in a chaotic world. From identity to intimacy, trends to truth, nothing’s off-limits, and every conversation is grounded in curiosity, care, and creative energy.

Got thoughts? Slide into iamwoodywoods (on all social media platforms) or drop your voice in the comments. Your hot take might shape our next episode.

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Johannesburg Pride 2025 shimmered with sequins, contradictions, and truth. In this episode of Wednesday with Woody, we dive into the messy magic of being Purely, Queerly, African, a theme that reclaims queerness on African soil. From rainbow-washing debates and corporate floats to the deeper fight for authenticity and belonging, Woody unpacks what visibility really costs and why Pride, even when imperfect, still matters. Funny, reflective, and defiantly heartfelt, this is an anthem for every queer soul redefining what freedom looks like.

Wednesday with Woody is your midweek dive into modern life. Where storytelling, culture, and unfiltered self-expression meet. Hosted by Woody, each episode unpacks the mess, magic, and meaning behind how we live, love, create, and connect in a chaotic world. From identity to intimacy, trends to truth, nothing’s off-limits, and every conversation is grounded in curiosity, care, and creative energy.

Got thoughts? Slide into @iamwoodywoods (on all social media platforms) or drop your voice in the comments. Your hot take might shape our next episode.

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This week on Wednesday with Woody, we’re diving into the weirdly quiet chaos of 2025 - the year that forgot to slay. From failed 75 Hard challenges to collective burnout, Woody reflects on why everything feels paused, what it means to wait gracefully, and how to find meaning in the in-between. With humour, honesty, and just the right amount of delusion, this episode is your permission slip to breathe, laugh, and stop forcing the glow-up. Because maybe slow isn’t failure, it’s the prelude to becoming.

Wednesday with Woody is your midweek dive into modern life. Where storytelling, culture, and unfiltered self-expression meet. Hosted by Woody, each episode unpacks the mess, magic, and meaning behind how we live, love, create, and connect in a chaotic world. From identity to intimacy, trends to truth, nothing’s off-limits, and every conversation is grounded in curiosity, care, and creative energy.

Got thoughts? Slide into @iamwoodywoods (on all social media platforms) or drop your voice in the comments. Your hot take might shape our next episode.

This week on Wednesday with Woody, we’re calling out one of the oldest myths in the book, that sexuality is a choice. From childhood crushes and pencil thieves to Elon’s Netflix meltdown, we’re unpacking what it really means to discover who you are (and why it was never up for debate in the first place).

Wednesday with Woody is your midweek dive into modern life. Where storytelling, culture, and unfiltered self-expression meet. Hosted by Woody, each episode unpacks the mess, magic, and meaning behind how we live, love, create, and connect in a chaotic world. From identity to intimacy, trends to truth, nothing’s off-limits, and every conversation is grounded in curiosity, care, and creative energy. 

Got thoughts? Slide into @iamwoodywoods (on all social media platforms) or drop your voice in the comments. Your hot take might shape our next episode.

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This week on Wednesday with Woody, we’re going there. Grindr. Scruff. Tinder. The apps we love to hate and hate to love. But what if they’re more than just hookup tools? What if, for some, they’re the only gateway to queer connection?

In this episode, we get real about the digital disconnect so many gay men feel in an online-first world. From swipe culture and ghosting fatigue to the racial and body hierarchies baked into gay dating apps, we unpack the deeper question: Are we trading community for convenience?

With insights, stats, and storytelling, we look at how apps became a crutch and how queer folks are reimagining connection IRL, from queer soccer leagues to drag brunches and group chats that feel like family.

Whether you’re app-free, app-fatigued, or still swiping in the hopes of something real, this one’s for you.

Because maybe the future of queer connection starts with logging off and saying hello.

Wednesday with Woody is your midweek dive into modern life. Where storytelling, culture, and unfiltered self-expression meet. Hosted by Woody, each episode unpacks the mess, magic, and meaning behind how we live, love, create, and connect in a chaotic world. From identity to intimacy, trends to truth, nothing’s off-limits, and every conversation is grounded in curiosity, care, and creative energy.

Got thoughts? Slide into @iamwoodywoods (on all social media platforms) or drop your voice in the comments. Your hot take might shape our next episode.

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What does it mean to love across race in a world still unlearning racism? In this unfiltered episode, Woody unpacks the joys and complexities of interracial dating, from Instagram fantasy to real-life friction.

Drawing from his own marriage, South African history, and global queer culture, Woody dives into everything from fetishization and family dynamics to sexual racism, power, and preference. Whether you’re in an interracial relationship or just curious, this episode offers sharp insight, deep honesty, and a reminder that love is never just black and white.

Because when two people choose each other across colour lines, it’s more than just love, it’s liberation.

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This week on Wednesday with Woody, we’re pulling back the glitter curtain on Pride season.
When brands swap their logos for rainbows and roll out queer merch, is it real support? Or just rainbow capitalism in a fresh font?

In Pinkwashed: The Price of Pride, we unpack the $3.9 trillion power of pink money, the rise of performative allyship, and what real support actually looks like. From Stonewall to Sandton, from corporate floats to consumer power, we’re asking: who’s cashing in, and who’s showing up?

Wednesday with Woody is your midweek dive into modern life. Where storytelling, culture, and unfiltered self-expression meet. Hosted by Woody, each episode unpacks the mess, magic, and meaning behind how we live, love, create, and connect in a chaotic world. From identity to intimacy, trends to truth, nothing’s off-limits, and every conversation is grounded in curiosity, care, and creative energy.Got thoughts? Slide into @iamwoodywoods (on all social media platforms) or drop your voice in the comments. Your hot take might shape our next episode.

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This week on Wednesday with Woody, we’re talking boy problems. But not the kind you can text your bestie about. We're unpacking modern masculinity: what it’s doing to men, how it’s shaping boys, and why loneliness has become an epidemic nobody wants to name.

We get into toxic masculinity, emotional starvation, queer softness, blended brotherhoods, and the quiet grief of men who were never given permission to feel.

Wednesday with Woody is your midweek dive into identity, culture, and big emotions. Where storytelling meets self-reflection and nothing is off-limits. Hosted by Woody, it’s part therapy, part chaos, and fully human.