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Everything & Anything...and a bit gay Podcast

Zach Randles-Friedman

Queer-hosted and unapologetically curious. We cover everything and anything — and yes, it"s a bit gay.

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00:52:07

Ep. 274: Furry Fandom Explained: An Israeli Combat...

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2026/07/27

Title: Inside the Furry Fandom: A Veteran's Journey Through Fursonas, Community & HealingEpisode Summary: This week on Everything & Anything…and a Bit Gay, Zach sits down with Mika (Mikadothebusky25), a content creator and proud member of the furry fandom, for a conversation that goes far beyond the stereotypes. Mika breaks down what the furry community actually is, how fursonas are created, and why the fandom has become a comfort space for people navigating identity, gender expression, and mental

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00:59:11

Ep. 273: 9/11 Hero's Hidden Story: HIV, Survival Sex...

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2026/07/26

Author Neil Adams joins the show to talk about his memoir chronicling the extraordinary life of his late best friend, Michael Dorian — a veterinary technician who talked his way past the barricades on 9/11 to help exhausted firefighters at Ground Zero, despite having no medical credentials and living with HIV.Neil traces Michael's story from a chaotic childhood in the Bronx, through an HIV diagnosis at 16, to the found-family relationship that helped him finish school and rebuild his life. They

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00:26:48

Ep. 272: The Friend Who Knows Everyone, Lies About...

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2026/07/24

It's Friday, and that means it's The Gay Bit — where Zach makes sure the week ends as gay as possible.This week, Zach takes us on a tour of a very specific type of friend: the one who knows every owner, attended every opening, and has somehow been to every event before you even finish your sentence. You know the type. Zach does too — and he's got receipts. He also flashes back to a wild chapter from his Chase Manhattan Bank days, featuring a coworker who claimed she dumped LL Cool J because he got

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01:16:36

Ep. 271: Surviving Cancer Sucks — But So Does...

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2026/07/23

What happens after the cancer is gone? For actor, filmmaker, author, and cancer survivor Edward Miskie, the answer is: the hardest part. In this raw, deeply honest, and at times hilarious conversation, Edward joins Zach to talk about being diagnosed with lymphoma at 24 while performing in Hairspray in Reno, Nevada — a tumor the size of a grapefruit growing under his arm, costumes being let out to fit around it — and what came after surviving the unsurvivable. Edward pulls zero punches. He talks

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00:23:27

Ep. 270: Why Gay People Have Attitude — And We've...

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2026/07/21

Gay people have attitude. It's a stereotype — and it's also true. But the question was never why are gay people bitchy? The real question is: what did the world do to create that? In this episode of This Is Everything, Zach gets personal about the armor that LGBTQ+ people build just to survive — the thick skin, the shade, the sharp wit, the hypervigilance about who's safe in the room. It's not a personality flaw. It's scar tissue. From six months of silence in his childhood home after coming out to

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01:26:36

Ep. 269: Chaz Dean on WEN, Celebrity Clients, Giving...

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2026/07/20

One of the most recognizable names in beauty joins us for a deeply personal, wide-ranging conversation. Chaz Dean — the creator of WEN Cleansing Conditioner, with over 100 million bottles sold — sits down with Zach to talk about far more than hair. This is a conversation about following your instincts, building a legacy on your own terms, the chosen family that shapes you, and why giving back isn't something you do when you can afford it — it's something you do with whatever you have. Chaz shares

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01:00:25

Ep. 268: Kink, Leather Culture & Sexual Authenticity...

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2026/07/19

Kink, Leather Culture & Sexual Authenticity with The Kink Collective What does it really mean to know who you are — and to be brave enough to live it? In this episode of Everything & Anything…and a Bit Gay, Zach sits down with three remarkable people: Cat, Joshua, and Natalie, co-founders and members of the Kink Collective, an organization built on a single radical idea: people before kink. The Kink Collective isn't about teaching people what to do in the bedroom. It's about helping people find the

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00:38:36

Ep. 267: From Colombia to Netflix: Model, Actress &...

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2026/07/18

This week on Everything & Anything…and a Bit Gay, Zach sits down with Colombian actress, model, and former beauty queen Elisa — a woman who has done it all. From winning pageants in Barranquilla (the city that gave the world Shakira and Sofia Vergara), to earning a law degree she never used, to walking runways in Miami and eventually landing roles on Netflix and Starz's Black Mafia Family, Elisa's journey is one of grit, glamour, and genuine heart. In this conversation, Elisa opens up about growing

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00:24:29

Ep. 266: Is Your Gaydar Broken? Gay Face, Bears,...

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2026/07/17

Is your gaydar working — or is it completely broken? In this week's Gay Bit, Zach Randles-Friedman gets into one of the most timeless (and hilariously relatable) topics in gay culture: how do you actually spot a gay man in the wild? It all started at a bar when a guy walked in and Zach's friend called "straight" — but was he? Zach breaks down the unscientific but very real phenomenon of "gay face," the rise of the metrosexual, gender-neutral fashion, and why the current generation of guys has

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00:58:50

Ep. 265: From Trad Wife to TikTok Truth-Teller: Hope...

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2026/07/16

She married a man she didn't love because a prophet told her to. She buried her firstborn daughter. She taught abstinence-only education in Ohio while quietly asking questions no one wanted to answer. And now, Hope With Holly has 750,000 followers across platforms — and she's burning down every lie she was handed. In this raw, funny, and deeply moving conversation, Zach sits down with Holly, a former Liberty University-educated pastor, trad wife, and Christian nationalist who spent years inside one

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00:33:26

Ep. 263: My Gay Journey: From JCPenney Catalogs to...

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2026/07/14

Every gay man has a journey. In this deeply personal episode of This Is Everything, Zach gets real — maybe more real than ever — about the phases of his own gay life, from confused seventh-grader sneaking looks at the JCPenney catalog to fully out, proudly gay podcaster in his 50s. Zach walks through the stages so many LGBTQ+ people will recognize: the denial phase, the "maybe I'm bi" phase, the club kid reinvention, the slow process of finding yourself, and finally — the unapologetically out phase

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00:48:50

Ep.262: Clayborne Elder on Gilded Age, Little Shop of...

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2026/07/13

Actor, Broadway star, and cabaret performer Clayborne Elder sits down with Zach for one of the most anticipated interviews in Everything & Anything…and a Bit Gay history — and yes, Clay was literally on Zach's top five wish list. Clay opens up about playing John Adams on HBO's The Gilded Age, what it felt like when his character was written off the show, and the bittersweet experience of saying goodbye to a cast he describes as feeling like a theater family. He talks about the deliberate choice to

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00:59:43

Ep. 262: What Happens After You Die? 23 Years of...

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2026/07/12

What actually happens when we die — and is there real evidence for it? Researcher and author Brendan Murphy has spent 23 years studying near-death experiences, reincarnation, consciousness, and the nature of reality. In this conversation, we go deep — from NDE case studies that defy every materialist explanation, to how reincarnation actually works across different layers of consciousness, to what simulation theory gets right (and wrong), to why who you are psychologically may determine everything

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00:24:30

Ep. 261: The Gay Bit: Tank Tops, Drag Race & Things...

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2026/07/10

It's Friday, which means it's time for The Gay Bit — and this week, Zach is doing a full-on opinion dump on the things he absolutely cannot stand. If your podcast week wasn't gay enough, buckle up. Zach kicks things off with his deeply held conviction that tank tops are the enemy of civilization. Sweaty underarms, deodorant balls, and terrible fit — he's making the case that the world would be a better place without them. (Yes, even on hot guys at the gym.) From there, he shares the surprisingly

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00:29:43

Ep. 260: Gay Loneliness Is Real — And Nobody's...

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2026/07/09

Are gay men lonelier than ever — and why won't anyone admit it? In this week's This Is Everything, Zach gets brutally honest about the loneliness epidemic hitting the LGBTQ+ community, the apps that promise connection and deliver bots, the "shit friends" we finally stop tolerating after 50, and why cutting toxic people out of your life might be making you lonelier even when it's the right call. From a $500 phone bill in a fourth-floor walkup in New York City in 1998 to becoming the self-proclaimed

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00:47:01

Ep. 259: Jordan Rainer on Coming Out Late, The Voice,...

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2026/07/07

Jordan Rainer — country singer, preacher's daughter, and four-chair-turn phenomenon from Season 26 of The Voice — joins Zach for one of the most honest conversations you'll hear about coming out late in life, leaving religion behind, and reclaiming your identity through music. Jordan opens up about growing up in a Southern Baptist household in Altus, Oklahoma, where who she really was "was not safe, not talked about, and hated." She didn't plan to come out — until a phone call with her dad changed

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00:46:48

Ep. 258: Nic Dantes on Law & Order, Being Gay in...

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2026/07/06

Nic Dantes is a New York-based actor, singer, dancer, and songwriter with an IMDB page, a growing social following, and a talent pool deep enough to make anyone feel like an underachiever. In this episode of Everything & Anything…and a Bit Gay, Zach sits down with Nic for a wide-ranging conversation about building a career in entertainment as an openly gay man — from his childhood auditions for kids' TV to a guest spot on one of the most iconic crime dramas in television history. Nic shares what it

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00:33:17

Ep. 257: San Francisco in the 70s, Harvey Milk &...

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2026/07/05

What was it like to be gay in San Francisco in the 1970s — when the city was wide open, Harvey Milk was your neighbor, and an entire community was inventing what it meant to be queer? Chuck Forrester lived it. He came out at 28, moved from Wisconsin to the Castro, and found himself in the middle of one of the most extraordinary moments in LGBTQ+ history — one that would soon be transformed forever by the AIDS crisis. In this episode, Chuck shares what it felt like to finally be free, what we lost in

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00:22:29

Ep. 256: The Gay Bit: Take 13 - Madonna's New Album...

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2026/07/03

Madonna is BACK — and she's never been better. On this week's Gay Bit, host Zach Randles-Friedman celebrates the release of Confessions on a Dance Floor 2, Madonna's highly anticipated new album dropping just before the Fourth of July weekend. Zach shares his lifelong love affair with Madonna — from hearing her songs as a fifth-grade safety patrol in Miami, to plastering every inch of his bedroom with posters from Spencer Gifts and Teen Beat, to paying $1,500 a ticket to see her live. He talks about

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01:01:47

Ep. 255: Spiritual Counselor Laura Hoorweg on Life...

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2026/07/02

What happens when we die? Can our loved ones really reach us from the other side? Spiritual counselor and intuitive coach Laura Hoorweg joins Zach for a wide-ranging, mind-expanding conversation about life after death, mediumship, soul families, and what it truly means to evolve as a soul. Laura shares her extraordinary out-of-body experience at 15 that changed everything she believed about life and death — plus the car accident she believes was prevented by an actual angel. She breaks down the

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