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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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00:41:28

Ep. 234: The Hyphenated Life: Dr. Han on...

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2026/06/04

Episode Title: The Hyphenated Life — Dr. Han on Intersectional Identity, Queer Mental Health, and Surviving the In-BetweenGuest: Dr. Han (drhanren.com) Zach sits down with Dr. Han — psychologist, author, and TikTok creator — who specializes in liberation psychology and anti-oppressive care for children of immigrants, queer people, and Asian Americans. Dr. Han grew up as a 1.5 generation immigrant, born in China and raised in Michigan, and came to her queerness later in life. That lived experience

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00:22:39

Ep. 233: David Archuleta on Faith, Coming Out &...

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2026/06/03

Everything & Anything…and a Bit Gay David Archuleta: Devout, Coming Out, and Owning Your Sexual HealthZach sits down with David Archuleta — the beloved American Idol runner-up, recording artist, and now New York Times bestselling author — for a conversation that is equal parts honest, hopeful, and necessary. David opens up about his debut memoir Devout, the immediate bestseller that explores what it means to grow up queer inside the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, why he left the

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00:43:23

Ep. 232: Kevin James Thornton on Big Baby, Coming Out...

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2026/06/02

Episode Title: Kevin James Thornton on Big Baby, Coming Out Late & Finding Fame at 50 Episode Summary: Zach sits down with Kevin James Thornton — author, comedian, musician, and TikTok sensation — for a candid, warm, and hilarious conversation about his upcoming memoir Big Baby, out June 2, 2026. From growing up in Indiana and getting swept into a church youth group to spending two decades chasing a record deal in Nashville, Kevin's life story is equal parts heartbreaking and absurdly funny. He and

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00:22:27

Ep. 231: This is Everything - Pride Month Special

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2026/06/01

Episode Summary It's Pride Month, and Zach is getting into all of it — the joy, the history, the politics, and the very real threats facing the LGBTQ+ community in 2026. This isn't just a celebration episode; it's a call to remember why Pride exists in the first place. In This Episode The magic of NYC Pride and what makes it unlike anything else Why Pride started — the Stonewall riots, Marsha P. Johnson, Sylvia Rivera, and the raw resistance that launched a movement Why Pride still matters: 650+

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01:11:41

Ep. 230: From Small-Town Connecticut to over 200K...

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2026/05/31

Episode Title: From Small-Town Connecticut to 200K Followers — Spencer Thomas Gets Bit Gay Episode Summary: Spencer Thomas is a 23-year-old NYC-based TikTok creator, writer, and author of Goodbye to Boyhood — a self-published collection of short stories about queer identity, solitude, and growing up. He's amassed over 200K followers on TikTok by doing exactly what he set out to do: more gay shit. In this episode, Zach and Spencer go deep on coming out in a conservative Connecticut town, the

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00:22:14

Ep. 229: Boston Gays Are STILL Clique-y & My Wild...

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2026/05/30

Episode Summary: Zach recaps his Memorial Day Weekend trip to Provincetown during Baby Dyke Week — and officially walks back his short-lived "Boston gays aren't so bad" take. Spoiler: they are. In This Episode: The last-minute ferry trip to P-Town with friends from New York and a 3-day Airbnb right on Commercial Street Tea dance at the Boat Slip, strong drinks, gummies, and a lesson Zach apparently keeps having to relearn Boston gays spotted forming impenetrable circles at tea — and why every

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00:30:47

Ep. 228: The Gay Bit: Take 8 - Hookup Apps vs. Real...

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2026/05/29

The Gay Bit | Hookup Apps vs. Real ConnectionIn this week's episode of The Gay Bit, Zach gets into one of the most talked-about (and exhausting) topics in gay culture right now: dating apps and whether they're actually helping anyone find what they're looking for. Zach runs through the full landscape — from the gay-specific apps like Grindr, Scruff, Jacked, Hornet, Growlr, Her, and Sniffies, to mainstream platforms like Tinder, Hinge, Bumble, and OkCupid — and shares his honest (and very funny)

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00:34:06

Ep. 227: From Rio to LA: Brazilian Dancer Dani Ke'lly...

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2026/05/28

Zach sits down with the electric Dani Kelly — Brazilian dancer, entrepreneur, podcast host, and force of nature who traded Rio de Janeiro for Los Angeles over 25 years ago and never looked back.Dani's story starts at age five, watching Bolshoi ballerinas on Brazilian TV and dragging her mom to audition after audition. She trained at one of Brazil's most prestigious ballet schools, mastered everything from jazz to Afro to hip hop — and then at 16, saw her first samba show, and everything

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00:43:46

Ep. 226: He Healed His Body With His Mind — Navy Vet...

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2026/05/27

What if you could heal almost anything — without surgery, without meds — just by mastering your mind? That's exactly what Max Reader did. After leaving the Navy at 22, Max was dealing with a reverse cervical curve, sciatica, narcolepsy, severe depression, an ACL/PCL tear, tinnitus, crippling social anxiety, and an astigmatism so bad he couldn't read words on a page. Doctors said most of it would never change without surgery. He was handed antidepressants and nearly gave up on life entirely. Instead,

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00:44:05

Ep. 225: Night of a Thousand Judys | Justin Elizabeth...

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2026/05/26

Justin Elizabeth Sayer has been called "Oscar Wilde meets Whoopi Goldberg" by legendary columnist Michael Musto — and after this conversation, you'll understand exactly why. A novelist, playwright, television writer, and cabaret performer, Justin brings a depth of queer cultural knowledge that is as entertaining as it is essential.In this episode, Zach and Justin cover: The 14th annual Night of a Thousand Judys at Joe's Pub (June 1st, 7pm) and why it's unlike any other tribute show — performers

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00:31:43

Ep. 224: Boxing, Homosexuality & History: The...

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2026/05/25

Show Notes: Guest: Con Chapman, author and attorney based in the greater Boston area Book: Queer Street: The Curious Connections Between Boxing and the Homoerotic — available for pre-order on Amazon and at lutterworth.com. Publishing April 30. Episode Summary: Con Chapman spent over a decade researching the parallel histories of boxing rules and laws governing consensual sex between men — and the result is Queer Street, a book that took 30+ publisher rejections before landing with Lutterworth Press,

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00:40:52

Ep. 223: The Secret to Skin Glow Starts Inside |...

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2026/05/24

Show Notes:Title: The Skincare Secret You're Missing: Why Glow Starts from the Inside with Francois Vix Episode Summary: Zach sits down with Francois Vix, a veteran of L'Oreal and Johnson & Johnson who spent 18 years leading skincare and dermatology brands around the world — then left it all at 40 to co-found ISOCELL. Francois breaks down the science behind Superoxide Dismutase (SOD), why your internal antioxidant defense is the real driver of skin health, and how his product Glisodin is backed by

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00:51:19

Ep. 222: Psychic Medium Barbra Banner on Spirit...

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2026/05/23

Episode Summary Zach opens with some personal reflection — starting with a story about getting a facial and hearing his husband called exactly that: his husband. It's a small moment that lands big. He also unpacks a news story about a civil engineer suing his employer over a Pride flag, and shares a conversation with a dinner guest who said he didn't "understand" transgender people — and what Zach told him that just might stick. Then, Zach sits down with Barbra Banner, a psychic evidential trance

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00:26:46

Ep. 221: The Gay Bit: Take 7 (Chosen Family)

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2026/05/22

Chosen Family | The Gay Bit Zach opens with a rabbit hole of coming-out videos — and the way they split almost perfectly between parents who said "we love you no matter what" and parents who said "get out." That contrast sent him somewhere deeper: a meditation on chosen family, the strange art of disappearing in rooms where you can't be fully yourself, and the people who have quietly held him together for decades. In this episode: • What those coming-out videos stirred up — joy, heartbreak, and a

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00:32:30

Ep. 220: Top Surgery Changed Everything: A Plastic...

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2026/05/21

Episode Notes:How it started: Dr. Blechman trained at NYU and did a fellowship at MD Anderson Cancer Center, where he focused on breast reconstruction for cancer patients. In 2016, a trans patient came in seeking a mastectomy — and everything shifted. Top surgery isn't one thing: The term is often used to mean chest masculinization, but Dr. Blechman walks through the full range — from complete chest masculinization to gender-affirming radical breast reductions for non-binary patients, to breast

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00:38:06

Ep. 219: Mean Boys, Fentanyl, and the Gay Hierarchy:...

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2026/05/20

This week, Zach sits down with Justin Alexander — writer, director, and producer — for a wide-ranging conversation about his debut feature film Mean Boys and the raw personal experience behind it. Justin shares how growing up as an outsider, being bullied, and looking up to popular jocks in school became the foundation for a story that's part bisexual love triangle, part cautionary tale about fentanyl addiction. He opens up about losing a friend to fentanyl — a friend who didn't even know what he

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00:59:00

Ep. 218: Dance Moms Star Lennon Torres on Social...

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2026/05/19

About Lennon Torres Lennon Torres is a professional dancer, trans activist, and advocate for online safety and social media reform. She is a core voice at the Heat Initiative, an organization fighting to hold Big Tech companies accountable for harms to children and young people. She also writes the Diary of a Palatable Trans Woman on Substack — an honest look at what it's like to navigate spaces that don't fully welcome you while doing work that depends on being in the room.Lennon appeared on Dance

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01:08:56

Ep. 217: Tarot, Signs From the Dead & Past Lives with...

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2026/05/18

Kelly O'Hearn is back, and this one goes deep. One of Zach's all-time favorite guests — and it's easy to hear why. Their conversation flows like two old friends who can't stop finishing each other's thoughts, covering everything from quarters mysteriously appearing after a loved one's passing to the quantum physics of tarot to what it means when a baby's soul comes through during a reading and changes a woman's entire life.In this episode: How Zach took a 6-week tarot class (with the incredible

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00:29:22

Ep. 216: Bisexual, Biracial & Writing His Truth:...

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2026/05/17

In this episode: • Isaac's debut novel Six and a Half Days in the City — what's real vs. fictional • Coming out as bisexual at 17: the notes app, Facebook post, and a very supportive mom • Growing up Native American and Mexican American with a bisexual mother • Why people still deny bisexuality exists — and why Isaac no longer cares • Hookup culture, Grindr, Hinge, and making real friends off dating apps • Being an EMT in pre-med and balancing school, work, and writing • Trauma showing up

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00:13:31

Ep. 215: The Gay Bit: Cliques, Categories & The Truth...

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2026/05/15

The Gay Bit — Cliques, Categories & The Truth About the LGBTQ+ CommunityIn this week's Gay Bit, Zach gets real about something we all see, experience, and — if we're honest — participate in: the silent rules about who belongs where inside the LGBTQ+ community. From twinks and bears to Grindr exclusion lists to fem-on-fem policing to the obsession with masculinity, Zach holds the mirror up to the community he loves — himself very much included — and asks: are we building the inclusive community we

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