The Gaily Show
Weekdays 2-3 PM
The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the US. GLAAD Media Award nominees John Parker and Jim Pounds host an unapologetic hour with legislators, authors, journalists, organizers, researchers, and more. We feature the following contributors (see graphic below for schedule):
- Tammye Nash, Dallas Voice
- Jake Wittich, Windy City Times
- Joe Reberkenny, Washington Blade
- Dr. Samuel Clowes Huneke, George Mason University
- Ilana Masad, Author & Critic
- TanyaMarck Oviedo and Nick Venegoni, Queer Spirit podcast
Windy City Times has been the award-winning voice of Chicago's LGBTQ+ community since 1985. The Washington Blade has provided award-winning national and international news coverage of the LGBTQ community since 1969. Dallas Voice has been the award-winning voice of the LGBTQ Community in North Texas and beyond since 1983.
Websites: samuelcloweshuneke.com ilanamasad.com thequeerspirit.com/podcast


The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the US. GLAAD Media Award nominees John Parker and Jim Pounds host an unapologetic hour with legislators, authors, journalists, organizers, researchers, and more. We feature the following contributors (see graphic below for schedule): • Tammye Nash, Dallas Voice • Jake Wittich, Windy City Times • Joe Reberkenny, Washington Blade • Dr. Samuel Clowes Huneke, George Mason University • Ilana Masad, Author & Critic • TanyaMarck Oviedo and Nick Venegoni, Queer Spirit podcast Windy City Times has been the award-winning voice of Chicago's LGBTQ+ community since 1985. The Washington Blade has provided award-winning national and international news coverage of the LGBTQ community since 1969. Dallas Voice has been the award-winning voice of the LGBTQ Community in North Texas and beyond since 1983. Websites: samuelcloweshuneke.com ilanamasad.com thequeerspirit.com/podcast
On today’s Gaily Show, guest host Ellie Krug from The Illegal Trans Woman on AM950 fills in for John and Jim in a can’t-miss episode.
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Host John Parker is off today. We are rebroadcasting our episode featuring David Schlosser and Matthew A. Everett from Threshold Theater discussing their upcoming world premiere of Spellbound – which opens April 18! For more information and tickets to Spellbound: https://www.thresholdtheatermpls.com. Then we play back John’s conversation with Tyler Susan Jennings from CTC’s Disney’s Frozen:…
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For this week’s Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly episode, we take a deeper dive into the state of HIV prevention internationally and locally with Ezra McNair, the Advocacy Organizer and Volunteer Manager for the Aliveness Project. We tackle the effects of the Trump administration’s cuts to PREPFAR and USAID and how people can get involved to…
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Joseph Jaafari, Editor in Chief Arizona’s The Lookout’s reporting on the Arizona legislature killing LGBTQ rights bills, LGBTQ Arizonans fleeing the state (and how lawmakers are responding), and AZ’s anti-equity ballot measure. Plus, Becky McNattin and Tara Martini from AM950 Radio’s Feels Out Loud join us to talk about taking care of our mental health…
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Jake Wittich, Managing Editor of the Windy City Times, returns to discuss judicial rulings against Trump, Illinois Governor Pritzker vowing to defend Trans rights, and Chicago’s fight against plans to cut CDC’s HIV prevention funding. Plus, Emma Watts from Minnesota’s new Council on LGBTQIA2S+ Minnesotans (MNQT) joins us to discuss their new initiative – a…
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John and Jim review the TV shows: Hulu’s Mid-Century Modern and Netflix’s Cassandra. Plus, theatre reviews of Minneapolis Musical Theatre’s Triassic Parq and Walking Shadow’s Witch. Tickets and info for Triassic Parq: https://www.aboutmmt.org/triassic-parq/ Tickets and info for Witch: https://www.walkingshadow.org/witch/
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On this week’s Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly episode, attorney Tim Jon Semmerling joins us to share his experiences in GTMO as a gay-American: death-penalty-defense, working with al-Qaeda defendants charged with the crimes of 9/11, and confronting the one of the most powerful institutions in the world — the U.S. Department of Defense. His writing shows…
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Denmark issues travel warning about coming to the US to its trans residents. Meanwhile MAGA Trump’s Project 2025 attacks on gender neutral US passports challenged in court. Plus, the MAGA Project 2025 Trump budget will shutdown the Division of HIV Prevention the CDC.
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Nebraska LGBTQ+ advocates are getting ready for “The Classy-Tacky Ball,” Sundance film festival announces they are a wrap on Utah – the same week Utah bans Pride flags.
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Anne Laughlin joins us to discuss a writer’s life—discussion of networking, volunteering, giving back to the writing community. How do you do it? Why? It’s Trans Day of Visibility, so we’re going to make some facts more visible. Plus, one of the most seismic setbacks against the far-right: A leader who committed crimes was held…
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