The Gaily Show

The Gaily Show

Weekdays 2-3 PM

The Gaily Show
The Gaily Show

The Gaily Show is a daily progressive news and talk show with verifiable facts and progressive analysis that is tailor-made for the queer and allied community. It is one of the only daily shows of its kind in the country! GLAAD Media Award nominees John Parker and Jim Pounds are your hosts for an unapologetic hour-long program talking with leading legislators, authors, journalists, health care providers, radio hosts, researchers, activists, and more. Tune in Monday-Saturday from 2pm - 3pm CST. Or you can watch it on our YouTube channel (@TheGailyShow). Plus, find our episodes everywhere you stream your podcasts. And be sure to check out our companion show, This Queer Book Saved My Life at https://thisqueerbook.com.

Rehearsals for Dying: Digressions on Love and Cancer

It’s Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly and we’re talking with Ariel Gore and her new book: Rehearsals for Dying: Digressions on Love and Cancer. It’s a memoir of gay marriage and a searing critique of the for-profit breast cancer industry. In John’s new essay for A Queer in the Cosmos, John argues we need to rename…

Democrats Generational Change, Hungary’s Anti-Pride Law, and Arkansas’ Haircut Ban

On today’s show John Parker and Jim Pounds debate if Democrats need to push for generational change with their elected leaders. Plus Viktor Orban’s Hungary passes a law outlawing Pride events and Arkansas proposes a bill that would ban gender affirming haircuts.

Windy City Times’ Jake Wittich, New Mexico advances pro-LGBTQ sex ed law and the tolerance “paradox,”

Jake Wittich reporter for the Windy City Times, Chicago’s LGBTQ newspaper joins us to discuss: Chicago Women in Trades suing the feds, Lurie Children’s Hospital pausing gender-affirming care, and the Illinois Community denouncing politicians who are going back on LGBTQ rights . Plus, while other states are removing sex education, New Mexico lawmakers are advancing…

Gavin Newsom is but a symptom of a larger problem, plus re-thinking LGBTQ discrimination

Gavin Newsom caught suppressing pro-LGBTQ legislation is a symptom of Democratic leadership. Plus, a debate on whether or not all LGBTQ discrimination is based solely on gender identity. 

Triassic Parq at Minneapolis Musical Theatre and Max Austin’s “That Is What We Are”

Triassic Parq debuts at Minneapolis Musical Theater March 22. It’s a retelling of that famous dinosaur-themed film, this time seen from the dino’s point of view. Artistic Director Andrew Newmann, Director Kjer Whiting, and actor Max Kile join us. Plus, Max Austin shares his new book That Is What We Are. Tickets and info Triassic…

Writing craft talk: writing queerly

For this week’s Thinking Clearly, Thinking Queerly, Lara Lillibridge joins us to talk about writing craft and what it can mean to write queerly. She is the author of creative fiction and fantasy. Her most recent book The Truth of Unringing Phones came out last year. Lara was the Interviews Editor for Hippocampus Magazine and…

Did MSNBC just make gay history?

Just weeks after MSNBC took a hatchet to their anchors of color, the network made history (in a good way) with the newly named anchors for its show: The Weekend.

SCOTUS going after conversion therapy bans?

The Supreme Court will take up a Colorado case challenging that state’s ban on conversion therapy. And in Texas, a state employee was fired not for misconduct, but because he included his pronouns in his email signature.

Ben Wikler talks WI Supreme Court Race

Chair of the Wisconsin Democratic Party Ben Wikler joins us to break down the Wisconsin Supreme Court race on April 1st. In Arizona, cops are now being called into women’s bathrooms to determine who is and isn’t a woman.

Amy Spalding’s “On Her Terms” and Craig Johnson directs “Proof”

Amy Spalding returns to The Gaily Show with her new queer novel: On Her Terms. Plus, Craig Johnson joins us to discuss as he directs “Proof” at the Gremlin Theatre running March 7-30. Buy On Her Terms: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781496751157 Get tickets to Proof: https://gremlintheatre.org/proof/