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
The film Twinless opens in theaters September 5th. John and Jim give us their advance reviews! Get your tickets here: https://www.fandango.com/twinless-2025-241636/movie-overview Plus, Minneapolis Musical Theatre’s concert production of Anyone Can Whistle runs September 5th – 14th at the Conn Theatre. Tickets and more info: https://www.aboutmmt.org/2025-26-season/
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Nia Bentall is the Senior Director of Mobilization & Partnerships at Vote Forward. Vote Forward is a pro-democracy nonprofit committed to supporting voter participation. Since launching in 2017, Vote Forward has organized 285,000 volunteers to write more than 40 million letters to voters to get them to the polls. We talk about the successes and…
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John Parker and Jim Pounds host today and provide updates on a mass shooting at a Minneapolis church. Plus Jake Wittich, Managing Editor for Windy City Times provides us with LGBTQ news from Chicago and the midwest.
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Harvard has cut positions designed to support LGBTQ students. Surprising legal victories for the LGBTQ community in Kenya and Czech Republic. A judge rules that Pennsylvania can’t throw out mail ballots. And one area of Republican resistance to Trump is happening in the Senate.
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Ron DeSantis just erased a memorial to the victims of the Pulse Nightclub shooting. Liberal think tank Third Way issues their own Don’t Say Gay memo. HHS cancels $12 million sex-ed grant after California refuses to eliminate gender identity lessons. Not to be out done: the Supreme Court just set back health research a generation.
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Crime Ink: Iconic (An Anthology of Crime Fiction Inspired by Famous Queer Icons), is a new anthology of crime fiction and it comes out September 2nd. Its co-editor (John Copenhaver) and one of its contributing authors (Anne Laughlin) join us! Plus, Jim and John review the films Spark and Perfect Endings. Purchase your copy of…
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John is joined by exectuve producer Jim Pounds, Jalisa McKee of Native Roots Radio and Trading Post, and other special guests.
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Freda Ndidi Epum joins us to discuss her memoir: The Gloomy Girl Variety Show: A Memoir. Merging memoir, poetry, and criticism, this radical literary revue traces a first-generation Nigerian American’s search for home and belonging on her own terms. Purchase your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9781558613102. Connect with Freda here: http://www.fredaepum.com. Plus, anti-LGBTQ protestors used the threat…
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Tammye Nash, Managing Editor of the Dallas Voice returns with new reporting on what’s happening in Texas with the proposed maps and Democratic boycott. Plus, a federal judge struck down Florida’s book ban law. Finally. But Trump has already implemented 69% of Project 2025. We’ll break down what it means and lawsuits challenging these actions.…
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We bring you our in-depth reporting from Iceland’s 2025 PRIDE week! See below for links. Key Reykjavik Pride links: 1) hinsegindagar.is/en/ 2) https://dunda.is 3) instagram.com/pottery.by.jane/ 4) instagram.com/brst.art In other news, Arkansas is trying to ban haircuts for trans people. Yes, really. And the state of Georgia is forcing incarcerated people to de-transition.
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