The Gaily Show

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
The Gaily Show

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

MN Police Chiefs Speak Out on ICE. LBGTQ progress backslides under Trump

Police Chiefs in Minnesota held a press conference today to express their concerns and frustrations with ICE tactics. Students and educators also held a press conference today urging Minnesotans to participate in this Friday’s Day of Truth and Freedom. Plus we look at data from HRC’s annual LGBTQ community survey. Progress for the LGBTQ community…

The Gaily Show – January 19, 2026

The ACLU has launched a new lawsuit against the Trump administration. Plus, 100+ clergy have demanded a meeting with Target Corporation – who has been conspicuously quiet about what’s happening in Minneapolis. The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S. Watch us on YouTube daily at 2pm.…

Community Resilience Against ICE and Allison Vincent on Directing Woosh

John Parker takes you to the front lines of the Twin Cities’ response to “Operation Metro Surge,” featuring on-the-ground interviews from a community gathering with State Senator Scott Dibble and leaders from the ACLU and Transforming Families. We dig into how Minnesotans are organizing to support neighbors facing ICE deployments and highlight new mentorship programs…

Unpack This For Me with Beans Velocci

Beans Velocci joins John to discuss their new book Sex Isn’t Real: The Invention of an Incoherent Binary (Duke University Press, 2026), looks at how sex emerged as a privileged way of sorting bodies not despite but because of its incoherence. Rather than focus on those whom scientists and medical doctors cast out of male…

Jake Wittich Is Back, Plus Another Update From DC

Brianne Brinker reports from DC, plus the latest on the assault against Minneapolis

The latest on ICE invasion of Minnesota

Updates on ICE’s invasion of Minneapolis. We review what local officials are saying, plus where ICE has been conducting their raids. We also talk about what to do if you encounter ICE. Specifics from the American Civil Liberties Union can be found here: https://www.aclu.org/know-your-rights/immigrants-rights  In the second half hour, Robert Mgrdich Apelian joins us to…

New Book: A Black Queer History of the United States

In this week’s Unpack This For Me episode, the authors of the upcoming book A Black Queer History of the United States join me to unpack their landmark book tracing the lives of LGBTQ+ Black Americans. It comes out on January 20th! Pre-order your copy here: https://bookshop.org/a/82376/9780807008553 Dr. C. Riley Snorton is a professor of…

The Gaily Show – January 8, 2026

John continues coverage of the killing of Renee Good by ICE agents.

ICE Kills a Protester in Minneapolis; Joe Reberkenny of the Washington Blade

The first half of today’s show focuses on the breaking news coverage of ICE shooting and killing a woman in south Minneapolis. For the second half of the show, Joe Reberkenny of the Washington Blade returns with his analysis. The Gaily Show is the only daily LGBTQ radio news and talk show in the U.S.…