Near and Queer to My Heart

Join us for our second international episode featuring podcast host and stand-up comedian Lauren Deborah! Lauren tells us about moving halfway across the world, running a comedy club, and the reason …

Our first international episode! We are joined by writer, actress, stand up comedian Maxine Grossman coming to us from Toronto! Maxine tells us how to speak in a Canadian accent, how stand up changed…

We talk with former pro wrestler and current comedian, fitness model, screenwriter, and actress Denise Winkelman! Denise tells us about her many different journeys - from being raised in northern, no…

In this episode we talk with actress, writer, and filmmaker Giovannie Espiritu about escaping a cult, making it in the business, and figuring out who you are!

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Our latest episode features pansexual performer Lisa Laureta. Lisa does it all! She does stand-up, voiceovers, animation, characters, and so much more. Lisa tells us about naked comedy (yes it is a t…

We are back with our newest episode featuring queer indie filmmaker and podcaster Bri Castellini. We talk with Bri about her upcoming move to Los Angeles, her journey to coming out as bi-sexual and a…

Our first ever crossover episode! We have joined forces with the Southern Queeries podcast to bring you one of their episodes. They are a podcast dedicated to LGBTQ+ stories in the South and are phen…

For our first episode of 2021 we bring you Nashville's finest audio engineer Mikayla Elias! Mikayla shares with us coming out as pansexual, how to talk to Republican relatives (if you must!) and crea…

We had such a blast talking with stand-up comedian Sarah Kennedy! She tells us about squatting in a NYC apartment building, a dating app called Datch, and so much more! Sarah Kennedy has been feature…

We are so honored to have filmmaker, actress, writer, advocate and phenomenal human being Ella Lentini join us. Ella discusses queer representation in media, her coming out journey, making films in t…

The world lost an amazing soul when we lost Lisa Michaels and we are honored to have met her and spoken with her. Lisa was a comedian, storyteller, musician, singer, and overall amazing human being a…

Join us as we speak with comic and writer Janet Quinonez. Based in LA, Janet tells us about the importance of Latinx and Bisexual representation, her coming out journey, how she stays sane during qua…

Destiny meets podcast! The universe kept bringing artist Joan Cox into our orbit and we knew we had to interview her! Join us as Joan shares how she found her purpose as an artist, how she goes for h…

Join us as we talk to the amazing, fabulous Precious Ephemera about yoga, the magic of New Orleans, and so much more!

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Join us as we talk with Madison based stand-up comedian Dina Nina Martinez! She tells us about her path to her own spirituality, moving around the country and how she stays positive all the freaking …

This episode we talk with New Orleans musician Joy Clark! Joy tells us about a recent road trip, growing up with not one but two parents who are ministers and her dream of owning a horse! Stay tuned …

In this episode we talk with storyteller, musician and artist KD Burton! Join us as KD tells us about staying creative and healthy during quarantine, her love for New Orleans and her days in a colleg…

Join us as we talk to New York based stand-up comedian Veronica Garza! We nerd out about the future of comedy, staying creative, and finding acceptance in the most unexpected places!

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Recorded during quarantine, we talk with drag, burlesque, and puplesque performer Nicki Nicolai! Nicki tells us about growing up in a village (yes a village!), how to deal with bullies, and how to ke…

In our first post-COVID recorded episode we talk with the phenomenal drag king and storyteller Nathan Lane Bryant! Nathan teaches us how to say Boise (Boy-see) as we discuss staying in a creative hea…