StraightioLab

On this groundbreaking episode of StraightioLab, Natalie Rotter-Laitman joins Sam and George to explore the penis straw and how best to engage with bachelorette culture. Plus, George pitches a historical fiction film that was greenlit in the room, Sam invents a new style of gay bar, and Natalie uses her humanities background to make sense of the raw data surrounding the pop star P!nk. Thank god for the humanities!!    See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

When Sam is away, the girlies will... talk about their own mortality! While Sam is M.I.A. for shocking reasons that are revealed on air, our first ever guest co-host Ayo Edebiri joins George to ask some difficult questions. Is "being random" liberal or conservative? Are intergenerational friendships the key to a happy life? Why are funerals so sad? Is Ayo's Greek fetish problematic? And finally: ARE we okay? Don't ask questions you don't want the answers to... Let's just say THAT. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week the boys finally address one of the pillars of straight culture with genius guest Grace Freud. Grace breaks down her experience in the military training camp, designer popcorn MLM, and glamping cult known as “The Scouts,” and we ask the question on everyone’s mind: Must we accept being oppressed in order to go on little trips? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on StraightioLab, Sam and George are joined by former Bostonista Kenice Mobley to bring the fashion industry to its knees. We discuss Ann Taylor as a fear-based clothing option, then we look at it as a feminist source of empowerment, and then one more time as an embodiment of the upper middle class. And we once and for all figure out the difference between New York and LA. About time!!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today on the boutique podcast StraightioLab, Sam and George welcome investment banker Benito Skinner on to dive into the wonderful world of entreprenuership. This episode opens up a whole marketplace of ideas with thoughts like...is business drag? Should twinks be doctors? And are we a gay podcast or a living critique of the concept of gay podcasts? Only God knows!!See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

She's finally here, boys! Intellectual powerhouse Sarah Squirm joins Sam and George to unpack the cultural legacy of the subversive feminist art project known as the Jackass franchise. Gender politics, self-harm, trigger warnings, the failures of television criticism, the field of linguistics... it is ALL addressed. This episode is the podcast equivalent of jumping off a bridge into alligator-infested waters while your boys look on. For your own safety, do NOT try this at home. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On today's episode, Sam and George get into their backlash era with girlie turned grown woman Rachel Sennott. No one leaves unjokerfied as they get into what merch their families have, whether lies are still a relevant form of humor, and why your internal goth teen will always shine through in family photos. When you listen to this ep? You're family to us. And we SHOULD have matching tees. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Well, there's no way around it: It's time for our bi-annual call-in show where we earnestly answer your listener questions for two increasingly caffeinated hours. Happy New Year from our family to yours! See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The New Year's spirit is so powerful, so undeniable, that Sam and George can't help but be sincere as they talk about self-improvement with Shalewa Sharpe in today's ep. Bad moods? We're leaving them in the past. You think you're Jeremy Strong? Wrong. You're Katy Perry. Valid criticisms? Not on our watch. Listen and learn!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In an episode that industry analysts are calling the "crossover event of the millennium," Who? Weekly's Lindsey Weber joins the boys to talk about a little show/franchise/immersive endurance art project called Sex and the City. Fresh (and still raw) from watching the first episodes of "And Just Like That," we break down Carrie Bradshaw's post-Covid New York, the show's groundbreaking "politically confused podcaster" representation courtesy of Tony Award winner Sara Ramirez, and Brady Hobbes having to carry the entire "Sex" part of the title on his horny little back. So raise your cosmos and hit that play button ladies, because over here at StraightioLab HQ, there is always one more story to tell. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.