StraightioLab

This week, Sam and George are joined by Joe Rumrill and Rachel Pegram, a real-life COUPLE brought together by StraightioLab producers many years ago. Joe and Rachel break down the depraved politics of straight sitcoms and finally get to the bottom of which Jon Favreau is which (and why it doesn't matter). Plus: Sam finally opens up about his Juilliard days, and George tells a twisted story about the intersection of food and tech. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This Pulitzer Prize losing podcast is back with notable Whole Foods customer Julia Claire to talk all about the suburbs (both the sprawl outside of cities and the album by Arcade Fire). Other topics covered include whether silent reflection is good or violent, what it means to look like you play lacrosse, and of course The Three B's (Boston, Basements, and Buttigieg). Also, in an unprecedented attempt to control their lives, George and Sam delete their entire intro and record a new one. Anything is possible...on StraightioLab. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week, George and Sam are joined by genius guest Eudora Peterson to finally get to the bottom of which musicians are good and which ones are bad. Plus, George advocates for an elite children's army to enforce social distancing in parks and Sam makes the point that "it's incredible to dismiss things." And finally, we dare to ask the question on everyone's mind: What *is* PopSugar?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This week on StraightioLab, Brooklyn-based road dog and notorious comic's comic Joe Castle Baker comes on the show to plug all the live shows he is still doing. Other topics covered include sex inside of MMORPG's, whether therapists need to be trained in long-form improv, and the truth behind Joe's semi-secret twitter identity. Also, one technical difficulty shakes this pod to its very core...listen to find out if we can bounce back to pod another day. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Comedian and writer Ayo Edebiri (not High Maintenance) joins Sam and George to talk about her side business underpaying RISD grads to make woke Instagram graphics, the pitfalls of "girlie" culture, and her desire to get experimental dental work to make her teeth look like Venom's. Plus: Which problematic 2007 comedy makes Sam horny? Is actress Sarah Hyland trying to ruin Ayo's career? Listen, subscribe, and review, and don't forget to stream "White Fragility" by Robyn. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sam and George try out a new "mellow" tone as wise guest Jes Tom joins them to imagine a brighter future for the LGBTQ community--or at least a slightly different one. Plus: What happens to babies to turn them into white gay men? Is it a coincidence that Hillary Rodham Clinton has the same initials as the Human Rights Campaign? Is peeing in a river in Amsterdam the final step to queer liberation? These are conversations we NEED to have.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Superstar guest Bowen Yang joins Sam and George to dish about the punk-rock roots of the banking industry, how horseshoe theory can explain Gwen Stefani's career trajectory, and why lakes are the straightest bodies of water. Plus: We finally rank the three defining cultural products of our sad, irredeemable era: Harry Potter, Hamilton, and Queer Eye. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

No new episode this week. In the meantime: 1. Here is a very helpful list of resources for those protesting police brutality as well as funds/orgs around the country to donate to: https://docs.google.com/document/u/1/d/1CjZMORRVuv-I-qo4B0YfmOTqIOa3GUS207t5iuLZmyA/mobilebasic 2. In honor of Pride month, we would also like to add Emergency Release Fund, which raises money to bail trans, queer, and medically vulnerable people out of jail. Donate here: https://secure.actblue.com/donate/emergency-relief-fund-1 3. If you live in New York like us, please visit the Communities United for Police Reform website to learn about #NYCBudgetJustice and the Safer New York Act, which would provide the bare minimum of transparency and accountability in policing: https://www.changethenypd.org/ We'll be back next week. Black Lives Matter. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this self-proclaimed "podcast event of the season", George and Sam welcome comedian and Lady Gaga theorist Amy Zimmer into the lab to talk about Gaga's new era and the general concept of time. As per usual, the conversation remains on topic, only straying momentarily to discuss representation of barn women in tech, the phrase "binch", and Amy's previous time on an early lost episode of the show. Can a chit-chat podcast be told non-linearly? Listen to StraightioLab to find out...See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

On the first QUARANTINE EPISODE of StraightioLab, George and Sam catch up on how lockdown has affected their bodies and minds, while illustrious guest Catherine Cohen goes off about the grotesque practice of monogramming (in which straight people label themselves in order to remember who they are), her past as a Southern Belle, the politics of anal, and the two women haunting our apocalypse dreams: Sally Rooney and Alison Roman. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.