New Orleans is a city in a swamp—a city, some argue, that should have never been built. So how did it become one of America’s most important sites in the 1800s, and a critical battleground in the American Civil War? This week, to mark the new season of Queer Eye, we’re exploring New Orleans history with Dr. Kathryn Olivarius in a special two-part episode. To ... Show More
Mar 30
Excellence v. Perfection, GLP-1 Spelling Bee, JVN’s Memory Hack
This week: we’re talking about CATS: The Jellicle Ball, weddings, maiden name lore, striving for excellence (not perfection), GLP-1 Spelling Bee, Alexia Moore’s arrest, sleep for memory, the North Atlantic current, and Broadway bootlegs. Get tix to the Hot & Healed Comedy Tour he ... Show More
29m 25s
Mar 25
Dylan Mulvaney | Turning Your Worst Days Into Your Greatest Strength
Show them you can THRIVE. Hey Better Babes! It’s my birthday week, and I’m sitting down with my of my BEST friends in the whole wide world - Dylan Mulvaney! Dylan opens up about thriving under pressure, Broadway’s SIX, and navigating fame, criticism, and identity in the public ey ... Show More
46m 6s
Dec 2020
Author Connor Towne O’Neill On the Battle to Shape History
<p>On today’s episode, Ryan talks to a fellow Southern transplant, writer Conor Towne O’Neill. They nerd out over their mutual fascination with the ghosts of American history that linger in the South, and how their presence looms in the Confederate monuments that even now, uncons ... Show More
1h 12m
Apr 2021
Marianne Williamson on a New Revolution
Marianne Williamson is an internationally acclaimed author and lecturer. For the last 35 years, Marianne has been one of America’s most known public voices having been a popular guest on television programs such as Oprah, Larry King Live, Bill Maher, and many others. She was also ... Show More
48m 45s
Apr 2023
Episode 183: How Atlanta Became a Southern Hub For Vice
<p>Although the Southern United States is often seen as a bastion for conservative sexual values, it has a very deep and rich sexual history worth exploring, especially when you consider a city like Atlanta. Often described as “the strip club capital of America,” Atlanta has long ... Show More
29m 34s
May 2024
US vs. Bleach Blonde Bad Built Butch Body
Black women are under attack—from eyelashes in Congress, to venture funds for Black businesses. This week’s episode is a recording of Native Land Pod’s first LIVE audience show! Hosts Angela Rye, Tiffany Cross, and Andrew Gillum paid a visit to the women’s global leadership summ ... Show More
1h 3m
Nov 2022
ATG 101: How to *literally* make the world a brighter place: My conversation with Becca Stevens
<p>If you’ve been following me for a while, you’ve probably seen that around this time of year, I always talk about an amazing organization called Thistle Farms, a nonprofit organization dedicated to serving women survivors of abuse, trafficking, and addiction.<br/><br/>I’m thril ... Show More
47m 48s
<p>Ryan speaks with Heather Cox Richardson about her new book <a href="https://geni.us/Unrd" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><em>Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America</em></a>, her mission to deliver history as a way of promoting human connection, changing ... Show More
