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This Podcast encapsulates stories, advice, musings, and everything in between from queer people in the rural south! Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

Jacob Thomas


    • Oct 7, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 1h 4m AVG DURATION
    • 54 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Out in the Woods

    The Reboot

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 7, 2022 25:56


    Your friendly Gayborhood host returns again for the premier of Season 4 with updates about all that has transpired in the past 7 months and a very special rendition of “My Better Self” a song by Tennis, covered by yours truly! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    LGBTQIUPDATE

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 18, 2022 21:33


    Click play and find out! ;) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    The Continuing Evolution of Soren Aldaco

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2022 61:19


    Soren Aldaco is a sociological student who's diving deep into the waters of neuro-divergence and their own queer identity! Hear how Soren found this passion, and how they are totally unafraid to explore their own identity! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Another Large Sweet T

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 11, 2022 107:22


    Your friendly gayborhood host and his friends are at it again! We get real about everything from mental health, daddies vs. grand-daddies, drag, and who's gay in Star Wars! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Gawking Politics with Thomas Jackson Part 2

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 4, 2022 63:54


    In Part 2 we stay political and we come CORRECT! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Gawking Politics with Thomas Jackson Part 1

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 28, 2022 74:46


    In Part 1, we meet Thomas, find out a bit about his life and hop right into political discussion that highlights even more of his evolution! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Good Vibes Only with Zaya

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 21, 2022 55:24


    Podcast Host Zaya and I discuss his experience growing up Queer in the backyard of the Big Easy. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    West Coast Tex Coast with Ryan Casarez

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2022 62:06


    Your friendly Gayborhood Host rings in the new year by interviewing a fellow podcaster and west coast Kween who's living her best life in Lake Dallas, Texas! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Enter the Mindbook 2: The Crime of Being

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 31, 2021 37:37


    A message, no, a feeling brings your Friendly Gayborhood Host back into the depths of his brain. In no time, Jacob finds that there's more to the voices in his head than he thought, and they want to hold him accountable. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Large Sweet T

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2021 113:14


    Your friendly Gayborhood host calls upon five former guests to eat, drink, and be messy! Topics range from Music, to Toxic Relationships, to bedsheets in the first ever LARGE Sweet T! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Thanksgiving Special: A Second Helping with Joe Parsons

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 25, 2021 54:37


    On the second Annual Thanksgiving Special, I get to know Joe and all about his family! Enjoy as we talk about everything from Cranberry Sauce to coming out! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    The Hero's Heroine with Dr. Natalia Rivera

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 12, 2021 53:46


    Coming at you from Division 44, Dr. Natalia Rivera is a military brat turned badass in the field of therapy! She's taken her passion for psychology and turned it into a superpower she uses to help the service people of the US Armed Forces! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    I've Been Everywhere with Johnathan Clouser

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 5, 2021 78:36


    From Texas to New Jersey. From North Carolina, entertainer Johnathan Clouser has been on a journey of geography and identity! Head over to my YouTube channel to hear Johnathan talk about visiting China to meet his first ever boyfriend! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Breaking Hate with Robin McGehee

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2021 55:22


    Robin is a professor, an activist, a wife and a mother. Find out how she went from a closeted lesbian in a Southern Baptist environment to leading the Equality March on Washington mere decades later! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    The Shortest One Yet

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2021 6:48


    The title is self explanatory! Listen to find out why! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Sweet T 5

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 15, 2021 75:32


    Me and two former guests *and best friends* spill the T on Love, Mental Health, Fall and so much more! Pop on over to YouTube after the episode to get almost an hour of extra content in the form of "The Extra Sip". --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Rising Pride with Jason McCarty

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 1, 2021 46:07


    Jason McCarty is the executive director of Capital City Pride, Jackson, Mississippi's very own Pride Celebration! He has no time for the outdated ideologies of the old south, he's working to evolve and change our state from the ground up and in many different facets! Hear his story now! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    The Queen of Green with Alotta Wood

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 24, 2021 62:10


    Alotta Wood is a Queen of many colors, but especially green! From Mississippi to Brooklyn, New York Alotta has kept herself werking as a Drag Queen, a streamer, and the host of her very own podcast! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Art from the Heart with Anna Yates

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 17, 2021 71:27


    Anna Yates is an artist through and through, and her experiences as a Queer Southerner have shaped her work from the very beginning! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    The Q&A

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 10, 2021 35:38


    You asked and your friendly Gayborhood host answered! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Enter the Mindbook: Four Voices of an Internal Apocalypse

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 3, 2021 22:43


    Take a deep dive into the psyche of your Friendly Gayborhood Host with the dual premier of Season 3 and the new audio drama Enter the Mindbook! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Season 2 Finale: Almost Perfect

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2021 47:05


    In the finale, your friendly gayborhood host exposes himself (no not like that) and celebrates the past season while looking to the future of Out in the Woods! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Coaching Queerly with Jacob Ratliff

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 30, 2021 53:49


    Jacob Ratliff uses the power of authenticity to drive businesses' earning potentials way up! In order to understand that power, though, he had to grow up different in the South and be willing to break the mold! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Traditions Dressed in Sequins with Bill McCarthy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 23, 2021 92:07


    Bill McCarthy is the captain of New Orleans' second oldest Gay Mardi Gras Krewe, an interior and fashion design Maven and a damn Yankee! Find out where all those wires cross! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Southern Sweet T #4

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2021 94:10


    Former guest Alex, and my Cohost Dujour Zain hopped on Zoom and Kikied with me about everything from Lil Nas X to Queer Code-Switching to Job Burnout! So get your cups ready, it's time for more T! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    The Candid Cajun with Brandon Henderson

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 2, 2021 54:17


    Coming to you straight from the bayou, Brandon is a mechanical with a big family and a path that winds more crooked than the mighty Mississippi! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Laughing Matters with Katia

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2021 51:30


    Between Cults, Childhood Trauma, and being pansexual growing pains, this week's guest,Katia takes what's thrown at her and turns it into comedy! This episode may make you laugh, cry, or both if you're lucky! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Editorial Queer Excellence with Evan Brechtel

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 19, 2021 79:01


    From Jackson, Mississippi to NYC, this week's guest Evan is invested in helping to shape Queer history through political and cultural journalism! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    The Phantom of the Raks-pera with Jean-Pierre Vidrine

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2021 59:41


    Ever nerdy, ever mystical Louisiana Native Jean-Pierre tells me about Tarot, Belly Dancing, and coming out as Bisexual later in his life! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    El Amor es el Amor

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2021 83:48


    In this week's installment I talk to the incredible sibling duo, Jonathan and Jeniffer! We discussed growing up Puerto Rican in the dirty South, the importance of familial allyship, Gay Nerd Culture and so much more! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Southern Sweet T #3

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2021 78:47


    It's Season 2's inaugural Sweet T episode and I have my very first guest from season 1 back on the air to talk about a great multitude of random BS and current events! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Music to My Queers with Alex Bryant

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2021 62:58


    It's supersonic! My guest Alex, and I talk about how music has shaped us as Queers in the Bible Belt, and how that experience has influenced Alex as a Singer/Songwriter! Stay tuned at the end of the episode for the Podcast debut of Alex's latest single, “If I'm Being Honest” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    The Trans-Southerner with Kloki Tyykila

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 5, 2021 51:00


    I talk to the “Genderless Ball of Chaos” Kloki, who lets me in their world as an artist, a promising young activist, and a Wisconsinite who ended up in the land of KFC! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    “Creating, Intervening, and Conspiring” with Sai Sion

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 29, 2021 119:47


    In this week's episode I talked to Sai, a box man, a former behavior interventionist, philanthropist, and host of “So You Want to be a Better Ally” a weekly podcast where he uses children's literature to talk about Race Theory! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    “The Great Unchurching” with Reverend Brandiilyne Mangum-Dear

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 22, 2021 61:58


    Brandiilyne and I talk about her many roles between being an activist, Reverend, and business owner! At the crux of everything though, there is her spiritual conquest to unleash, unbind, and unCHURCH. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    The B***h is Back!

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 15, 2021 39:51


    Your friendly gayborhood host returns to kick off Season 2 with an update about life, the upcoming season, the state of the US, and being a “bad gay.” --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Thanksgiving Special

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2020 106:54


    Thanksgiving is all about family, so I thought this special episode deserved a special family member! My cousin Stephanie goes in depth about her experience as someone who transitioned in the heart of the Bible Belt. Furthermore we discuss being Queer in a family like ours! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Election Erection Special!!!

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 2, 2020 83:58


    Me and my guest get down and dirty about local and countrywide politics and how they effect Queer people! It's far less scary than the actual election, I promise! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Ooky Spooky Sweet T

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 30, 2020 74:48


    In the final episode of HalloQUEEN 2020, me and two of my former guest sit down and discuss everything from the paranormal to hookup apps. Nothing is off limits when we're spilling the T! And y'all the T is hot as Hell! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    HalloQUEEN 4: Lucifer and the LGBT with Dylan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2020 69:17


    I took a brief walk down the left hand path, guided by my friend Dylan who is a Queer Satanist! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    HalloQUEEN 3: Season of the Bitch with Annie Bellym

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 16, 2020 82:10


    Just like Jekyll and Hyde, the dramatic transformation through the art of DRAG has captured the imaginations of so many people from the beginning of time. Drag itself has taken on many different forms throughout the ages but ultimately it is always an otherness , a separation of the self. . . and a well of steaming hot TEA! In today's episode I sat down with my friend Wesley (Miss Annie Bellym) to talk about her drag, southern drag in general, and how drag could make people better!  --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    HalloQUEEN 2: Witchissippi-Queer Country Magic with Zain Donovan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2020 98:38


    I sat down with my best Theydy friend, Zain to talk about their journey as a Queer Witch in the depths of the rural south! *Special thanks to The Red Jasper, Hattiesburg's premier rock shop! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    HalloQUEEN 1: Monsters in the Closet with Chris Moore

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 2, 2020 96:33


    This week, to ring in spooky season, I sat down with acclaimed writer/director/actor Chris Moore to talk all things horror and the gay community! We also discussed his most recent film. "A Stranger Among the Living" and his podcast "Homos on Haunted Hill." --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Episode 10: Straight to the Point with Will Lovorn

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2020 78:49


    Me and my brother from another mother, Will, discuss what it's like for him being the only straight man in a room, politics, the importance of being an ally in the Bible Belt, and the beauty of theatre, music, and film! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Out in the Woods After Dark

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 18, 2020 78:04


    Warning:NSFW Me and my anonymous guest, Ryan, dive deep into the annals of psychology, self improvement, identity, and most importantly SEX! So get yourselves a change of underwear and a good pair of headphones. . . unless of course your coworkers are cool with this sort of thing! ;) --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Episode 8: “Gay-Ranteed Safety” with Sam Goodman

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2020 83:42


    On this episode me and my guest, Sam, discuss his upbringing in the middle of Appalachia, The Paranormal, and his passion for safety and the American Worker! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Episode 7: A Black Queer Odyssey with Lucy Wells

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 4, 2020 78:13


    Me and Lucy talk about her experience growing up Pentecostal, Queer, and Black in the heart of Mississippi and how that has shaped her into the professional costumer in Oregon she is today! Along the way we stop in various different phases, pieces, and places from her past! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Southern Sweet T #1

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 28, 2020 91:27


    Me and my BFFL Zain get deep about Karens, Coronavirus, and Current Events among other things! Y'all get your cups ready for some Southern Sweet T! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Episode 5: “The Empire Strikes Bi”

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 21, 2020 57:56


    I talked to two of my very good friends about the joys and stigmas of being a bisexual lady in the middle of the Bible Belt! They also happen to have a podcast of their own called “Same Brand of Idiot!” Out now! And be sure to stay tuned after the episode for an announcement! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Episode 4: “Bustin' Hell Wide Open!” with Sarah Lovorn

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 14, 2020 79:16


    Me and my little sister from another mister talk about her experience growing up in a conservative evangelical church and how it affects her worldview today. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

    Episode 3: Queerness and Christianity Coexisting with Cameron David Pitre!

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 7, 2020 62:54


    In this episode I sat down with my good friend Cameron to discuss his faith and what it's like being a Christian in the LGBT community! --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ontw/support

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