The Garbage Barge is an independently produced queer podcast that is equal parts advocacy and self-care. Ultimately, we’re here to help everyone feel better about public advocacy using pop culture as the lens. The co-captains of The Garbage Barge, Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are here every week with news on In The Current, sharing the most annoying story of the week on Criminy River, and every episode ends with a pop-culture pop-off on The Strug Boat.
Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta
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Listeners of The Garbage Barge Podcast that love the show mention: alexis,Drink of the day: Iced tea for Colin and lime Bubly seltzer for Candice! You can find all the information you need right here at Patreon.com/thegarbagebarge! Join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/nJ8XMFPj Ask your question for the Life Boat anonymously here through this form! You can shop at The Garbage Barge Zazzle Store to support us … Continue reading "257: Free Brittney Griner, The FBI Trump Investigation, Malcom Gladwell Wants You To Go Work In An Office, and More!"
Drink of the day: Lemon La Croix for Candice and Dunkies iced tea for Colin! You can find all the information you need right here at Patreon.com/thegarbagebarge! Join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/nJ8XMFPj Ask your question for the Life Boat anonymously here through this form! You can shop at The Garbage Barge Zazzle Store to support … Continue reading "256: Copaganda, The Pink Sauce Fiasco, Joni Mitchell Performs for the First Time in Two Decades, and More!"
Drink of the day: WATER because it's HOT! You can find all the information you need right here at Patreon.com/thegarbagebarge! DM one of us for a Discord invite! Ask your question for the Life Boat anonymously here through this form! You can shop at The Garbage Barge Zazzle Store to support us as well! Intro, … Continue reading "255: The “911 for Mental Health” Thing, The CDC is Still Homophobic, Kylie Jenner's Three Minute Private Jet Trip, And More!"
Drink of the day: Staying hydrated with water today! You can find all the information you need right here at Patreon.com/thegarbagebarge! Join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/nJ8XMFPj Ask your question for the Life Boat anonymously here through this form! You can shop at The Garbage Barge Zazzle Store to support us as well! Intro, Outro and … Continue reading "254: Our Five Year Anniversary! Khiara Bridges, Morton's Steak House, The Twitter Thing, And More!"
Drink of the day: Raspberry + acai AHA seltzer for Candice and Trader Joe's lemonade for Colin! You can find all the information you need right here at Patreon.com/thegarbagebarge! Join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/nJ8XMFPj Ask your question for the Life Boat anonymously here through this form! You can shop at The Garbage Barge Zazzle Store … Continue reading "253: Roe is Overturned, SCOTUS guts Clean Air Act, Kim K, Elizabeth Warren, and more!"
Drink of the day: Waters all around! You can find all the information you need right here at Patreon.com/thegarbagebarge! Join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/nJ8XMFPj Ask your question for the Life Boat anonymously here through this form! You can shop at The Garbage Barge Zazzle Store to support us as well! Intro, Outro and Criminy River … Continue reading "252: SURPRISE! SCOTUS sucks, Elon Musk sucks, Fandoms suck, and more!"
Drink of the day: Vinho Verde spritzers! You can find all the information you need right here at Patreon.com/thegarbagebarge! Join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/nJ8XMFPj Ask your question for the Life Boat anonymously here through this form! You can shop at The Garbage Barge Zazzle Store to support us as well! Intro, Outro and Criminy River … Continue reading "250: Happy Pride and Our 250th Episode! We Try To Watch Bravo and Just Chat For An Hour Straight!"
Drink of the day: Tazo iced tea for Colin and water for Candice You can find all the information you need right here at Patreon.com/thegarbagebarge! Join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/nJ8XMFPj Ask your question for the Life Boat anonymously here through this form! You can shop at The Garbage Barge Zazzle Store to support us as … Continue reading "249: Musk, Depp, and Styles, Oh My! Toxic Fandom Is Scary!"
Drink of the day: water and iced tea! You can find all the information you need right here at Patreon.com/thegarbagebarge! Join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/nJ8XMFPj Ask your question for the Life Boat anonymously here through this form! You can shop at The Garbage Barge Zazzle Store to support us as well! Intro, Outro and Criminy … Continue reading "248: What Happened in Buffalo, Twitter Drama, Jordan Peterson Runs His Mouth, And What We Are Watching!"
Drink of the day: Water! You can find all the information you need right here at Patreon.com/thegarbagebarge! Join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/nJ8XMFPj Ask your question for the Life Boat anonymously here through this form! You can shop at The Garbage Barge Zazzle Store to support us as well! Intro, Outro and Criminy River music composed … Continue reading "247: The Awful SCOTUS Stuff, Homophobia in Politics, HBO's Julia, Bethenny Frankel, Kim Kardashian, and More!"
Drink of the day: Join us for this weeks shenanigans! You can find all the information you need right here at Patreon.com/thegarbagebarge! Join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/nJ8XMFPj Ask your question for the Life Boat anonymously here through this form! You can shop at The Garbage Barge Zazzle Store to support us as well! Intro, Outro … Continue reading "246: Batman, 45 is Held in Contempt, Kids in the Hall is BACK, Ed Buck is Found Guilty, and More"
Ed Buck has been found GUILTY and convicted of drugging two men SOOOOO We had a massive audio failure for the first time in all these years and wound up with a corrupted episode! Because of that, and because of things recently in the news, we thought we would repost one of our first Ed … Continue reading "RE-UPLOAD Ep157 Ed Buck Was Finally Arrested, Greta Thunberg Bullied Online, Justin Trudeau's Blackface Problem, And TONS of Real Housewives Updates!"
Drink of the day: Water all around! This one's ROUGH, but a good time as always! Tuck in, let us know how we did! You can find all the information you need right here at Patreon.com/thegarbagebarge! Join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/nJ8XMFPj Ask your question for the Life Boat anonymously here through this form! You can … Continue reading "245: Will Smith and Chris Rock, Louis CK, SCOTUS, What We Are Watching and More!"
Drink of the day: Colin is having Vanilla Coke and water, and Candice has Acai-Raspberry Seltzer, Throat Coat tea, and traditional water. Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are BACK BABY! We're having a good time and chatting about what we're watching on TV and more! You can find all the information you need right here … Continue reading "244: So Much Pop Culture You're Gonna Freak Out! Gilded Age, Kim, Ye, The Dropout and More!"
Drink of the day: Colin is having blush Andre rose and Candice is having a grapefruit seltzer! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are talking about all of the stuff! From Kim Petras to the Olympics figure skating scandal, to Peacemaker and the stoner McDonald's menu! You can find all the information you need right here … Continue reading "241: Olympics, Kim Petras and Dr. Luke, Erika Jayne, Evangeline Lilly, and What We Are Watching!"
Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta ARE BACK BABY! Tuck into this cute little episode where we let you all know where we've been and what the plan is moving forward! *AND JUST LIKE THAT SPOILERS CONTAINED WITHIN* You can find all the information you need right here at Patreon.com/thegarbagebarge! Join our Discord here: https://discord.gg/nJ8XMFPj Ask … Continue reading "240: The Garbage Barge is BACK, BABY! What's Up In Our Lives, What's New In The News? How Are You? You Look Great."
Drink of the day: Black cherry seltzer for Candice and wine for Colin! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are back at it again! We're going to talk about what happened this week with OnlyFans! We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If you like what you … Continue reading "239: OnlyFans, MasterCard, and the Exploitation Of Sex Work, Times Square Ferris Wheel, and Tons of Bravo Updates!"
Drink of the day: Cherry seltzer for Candice and some chilled white wine for Colin! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are back and we're doing a self care episode today! We're going to sink our teeth into Criminy River and Strug Boat and keep it nice and light – because we all deserve a little … Continue reading "238: OOPS All Criminy River & Strug Boat! Self-Care Week AHOY! Bravo TV Updates! Good Times!"
Drink of the day: Wine for Colin and Seltzer for Candice! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are back and we're talking about what's happening with Simone Biles and other athletes during the Olympics this year! We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If you like what … Continue reading "237: Simone Biles Doesn't Owe Us Anything, Matt Damon Isn't Brave or A Hero, ScarJo and Disney Lawsuit, Bravo TV Updates!"
Drink of the day: Waters all around! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are talking about the Grindr Priest and what this means for *all* of our privacy, and also the Handsome Discourse that took place on Twitter! We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If you … Continue reading "236: Grindr Priests and “Handsome” Discourse This Week, He-Man Masters Of The Universe, Tons of Bravo TV Updates!"
Drink of the day: Water for Candice and Iced tea for Colin! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are back in the studio (Skype call) and bring you the news! We're going to talk about the Britney Spears conservatorship. We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If … Continue reading "235: The Britney Spears Conservatorship, The Olympics Are A Mess, So Many Bravo TV Updates!"
Drink of the day: Colin had green iced tea and Candice had a Lime Topo-Chico! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If you like what you hear, please consider becoming a supporter of The Garbage Barge and help us keep … Continue reading "234: FOUR YEAR ANNIVERSARY! OOPS… ALL STRUG BOAT!"
Drink of the day: Candice had seltzer! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are back and we've got another great Pride episode for you! We're talking about rainbow washing and corporate pride! We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If you like what you hear, please consider … Continue reading "233: Let's Talk About Rainbow Capitalism, Elon Musk Avoids Taxes, Stop Spoiling Things, And Lots of Bravo TV Updates!"
Drink of the day: Colin had rose and Candice had seltzer! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are back in the studio with another pride episode for you! Enjoy! We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If you like what you hear, please consider becoming a supporter … Continue reading "232: Let's Talk About That Queer Spectrum Meme, More Millennial Trash Talk, California Assault Weapon Ban, And Tons Of Bravo TV!"
Drink of the day: Water for Candice and Secco for Colin! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are BACK and it's PRIDE and we're gonna talk about the DISCOURSE! As we were recording this, Naomi Osaka made the right decision for her mental health and decided to leave the French Open. Good for her. Wishing her … Continue reading "231: It's Pride Month! Cops & Corporations In Pride, Caitlyn Jenner, And So Much Bravo Stuff!"
Drink of the day: Black cherry seltzer for Candice, iced tea for Colin! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are going to talk about what's happening in Palestine today, so trigger warning for settler colonialism and violence. We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If you like what … Continue reading "230: What's Happening In Palestine, Gas In Plastic Bags, Ellen Calls It Quits, And So Much Bravo TV!"
Drink of the day: Water for Candice! Iced tea for Colin! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are gathering up some of the news of the last week or so! Caitlyn Jenner, Unemployment, and cryptocurrencies! We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If you like what you … Continue reading "229: Cryptocurrency & The Environment, Caitlyn Jenner & California, The “Worker Shortage”, and tons of Bravo Updates!"
Drink of the day: Grape seltzer for Candice and red wine on ice for Colin! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are talking about and anti-trans legislation flooding our country! Get into it and do something. We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If you like what … Continue reading "228: Anti-Trans Legislation In The USA, Joe Rogan, John Walker Hot Takes, And More!"
Drink of the day: Ice water for Colin and grape seltzer for Candice! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are talking about police violence so far in 2021 and the ruling in the George Floyd case. We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If you like what … Continue reading "227: Police Violence In 2021 and The George Floyd Ruling, What Andy Cohen Is Wrong About, And More"
Drink of the day: Water all around! And some Gatorade for Colin! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are talking about what happened with Colton Underwood (and Carole Radziwill) last week! It's a little messy! We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If you like what you … Continue reading "226: What's Up With Colton Underwood (And Carole Radziwill), Sharon Osborne, Christine Teigen, And All The Bravo News!"
Drink of the day: Candice had water of various textures and Colin had watermelon seltzer and cucumber vodka! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are BACK and we're talking about the anxiety that's happening in a world where the pandemic is still active and things are opening up. We couldn't keep our motors boating if it … Continue reading "225: Pandemic Anxiety And The Return To So-Called Normalcy, Tons of Bravo Updates!"
Drink of the day: Colin was having cucumber vodka and tea and Candice had purple Gatorade! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are BACK and today iss a special episode — you'll have to listen to find out! We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If you … Continue reading "224: OOPS ALL STRUG BOAT! HAPPY APRIL FOOL'S DAY! Cinammon Toast Crunch Guy & Milkshake Ducks, Bravo Stuff and Good Times!"
Drink of the day: Throat coat tea for Candice and ice water for Colin! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are back and we're talking about what happened in Atlanta last week and how we can all be more anti-racist. Bravo updates and eye-rolling GOLD to follow! We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't … Continue reading "223: The Atlanta Spa Shootings And Anti-Racist Work, Ralph Lauren's Pants, And So Many Bravo Updates!"
Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta have a special guest today! Jenifer Leigh is joining us in the *studio today and we're talking about the royal family! Criminy is also royal-family flavored and we've got lots of Bravo updates on the Strug Boat! We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of … Continue reading "222: Learn About The Royal Family with Special Guest Jenifer Leigh! (And Also Bravo Updates Of Course)"
Drink of the day: Colin had ice water and Candice had Throat Coat tea! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are BACK and we're talking about the Equality Act and also throwing in some Andrew Cuomo stuff for good measure! Criminy River is an instant classic and Strug Boat has TWO WEEKS worth of Bravo updates! … Continue reading "221: The Equality Act & Why It Matters, Andrew Cuomo Is Not A Good Guy, Two Weeks of Bravo Updates and More!"
Drink of the day: Ice water for Colin and Throat Coat for Candice! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are talking about what happened in Texas this past week and why you should all care. Criminy River is… going to make some people have feelings! And the Strug Boat is chock-a-block with all that Bravo juice! … Continue reading "220: Let's Talk About Texas And Why You Should Absolutely Care, All About Spoilers, And So Many Bravo Updates Your Head Will Spin!"
Drink of the day: Candice is having some coffee and Colin is enjoying some ice water! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are back and we're talking about the rise in hate crimes committed against the Asian American and Pacific Islander population in the United States. We have a SPECIAL GUEST for a shared Criminy River … Continue reading "219: Stop Violence Against Asian Americans And Pacific Islanders, A Special Extra Long Criminy River With Kevin D, And A Good Old Bravo TV Catch Up!"
Drink of the day: We had Rose and seltzer water! [This episode was recorded September 2020.] Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are talking about how we talk about mental health, today. It's BIG one! We've got some special self care on the Strug Boat: We're reading menwritingwomenpoorly! It's a LAUGH. We couldn't keep our motors … Continue reading "218: We Need To Talk About How We Talk About Mental Health, Men Who Write Women Poorly! [Recorded September 2020]"
Drink of the day: Jesi had a vodka cranberry! Candice had Sweet Clementine Tension Tamer tea! Colin had ice water! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are back in the studio with good friend Jesi Taylor Cruz! And today we're talking about disposability politics and waste management! Criminy River and Strug Boat are just as silly … Continue reading "217: Talking About Disposability Politics With Special Guest Jesi Taylor Cruz! An AMAZING Criminy River and a drama-filled Strug Boat!"
Drink of the day: Tangerine Stress tea for Candice, and ice water for Colin! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are talking about the passing Margo St. James and her incredible activism! We're also talking about the Walking While Trans Ban here in NYC and how it may finally be repealed this week! Float on down … Continue reading "216: The Passing Of Margo St. James & The Walking While Trans Ban In NYC, Gavin Newsom And The Stay At Home Order, Andrew Yang Casinos, And Bravo Updates!"
Drink of the day: Iced tea (and a glug of wine) for Colin! Hot cinnamon tea for Candice! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are taling about the Biden economic rescue plan that was announced this week and also the discourse surrounding minimum wage! Criminy River and Strug Boat are full of that good stuff you … Continue reading "215: Capitalism And The Minimum Wage Discourse, Andrew Yang's Bodega, The National Garden Of Heroes, and MORE!"
Drink of the day: Lime seltzer for Candice! Colin is having iced tea! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are back in the studio and we're taking on what happened last week at the Capitol Building. Strap in. We also have some healing drama on Criminy River and the Strug Boat for your enjoyment! We couldn't … Continue reading "214: The January 6th Capitol Riots, Andrew Yang And NYC, Kim Cattrall and Sex And The City, And Bravo TV News!"
Drink of the day: Chamomile for Candice! Colin has iced tea! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are back and we're rounding up the annoying things that have already happened in the New Year! Bean dad and the tampon guy are floating down Criminy River and honestly the Strug Boat is overflowing with Bravo crap! We couldn't … Continue reading "213: We're Back! How Are You Holding Up In The New Year? Bean Dad, Tampon Guy, And Bravo!"
Drink of the day: Eggnog for Candice and Wine for Colin! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are reading Tarot predictions for 2021! Happy New Year! We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If you like what you hear, please consider becoming a supporter of The Garbage … Continue reading "212: New Year's Tarot Predictions For 2021!"
Drink of the day: Eggnog for Candice and wine for Colin! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are doing their annual reading of TGB B4 XMAS! 2020 edition! Enjoy! Happy holidays! We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If you like what you hear, please consider becoming … Continue reading "211: TGB B4 XMAS 2020! Holiday Poem Special!"
Drink of the day: Wine for Colin and chocolate whiskey and eggnog for Candice! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are watching A Christmas Prince 3! Watch with us! We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If you like what you hear, please consider becoming a supporter … Continue reading "210: Watch A Movie With Us! A Christmas Prince 3: The Royal Baby!"
Drink of the day: Water and tea! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are talking about Elliot Page this week and the firestorm that surrounded his powerful public coming out statement! We've got a FUN Criminy River and RIDICULOUS amounts of Bravo news on the Strug Boat! GET INTO IT! We couldn't keep our motors boating … Continue reading "209: What TERFS And Lesbians Are Getting Wrong About Elliot Page and So Much Bravo You Won't Know What To Do!"
Drink of the day: Tea and Water all around! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are updating some stories they've covered in past episodes! Rolling eyes are all over Criminy River and Strug Boat is full of that good-good Bravo TV and reality TV news you've come to love! We couldn't keep our motors boating if … Continue reading "208: Updating Stories We've Covered In The Past, Kevin Hart, James Corden, Hugh Grant, And More Dramatic Happenings In Reality TV News!"
Drink of the day: Echinacea tea for Candice and ice water for Colin! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are going to take on what happened with Sia this week. It's a lot. Get ready. Criminy and Strug Boat will bring that funny you need in your week! We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't … Continue reading "207: Everything Sia Did Wrong With “Music” (So Far), John Cleese Is A Transphobe, Fleets Discourse And More!"
Drink of the day: Water! And tea! Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are talking about the discourse surrounding “Defund The Police” and why people need to do better. We couldn't keep our motors boating if it wasn't for the support of our incredible Patrons! If you like what you hear, please consider becoming a supporter … Continue reading "206: Let's Talk About Defunding The Police. Also: ‘Real Housewives Of Salt Lake City' Premieres and MORE!"
Drink of the day: Giant glasses of ice water because we're responsible adults Colin Anderson and Candice Chetta are back and we're talking about the elephant in the room: The election! Of course, it wouldn't be a Garbage Barge without some drama filled Criminy River and Strug Boat! We couldn't keep our motors boating if … Continue reading "205: We've Got To Talk About It: The US Election & What Is Happening! Self Care Through Reality TV And Pointless Drama!"