The Twist is a weekly podcast co-hosted by Mark McNease and Rick Rose that focuses on news, culture, politics, and current topics. The show is LGBT-centric, with irreverence and the co-hosts' interaction as its center.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as Mark prepares to flee on a cruise ship and Rick offers another great interview, with Dr. Tacey Atsitty, winner of the Wisconsin Brittingham Prize for Poetry.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we make the most of a dying empire, calculate the number of peanuts in a jar, and enjoy Rick's interview with filmmaker Dasha Brown.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we wade knee-deep in the MAGA madness, defend the Constitution, and enjoy Rick's interview with Madison City Council's Dina Nina Martinez-Rutherford.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we salute Corey Booker and the voters of Wisconsin for showing us the way, and grieve the loss of Cadbury Egg's royal warrant after 170 years. Beyond sad.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we model the latest in detention chic, rave about stuffed pretzels, and come out as biweekly through the summer.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we check out Noel Coward's 'Hay Fever,' Rick's return from Mardi Gras, and America's escalating decline.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we say goodbye to democracy, sing the praises of Broadway's 'Death Becomes Her,' and listen to a great Rick Rose interview with Brett Malone.
Join Mark and Rick as we throw a rose on the grave of the Kennedy Center, serve up some fun facts about the apocalypse, and listen to Rick's interview with Sowan Weaver.
It's a bird, it's a plane, it's a bloodless coup! Join Mark and Rick during these darkest of times for some fun facts, frivolity, and a Big Middle Finger to the fascists. Also a great Rick Rose interview with Sean Bode.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as our heads spin at how quickly Emperor Cretin is destroying everything. We also take sides in the Jesus vs MAGA debate, and enjoy Mark's most recent cruise craze memories.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we buckle in for years of MAGA madness, pray for Greenland (and Panama and Canada), offer up some good TV eats, and explain why Facebook is yesterday.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we celebrate the long-awaited finale of a seemingly endless year. Recommendations, fun facts, and our own Twisted salute to the year gone by.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we anticipate the fun new Pop Culture Jeopardy, get the skinny on Rick's kitchen gadget gets, and talk almost everything but politics!
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose for our enthusiastic, two-brooms-up review of Wicked, a hearty welcome to fellow traveler Khalid, and some turkey talk after the pie's all gone.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose for our first post-apocalyptic "Are you serious, America?" show where we shake off the sads, hold our heads high and keep going. To paraphrase Illinois Governor JB Pritzker, "You come for my people, you come through The Twist."
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose for our last podcast before the most important election since humans came out of the trees! Top news, fun recommendations, and our very own End Times Dancers, with guest appearances by our invisible interns and non-existent sponsors.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we podcast from "Invasion of the Body Snatchers," sad-sigh at the meltdown of Gaga's Joker 2, and do a little weather control for the fun of it.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we welcome October with open arms and sweaters, consider the all-purpose pumpkin spice, and start the countdown to getting past this election.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we say a prayer for Springfield, Ohio, offer up some tasty Twist recommendations, and once again wade into the headline sludge.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as offer our post-debate analysis, marvel at another Taylor Swift takedown, and scan the week in headlines.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we welcome the cool temps of September, give our review of the Arlington film shoot, and bite our nails as we head toward November.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we run down some fun facts for Jersey, choose our outfits for the Harris inauguration, and breathe a sigh of relief at the return of Wisconsin.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we try on our Cat Ladies for Kamala T-shirts, salute President Biden and and his astonishing successes, and marvel at the continued temptations of clickbait.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we practice saying 'President Kamala Harris,' salute Joe Biden, American giant, say no thanks to the Golden Temple of Trump, and have some fun.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we take bets on the Bidenstakes, say good riddance to corporate America, and reject the politics of surrender.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as weigh in on the Biden boondoggle, consider our options under the coming monarchy, and dig an interview with 'Where Do Gay's Retire?' podcast host Mark Goldstein.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we say goodbye to another June, wave our rainbow flags high, and stay the course.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we talk cruise recollections, upside down Supreme Court justices, and remember the meaning of Memorial Day.
Join special guest co-host Susie Hobson with Rick Rose as Mark takes off for a cruise. Susie and Rick share their thoughts on Jimmy Fallon's 10 years with the Tonight Show, dating after 50, and churro dipped ice cream cones.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we assail the myth of abortion tourism, consider the pros and cons of reverse aging, and recommend author John Connolly's newest Charlie Parker Thriller, 'The Instruments of Darkness.'
Big thanks to Susie Hobson, longtime friend of Rick's and the show's, for filling in with co-host duties while Mark keeps his sprained ankle elevated on the couch. Susie's a natural at the mic, and brings her own brand of rise and shine to the recording booth - live from Madison! Fasten your headphones for an engrossing and entertaining chat between two old friends ... sound familiar?
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we talk apples and Big Wheels, chaplains coming to a school near you, Rick's guest turn on the 'Where Do Gays Retire?' podcast, and the Book Beat recommends 'Black River Orchard' for some serious scares.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we tiptoe through the Nodfather's nap time, hear Rick's take on Taylor's latest, and praise author Johnny Compton's horror masterstroke, 'The Spite House.'
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we check on a few fun facts for April, try out some jury questions for the Trump trial, and listen to an interview with Steve Dolainski, certified Guided Autobiography instructor.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we list some fun facts for Good Friday and Easter, rank our favorite chocolate bunny parts, and scan the news from another week in the end times.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we remember the mentors in our lives (here's looking at you, F.A.T.E!), list the best vegetables for March planting, and scan this week's hideous headlines.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we scan the latest headlines, welcome the smell of cabbage on the stove, and consider having our eyeballs tattooed green.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we marvel at President Biden's historic home run, scan the news and Personals Page, and enjoy an interview with Elise Tomashek, Miss Wisconsin Teen Volunteer competing for Miss Teen Volunteer America.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we tut-tut the Alabama Supreme Court, celebrate Mark's recent high school writing class talks, and hear Rick's interview with Dr. Harvey Abrams of the Stonewall National Museum, Archives and Library.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we salute the Kansas City Chiefs, jaw-drop at Fani Willis's courtroom fireworks, and offer up a loopy leap year listicle.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we consider SCOTUS's sudden humility in the face of promised MAGA mayhem, Biden's big bad brain day, and America's favorite manufactured holiday. Be our Valentine!
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose we we toast Taylor Swift's conquest of the world, give mad props to Jodie Foster, and makes some fun Twist Podcast predictions for the coming year form hell.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose for a recap of Mark's Caribbean cruise, party hat hurrahs for Rick's big birthday, and Rick's interview with Hollywood Hustle author Jon Lindstrom
Listen in as co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose leap into the New Year, hear from listeners about their hopes for 2024, and enjoy an interview with author and professor Lucas Hilderbrand.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose with a look back at an incredible year - the good, the bad and the meh.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we hear gift ideas from Twist listeners, welcome new semi-regular contributor Billy Bob Beer Belly, and listen to an interview with Robert Kesten, Executive Director for the Stonewall Museum, Archives and Library.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we add Congress to the naughty list, hear listeners' favorite things about Christmas, and enjoy an interview excerpt with Carlos Guillermo Smith, Senior Policy Advisor with Equality Florida.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we congratulate Time's Person of the Year Taylor Swift, share some listener voice messages, consider the worst Christmas songs ever, and listen in to Rick's interview with Lila Szyryj, Miss Wisconsin 2023.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we chat up Thanksgiving, ponder the damage done to military families by Senator Tommy Tuberville, and enjoy an excerpt from Mark's One Thing or Another Podcast interview with author Dave Hughes. News, views, and more Twist listicles. About our Sponsors The Twist Podcast is brought to you by Queer We Are where you'll find a podcast, newsletter, merch and more in the Queer We Are shop.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we strap back into the hotseat after a few weeks off. We chat about the House Speaker Follies, Rick's upcoming trip to Belize, and enjoy an interview with Rob Pero, Found of Canndigenous, a Native-owned CBD company dedicated to helping the indigenous community it supports. About Canndigenous Rob Pero is a serial entrepreneur, savvy marketer, and proud member of the Bad River Tribe. Like preceding generations of Ojibwe people, his core values are rooted in love for family, support for community, respect for the natural world, and a commitment to doing everything, as the Ojibwe say, ‘in a good way'. With the passage of the 2018 Farm Bill, the ability to grow hemp (for the purpose of extracting Cannabidiol, or CBD) presented itself. In the sky-rocketing CBD industry, Rob saw both an opportunity to capitalize on a market void, and a tool to use for the betterment of his Indigenous brothers and sisters. About our Sponsors The Twist Podcast is brought to you by Queer We Are where you'll find a podcast, newsletter, merch and more in the Queer We Are shop.
Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we chat about Mark's upcoming Canadian cruise, speculate on the language skills of French bed bugs, and enjoy an interview with Mark Goldstein, founder and podcast host of Where Do Gays Retire? RCStTxhXebBVUvLc0LPx
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