There's Nothing Ironic About Show Choir: A Glee Podcast

All teen love must end, as this week's episode of Glee teaches us. Avery Richardson (@awitchardson) joins us and THE FIVE TIMERS CLUB of this podcast to discuss the Duncan Sheik covers, how everyone got hot, and her and Raina (@itsrainaingmen) get real about their own past break-ups.  Follow @glee_podcast for a fun time, and if you're looking for new ~content~, check out @hello_viewers!   

Aaaaaand we're back! Another charged episode featuring all around fun guy Shane Taylor (@teysrol) is here to talk about his relationship to his own masculinity, therapy, and a crazy little thing called Glee. Shane and Raina (@itsrainaingmen) delve into the weird choices referencing the 2012 election, the musical Annie, iconic film The Family Stone and more!  Make sure to follow Shane's live gaming show @WhodunnitLeague and also @glee_podcast on twitter. If you're new (or not) to the podcast, we would love a review on iTunes so more people can here the sweet sweet gospel of glee!   

Friend, coworker, Britney super-fan, and most importantly a loyal listener of this pod, Eric McBride (@mcbrideric) is on today to talk one of the most unoriginal episodes in Glee's history. He educates Raina (@itsrainaingmen) about deep cut Britney, while they gasp at the audacity of one William Schuester! "Gimme More" Britney Spears also me asking you to follow glee_podcast on twitter!!  

SEASON FOUR BABYY!!!! Raina (@itsrainaingmen) subjects Enrique Villena (@funrique), who has only seen one (1) episode of Glee in his life to watch this whole new world. Enrique is appalled at Kate Hudson's Spanish and the lack of Jane Lynch, and Raina is there to mansplain several unfortunate incidents.  review us!!! tweet us!! @glee_podcast

SHEE'SSS BAAACKKKK!!!! Hello everybody, we are back from the self-imposed hiatus with a stunner episodes. Straight from the hills of San Francisco, special guest and president and co-founder of her high school glee club Amy Donovan (@amykdonovan) is here to talk all the way through the season finale and what should have been the series finale.  @glee_podcast and rate us on itunes now that the break has passed!!

High School Theater expert Sarah Barnhard joins us once more to talk about Nationals!! We delve into the weirdness of Will and Emma having sex, Jonathan Groff's charisma, and the concept of a GleEGOT (Whoopi has done it!). Raina also tells a story she maybe shouldn't have told about a certain cast member's new piano bar.... Please give us a review if you want to spew nice thoughts! Follow @glee_podcast as well!! 

With nationals just around the corner, Raina (@itsrainaingmen) is joined by David Carliner (@davidcarliner) to talk about a truly delightful freaky friday moment, and a truly abysmal Taylor Swift cover. The revel in the fact that this was an enjoyable episode while still dragging some very 2012 elements of the show.  Follow @glee_podcast for more and vote in our bracket!!!! and drop us a review if you want to be a pal!  

The real prom queen Sara Chaffee (@sarachaffee) is back to talk to Raina (@itsrainaingmen) about how this episode is simply a redux of last years prom. They also discuss how glee could never hold a candle to Buffy's prom, and Sara's love of Dwayne 'The Rock' Johnson. Tune in to see who wins the crown and which glee boys Raina thinks are the members of One Direction. Please follow @glee_podcast and check out Sara making everyone cry on the wonderful Hello Viewers! 

Conintuing the tradition of appearing on the 18th episode of each season of glee, Rachelle Martin (@racehellephant) is back in full force to talk high school anxiety, gender dynamics, her father's love of Alice Cooper, and more! She opens Raina's (@itsrainaingmen) eyes to issues of objectification and Raina teachers her what an EGOT is!  Follow @glee_podcast! Watch One Day at a Time on Netflix! Dismantle masculinity! Give us five stars!

This episode is bless with two of our greatest icons, Whitney Houston and Alicia Carroll (@aliciadcarroll). Together, we talk how Glee's tribute episode stacks up, a very unfortunate letter Madonna wrote, and Alicia teaches Raina (@itsrainaingmen) a lot about the original Newsies (@glee_podcast). 

The lovely Maggie Cannan (@magztagram) is back again to discuss the highs and lows and disco infernos of "Saturday Night Glee-ver" with Raina (@itsrainaingmen) We talk Bones (spoilers abound), Freaks and Geeks, and even a little bit of Glee! We put on our boogies shoes and get down the real stuff aka why Will is still a teacher.  An FYI: This episode and the following episode were recorded before the news about Mark Salling broke. It's something that we will discuss on later episodes. As of now, if y'all needs someone to talk to, the DM's are always open

For the monumental occasion of the first episode Raina (@itsrainaingmen) has not watched of glee, we had to travel across the country to talk to glee expert Mike "McRib" Ross (@MCRossIsNotAPun). Mike talks about his experience with glee, writing angsty tumblr poetry about Kurt and Blaine, and how Matt Bomer is a "food network gay." We are also joined by the always lovely Emily Bateman (@emilyrbateman) to discuss the ins and outs of "Big Brother." Be sure to rate and review, follow @glee_podcast on twitter, and watch Speechless on ABC!!

The historic episode in which Raina (@itsrainaingmen) finally quit glee does NOT disappoint in being an abhorrent failure in everything it tries to represent. Gavin Gronenthal (@ghgronen) returns to help her talk about how this episode is not only unfortunate storytelling, but also incredibly disrespectful. Warning: What starts out as a lighthearted conversation gets very heavy in regards to teen suicide, and if that is something you do not want to listen to on a silly podcast, feel free to skip over this one. Resources such as The Trevor Project are always available. 

The hilarious Fiona Merullo (@fionaderulo) brings her stellar commentary to the wildly unbelievable Valentine's Day special "Heart." Having stopped watching mid-season one as teen, she is truly in awe of the quality decrease. Her and Raina (@itsrainaingmen) chat about slam poetry, Jeff Goldblum and the poor choice of "Love Shack."  Follow @glee_pocast and give us a few stars on iTunes if you are feeling the Valentine's Day spirit this December! **this episode contains spoilers for Grey's Anatomy, Mr. Robot, and GLEE***

This week as TWO super sexy guest stars - Ricky Martin (on glee) and Jess Morse  (@hessicaa) (on this podcast). They both come bring a welcome breath of fresh air, but unfortunately Ricky is not enough to stop William Schuester from being a certified bad person, as he butchers and entire culture. Jess brings her wisdom of Will's stupidity and Raina (@itsrainaingmen) is as starstruck as the glee kids are when Ricky does an LMFAO cover. 

The self proclaimed Meryl Streep of this podcast, the one and only Avery Richardson (@avrahamlincoln) is back to talk all things Michael specifically how Glee went in on some weird choices in their "poor-ass" Michael Jackson tribute. Listen to her and Raina (@itrainaingmen) commiserate about Santana's awful hat and Artie's character choices.  @glee_podcast to drag Raina for forgetting who won student body president three episodes ago. AND follow @hello_viewers for some more sweet content from Avery (and also Emily).

There are two proposals in this episode of glee AND two ladies who are fans of the criminally underrated film "A Cinderella Story are hear to dissect this episode. The wonderful Shefali Vasudevan (@ShefaliVasudev1) is back to talk to Raina (@itrainaingmen) all about how INAPPROPRIATE William Schuester is!! They have a blast and a half!  You can too if you follow @glee_podcast! Also be sure to check out Shefali's website that she co-founded with previous guest Rebecca Todaro, Late Homework! This podcast and a bunch of other rad art has been on it, how magical!!

MERRY CHRISTMAS!!! It's time for the second Glee Christmas special and there's no one more equipped to help us through some wildly rough choices than Christmas music aficionado Rebecca Todaro (@rebby_t)! Her and Raina (@itsrainaingmen) also gab about Death Cab for Cutie, mashups Raina has made Rebecca listen to, and, as per usual, the hit show BONES!  If you want to give this podcast and early Christmas (or whatever holiday you celebrate) present, give us a nice five gold star review on iTunes. And follow @glee_podcast!!! 

Third time is the charm for Sectionals! Not for the quality of the music for sure, but boy oh boy we got Magi Calcagne (@crackcalcagne) to give Raina (@itsrainaingmen) both a nice cup of boba tea and THE tea about the sexiest songs on Glee! Listen to them both loudly suck the boba and talk about how a lot of glee also loudly sucks. What doesn't suck is our twitter @glee_podcast !

Iowa showchoir force (@PacificRyn) and former tumblr gay (@itsrainaingmen) join together to provide much needed commentary from queer women about Glee's not great portrayal of queer women. Hear their flaming takes on the musical Newsies and this episode's lack of Brittany S. Pierce!! They both agree you should watch One Day at a Time and follow @glee_podcast! 

Mash-up connoisseur Jocelyn Lee is here to talk about the flaws of "Mash-Off" and Raina is here to agree with her vehemently and go off again on Ryan Murphy's portrayal of queer women. They both agree that this is a massive mess of an episode with one of the best songs of all time alllllmoooost making up for it! 

Wow if you are listening to this podcast, you could ALSO donate to Hurricane Maria relief at mariafund.org and/or hispanicfederation.org The day is finally here! Opening night of McKinley High's drastically insensitive production of West Side Story! And who better to talk about it than self-proclaimed "slut for musicals" Rob Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) who joins Raina (@itsrainaingmen) to give his expertise and exasperation with the Glee version. We also talk about sex and racism as two good kids would. Be sure to check out Rob's podcast Bros Before Shows! Be sure to follow us on twitter @glee_podcast  

Making her third appearance on this podcast, Emily Bateman (@emilyrbateman) joins Raina (@itsrainaingmen) today to talk all about a young Irish boy Damian McGinty, who was the very first person Emily followed on twitter. Also, she gives her expert opinion, as someone who works in politics, as to why the political plot on glee is straight garbage. Follow for more updates @glee_podcast and check out Emily and frequent quest Avery's podcast page at @Hello_Viewers ! 

All the way from New York City comes Hannah Perrin, an individual who has seen "The Quarterback" over 30 times! She's here to chat about the awfully named episode "Asian F," an episode that doesn't give enough time to Glee's (@glee_podcast) hottest man, the one and only Mike Chang. Hannah (@TheHannahPerrin) is her to shame William Schuester and Raina (@itsrainaingmen) is here to enjoy it!  Also, seeing as Maria takes up a big portion of this episode please go to mariafund.org to help efforts in Puerto Rico right now. 

"I watched one season of American Horror Story. I didn't get it," says special guest Jake Betterman as he sums up his knowledge of Ryan Murphy products. Until now. Raina exposes him to a whole new side of it with the second episode of the third season of GLEE which he watched 2.5 times!!! Neither of them are happy with the songs nor how they portrayed the adoption process but they have a swell time talking about it.  If you liked Raina mansplaining West Side Story to Jake, give her a follow at @itsrainaingmen and the show and @glee_podcast! And PLEASE give us a nice lil review if you have the extra 10 seconds!

We're kicking off season three with a bang!!!! Raina (@itsrainaingmen) has the first real life certified TEEN in There's Nothing Ironic About Showchoir history on as well as completing the Gronenthal trifecta with VERY special guest Maggie Gronenthal. At just 13 at time of the recording (but 14 now!), Maggie has more social awareness insight than the grown adults on the Glee writing staff. Hearing the voice of the YOUTH starts off this mediocre season right!!! This is our third season now, what an amazing time to tell you friends! Or give us a review on iTunes! Or follow @glee_podcast on twitter! Or ALL OF THE ABOVE!

On this very special boners episode, Raina (@itsrainaingmen) brings back Gavin Gronenthal (@ghgronen) and Walker Sayen (a nice boy) to read and do and in depth analysis of a wild and crazy fanfiction involving many many boners.  We will be back to our regularly scheduled programming next week, please follow @glee_podcast in the meantime! WARNING: NSFW CONTENT

WARNING: There are slight audio issues throughout. Sincere apologies. WARNING: This episode contains BONES SPOILERS It's time for the annual (?) gathering of Raina (@itsrainaingmen) and her friends to dramatically read excerpts from the wild and wonderful world of Glee fanfiction. Starring (in order of appearance) Avery Richardson (@avrahamlincoln) as Noah "Puck" Puckerman Emily Bateman (@emilyrbateman) as Artie Abrams Sarah Barnhard (@sarahbarnhard) as Temperance "Bones" Brennan David Carliner (@davidcarliner) as Rachel Berry Gavin Gronenthal  (@ghgronen) as Mike Chang Walker Sayen as Finn Hudson A sincere thank you to everyone who lent their voice and ESPECIALLY all of the heroes out there making content on fanfiction.net!  @glee_podcast as per always and stay tuned for more readings and analysis

Two whole seasons have come and gone and here we are: NEW YORK!!! Special guest Ashley Stauber (@ashleystauber) and Raina (@itsrainaingmen) debrief whatever the heck the most expensive episode of glee yet is trying to do!! And they start off with the longest cold open yet that's just two gals chatting about fanfiction which is probably better than the season two finale of GLEE If you are happy we made it TWO SEASONS, please leave us a nice review!!! and tweet us your FAVE fanfic @glee_podcast

"It's only been two seasons," Raina (@itsrainaingmen) says, voice rife with disappointment as she reflects on recycled plot. Joined in her sadness is Illisa Greenberg who came here for her boy Jesse St. James who is more terrible than usual this week. However, they have each other and Jane Lynch is a great actor, so not all hope is lost!! @glee_podcast and we would LOOOOOVVVE a sweet review on itunes!!

It's proooommmm time and Sara Chaffee (@sarachaffee) is back to HEAVILY CRITIQUE the glee cover of Rebecca Black's "Friday," and Raina (@itsrainaingmen) is here to HEAVILY CRITIQUE all the prom dresses and both of them are here to talk about the societal implications PROM @glee_podcast for prom queen!!

Back for a THIRD time, making podcast history is Avery Richardson (@avrahamlincoln) back with her good friend Kristin Chenowith to talk all about RUMOURS both the album and the wildly inconsistent episode of Glee. Her and Raina (@itsrainaingmen) fancast a fleetwood mac musical and talk about the AUDACITY OF MEN in general and also glee. FOLLOW @glee_podcast ON TWITTER and GLEE BANGERS on spotify

If anyone ever wanted a time capsule of 2011, please revist the "Born This Way" episode of Glee, where there is a flash mob in a mall set to Duck Sauce's "Barbara Streisand. Returning guest Rachelle Martin (@rachellephant) and Raina (@itsrainaingmen) discuss that nightmare as well as the nuances of women and beauty standards and more!!  if you ALSO think this episode of glee should have been 20 minutes shorter but this episode of the podcast should be 20 minutes longer pls give us a review and follow @glee_podcast

"Let me mansplain Glee to you" Raina (@itsrainaingmen) says within in the first five minutes of "A Night of Neglect," the most mediocre episode of glee (@glee_podcast) with a completely non mediocre guest Vinny Castellini. Vinny has only seen the pilot and this episode, but he is not afraid to bully Gwyneth Paltrow!  

We are back at regionals and ready to be underwhelmed. Samantha Silver (@samanthasilver) joins Raina (@itsrainaingmen) to talk the Original Songs and lovely gay boys and ugly dressed. The big three of Glee if you will. They are also briefly joined by podcast veteran Emily Basement as they cast the glee characters as the Riverdale characters and it gets HEATED  

Gwenyth Paltrow (@goop) and David Carliner (@davidcarliner) are both back to get a little bit SEXY. Glee gets real about sex education in high school and we find out how Raina (@itsrainaingmen) learned what the clitoris is. They discuss the truly beyond Landslide cover and there is a lovely cameo by the original special guest Walker Sayen himself. Take my love, take it down, follow @glee_podcast on twitter, climb a mountain, turn around. 

As Artie Abrams announces "BLOODY MARYS Y'ALL", he launches Raina (@itsrainaingmen) and returning guest Gavin Gronenthal (@ghgronenthal) into the longest episode of this podcast yet. In the episode that made teenage Gavin give up on glee, these kids are getting bad and boozy and Ryan Murphy teaches us that bisexual people are not real!!! Thanks Ryan!! Follow @glee_podcast if you think bisexuals are real

Brendan Leonard (@lovinlifeleonard) flew in all the way from New York City (where nationals will be held!!) to display his killer Ryan Murphy impression and sing the praises of wig shops, while Raina (@itsrainaingmen) tells some hot gossip from her high school. Tune in for Raina's thoughts on Despacito, and Brendan's hot takes on Lord of the Rings @glee_podcast and throw us a fun rating!!

Love is in the air, as is a couple pretty offensive plots and Artie superfan Emily Basement (@emilyrbateman) is back to chat with Raina (@itsrainaingmen) about this wild episode of Glee. They also talk about their ideal casting for the hypothetical In the Heights live (call us, NBC!). Tune in to see if this episode is as hot as Emily's TAKES! Follow us on twitter @glee_podcast and if you wanna spread the love tell all your friends and rate us five gold stars on itunes! Also STAY TUNED for the drop of the tentatively title "Hello Viewers," the upcoming podcast from Emily and friend of the show Avery Richardson. 

26.8 million people watched this episode of Glee when it aired post superbowl, having cost $3-5 million to make. And that's got NUTHIN on Raina (@itsrainaingmen) and special guest Caroline Ullman's (@carole_00) heated discussion of "The Sue Slyvester Shuffle" and also the romcom career of Rachel McAdams! Tune in for this high budget chat!! For more wackiness, gotta follow @glee_podcast and throw us five stars on itunes!

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND TO ALL A TERRIBLE EPISODE OF TELEVISION. Join Raina and special guest host Katelyn Gearan to talk about her "favorite" episode of Glee. We also talk ABC Family (sorry Freeform) Christmas movies, and spoil the heck out of Grey's Anatomy. There's a little bit of glee thrown in there, but it's sparse.  

Once again, that magical time of Sectionals are upon us. Or as Raina (@itsrainaingmen) would say 2 Fast 2 Sectionals. And as special guest Jo Wylie (@thatJoWylie) would say Sectionals 3: Toyko Drift. The two of them discuss the intricacies of queer representation as well as the unfortunate trend of leggings under dresses.  To see who wins sectionals, follow @glee_podcast and give us a nice review!!! See you this Christmas.

It's a GLEE WEDDING on today's episode, as Raina is joined by Sam Buntich, utter delight who used to have mutual friends with Darren Criss! We discuss everything from Carol Burnett's Nazi hunting to the plot of Bring it On 3!  @glee_podcast for some fun twitter polls!!

It's time for the iconic episode of Glee that got Gwyneth Paltrow an Emmy for her stellar performance of Conjunction Junction. No person is more equipped to talk about her stunning turn than Country Strong superfan Allie Raynor (@AllisonRaynor) who joins Raina (@itsrainaingmen) to talk about McKinley's sexy new substitute and an egregious use of baby talk.  Consciously couple with @glee_podcast or some fun itunes reviews!!

Hold on to your hats, 13 year old theater nerd girls and also Kurt Hummel - becuase there's a new kid and down and he's a real charmer. This week listen to Raina (@itsrainaingmen) and former member of the Glee message boards Alexis Clemons (@AlexisClemons94) chat all about the arrival of one Blaine Anderson, as well whatever other garbage happened in this episode. Stay tuned for some hot takes from Toby the cat! If you wanna make us feeling we are living a teenage dream, please review us and also follow @glee_podcast!

This episode addresses one of the most iconic queer pieces of art ever made, and what happens when they decide to do a Rocky Horror episode. Raina (@ItsRainaingMen) has brought on Rocky Horror expert Sarah Weber (@SWebz) to discuss 43 of the most confounding minutes of television.  If you want to talk about how Glee butchered Rocky Horror, leave us a review on itunes. If you wanna talk about how the Rocky Horror Glee Show made your life better, follow us at @glee_podcast

After months of anticipation, Raina (@itsrainaingmen) is joined by none other than resident teen show expert Alicia Carroll (@aliciadcarroll ) to discuss "Duets." Raina and Alicia do their own duet of yelling about the rigged system of the glee club duets contest and how justice can never be served in glee club.  Follow @glee_podcast and tell your friends that our passion is unmatched!!

It's time for Glee to tackle religion using mainly puns. We've all been waiting for this truly, especially Raina (@itsrainaingmen) and special guest Kaitlin Gallagher, the one and only owner of a Finn's toothbrush from the set of Glee. The takes are almost as hot as the titular Grilled Cheesus up in here! @glee_podcast if you're feelin (pray hands emoji)

This week, Raina (@itsrainaingmen) is joined by the rare person who has seen the entire series of Glee in the form of Alex Whisenhunt (@awhizee). We discuss the infamous Britney/Brittany episode, from Heather Morris' outstanding abs to the criminally underused Britney Spears. CRIMINALLY UNDERUSED. Please give us a nice review and follow @glee_podcast xoxo

We're back for season two y'all, and here to join Raina (@itsrainaingmen) for the wild quality gap between season is Jamie Loftus (@hamburgerphone), who happens to despise both acapella and flash mobs. So this is a rough one. Too many plots, too many white boys rapping, just to much. Welcome to season two! New season new reason to rate us on itunes/follow us on twitter @glee_podcast Also check out Jamie's podcast, the Bechdel Cast for people talking about media that isn't glee???

We've been working all year tirelessly toward regionals, and the day is finally upon us. Will we win? Will the musical numbers be so good that Raina (@itrainaingmen) forgets how bad the majority of this show is? Which glee cover special guest David Carliner (@davidcarliner) masterbated to as teen? These questions will all be answered in the longest ep of this podcast yet. For everyone who has stuck with us for a whole season, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU, To Sir With Love. Please continue to listen, leave a review, subscribe, tell your friends, follow us on twittter (@glee_podcast) and go listen to the Anyway You Want It/Lovin' Touchin' Squeezin' mash-up. Until next season. #ItGetsWorse