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We're Blaaaaaaaack!!! You know we couldn't stay away forever. Your two favorite gals are Black in the habit and back to all their old chestnuts -- Marianne Williamson's "Girlfriend, you are so on," Elastigirl's "I don't think so... I don't think so," and all the rest. In our grand return episode, we're celebrating the culmination of Black History Month by being iconic in these streets, finding the difference between lexicon and anthology, thanking VFX studios, the backbone of Hollywood, and recapping the many many things we missed: Tár, Avatar, Ruth Paul's Drag Race, Amber Riley on the Masked Singer, and much more. Plus, Jerome reveals his secret past life as a Boy Scout, Kenyon goes karoling, and we assign each other a bit of an assignment... Girlfriend, it is so good to be back on the air again! How Long 'til Black Future Month? by N. K. Jemisin: https://nkjemisin.com/writing/how-long-til-black-future-month/ Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

This week, we are not talking about that thing. No, really. We're not. Instead, we remark on the prevalence of clowns, do another round of Pixar predictions, and think about how the metaverse will distort our perception of distance. Because when you think about it, the Oscars are a Civil War of their own, right? ... anyway, social media has made us audience to everything which includes you being audience to this podcast. Going live in three, two... Fact Chequé: Van Morrison is in fact one person. Be Alive (Original Song from the Motion Picture "King Richard") (94th Academy Awards Performance): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4aeDlZOD-B0 Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

Summer looms, winter unends, and your two favorite crazy old ladies are back to discuss all the news that's fit to print: what's been going on at the library, queer bullies on television, and making money off of RuPaul's Drag Race. It's taken us a...moment to get this episode out, but you can just chalk it up to moving slowly! You should try it sometime. These are the best years of your life, after all. Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

There's so much happening in this episode, it will be hard to give this description a structure! But let's start with the content: firstly, we've got special correspondent hopeful and one of our favorite lyricists Chris Peters on the pod this week, which is its own special treat. And we're talking about tons of things, like why Chris wasn't a music major, how he would format his Genius page, and the surprising similarities between a song and a falafel sandwich, all while we discuss lyrical structure. So if you're debating between a bridge and a third verse, or just not sure what chiasma is, tune in! And as a special treat, drink every time you think, "Well, it's contextual." Follow Chris! https://chris-peters-music.com/ https://www.instagram.com/chrispetersmusic/ Order a Live Vinyl Recording: https://leestavall.com/products/chrispeters Tickets to the Bowery Electric on March 6: https://dice.fm/event/oxvny-holy-vulture-zack-zaro-chris-peters-austin-james-the-nomads-6th-mar-the-bowery-electric-new-york-tickets Where are they now? Arthur series finale reveals the kids all grown up: https://ew.com/tv/arthur-series-finale-kids-all-grown-up/ Episode 80 Playlist: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0qOXPmgxRMQzuiC2SK5ZdR?si=c9aa1eea33a8440a Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/episode-80/pl.u-9N9LzYdT7BGm84 Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

With Oscars on the brain and some s'wintry weather overhead, that can only mean one thing: it's Black History Month! After we get swept up in the mess of the Academy Awards and white people accepting apologies, we dive into some texts by Black authors to reflect on history, memory, and how we exist after death. If you've been grappling with the messiness of the diaspora or other people's versions of ourselves or the elasticity of history right now... well first, take a deep breath. But then listen to this episode! Oprah Winfrey Reveals the Glorious Cast of The Color Purple Musical Film: https://www.vanityfair.com/hollywood/2022/02/02/oprah-winfrey-the-color-purple-cast-musical Colman Domingo to Star in Bayard Rustin Biopic, the First Narrative Feature From Obamas' Higher Ground (Exclusive): https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/obamas-netflix-movie-bayard-rustin-colman-domingo-1235025806/ Colin Robinson, ‘Herculean' activist who fought for LGBT+ equality throughout the Caribbean, passes away aged 59: https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2021/03/13/colin-robinson-trinidad-and-tobago-lgbt/ Colin Robinson, "The Plural of Me": https://twitter.com/runningthedusk/status/1367606126343241732 Hanif Abdurraqib, "The Little Devil in America": http://www.abdurraqib.com/book Margo Jefferson, "Negroland": https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/86914/negroland-by-margo-jefferson/ Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

This episode kicks off a series we're beginning on the podcast all about lyrics. And today's theme: rhyme! Don't you love a good rhyme?? We're putting a lot on the table, from our personal definitions of rhyme (in addition to some more famous ones) to the non-universality of pronunciation, and others of the many ways words can connect. Also included: Oklahoma slander on Euphoria, Rihanna's baby, and anti-rhyme sentiment in pop music. Rhyme is about organizing attention, and it's time for you to organize your attention toward this episode! Rihanna confirms she's expecting her first child with A$AP Rocky, shares new pic of baby bump: https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/celebrities/2022/01/31/rihanna-pregnant-expecting-baby-asap-rocky/9284634002/ Joe Rogan, Who Is Literally On Testosterone, Says Trans People Will Cause Societal Collapse: https://www.them.us/story/joe-rogan-trans-people-societal-collapse-testosterone-jordan-peterson Joni Mitchell Plans to Follow Neil Young Off Spotify, Citing ‘Lies': https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/28/arts/music/joni-mitchell-neil-young-spotify.html Over a dozen HBCUs get bomb threats on first day of Black History Month: https://www.axios.com/hbcu-bomb-threats-black-history-month-163b6c3c-5d97-4d8c-9b61-1f72e5301f92.html Book Of Rhymes: The Poetics Of Hip Hop By Adam Bradley: https://archive.org/details/BookOfRhymesThePoeticsOfHipHopByAdamBradley/mode/2up Episode 78 Playlist: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1YRgXZuXtZi5lcdBxtueOS?si=046d972008354879 Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/episode-78/pl.u-DdANvV6sldE1WL Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

Today isn't any other day. It's never tomorrow and always today which must mean the topic for today is... tomorrow! We're talking pasts, futures & presents, celebrating a specific anniversary, casting Cynthia and Ariana in everything, and addressing the Eminem question (which is separate from 2Ms, 2Rs) as we dissect Mx. Tomorrow and all the usages it has used, accrued, and divested, even. And will we ever understand exactly HOW long 10.6 billion minutes is? We won't today, but Maybe Tomorrow. Recorded live from We Love That Studios. Fact Chequé: Michael Jackson was 12 (not 9, Kenyon!) when he recorded "Maybe Tomorrow" with The Jackson 5. Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

2022 is the new girl, which means it's time to get absolutely AGENTIAL up in here. And to be as broad as possible and specific in those broad ways, we discuss resolutions vs. intentions, being 25, Kenyon's (dis)taste for books, Jerome's timeless, middle school yearbook message, and anything else blowing in on the digital winds of Twitter. And weddings! It's wedding szn! And also Aquarius szn! Get Agential! #GetAgentialIn2022 Rumored Celebrity Big Brother Cast: https://twitter.com/InsiderCbb/status/1483624394245439489 Full Cast Announced for Arena Stage's Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, Starring Malcolm-Jamal Warner: https://www.playbill.com/article/full-cast-announced-for-arena-stages-guess-whos-coming-to-dinner-starring-malcolm-jamal-warner-com-211083 Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

Live from the We Love That Award Center, we're looking back at 2021 with the inaugural We Love That Award Show!! And it is a night of expansive indulgence, okay? Like a hat on a hat. We're searched east to west and top to bottom to find all the many many truly deserving nominees this year, and some of them will be honored most highly tonight. Who cleaned our clocks Who entered the lexicon? Who was talentful but tasteless? And most importantly, who got their spark?? Find out all this and more, tonight!! Corporations this month - Meg Stalter: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CPoI7SkJcKt/?hl=en Jazmine Sullivan Wins Album of the Year: https://www.bet.com/bet-experience/video-clips/xkfkqx/soul-train-awards-2021-jazmine-sullivan-wins-album-of-the-year How Fox News Covered the Company Christmas Tree Fire: https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2021/12/09/fox-christmas-tree-coverage/ Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

Well this week is all about our new favorite movie, West Side Story, of course. It also heavily features Jerome's new enemy, whom we're calling Jordan. Public Enemy #1. But we've got some real tears for the craft, as we literally map out when we cried during the movie, break down the queerness of Anybodys, witness some real Anita on Anita action, obsess over Ariana DeBose, the new superstar of the world, and even make an unexpected reference to Holes that you'll just have to hear to believe. Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

It's episode 73... a most magical number... This week Kenyon and Jerome both receive a special visit from a jolly and curious fellow, and we don't mean Santa! We're getting a taste of the 73 Questions treatment, and rehash our affinity for letters, normalize changing our minds, and get introduced to a whole family of Paulas. Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

This week is all about honoring the little life moments: the ones we were gifted by the late, great Stephen Sondheim, as well as the ones that Spotify and/or Apple Music have been tracking all year. We imagine ourselves in the Jetsons-verse, walk through our favorite Sondheim songs, uphold the accuracy of data, and learn a lesson that Steve would be proud of: giving is taking, and taking is giving! And whether you're happy & uplifting or just laidback and diffuse, we know that in every phase, you get obsessed with the moment. James Lapine, call us. Lin-Manuel Miranda's Tweet about Stephen Sondheim: https://twitter.com/Lin_Manuel/status/1464417437319839745 Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

So much to talk about in our lives, so much to talk about in the world. Or is there? With unremarkable Grammy nominations announced this week and grad school looming on the horizon, this week we're just having a lovely chat about the future. Plus, there are movies we haven't yet seen that deserve our reviews! Enjoy this, our sole contribution to the Thanksgiving table this year. Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

Jerome's predictions have come true: Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande have been cast in the Wicked movie. And that can only mean one thing -- it's time for a full deep dive on movie musicals! We're going over everything from oversaturation in In the Heights to our newfound love of Fiddler on the Roof. A hot take about The Prom is shared, though it is separate from the James Corden of it all. And most importantly, remember this: a stage is bigger than a bodega. Say it with me. A stage is bigger than a bodega!! Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

That's right. You read correctly. This week is all about sports. And... theater? Hard to tell. Between the technobabble of the Metaverse and the advent of Kenyon's favorite month we're ending our #NetflixIsOverParty Party, diving into Colin Kaepernick and Ava DuVernay's Colin in Black and White, Untold: Malice at the Palace, and asking questions about audience, controversy, and consumption. And the questions really abound for us in this one. Meta Founder's Letter, 2021: https://about.fb.com/news/2021/10/founders-letter/ The Facebook Papers, Explained: https://www.washingtonpost.com/technology/2021/10/25/what-are-the-facebook-papers/ Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

This Listening Hour is Rated R for suggestive themes and ...gore? Listener beware! This week we're being big and going live from coast to coast once more. It's the premiere of Kenyon in the Mary Poppins musical, it's the dental episode, it's Yebba vs. Adele, it's alchemical, some might say. You've been warned. Desy - Hit Me (Dirty Loops) - X Factor Indonesia 2015: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CXcigywz5DI Yebba: Tiny Desk (Home) Concert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBMGvHHkr9Y Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

Your favorite 90s chicks are back! 1790s, that is. Not that we ever went away... What is time anyway? Find out in this episode, when we talk about temporal illusions, the Jerome Walker Memorial Ice Cream Parlor, Kenyon's big worm, a cursory description of a burial, and the upcoming Britney jukebox musical, Once Upon a One More Time. We're talking about AGE, dear. YouseewhatI'msaying. Barbara Walters 4 Scale: https://www.reddit.com/r/BarbaraWalters4Scale/ Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

Imagine you're in a world where the Truman Show is real but it's starring Jerome and Kenyon. Well that world is basically this one, because this episode is an hour of totally unfiltered, highly caffeinated, rousing discussion of prom traditions and Chipotle culture. We also deliver our weekly digest on Lady Gaga, including our reactions to Dawn of Chromatica, all while being haunted by the Oddum (sp?) Bride. Well done, Sister Suffragette! Well done indeed. Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

After debriefing an interaction with one of the The Girls (who are Girling About), Jerome and Kenyon take a look back at 9/11 on its 20th anniversary and the United States military withdrawal from Afghanistan this summer. What do we remember when we never forget? Where do we want our leaders to lead us? And how do we develop a culture that really grapples with grief? We're not sure, but hey, we're trying to ask the questions. Is 9/11 a Day, or Is It an Era?: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/05/arts/television/Sept-11-TV-documentaries.html I Lived Through Collapse. America Is Already There: https://gen.medium.com/i-lived-through-collapse-america-is-already-there-ba1e4b54c5fc War & Peace - Ryuichi Sakamoto: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Og3YuEDIxA Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

This episode has something familiar, something peculiar... the gals have finally reunited! And we're back to all of our old hobbies: when we're not plotting our paths to EGOT, Jerome is indulging in his morbid curiosity while Kenyon vents about the struggles of fame. And what IS the most you'd pay for an ice cream cone? Or rather, for a sorbet in a cup?? These and other important questions await you inside.... And always remember; If you've got it, flaunt it. And if you hot it, haunt it. #NeedsImprovement Dwight Eisenhower Presidential Campaign Ad "IKE FOR PRESIDENT": https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWaTarIPVm0 John Kennedy Campaign Song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DoUiNxh6_0 Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

The circus must have come to our town, because everyone is most certainly acting like a clown. Take it from the two clowns who host this podcast! There's clownery happening in recent popular music and white clownery in The White Lotus and the clown responses that followed. Someone cue up A Little Night Music. We're getting into everything from the mechanics of living colonialism to the Trouble of weaponizing criticism. Trouble with a capital 'T' and that rhymes with 'C' and that stands for clown. 'The White Lotus' Finale: Mike White Accepts Your Criticism: https://www.vulture.com/article/the-white-lotus-finale-mike-white-interview-departures-ending.html ‘The White Lotus' And The Limits Of White Self-Critique: https://www.refinery29.com/en-us/2021/08/10640659/the-white-lotus-review-the-limits-of-white-self-critique The Lotos-eaters by Alfred, Lord Tennyson: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/45364/the-lotos-eaters Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

My my my, what a treat we have on the podcast this week. It's folky musical theater kid (or musical theater folk kid) R.O. Shapiro! And whether you're feeling judgy suspicious or skeptical curious, you're sure to love this one. R.O. is carving out new Americana music and tells us about the ancient work of sharing songs and stories across the country, explains how to get the best sounds out of a harmonica, contemplates the timescale of human existence with the magnificent tree(s) of Pando, and predicts the inevitable Costco weed line: Kirkland Kush. Follow R.O.! https://roshapiro.com/ https://www.instagram.com/screaming_deal/?hl=en Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

No pictures, please! This week's episode is absolutely stacked with a superstar line-up, and that's after we finish talking about all the celebrities who should stop talking (and the ones we wish would never stop... we're looking at you Gaga...). We're talking about the star-studded Questlove documentary Summer of Soul, and discover not much has changed in 50 years -- iconic duets from Black women are still the tea, white people are still going into space, Jerome has a crush on Black political leaders, and Lin-Manuel is still making surprise appearances. The Hamilton episode... we can smell it... Gil Scott-Heron's Poem, 'Whitey on the Moon': https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2011/05/gil-scott-herons-poem-whitey-on-the-moon/239622/ Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

We've got Daphne Gale back on this week to talk about her album, Nomadder, now that it's a finished product and she's proud of it. And we're proud of it too! We hear what Daphne is expressing gratitude for and how, dive into Daphne Gale Radio on Spotify, and learn all about the Fundamental Attribution Error that turned Daphne into thee Nomadder herself. What will our therapists have to say about this?? Tune in and find out. And stream the album, gals! Follow Daphne Gale: https://linktr.ee/daphnemusic/ Stream NOMADDER: https://open.spotify.com/album/6qRNNdH1bK2TKHxuFxBs2z?si=FkJ9gYCLQT24fk3kkbdNlQ&dl_branch=1 https://music.apple.com/us/album/nomadder/1573840056 Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

Dear listeners, there's someone we'd like to introduce you to: her name is Daphne Gale and she absolutely is the moment! We've spent some time this year talking with our dear friend Daphne as she's been collaborating, recording, mixing, and releasing her new album, Nomadder! The first two of our interviews are in this episode, and you can hear all about how she learned to strum, treating the songwriting space as sacred, fending off jazz bros, getting naked in the recording studio, and lots and lots of extended metaphor for music as cooking. Plus, you know these were recorded a long time ago because Jerome starts talking about it being the late winter and who can remember when that was! Follow the fun and listen in, divas! And go stream the album!! Follow Daphne Gale: https://linktr.ee/daphnemusic/ Stream NOMADDER: https://open.spotify.com/album/6qRNNdH1bK2TKHxuFxBs2z?si=FkJ9gYCLQT24fk3kkbdNlQ&dl_branch=1 https://music.apple.com/us/album/nomadder/1573840056 Stream DOWN JACKET: https://open.spotify.com/track/4H1zesxgNsFCxx3Vs013cm?si=a204a0ed334f4226 https://music.apple.com/us/album/down-jacket-single/1546509940 Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

We've got one thing in common with Saturn, and it's that we're returning!! We're catching up on absolutely everything in this time capsule of an episode, from Britney updates to one year anniversaries, from scratched CDs to Richie Rich, and yet another queer athlete -- halleloo! Plus some podcast mainstays: a teaser of our Hamilton episode, plugging some new music from our friends (links below!), and the beginning of our Emmy campaign. This week's WLT, FYC. Stream "Nomadder" by Daphne Gale on Friday, July 23! https://daphnegale.com/ Stream "Quarterlife" by Sofía Campoamor on Monday, July 26! https://linktr.ee/sofiacampoamor/ Stream "Symmetrical Girl" by Shyamala on Friday, July 23! https://linktr.ee/shyamalamusic Nashville Predators prospect Luke Prokop says he is gay, hopes living 'authentic life' helps NHL career: https://www.espn.com/nhl/story/_/id/31843069/nashville-predators-prospect-luke-prokop-says-gay-hopes-living-authentic-life-helps-nhl-career Mark Zuckerberg's 4th of July post: https://www.instagram.com/p/CQ6u_nFnGmR/ Ronan Farrow and Jia Tolentino Explain the Britney Spears Case | Lovett Or Leave It: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSg3NK1HUvU What Will Happen to My Music Library When Spotify Dies?: https://www.theatlantic.com/culture/archive/2021/07/spotify-streaming-music-library/619453/ Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

Santa Mozzarella!! If you're looking for something delicious, nutritious, ambitious, superstitious, and nutritious again, then you've come to the right place. We're talking about the gays that may or may not be in Luca, the Miyazaki influence that may or may not be in Pixar, and Ted Allen who may or may not be in Toy Story (spoiler alert: he's not. That's Tim Allen. Boo!) So #staytuned for all the Pixar your heart can handle, and sign our petition to make a live-action Cars movie. It's what the people want! Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

Are you ready kids?? If you could gaze into the future... you'd know that this week's episode is a story all about how much we love and live for theme songs! We're two basic average girls, average kids that no one understands, but everything is absolutely NOT what it seems. Talk about a two way twister! We're rating our favorite TV show themes along some hard hitting criteria, and sometimes you get the best of both worlds. Sometimes the grass is much greener on the other side... But at the end of the day, there's no theme song we love as much as YOU, darling dears. Fact Chequé: The original run of Fairly OddParents is no longer making new episodes, but there is a live action reboot coming later this year to Paramount+. Wendy Williams "Death to all of them": https://twitter.com/sueddaht/status/1409401679435354112 Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

This week, we're making our (and your!) dreams come true. Some people are born with gender, and some have gender thrust upon them, but most of us have to wear the chunky, chunky jeans from JCPenney until we can figure it out. And when we're not clearing the clouds of gender with our fashion sense, we're discussing Pixar's new gay movie (which we don't actually discuss?) and Carl Nassib, who really puts the F in NFL. We actually talk quite a bit about sports in this episode... groundbreaking. Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

We're back, and this week we're louder and prouder than ever! We do a quick roundup of all the things bringing us back to Netflix (Feel Good, Special, Inside) and then dive into all things visible and invisible (and indivisible!) in the queer community. What can society learn from queer communities? Who did we learn our queerness from? Who lives who dies who tells your story??? No, not the Hamilton episode yet. The Queer Theory episode! Fact Chequé: Jerome meant to say that Special was the first time he had seen a good faith depiction of a polyamorous relationship on screen, not that Special was the first to do this. Too busy talking theory to communicate simple thoughts! See first look at Zachary Quinto and Billy Porter's new characters in The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder: https://ew.com/tv/first-look-zachary-quinto-billy-porter-the-proud-family-louder-and-prouder/ ‘Paris Is Burning' Emcee Junior LaBeija on ‘Pose,' RuPaul and Why He Never Let Hollywood Tell His Story: https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/paris-is-burning-emcee-junior-labeija-pose-rupaul-1234964404/ Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

Pride Month endures and so do we, henny. This week we're shaking it up with a Britney-related hot take from Jerome (don't worry, we still talk about Gaga) before diving into our personal Pride origins, establishing what counts as a Pride carol, and breaking down how we celebrate personal pride. And, oh god -- is Pride the new Valentine's Day?? Must be the Q3 of the witch, and that's all we can say on THAT one. Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

Happy Pride Month, everyone! We've got a whole slate of queer topics on the boards today, including the Friends reunion, Reese Witherspoon's Oscar, professional sports, and the one time Jerome had to go condom shopping in front of a room of ninth graders. We (as always) are breaking down sex shame, defending Black women, and talking about what Lady Gaga's been up to, so you really get your money's worth on this episode. And also Kenyon introduces us to a terrifying children's program from 1969? 1969... Stonewall... Sex... it all comes together. Brian Regan - I Walked on the Moon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f713tLbdlu4 Simone Biles Dials Up the Difficulty, ‘Because I Can’: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/24/sports/olympics/simone-biles-yurchenko-double-pike.html Twenty years later, figure skating’s most famous back flip remains amazing (and illegal): https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/sports/wp/2018/02/22/twenty-years-later-figure-skatings-most-famous-backflip-remains-amazing-and-illegal/?fbclid=IwAR10OG9zk2ifr7hSDagvk8QbozDUh57CJhWwf3GM690AUOL18YX8d9JM9f4 A Shocking Exit and a Sad Day for Tennis: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/31/sports/tennis/french-open-naomi-osaka-quits.html Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

This week we are joined by composer-performer and Tommy-enthusiast Tanner Porter, and to be honest, together we are a trio of good, talented singers. We ask Tanner about how she wrote a new commissioned piece over Zoom, talk about the writing process on her upcoming album and musical, and send some love to Laura Mvula. This episode has everything from the Great Voice Memo Challenge to studies on the efficacy of microdosing sleep, and we officially establish ourselves as an anti-Sony podcast. Don't call us, Sony execs!! Follow Tanner! https://www.tannerporter.com/ https://www.instagram.com/tannerportermusic/ Watch the livestream premiere of Tanner's piece Ease the Roads on 5/28 at 7pm EST (or anytime after): https://youtu.be/xyO7AyzIoYQ Episode 51 Playlist: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/648ilC0JcIn0pCIlYUI5HT?si=56d89f824abe407f Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/episode-51-we-love-dissonance-ft-tanner-porter/pl.u-11zBPxYtZ5WPM7 Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

This week continues to be a day for celebration as we complete our binary episode. Two episodes that orbit around each other just as a binary star system might. And speaking of binary stars, we are two stars who are here to give you everything from reflection on middle school science to general esotericism throughout. We announce our NPR debut, declare the decline of Netflix, cancel our NFT plans, and we hear what Kenyon's been waiting his whole life to say: "I am Groove." Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

We Love That (and Kenyon) are both celebrating their 50th birthday this week! Can you believe we made it this far?? In honor of our 50th episode, we're doing what we do best around here: we're putting some absolute respect onto the binaries in and around us. Listen in as we dive into our treasure trove of episodes and finally draw the line between hiatus and return, the Grinch and Cindy Lou Who, Kamala Harris and Susan Rice, and who gets to be rhythm? We also reveal our favorite episode, tease our upcoming commemorative NFTs (whatever those are), and Kenyon learns something new about Beyoncé, if that's even possible. Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

This week we're really touching on all the news that's fit to print. Everything from continued Lady Gaga discourse, including her upcoming role in An Extremely Gucci Movie opposite Academy Award nominee Jordan Brody, to critically informed creative practices with Esperanza Spalding, to even the most fundamental of all questions: What do Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick talk about?? We take a tour of what we've been listening to and also a tour of our closets, in which we'd like to see a refresher. And, as always: Dive Deep, Fall Hard, and Got Good. Amen. Five Charged in Shooting of Lady Gaga’s Dog Walker: https://www.nytimes.com/2021/04/29/us/lady-gaga-dog-stolen-arrests.html Esperanza's New Project: https://songwrightsapothecarylab.com/listen-and-watch/ Episode 49 Playlist: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Px3JJCU0tDJehK13TlEpH?si=e3aef5f6d1574100 Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/episode-49/pl.u-JPAZDvZtW1d2qB Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

If you wanna be startin' something, you've got to be ABOLISHING something. This week we're decompressing from the verdict in the murder of George Floyd and the continued murder of Black people by the state, and we break down why we need to defund and abolish the police, reminding ourselves that things actually do change from time to time, and bring out the big questions: Is there power in mobilization? Are we embarrassed, disgusted, or something else? And at the end of the day, does this have anything to do with anything??? Nancy Pelosi's stunningly tone-deaf quote on George Floyd: https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/21/politics/george-floyd-nancy-pelosi-derek-chauvin/index.html Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

This week we are joined by Lianne fan, truth teller, pitch accurate queen, and avid listener of the podcast, Emil Beckford! And he's NOT gonna write you a love song... at least not in the traditional sense. After Jerome comes out as a secret Drake stan, we parse out vinyl culture (aspirational) vs. radio culture (polarizing), and walk you through all of our formative childhood television shows, from Blues Clues to Steven Universe. This is secretly a Steven Universe podcast, after all. Emil reveals what it's like to get vulnerable with every facet of himself on his new album, where he writes all his best stuff (it's the shower), and how you can preorder a musical polaroid from him! Fact Chequé: Estelle's most recent album, "Lovers Rock," was released in 2018. Follow Emil! http://linktr.ee/emilbeckford Preorder a vinyl form Emil: https://leestavall.com/products/emilbeckford Emil's Bandcamp: https://emilbeckford.bandcamp.com/music Emil's Newsletter: http://tinyletter.com/emilbeckford Songs for 2021 Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/03P6YGBC20QvezpqOaXtir?si=idzEYLRmQb6BOmz0I6wVRg&nd=1

Hair. It's important! This week we're breaking out our brushes and dusting off the conditioner to talk all things hair: our hair journeys, indecipherable barbershop code (hair and gender...there's so much there), celebrity hair goals, and The Roots, if you know what I mean. We also give solutions for bad hair days, pitch some new color dye ideas, Kenyon lies to be supportive, Jerome accuses Kenyon's father of being the devil, and we finally bring up the ultimate binary: Sex and the City vs Chowder. Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

We'd say this episode is really good, but what does "really good" even mean?? We've got special guest, government expert, aspiring pop star, and Desire major Raffi Donatich on the pod this week to talk about....truly everything. Our obsession with music documentaries. Short attention spans in current events and in intimacy. Raffi's villain origin story involving a maypole and a Zac Efron lookalike. And as always, we talk about process! So tune in, stop thinking and start FEELING, mother! Rex Parker Does the NYTimes Crossword Puzzle: https://rexwordpuzzle.blogspot.com/ Wendy Williams appears to fart and burp live during her show: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/video/tvshowbiz/video-2377564/Video-Wendy-Williams-appears-burp-fart-live-show.html Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

I mean, what did you think we were gonna talk about this week?? We're talking about the biggest scandal of the week other than Jerome getting a Spotify Premium account. Lil Nas X reset the culture with his new devilish music video, and we're diving into everything: the cinematic parallels, God's alleged pettiness, conservatives grasping at straws, and yes, we address the shoes. Oh, and also: we wanted to title this one We Love Satan but went in a different direction. But you can imagine we did. Lil Nas X - MONTERO (Call Me By Your Name) (Official Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6swmTBVI83k Nike Sues Over Unauthorized 'Satan Shoes': https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/28/style/nike-satan-shoes-lil-Nas-x.html Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

This week, we're talking about the recent shooting in Atlanta, the spike in violence against AAPI folks, and solidarity between the Black and AAPI communities. Listen in for how quarantine has shaped our understanding of bystanding, the importance of paying attention to language, what to do when you find yourself participating in white supremacy, and why carrying a sense of humility continues to be so important. Ocean Vuong on Language & Gendered Violence: https://youtu.be/cQl_qbWwCwU?t=250 We Need To Talk About Anti-Asian Hate: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14WUuya94QE Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

Hey there! This episode is both tight and mad dope, but if it were either red or green Kenyon would not be able to tell the difference. Jerome gets gay tenure, we defend Jacob Collier (as always), and tap into Oprah's most recent freelance work. But seriously, connecting the dots between Meghan and Diana and Britney and Mariah?? You've gotta tune into this one, babes. Album of the year is the Grammy that nobody deserves to win: https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/grammys-album-of-the-year/2021/03/10/3e71f576-80fd-11eb-9ca6-54e187ee4939_story.html Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

How've you been?? We've got a quaint, domestic episode for you today, filled with ketchup, crosswords, and watercolor postcards. And at the end of the day it's the bumper sticker for me, so why don't you give it a listen. Gonna have to absolutely CLUCK on that one. You can find the livestream links for What Comes Next here: https://linktr.ee/whatcomesnext_exeter Ericka Hart, M.Ed.: https://www.instagram.com/ihartericka/?hl=en SZA - Good Days (Official Video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2p3zZoraK9g Cami Árboles: https://www.instagram.com/camiarboles/?hl=en Tekashi 6ix9ine Posts Homophobic Joke, Lil Nas X Responds with the DMs: https://www.vulture.com/2021/03/lil-nas-x-tekashi-69-instagram-dms.html Rubber Duckie - Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ycreqZqWWpk Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

A lot to say here. First of all, we're back. Second of all, it's still the season of the mask. We recap all kinds of relevant topics, such as The Weeknd's halftime show and also a Sesame Street video that Jerome can't get enough of. We also discuss Kenyon's 40th birthday (soon) and Jerome's 60th (far), how to blow a $10 million budget, and we finally learn the truth behind bonhumora. Sesame Street: I Love Trash: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rxgWHzMvXOY National Anthem performed at CPAC 2021: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vga0M4ia5Mc 6 Dr. Seuss books won't be published for racist images: https://apnews.com/article/dr-seuss-books-racist-images-d8ed18335c03319d72f443594c174513 Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

Baby, this episode is plant-based, vegetarian, qpoc, live laugh love, hipster-DIY vibes realness, inner child, healing...or something like that. Our guest this week is future children's book author and aspiring Dr. Doolittle, Haja Kamara! Tune in for an analytical look at The Lion King, the real meaning of VFD, and what we can learn from Punxsutawney Phil, all wrapped up in embracing desire and turning our flesh prisons into flesh gateways. Not to mention, we've got three iconic queens and Friends of the Pod: Natasha Bedingfield, Vanessa Carlton, and Mary Pope Osborne. And if you're in the mood to gift a plant, Haja is looking for one, baby. Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

The baritone realness in this episode... well it's giving the girls everything they want! Our guest is future American Idol winner Xavier Washington! We talk everything from trying to write original music and blacking out during performances to an Usher vs. Beyoncé Verzuz and why Rachel got all those solos over Mercedes! All while Xavier tries and ultimately succeeds in not getting canceled. And did we mention he's on American Idol?? Wig... Follow Xavier Washington! @zaytheartist https://www.instagram.com/zaytheartist/ https://twitter.com/zaytheartist XAVIER WASHINGTON sings Sevyn Streeter, Mary Mary, & TLC | SONG ASSOCIATION *Special Episode*: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n_cQjhR6lKw Christina Aguilera - I Love You Porgy (Live) HD HQ: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J1VvUcvoLnk Tatiana Clark @singer4ever15: https://www.instagram.com/singer4ever15/ Pitch Slapped- Deja Vu X Beyoncé LIVE: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4hEMFO3kcuQ Arianna. @arianna.mone: https://www.instagram.com/arianna.mone/ Kim Cruse @kimcruseofficial: https://www.instagram.com/kimcruseofficial/ Lorea Turner: https://www.youtube.com/user/loreaturner Tobias | Prince Tch @princetch: https://www.instagram.com/princetch/ Usher (Indirectly) Disputes The Weeknd’s Claim With #ClimaxChallenge: https://variety.com/2020/music/news/usher-weeknd-climax-challenge-1234575872/ Episode 38 Playlist: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4QC2xmEzM4PazdtX6K72gd?si=u_KxL5EUSVa00ffUKEDhUQ Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/episode-38/pl.u-JPAZDqmuW1d2qB Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

We're talking New York, we're talking visual art, we're talking Tumblr culture, and then we're talking New York some more. Our guest this week is writer, artist, eater and yoga-doer, Isis Davis-Marks! Isis talks us through seeking pleasure and bringing Black frivolity to art, and she also asks that you stop using words if you don't know what they mean. So stop! Find out why Beyoncé must be a hard sister to have, if p*pular is a dirty word, and whether we're in the spaceship from Wall-E, Squidward's time machine void, or just a Zoom breakout room. Follow Isis! https://www.isisdavismarks.com/ https://www.instagram.com/isisdavismarks/ https://twitter.com/IsisDavisMarks https://linktr.ee/isisdavismarks My Calling (Card) #1, Adrian Piper: https://artgallery.yale.edu/collections/objects/218575 Adrian Piper: A Synthesis of Institutions, 1965-2016: https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3924 Funk Lessons, Adrian Piper (1983): http://www.adrianpiper.com/vs/video_fl.shtml Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

This week we're kicking off Black History Month with visiting professor, high note ambassador, and loaf queen, David Washington! And it is indeed both a good week AND a good month. We're throwing out taste in exchange for talent and discussing everything from the Glee Smule App to representation by Oprah, we pass the Beyoncé stan bill and the Beanie Baby resolution, and it's all wrapped up in an audit from the DJW School of Belting. So bust out your WWDWD40, because this episode is a good one! Jerome literally gags on the vocal technique at several points. And brace yourselves, because David might be getting cancelled by the basses after this one... Cynthia Erivo: I'm Here - The Late Show with Stephen Colbert: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aRQ-8KzVsTk A Tribute to Prince from the cast of The Color Purple | THE COLOR PURPLE on Broadway: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W6KUTL0PXl0 Hello, Dolly! - Carol Channing (1979): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iVh9zjf0Tww I Care (Homecoming Live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2Avg3lMRQc Bobby McFerrin & Esperanza Spalding jam at the 53rd GRAMMY Pre-Tel | GRAMMYs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17lpfvyWhhM Mariah Carey - If It's Over (Live From: Grammy Awards 1992) BEST QUALITY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tY0SMqLLEUc Whitney Houston & Kim Burrell | I Look to You [Celebration of Gospel Awards 2011]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MsQlOc-dM1M Shoshana Bean Sings "She Used to Be Mine" from WAITRESS - CLUB BROADWAY.COM: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y0YF6WTdkUI Mr. Sandman (cover) - Peter Collins: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsO0tn2R8F0&feature=youtu.be Sara Bareilles - Gravity (Live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f_hEbu92HYY Stacy Francis - O Holy Night - Upright Cabaret: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EV35tSr5-yg Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

Are we humans, or are we... well, are we even humans?? This week we've got singer/songwriter/performer/meditator/maybe-not-a-human Michael Blume on the podcast to talk about healing, contemplate whether or not to get the notebook (just get the notebook!), and finally explain the connection between meditation, singing, and bottomming. This episode doesn't include quite as much gay shit as you might expect, but we do hear the tiniest sneak peek of new music coming our way! And what's not gay about that?! Follow Michael Blume on Instagram! @mblumemusic https://www.instagram.com/mblumemusic/ The Mind Illuminated: A Complete Meditation Guide Integrating Buddhist Wisdom and Brain Science for Better Mindfulness: https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Mind-Illuminated/John-Yates/9781501156984 Lost One - Jazmine Sullivan Cover: https://www.instagram.com/tv/CKKbgaoHGyq/ Episode 35 Playlist: Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6lZFfRBZlFBNU7rqdfWoB8?si=eSgjZlRpRE2bW8-N2vKcrg Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/playlist/episode-35/pl.u-11zBP5aFZ5WPM7 Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!

2 Personalities, 2 Quizzes, 2 Furious. And everybody loves a good sequel! This week we're diving back into the world of personality quizzes between conversations about Lady Gaga albums, praise of Jazmine Sullivan, and avoiding the topic of body rolls in general. Other gems include: everyone's a doctor according to Jerome, so be sure to take your met-i-sin; throw out your copy of Grapes of Wrath, and replace it with Words of Aff; and delightful parallel mentions of Macaroni Grill crayons and extraversion olive oil. And that's all she wrote on THAT one, darling dear. Jazmine Sullivan - Lost One (Live): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ObvvP1B1Wuw The Apology Language Quiz: https://www.5lovelanguages.com/quizzes/apology-quiz/ The Four Color Personalities: https://truecolorsintl.com/the-four-color-personalities/ True Colors Test: https://sfp.caltech.edu/documents/4296/the_mentoring_spectrum_true_color_test.pdf Most Personality Quizzes Are Junk. Take One That Isn't: https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/personality-quiz/ Follow us on Instagram: @welovethatpodcast! https://www.instagram.com/welovethatpodcast/ Send us stuff at welovethatpodcast@gmail.com!