Podcasts about Grindr

A rainbow of secrets. A coded language. And a hidden world built for survival.Long before Grindr, Scruff, Sniffies, or social media, queer men relied on an intricate system of colored bandanas to communicate desires, identities, and interests in a world where being yourself could be dangerous. In this Pride Month episode, Jordi and Brad dive into the fascinating history of the Hanky Code, exploring its disputed origins, ties to leather culture, and how this colorful piece of queer history became one of the community's most iconic symbols. Then, things take a hilarious turn as Brad's knowledge is put to the test in a game that proves just how complex and surprisingly specific the code really was. This LGBTQ+ true crime podcast may be taking a break from murder this week, but it's still a journey through queer history with plenty of laughs and unexpected discoveries along the way.Hosted by Jordi and Brad, Beers With Queers brings chilling crimes, queer stories, and twisted justice to light, all with a cold one in hand.Press play, grab a drink, and join us as we uncover the colorful secrets hidden throughout LGBTQ+ history. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Il y a plus d'une décennie, l'arrivée des applications de rencontre provoquait de vifs débats en France. Aujourd'hui, elles forment environ 20% des couples et ont redessiné nos codes amoureux. Grindr, plateforme incontournable de la communauté gay et queer où les Français figurent parmi les utilisateurs les plus assidus, révèle les coulisses de cette révolution. Entre santé mentale fragilisée, nouvelles normes de séduction et dépendance algorithmique, cette application est le laboratoire d'une transformation qui dépasse largement son public.Comment les applications de rencontres impactent-elles notre santé mentale ? Que dit leur succès de notre société ? Devrions-nous les garder ou bien les supprimer ?Pour en discuter, Encore heureux reçoit le journaliste Thibault Lambert, auteur de Ce que Grindr a fait de nous (Éd. JC Lattès, 2025).CRÉDITS : Encore Heureux est un podcast de Binge Audio animé par Camille Teste. Réalisation et musique introduction : Jude Rigaud. Production et édition : Charlotte Baix et Marie Foulon. Musique originale : Artuan de Lierrée. Identité graphique : Sébastien Brothier (Upian). Direction des programmes : Joël Ronez.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.

Episode Summary Friday's show is a beautiful Pride Month trash fire featuring Grindr revenge through windshield destruction, a new 90 Day Fiancé swamp-ogre romance, a woman who learns the hard way that spitting on cops has consequences, an app that ranks your most stressful co-workers, and a wannabe John Wick threatening murder over his impounded […] The post The Filipino Dick-Washing Olympics – NEW SHOW! first appeared on Distorted View Daily.

Send us Fan MailThis week the boys open with a "loving" influencer explaining why we're all going to hell — and it only gets holier from there. Social media Christians who gay-bait on Snapchat, megachurch pastors who need a second jet, and why nobody is getting into Heaven Plus.Then Bobby reports live from Charlotte: a city full of 23-year-olds, an open bar (RIP), and a gay bar near the airport that sparked the most honest conversation about race we've ever had on this show. Plus a gas station encounter that proves travel actually changes you.And the main event: a full dramatic reading from the Book of Faggot — a Grindr message from a hookup 13 years ago with a suspiciously perfect memory, a top-three ranking (out of three), and the coldest "Got it." in recorded history.Also inside: the president is a farter, Pillion is unrealistic (Alexander Skarsgård is a 95, sorry), doctor's office anxiety is just hookup anxiety, why the gays bully the gays, and the moment we realized the days are already getting shorter.

Si en la primera entrega de “Pop y caníbales” se habló de Jeffrey Dahmer, los UK Zombie Bastards y otros antropófagos modernos, aquí nos sumergimos en las (ejem) brumas de la historia. Kiko Amat sienta proverbial cátedra sobre: el canibalismo a través de los siglos, de la Edad de Piedra a los Aztecas mesoamericanos; canibalismo in extremis (en alta mar o en tierra firme); las grandes hambrunas chinas y rusas. Benja Villegas, por su parte, larga de: la Sociedad Leopardo; los necrocanibales; Angel Vidal Mendoza comiéndose los ojos de su hijo y el usuario de Grindr que se zampó, literal, los huevos de Kevin Bacon. Y todo ello amenizado con etimología, tips nutricionales, non sequiturs gastronómicos, conexiones Pop (la cami de Cannibal Corpse, Las Colinas tienen ojos…) y más.

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Een onderwerp waar we nog nooit aan aflevering aan hebben gewijd, maar dat voortdurend terugkomt in de Kroegpraat-community: daten. Daarom is podcastmaker en date-expert Timo Harmelink te gast. Hinge, Raya, Bumble, Tinder en Grindr: hoe staat de datingappwereld ervoor? Tussen slechte matches, onoriginele foto's en ingewikkelde prompts als ‘long term, open to short' lijkt de dating fatigue groter dan ooit. Werkt offline daten misschien toch beter? Hoe ga je om met afwijzing? En hoe houd je plezier in het daten? Van fietsflirten tot vrienden pitchen: Timo deelt zijn beste inzichten en praktische tips.Onze sponsors:Arla Skyr is de sponsor om meer uit jouw ochtend te halen!Matt Sleeps bestaat 10 jaar en viert dat met de hoogste kortingen ooit tot wel 50%! Ga naar mattsleeps.com/kroegpraat en gebruik code KROEGPRAAT voor een extra verrassingskorting bovenop de lopende acties. (Geldig t/m 30 juni 2026)Productie: Meer van ditMuziek: Keez GroentemanWil je adverteren in deze podcast? Stuur een mailtje naar: Adverteerders (direct): adverteren@meervandit.nl(Media)bureaus: adverteren@bienmedia.nl Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome back to Nikky After Dark, where we dive deep into your wildest, filthiest, and most honest confessions. I'm your host, Nikky, and tonight we're going full throttle.Here are three dirty stories you'll hear in this episode:• A college girl catches her “completely straight” dormmate secretly fingering herself to lesbian porn… and decides to give her a very hands-on awakening right there on the bed.• A dominant older manager finally snaps after hours, ties his employee to a chair with his own leather straps, face-fucks her, bends her over the desk, and leaves her dripping with a deep creampie while still bound and helpless. • A free-use roommate game goes nuclear when her best friend shows up for a casual visit — and ends up watching her get throat-fucked and railed doggy-style while taking photos.This episode is packed with even more juicy confessions including a risky hotel Grindr hookup, a married MILF hunting for secret affairs, a hotpast boyfriend determined to out-fuck his girlfriend's ex, a weekend family cumdump, a first-date double cumslut, risky window exhibitionism, best friend's mom seduction, and plenty of slutty awakenings and public thrills.Join us over on Discord: https://discord.gg/uqqxsCSDfwSupport Nikky: Unlock exclusive confessions, bonus thoughts, and steamy Q&As at Patreon.com/DearNikky. Join the inner circle for extra spice!Featured Release:Dear Nikky: Sex Confessions From People Just Like You is out now! Dive deeper into the raw, unfiltered stories you love.Contact: • Email: Nikky@dearnikky.com • Website: DearNikky.com/confessions• Socials: Twitter (@DNikky162), Instagram (@DNikky162), Facebook (@DearNikky)ContentWarning: This episode contains explicit sexual content, including graphic descriptions of nudity, public sex, infidelity, and boundary-pushing consensual fantasies. Stories are fictional and depict enthusiastic consent. Listener discretion advised; 18+ only. Submissions involving bestiality, incest, underage role-play, rape, non-consensual content, or racial slurs are not aired.Get Involved:Submit Your Story: Got a secret fantasy or steamy confession? Write to Nikky at Nikky@dearnikky.com or submit anonymously at DearNikky.com/confessions.Say Hello: Have a burning fantasy or just want to chat? Connect on Twitter (@DNikky162), Instagram (@DNikky162), or Facebook (@DearNikky).Nikky wants to hear your naughtiest thoughts! • Support the Show: Leave a review on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Spreaker or your favorite platform to help new listeners discover the heat.Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/dear-nikky-hidden-desires--6316414/support.

Madonna (and Grindr) rock Times Square, Scott Pelley is a crybaby, Sean Penn's fragile mental health, Bonnie Blue's beautiful baby shower, and Luigi Mangione is still hot. Eli Zaret joins the show to rag the Red Wings for losing Dylan Larkin, the Tigers are on a little hot streak, Caitlin Clark is for white people only, Donald Trump is ready for NBA Finals Game 3, and Taylor Swift's stinky chair. Unemployment among young people is much higher now than it used to be. What is going to happen with college? DATELINE finally did a piece on Luigi Mangione and FINALLY talked about the beloved CEO, Brian Thompson. Why is it always about Luigi the murderer, and not about the guy that was killed. Bonnie Blue just had her baby shower. How cute. Madonna set a record for most penis softening dancing in Times Square to kick off Pride. F1 vs Kim Kardashian. She was there to support her boyfriend Lewis Hamilton and NOTHING ELSE. So when Martin Brundle wanted a quick comment from her, she totally iced him! Trudi AND Drew got sucked into the Kylie Minogue documentary on Netflix. She's hot. So is her sister. See ya, Scott Pelley! He did a NY Times documentary where bagels made him cry...Or something like that. Texas is split over Karmelo Anthony. If you forgot, he's the kid on trial for killing a kid...Who ended up dying in his twin brother's arms. Anyway, there's some pretty entertaining man on the street action going on outside the courthouse. Sean Penn missed the Oscars due to his mental health. Hurry back soon, Brandon. We might have some merch left. Click here to check what's available. If you'd like to help support the show… consider subscribing to our YouTube Channel, Facebook, Instagram and Twitter (Drew Lane, Marc Fellhauer, Trudi Daniels, Jim Bentley, BranDon, and Roberto).

This episode is living through a real fantasy, listener! Zach Noe Towers is an endlessly lovable stand up comedian whose work has been featured on E!, Netflix, and Comedy Central, but today he's in the apartment to showcase his work from GRINDR! We discuss having a LEGENDARY hookup straight out of “Heated Rivalry,” interpreting flirty body language, short & fiery flings, and big boy dumps. Ashley teaches a homophobic teen a lesson. Lizzy struggles for vacation sex. SUPPORT ZACH NOE TOWERS: Watch his special, “Twink Death,” RIGHT NOW: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmIxzOLtOQo  See Him LIVE: https://punchup.live/zachnoetowers/tour  Listen to “Good Morning, Sodomites” wherever you listen: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/good-morning-sodomites/id1533562889  TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@zachnoetowers  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/zachnoetowers/  Twitter: https://x.com/ZachNoeTowers  FOLLOW ASHLEY GAVIN @ashgavs TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ashgavscomedy Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ashgavs/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ashgavs Twitter: https://twitter.com/ashgavs Tour Dates & Newsletter: https://www.ashleygavin.com/#dates FOLLOW LIZZY CASSIDY @lizzycassidy TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@lizzycassidycomedy  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lizzycassidy/  Twitter: https://x.com/lizzaster  Tour Dates & Podcasts: https://linktr.ee/lizzycassidy  FOLLOW ALEX VRAHAS @alvrahas Mailing List: https://forms.gle/t48AUUEYzrNagU1B9  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alvrahas/   SUPPORT OUR PODCAST: Watch this UNCUT: https://www.patreon.com/WHGS Merch: https://shop.merchcentral.com/collections/ashley-gavin Watch on this YouTube: https://youtu.be/XZocFdfkQxk  ______________________________________________ SUPPORT OUR SPONSORS: HELIX: Get 20% OFF sitewide at https://helixsleep.com/gaysex  TOMBOYX: Use code GAY15 to get 15% OFF your order at https://tomboyx.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

How queer men in Kazakhstan navigate dating apps in a context of stigma, surveillance, and limited legal protections. It shows how platforms like Grindr, Hornet, Tinder, and VKontakte function as spaces where trust, visibility, and safety must be continuously negotiated. This episode explores how queer men in Kazakhstan navigate dating apps in contexts shaped by stigma, surveillance, and limited legal protections. Drawing on interviews and platform analysis in Shymkent and Almaty, the research challenges the idea of dating apps as neutral or purely liberating spaces, showing instead how they function as ‘ambivalent infrastructures' where connection is always intertwined with risk. Rather than simple tools for meeting partners, apps like VKontakte, Grindr, Hornet, and Tinder are used as distinct social environments that require careful interpretation and strategy. Users constantly assess authenticity, safety, and potential harm, often moving across multiple platforms, starting with apps, then shifting to messaging services like WhatsApp or Telegram, and using calls and additional checks to verify identity before meeting offline. Set against Kazakhstan's broader socio-political context, where queer visibility can lead to harassment, outing, or violence, the episode highlights how digital intimacy becomes a form of ongoing risk management. It ultimately reframes dating apps not as spaces of free connection, but as complex systems where trust, visibility, and safety must be continuously negotiated. Yerkebulan Sairambay is a scholar at risk based at the Centre for Oriental studies in the University of Tartu (Estonia). His research interests involve, but are not limited to, the following areas of expertise: political participation, new media, civil society, climate change, clan politics, democratisation, queer studies, academic freedom, transitional justice, and nation- and state- building with a particular focus on the countries of post-communist Europe and former Soviet Union. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge, and IMRCEES Erasmus Mundus Master's Double Degrees in Russian, Central and East European studies (University of Glasgow) and political science (Corvinus University of Budapest). The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, and Asianettverket at the University of Oslo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/new-books-network

How queer men in Kazakhstan navigate dating apps in a context of stigma, surveillance, and limited legal protections. It shows how platforms like Grindr, Hornet, Tinder, and VKontakte function as spaces where trust, visibility, and safety must be continuously negotiated. This episode explores how queer men in Kazakhstan navigate dating apps in contexts shaped by stigma, surveillance, and limited legal protections. Drawing on interviews and platform analysis in Shymkent and Almaty, the research challenges the idea of dating apps as neutral or purely liberating spaces, showing instead how they function as ‘ambivalent infrastructures' where connection is always intertwined with risk. Rather than simple tools for meeting partners, apps like VKontakte, Grindr, Hornet, and Tinder are used as distinct social environments that require careful interpretation and strategy. Users constantly assess authenticity, safety, and potential harm, often moving across multiple platforms, starting with apps, then shifting to messaging services like WhatsApp or Telegram, and using calls and additional checks to verify identity before meeting offline. Set against Kazakhstan's broader socio-political context, where queer visibility can lead to harassment, outing, or violence, the episode highlights how digital intimacy becomes a form of ongoing risk management. It ultimately reframes dating apps not as spaces of free connection, but as complex systems where trust, visibility, and safety must be continuously negotiated. Yerkebulan Sairambay is a scholar at risk based at the Centre for Oriental studies in the University of Tartu (Estonia). His research interests involve, but are not limited to, the following areas of expertise: political participation, new media, civil society, climate change, clan politics, democratisation, queer studies, academic freedom, transitional justice, and nation- and state- building with a particular focus on the countries of post-communist Europe and former Soviet Union. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge, and IMRCEES Erasmus Mundus Master's Double Degrees in Russian, Central and East European studies (University of Glasgow) and political science (Corvinus University of Budapest). The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, and Asianettverket at the University of Oslo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/central-asian-studies

How queer men in Kazakhstan navigate dating apps in a context of stigma, surveillance, and limited legal protections. It shows how platforms like Grindr, Hornet, Tinder, and VKontakte function as spaces where trust, visibility, and safety must be continuously negotiated. This episode explores how queer men in Kazakhstan navigate dating apps in contexts shaped by stigma, surveillance, and limited legal protections. Drawing on interviews and platform analysis in Shymkent and Almaty, the research challenges the idea of dating apps as neutral or purely liberating spaces, showing instead how they function as ‘ambivalent infrastructures' where connection is always intertwined with risk. Rather than simple tools for meeting partners, apps like VKontakte, Grindr, Hornet, and Tinder are used as distinct social environments that require careful interpretation and strategy. Users constantly assess authenticity, safety, and potential harm, often moving across multiple platforms, starting with apps, then shifting to messaging services like WhatsApp or Telegram, and using calls and additional checks to verify identity before meeting offline. Set against Kazakhstan's broader socio-political context, where queer visibility can lead to harassment, outing, or violence, the episode highlights how digital intimacy becomes a form of ongoing risk management. It ultimately reframes dating apps not as spaces of free connection, but as complex systems where trust, visibility, and safety must be continuously negotiated. Yerkebulan Sairambay is a scholar at risk based at the Centre for Oriental studies in the University of Tartu (Estonia). His research interests involve, but are not limited to, the following areas of expertise: political participation, new media, civil society, climate change, clan politics, democratisation, queer studies, academic freedom, transitional justice, and nation- and state- building with a particular focus on the countries of post-communist Europe and former Soviet Union. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge, and IMRCEES Erasmus Mundus Master's Double Degrees in Russian, Central and East European studies (University of Glasgow) and political science (Corvinus University of Budapest). The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, and Asianettverket at the University of Oslo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/sociology

How queer men in Kazakhstan navigate dating apps in a context of stigma, surveillance, and limited legal protections. It shows how platforms like Grindr, Hornet, Tinder, and VKontakte function as spaces where trust, visibility, and safety must be continuously negotiated. This episode explores how queer men in Kazakhstan navigate dating apps in contexts shaped by stigma, surveillance, and limited legal protections. Drawing on interviews and platform analysis in Shymkent and Almaty, the research challenges the idea of dating apps as neutral or purely liberating spaces, showing instead how they function as ‘ambivalent infrastructures' where connection is always intertwined with risk. Rather than simple tools for meeting partners, apps like VKontakte, Grindr, Hornet, and Tinder are used as distinct social environments that require careful interpretation and strategy. Users constantly assess authenticity, safety, and potential harm, often moving across multiple platforms, starting with apps, then shifting to messaging services like WhatsApp or Telegram, and using calls and additional checks to verify identity before meeting offline. Set against Kazakhstan's broader socio-political context, where queer visibility can lead to harassment, outing, or violence, the episode highlights how digital intimacy becomes a form of ongoing risk management. It ultimately reframes dating apps not as spaces of free connection, but as complex systems where trust, visibility, and safety must be continuously negotiated. Yerkebulan Sairambay is a scholar at risk based at the Centre for Oriental studies in the University of Tartu (Estonia). His research interests involve, but are not limited to, the following areas of expertise: political participation, new media, civil society, climate change, clan politics, democratisation, queer studies, academic freedom, transitional justice, and nation- and state- building with a particular focus on the countries of post-communist Europe and former Soviet Union. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge, and IMRCEES Erasmus Mundus Master's Double Degrees in Russian, Central and East European studies (University of Glasgow) and political science (Corvinus University of Budapest). The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, and Asianettverket at the University of Oslo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/lgbtq-studies

How queer men in Kazakhstan navigate dating apps in a context of stigma, surveillance, and limited legal protections. It shows how platforms like Grindr, Hornet, Tinder, and VKontakte function as spaces where trust, visibility, and safety must be continuously negotiated. This episode explores how queer men in Kazakhstan navigate dating apps in contexts shaped by stigma, surveillance, and limited legal protections. Drawing on interviews and platform analysis in Shymkent and Almaty, the research challenges the idea of dating apps as neutral or purely liberating spaces, showing instead how they function as ‘ambivalent infrastructures' where connection is always intertwined with risk. Rather than simple tools for meeting partners, apps like VKontakte, Grindr, Hornet, and Tinder are used as distinct social environments that require careful interpretation and strategy. Users constantly assess authenticity, safety, and potential harm, often moving across multiple platforms, starting with apps, then shifting to messaging services like WhatsApp or Telegram, and using calls and additional checks to verify identity before meeting offline. Set against Kazakhstan's broader socio-political context, where queer visibility can lead to harassment, outing, or violence, the episode highlights how digital intimacy becomes a form of ongoing risk management. It ultimately reframes dating apps not as spaces of free connection, but as complex systems where trust, visibility, and safety must be continuously negotiated. Yerkebulan Sairambay is a scholar at risk based at the Centre for Oriental studies in the University of Tartu (Estonia). His research interests involve, but are not limited to, the following areas of expertise: political participation, new media, civil society, climate change, clan politics, democratisation, queer studies, academic freedom, transitional justice, and nation- and state- building with a particular focus on the countries of post-communist Europe and former Soviet Union. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge, and IMRCEES Erasmus Mundus Master's Double Degrees in Russian, Central and East European studies (University of Glasgow) and political science (Corvinus University of Budapest). The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, and Asianettverket at the University of Oslo.

How queer men in Kazakhstan navigate dating apps in a context of stigma, surveillance, and limited legal protections. It shows how platforms like Grindr, Hornet, Tinder, and VKontakte function as spaces where trust, visibility, and safety must be continuously negotiated. This episode explores how queer men in Kazakhstan navigate dating apps in contexts shaped by stigma, surveillance, and limited legal protections. Drawing on interviews and platform analysis in Shymkent and Almaty, the research challenges the idea of dating apps as neutral or purely liberating spaces, showing instead how they function as ‘ambivalent infrastructures' where connection is always intertwined with risk. Rather than simple tools for meeting partners, apps like VKontakte, Grindr, Hornet, and Tinder are used as distinct social environments that require careful interpretation and strategy. Users constantly assess authenticity, safety, and potential harm, often moving across multiple platforms, starting with apps, then shifting to messaging services like WhatsApp or Telegram, and using calls and additional checks to verify identity before meeting offline. Set against Kazakhstan's broader socio-political context, where queer visibility can lead to harassment, outing, or violence, the episode highlights how digital intimacy becomes a form of ongoing risk management. It ultimately reframes dating apps not as spaces of free connection, but as complex systems where trust, visibility, and safety must be continuously negotiated. Yerkebulan Sairambay is a scholar at risk based at the Centre for Oriental studies in the University of Tartu (Estonia). His research interests involve, but are not limited to, the following areas of expertise: political participation, new media, civil society, climate change, clan politics, democratisation, queer studies, academic freedom, transitional justice, and nation- and state- building with a particular focus on the countries of post-communist Europe and former Soviet Union. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge, and IMRCEES Erasmus Mundus Master's Double Degrees in Russian, Central and East European studies (University of Glasgow) and political science (Corvinus University of Budapest). The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, and Asianettverket at the University of Oslo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/science-technology-and-society

How queer men in Kazakhstan navigate dating apps in a context of stigma, surveillance, and limited legal protections. It shows how platforms like Grindr, Hornet, Tinder, and VKontakte function as spaces where trust, visibility, and safety must be continuously negotiated. This episode explores how queer men in Kazakhstan navigate dating apps in contexts shaped by stigma, surveillance, and limited legal protections. Drawing on interviews and platform analysis in Shymkent and Almaty, the research challenges the idea of dating apps as neutral or purely liberating spaces, showing instead how they function as ‘ambivalent infrastructures' where connection is always intertwined with risk. Rather than simple tools for meeting partners, apps like VKontakte, Grindr, Hornet, and Tinder are used as distinct social environments that require careful interpretation and strategy. Users constantly assess authenticity, safety, and potential harm, often moving across multiple platforms, starting with apps, then shifting to messaging services like WhatsApp or Telegram, and using calls and additional checks to verify identity before meeting offline. Set against Kazakhstan's broader socio-political context, where queer visibility can lead to harassment, outing, or violence, the episode highlights how digital intimacy becomes a form of ongoing risk management. It ultimately reframes dating apps not as spaces of free connection, but as complex systems where trust, visibility, and safety must be continuously negotiated. Yerkebulan Sairambay is a scholar at risk based at the Centre for Oriental studies in the University of Tartu (Estonia). His research interests involve, but are not limited to, the following areas of expertise: political participation, new media, civil society, climate change, clan politics, democratisation, queer studies, academic freedom, transitional justice, and nation- and state- building with a particular focus on the countries of post-communist Europe and former Soviet Union. He holds a PhD in Sociology from the University of Cambridge, and IMRCEES Erasmus Mundus Master's Double Degrees in Russian, Central and East European studies (University of Glasgow) and political science (Corvinus University of Budapest). The Nordic Asia Podcast is a collaboration sharing expertise on Asia across the Nordic region, brought to you by the Nordic Institute of Asian Studies (NIAS) based at the University of Copenhagen, along with our academic partners: the Centre for East Asian Studies at the University of Turku, and Asianettverket at the University of Oslo. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

HAPPY PRIDE MONTH! Carlos is a gay man with hooks up with straight guys and couples and he called in to talk all about it. Tune in to hear all the details including the difference between hooking up with a gay men vs straight men and what straight guys do that isn't so nice, the places guys meet up in from Sniffies, when he knew he was gay and when he came out and how his family and friends reacted, his first sexual experience with a guy and how he felt afterwards, his first long term relationship and why he decided to really live it up sexually after it ended, the first straight guy he hooked up with and what went down to make the experience so good, how he can tell if a guy is straight on Grindr another apps, the next straight guy he hooked up with and what went down, how he then decided to hook up with a couple and exactly what went down, how he felt about going down on a woman, how and why he's still looking for couples and what he wants to do with them, how so many guys he meets up with are married and doing it on the dl, the types of straight guys he's very into plus a whole lot more. GET A COPY OF THE STRICTLY ANONYMOUS BOOK! Strictly Anonymous Confessions: Secret Sex Lives of Total Strangers. A bunch of short, super sexy, TRUE stories. GET YOUR COPY HERE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://amzn.to/4i7hBCd⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  or Pre-order audiobook version ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠   To see HOT pics of my female guests + hear anonymous confessions + get all the episodes early and AD FREE, join my Patreon! It's only $7 a month and you can cancel at any time. You can sign up here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.patreon.com/StrictlyAnonymousPodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and when you join, I'll throw in a complimentary link to my private Discord! To join SDC and get a FREE Trial! click here: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.sdc.com/?ref=37712⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or go to SDC.com and use my code 37712 Want to be on the show? Email me at ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠strictlyanonymouspodcast@gmail.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ or go to ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.strictlyanonymouspodcast.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ and click on "Be on the Show." Want to confess while remaining anonymous? Call the CONFESSIONS hotline at 347-420-3579. All voices are changed.   Sponsors:  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://Rythm.Health/STRICTLYANON⁠⁠ ⁠for 15% OFF your first month PLUS FREE shipping  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.quince.com/strictlyanon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — For premium quality Quince clothing plus FREE shipping and 365 day returns! ⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://LoadBoost.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠- To get 10% off DRIVE BOOST by VB Health, use code: STRICTLY   ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bluechew.com⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ — Buy 2 months of Bluechew GOLD and get the third month FREE! Use code: STRICTLYANON⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://bollandbranch.com/strictlyanon⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Use code STRICTLYANON for 20% off plus FREE shipping ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://beduc.at/pd2618-anonymous⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Click here to take the quiz and  get your personalized roadmap to sexual happiness Follow me! Instagram  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/strictanonymous/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ X  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://twitter.com/strictanonymous?lang=en⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Website  ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠http://www.strictlyanonymouspodcast.com/⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Everything else: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://linktr.ee/Strictlyanonymouspodcast⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Alek og Asta tager i denne episode fat på et emne, som mange både elsker og hader - nemlig dating apps.I dette afsnit af UNDER BÆLTET tales der om swipes, matches og de mange forskellige måder at date på i den digitale verden. Hvad er egentlig forskellen på Tinder, Hinge og Grindr? Hvem bruger dem? Og hvad leder folk egentligt efter på de forskellige apps?Der dykkes ned i datingkulturen på de tre apps, de uskrevne regler og de forventninger, der kan opstå, når kærlighed, sex og algoritmer mødes.Som altid svares der på jer lytteres spørgsmål og dilemmaer om online dating, gamle profilbilleder og jagten på den gode relation.________________________________________________________Send dit dilemma, din oplevelse, dit spørgsmål eller noget helt fjerde 100% anonymt via. linket i bio på @UnderBaeltet ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Instagram ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠eller ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠TikTok⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠.

George Arison, the CEO of Grindr, discusses the transformation of the app and culture surrounding the app, the new AI features that Grindr has added, and the benefits of those new features . Arison also spoke about politics and how he been able to build an influence on both sides of the aisle to help Grindr users and other members of the LGBTQ community. Arison spoke with Bloomberg's Christina Ruffini and David Gura.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

I studion: Fredrik Söderholm, Tobbe Ek, Carl HS, Tim Alejandro, August Bohlin

I studion: Fredrik Söderholm, Tobbe Ek, Carl HS, Tim Alejandro, August Bohlin

Access BONUS eps & other exclusives with Emsolation Extra @ https://emsolation.supercast.com/ See Em's new show 'Addicted to Love' https://emrusciano.com/addicted-to-love/ Em's been busy manifesting a major life upgrade under the recent full moon by brewing moon water to drink and release all that negative energy, she gives a full explain on why and how within. Em also breaks down her decision to join a virtual “cult” by signing up to a wellness centre driven by pneumonia, exhaustion and just a need for some long overdue self care. It's a cult that comes complete with remedial massages, red light therapy, hyperbaric chambers and lymphatic drainage boots and so far it's been working a treat. Finally, Michael is keen to dive into how two low-budget, horror films, ‘Obsession' and ‘Backrooms', created by YouTubers, have easily crushed big Hollywood blockbusters like ‘Star Wars: The Mandalorian & Grogu' at the box office, creating an amazing shift in the film landscape. Then in our Sealed Section, on our premium service Emsolation Extra, Em and Michael tackle some diva dilemmas and do an ‘Okay, Stop!' on Madonna spilling her juiciest secrets with her besties for the Grindr hookup app. Get access for just $1.87 a week, or watch the full video of both episodes back to back using the link above or via the Supercast website for $2.50 a week at emsolation.supercast.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Liebe Freunde, für Leopold ist der GRINDR Dating-Albtraum von uns allen zur traumatischen Realität geworden. Er wurde am 19.05.2026 durch die GRINDR Datingapp in eine Falle gelockt, für 3 Stunden Zuhause festgehalten, geschlagen, gedemütigt und ausgeraubt. Heute erzählt uns Leopold, wie er den Tathergang erlebt und auch durchgestanden hat. Dafür möchte ich Leopold danken, denn es ist wichtig, dass solche schlimmen und grausamen Taten nicht verborgen oder tot geschwiegen werden. Für Leopold und uns alle hoffe ich inständig, dass die Täter schnell gefasst werden und auch ein mehr als angemessenes Strafmaß verhängt wird – auch zur Abschreckung.Auch GRINDR sollte sich fragen, was sie tun können, damit das Dating über ihre App endlich sicher wird. Schließlich sollte das Unternehmen spätestens durch den Werbedeal mit Madonna sehr viel Geld eingenommen habe – Zeit auch mal etwas an die Communtiy zurückzugeben, finde ich.Bitte teilt dieses Video mit euren Freunden & Bekannten. Das Thema "Queere Gewalt" muss viel mehr Aufmerksamkeit bekommen. ◾ Wenn du selbst Opfer geworden bist, wende dich an das schwule Anti-Gewaltprojekt MANEO: https://maneo.de/Schwules Überfalltelefon: 030-216 33 36 (täglich: 17-19:00)Fühlt euch gedrückt & passt auf euch auf, Leopold & Grey◾ FOLLOW LEOPOLDhttps://www.instagram.com/leopold.music/https://www.tiktok.com/@leopold.musichttps://www.youtube.com/@LEOPOLDmusic◾ ANUUX mit 13% Ermäßigung shoppenhttps://anuux.de/Rabattcode: gayover13◾ PAYPAL.ME/GAYOVERpodcastUnterstütze meinen PODCAST mit einer Spende, wenn DU magst ♡◾ FOLLOW MEhttps://www.instagram.com/gay.over.podcast/https://www.tiktok.com/@gayover_podcast◾ WEBSITE: https://www.gay-over.de#GRINDR #gayoverpodcast #dating

This Week In Ciccone was quite busy! MLVC discusses Madonna's recent collaboration with Bilt and Grindr (where she mentions her love affair with JFK, Jr.) and also her visit from Gymskin to her London home where they dance to Into The Groove! Follow MLVC on all social channels: @mlvcpodcast Subscribe to MLVC's YouTube channel Donate to the podcast on Venmo: mlvcpodcast Listen to more episodes on Spotify/Apple/Amazon/Google Play or here: https://mlvc.podbean.com/ #mlvcpodcast #madonnapodcast #madonna #confessions2 #grindr #intothegroove #gymskin

Happy Pride Month! Bonus episodes on Patreon! 4 per month every Friday! https://www.patreon.com/threadtalkpodcast LIKE THIS VIDEO SO WE GO TO BALI!: https://youtu.be/FnT5NJDj9ek RV Travel Vlogs: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLGnkhJNb0dylJlLkdFpZ5J-cDQvE0C7T-

Os aplicativos facilitaram a nossa vida ou nos deixaram mais solitários? Neste episódio do PodeGay, os psis fazem uma análise comportamental profunda sobre a maior revolução da comunidade gay moderna: a era dos aplicativos de relacionamento. O Grindr e os apps similares mudaram o gay brasileiro para melhor ou para pior? A resposta honesta é: as duas coisas ao mesmo tempo.De um lado, os apps democratizaram o acesso e foram a salvação para gays que vivem no interior ou em cidades conservadoras, tirando muita gente do armário e quebrando barreiras geográficas. Do outro lado, criaram uma cultura cruel de descartabilidade, achataram a nossa autoestima e estão matando lentamente a sociabilidade presencial e os flertes da vida real.Nós analisamos os dois lados dessa moeda sem tentar chegar a uma conclusão fácil, porque a tecnologia é apenas um espelho do nosso próprio comportamento.

¿Alguna vez has sentido miedo al conocer a alguien por internet? En este episodio especial, nos unimos a las chicas de Punto Ciego para desenterrar los relatos más aterradores, perturbadores y reales ocurridos en Tinder y Grindr. Historias de citas de pesadilla que te harán pensar dos veces antes de dar "match". CANAL DE LAS INVITADAS  @PuntoCiegoVlog  Desde encuentros que terminaron en situaciones de alto peligro hasta secretos oscuros ocultos detrás de una pantalla. Prepárate, porque hoy ReManchados de Miedo y Punto Ciego entran al lado más oscuro del internet. #Terror #Tinder #Grindr #PuntoCiego #ReManchadosDeMiedo #HistoriasDeTerror Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jay ended an awkward date in a shady way, and the hosts discussed how to reject someone after swapping photos on Grindr. We also got to meet Kerel of ⁨Minoritea Report⁩!Guest:Kerel | @iamkerelMinoritea Report | ⁨@MinoriteaReport⁩ Subscribe Now: https://www.youtube.com/jarrodking?sub_confirmation=1Watch our previous episodes: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuKMYB6z1nX4FFsMC1G8yULRQ17QFWY7uSubscribe to the podcast: https://anchor.fm/boyfriendsHosts:Jarrod D. King | @JarrodDKingTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@jarroddkingInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/jarroddking/Deleqúa | ‪@iamdelequa‬ Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/iamdelequa/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@officialdelequa Biddy Bee | @biddybeedragInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/biddybeedrag/ TikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@biddybeedrag Jay | @homedecorhomieTikTok - https://www.tiktok.com/@homedecorhomieInstagram - https://www.instagram.com/homedecorhomie/Creator & Executive Producer - Jarrod D. KingProducer - Victor Chan

Is it just a euphemism for Grindr? Does anyone meet anywhere else these days? Haven't they already covered this topic? Mike and Kyle answer all these questions and more, including what's changed about dating apps recently, AI photo fraud, romance scams, Match Group, enshitification, and Hinge's “Designed to be Deleted” ad campaign. In this episode: News- 4:17 || Main Topic (Dating Apps)- 14:33 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:12:35 If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit cruise.freakbooty.com to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you're attending for. On the Patreon bonus segment, Mike shares with Kyle dating/hookup profiles he found online. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast.

Labour looks like it's eating itself alive, Reform councillors are combusting in real time, the manosphere is getting dismantled by Louis Theroux with the energy of a disappointed supply teacher — and somewhere in the middle of the collapse, Leila Navabi joins Outcast World with the genuinely incredible story of how making a baby with her friend as a sperm donor somehow became a full-blown musical. Yes. Really. Graeme opens this week's episode by wading into the increasingly bizarre state of British politics: Keir Starmer's apparent slow-motion leadership death spiral, Wes Streeting's endlessly rehearsed Westminster energy, rumours of Andy Burnham positioning himself as Labour's northern saviour, and the growing sense that Reform UK's rise could eventually force Britain into electoral reform whether the establishment likes it or not. There's also the small matter of Reform councillors dropping like flies under public scrutiny — including allegations surrounding extremist online content and another candidate exposed over explicit gay OnlyFans material involving sex in public places. Different allegations, different levels of seriousness, same recurring problem: a party obsessed with presenting itself as the guardian of “traditional values” repeatedly finding itself consumed by scandal. And then there's HS Ticky Tocky and the collapsing manosphere ecosystem, following Louis Theroux's documentary and the increasingly surreal online fallout around Grindr, burner accounts, fake alpha masculinity and influencer culture built almost entirely on performance and contradiction. Then Leila Navabi arrives and the entire show takes a gloriously chaotic turn. The comedian, broadcaster and writer discusses the DIY IVF journey with her friend that inspired her musical, the absurd realities of queer parenting logistics, and one of the funniest theatre reviews imaginable after falling over on stage during a performance — with Time Out delivering a line about it so brutal it's become legendary in her own personal history. There's also a very direct message from Leila to gay people supporting Reform UK, alongside a wider conversation about identity, community, culture-war politics and why some queer people appear determined to align themselves with movements that fundamentally do not like them very much. Smart, filthy, political and properly funny. This is Outcast World.

This week we're talking to Natalia Andrade and Laura Grisales Silva from Fundación Karisma about dating app data, the commodification of intimacy, and talking to Colombian young people about their experiences.Fundación Karisma are a member of the ⁠Digital Health and Rights Project⁠. LinksMore from Fundación Karisma: https://info.karisma.org.co/2018 Grindr shared HIV status and more: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-436243282021 Norwegian DPA fines Grindr: https://www.edpb.europa.eu/news/national-news/2021/norwegian-dpa-imposes-fine-against-grindr-llc_enOngoing UK case in which Grindr is being sued: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cj7mxnvz42no$40 million Bumble and Badoo class action settlement: https://www.jjlmlaw.com/news/bumble-biometric-privacy-40-million-settlement-approvedCriteo loses appeal on their fine: https://cybernews.com/privacy/french-ad-tech-giant-criteo-eur40m-privacy-fine/Karisma's work on WorldCoin in Colombia: https://blog.karisma.org.co/investigar-lo-invisible-del-iris-a-worldcoin-herramientas-de-investigacion-para-transformar-la-curiosidad-en-accion/WorldCoin in Colombia: https://cadeproject.org/updates/colombia-orders-worldcoin-shutdown-over-biometric-data-violations/

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Elena Sánchez se ha hecho eco de las últimas encuestas del CIS en las que aseguran que el 25% de los españoles no han tenido relaciones sexuales en el último año. ¿Qué está pasando teniendo en cuenta que hoy en día es más fácil que nunca conocer gente? Los jóvenes están perdiendo interés en las apps de citas, que durante mucho tiempo ha sido su hábitat natural. Ahora, cansados de las dinámicas tan artificiales que generan aplicaciones como Tinder, Grindr o Her, están optando por volver al cara a cara. 

People are doing amazing things with AI, and we try to stay positive with Notnerd. But this week, there are a handful of news stories about AI that aren't so glamorous. But don't worry, we have a good time discussing them, plus all the normal fun you show up for. Watch on YouTube! - Notnerd.com and Notpicks.com INTRO (00:00) Apple OS 26.5s are out (04:00) MAIN TOPIC: The not-so-flashy AI News Stories of the week (06:15) Google Chrome's silent 4GB AI download problem Google says hackers used AI to develop a major security flaw Digg tries again, this time as an AI news aggregator Apple agrees to pay iPhone owners $250 million for not delivering AI Siri Apple's camera-equipped AirPods reach late testing in AI device push Silicon Valley bets $200M on AI data centers floating in the ocean DAVE'S PRO-TIP OF THE WEEK: Transform Text With Apple Notes (24:10) JUST THE HEADLINES: (29:20) Humanoid robot becomes Buddhist monk in South Korea Pentagon begins releasing new files on UFOs Match invests $100 million in Grindr rival Sniffies Apple now requires verification for education discounts Amazon turns its logistics empire into a new business, taking on UPS and FedEx in freight and shipping Honda patents fake clutch for electric motorcycles 10 people called police to report Bigfoot sighting in Ohio WITHIN REACH! Dave's up 6-4, Round 11, Dave goes first (31:45) TAKES: GM cutting hundreds of salaried IT workers as it trims costs, evaluates needs (40:05) Microsoft Patch Tuesday May 2026 Edition (43:35) BONUS ODD TAKE: Crocheted Technology (48:05) PICKS OF THE WEEK:  Nate: TCMKY Hair Clippers for Men Professional Clippers for Men Cordless&Corded Barber Clippers for Hair Cutting & Grooming. Rechargeable Hair Trimmer Kit for Household (Red) (51:55) Dave:  Brach's Classic Jelly Beans, Candy, Assorted Flavors, Bulk Bag, 54 oz (2 ct)  (56:45)

Tim and John cover a story where people find tech, in this case apps like Grindr, are ruining the dating scene. Also, a woman in Utah was given only a few weeks to move a 50-year-old garage or lose power. Finally, the Artemis astronauts explain the nuance of food in space. Apple Podcasts: apple.co/1WwDBrC Spotify: spoti.fi/2pC19B1 iHeart Radio: bit.ly/4aza5LW Tunein: bit.ly/1SE3NMb YouTube Music: bit.ly/43T8Y81 Pandora: pdora.co/2pEfctj YouTube: bit.ly/1spAF5a Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Brooke Averick, co-host of Brooke and Connor Make a Podcast and author of upcoming romance novel Phoebe Berman's Gonna Lose It joins us to discuss SATC S1E11, “The Drought.”  Carrie lets and ootsie tootsie slip in front of Big and has an existential crisis, Miranda deals with a 3-month dry spell and cat-calls outside Blockbuster, Samantha does no-nut November for a yogi, and Charlotte encounters the medical wonder of Prozac. We discuss female horniness, how Miranda would have been salvaged by Grindr, why PinkPantheress is the nerds gummy clusters of pop girlies, and how writing a rom com is not for the emotionally celibate.  Thanks to our sponsors: Stop the guesswork and start something that works, go to weightwatchers.com/GIRLSREWATCH to get a special offer for our listeners. Use code GIRLSREWATCH at jonesroadbeauty.com to get a Free Gift with your first purchase! #JonesRoadBeauty #ad Get 25% Off Cowboy Colostrum with code GIRLSREWATCH at http://cowboycolostrum.com/GIRLSREWATCH. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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This week, Lucy turned 4! We had a great Candy Party (Lollipop themed, if you ask her. Just go with it) and I had another parenting win when I got the kids into The Brady Bunch. We talked about the Summer House reunion, the audio leak, and how a Bravo fan cracked the case (story developing). Then, while I had to go back for another eye surgery on the same eyeball, John was galivanting in Paris, and getting impersonated on Grindr. Plus, we dove into listener mail, I became an expert on hoodies, and cosplayed as straight "All the Way Andy." For more interviews and behind-the-scenes tea, tune in to Andy Cohen Live weekdays on Radio Andy by subscribing to SiriusXM. Use my link https://sxm.app.link/AndyCohen for a free trial! Subscribe to SiriusXM Podcasts+ to listen to new episodes of Daddy Diaries ad-free and a whole week early. Start a free trial now on Apple Podcasts or by visiting siriusxm.com/podcastsplus. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Surreptitiously follow us as we walk down the metaphorical sidewalk that is this episode. Mike and Kyle talk about the difference between voyeuristic behavior and stalking, social media stalking, the writings of Sappho of Lesbos and Shakespeare, cases like Oscar Wilde, Versace and Andrew Cunanan, and John Hinckley Jr. and Jodie Foster, gayta on stalking for sexual minorities vs. straight people, cyberstalking, and burners on gay online spaces like Grindr and Sniffies. In this episode: News- 3:50 || Main Topic (Stalking)- 16:12 || Gayest & Straightest- 1:26:52 See Mike and Kyle live at PopCon in the Indiana Events Center in Indianapolis on Saturday, May 9 at 6pm. Get tickets at https://popcon.us/popcon-indy/. If you want to join Mike and Kyle on their 2027 Mexican Riviera cruise, visit www.gayishpodcast.com/cruise to sign up. Make sure to check Gayish as the podcast you're attending for. On the Patreon bonus segment, Kyle shares with Mike some romcoms that romanticize stalking behavior. If you want to support our show while getting ad-free episodes a day early, go to www.patreon.com/gayishpodcast. Remember, the next Patreon Happy Hour is Wednesday, May 6 @ 6pm Pacific / 9pm Eastern. Check Patreon for the link the day of. We're looking forward to seeing you then!

On this week's Totally Extra: one listener's medical panic leads to an extremely unfortunate camera roll reveal in front of her son, a mother and child parking bay abuser gets called out, Luanna are potentially launching a fart orchestra, hayfever's giving us the ick and finding a “straight” family friend on Grindr.It's time to get TOTALLY EXTRA. Extra chat, extra rants, extra bants, extra stories, nonsense and more.LuAnna: The Podcast is a Global production, available every Monday and Thursday on Global Player, YouTube or wherever you get your shows. Make sure you subscribe so you never miss an episode.Remember, if you want to get in touch you can:Email us at luanna@everythingluanna.com OR drop us a WhatsApp on our NEW NUMBER: 07521564640Please review Global's Privacy Policy: https://global.com/legal/privacy-policy/

Hello Seekers! Ben here, today Jacques, Hesse, and I open the show by discussing some regional drama in Lafayette, then we get to the attempted assassination at the White House Correspondents Dinner as well as the accompanying Grindr sponsored party in DC.

There's the version of us we talk about… and then there's the version of us that comes out at night, on vacation, or when we think no one's watching. Confessions = a recurring space where we say the things we usually don't say out loud. They hosts share whether they feel more social and confident when they're on vacation The hosts share a spicy hookup story each from a past vacation... Hot Topic: Madonna's on the grid! Grindr grid that is....plus she stopped by the iconic Abbey in Weho Hot Topic: LGN Louis Gabriel Nouchi new runway show featured Only Fans tees plus the brand has a page on the platform Hot Topic: John Summit's beef with CharliXCX that the 'dance floor' is dead has gone too far... Hot Topic: Sydney Sweeney is cut from Devil Wears Prada 2 and Helena Bonham Carter is fired from the White Lotus... Visit: Studio.com/stevev for the website version and visit the app version: Studio.com/stevev/connect Follow Stevie on IG: @iam_stevev Follow Jeremy on IG: @jrosslopez Follow Kodi on IG: @mistahmaurice Rate and Review us! Wanna drop a weekly or one time tip to TAGSPODCAST - Show your love for the show and support TAGS! Visit our website: tagspodcast.com Needs some advice for a sex or relationship conundrum? Ask TAGS! DM US ON IG or https://www.talkaboutgaysex.com/contact Follow Of a Certain Age on IG: @ofacertainagepod Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

RUNDOWN   Mitch and Scott kick off Episode 380 bouncing from NFL Draft randomness to a suddenly red-hot Mariners team, while laying out a packed show of Seahawks, Mariners, and Kraken breakdowns. Along the way, Mitch zeroes in on John Schneider's shift from "fancy" to predictable—and why that might actually be the secret sauce behind Seattle's recent success. Seahawks flips four picks into eight and checks most of its boxes, but the first-round running back raises eyebrows—was it smart roster building or a forced move? Seahawks No-Table dig into Schneider's "fairways and greens" approach, question the risk in the backfield, and spotlight key additions like Bud Clark while hinting that help at edge rusher is still coming. A sweep in St. Louis flips the vibe fast—suddenly the bats are alive, the lineup is producing, and Seattle looks like a real contender again. Mariners No-Table break down the surge from the big hitters, the rise of Cole Young as a legit everyday piece, and why this stretch could be the turning point—if they keep stacking wins against weaker opponents. The Kraken's late-season free-fall gets real—what looked like a playoff team turns out to be smoke, mirrors, and unsustainable luck. Kraken No-Table dig into a fragile roster, mixed messaging from leadership, and a franchise stuck between rebuilding and pretending it's close—setting up a pivotal, "prolific" offseason that could finally define a direction.   GUESTS   Brady Henderson | ESPN Seahawks Insider Jacson Bevens | Seahawks analyst and Cigar Thoughts podcast Brady Farkas | Host, Refuse to Lose podcast Joe Doyle | MLB analyst, Over Slot RJ Eskanos | Emerald City Hockey Darren Brown | The Sound of Hockey   TABLE OF CONTENTS   0:00 | Draft, Brooms, and Chaos 18:11 | Seahawks No-Table: Seahawks Play It Straight… But Did They Reach for Need? 41:06 | Mariners No-Table: From Dead to Dangerous, Mariners Wake Up at the Plate 1:02:40 | Kraken No-Table: From "Team of Destiny" to Total Collapse 1:24:22 | Other Stuff Segment: Cheap Portland Trail Blazers ownership (cost-cutting controversies), Lawrence Taylor health scare, Puka Nacua lawsuit/rehab situation, bizarre minor league no-hitter loss (Braxton Garrett), JR Ritchie MLB debut (Bainbridge HS), Kalen DeBoer contract extension at Alabama, Montana moose radio station story. HEADLINES Madonna releasing album on Grindr, Big game hunter trampled by elephants, Indian temple requiring cow urine consumption, Louisiana restaurant caught with roadkill deer meat RIPs Rod Martin (Raiders LB), Patrick Muldoon (actor), Alan Osmond (The Osmonds), Don Schlitz (songwriter, "The Gambler"), Dave Mason (Traffic), Nedra Talley Ross (The Ronettes)

T. Kyle and Brad discuss T. Kyle learning that Sabrina Carpenter's “House Tour” is full of double entendres, the Demi Lovato ‘It's Not That Deep' Tour experience, Charli xcx quote discourse, John Summit getting involved, Kelly Clarkson going EDM, Kylie Minogue getting a Netflix documentary, High Fashion Editorial! featuring Rihanna on the cover of W's Pop issue (?) with Rocki, Jade and Teyana Taylor doing Madonna and Janet for People's Most Beautiful, a teLOgram from Brett about KATSEYE and Adela, Confessions II' Grindr promo and picture disc, Madonna's stolen Coachella outfit, new music from Anitta, Demi Lovato, Zara Larsson's ‘Girls Trip' and Tyla's ‘APop' incoming. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Donald Trump scrapped negotiations with Iran involving Jared Kushner and Steve Witkoff while also skipping the White House Correspondents Dinner in Washington DC. Meanwhile, a massive party sponsored by Grindr during the dinner weekend sparked a firestorm among MAGA supporters and influencers like Laura Loomer. The administration is moving to indict the Southern Poverty Law Center, a move Larry Kudlow supports despite the SPLC history of infiltrating groups like the Ku Klux Klan. This legal battle highlights the tension between right wing organizations and groups tracking hate speech. Donald Trump also targeted Candace Owens with racist imagery, prompting a sharp rebuke from Marjorie Taylor Greene who claims Trump hates women he cannot control. Greene joined voices like Tucker Carlson in distancing themselves from the former president, though their own controversial histories remain a factor. Finally, Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman faces a collapse in support from his own voting base. His alignment with Benjamin Netanyahu and acceptance of a gold plated pager replica after the Lebanon operations signals a major rift with Democratic voters. SUPPORT & CONNECT WITH HAWK- Support on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/mdg650hawk - Hawk's Merch Store: https://hawkmerchstore.com - Connect on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mdg650hawk7thacct - Connect on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@hawkeyewhackamole - Connect on BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/mdg650hawk.bsky.social - Connect on Substack: https://mdg650hawk.substack.com - Connect on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hawkpodcasts - Connect on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mdg650hawk - Connect on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/mdg650hawk ALL HAWK PODCASTS INFO- Additional Content Available Here: https://www.hawkpodcasts.comhttps://www.youtube.com/@hawkpodcasts- Listen to Hawk Podcasts On Your Favorite Platform:Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3RWeJfyApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/422GDuLYouTube: https://youtube.com/@hawkpodcastsiHeartRadio: https://ihr.fm/47vVBdPPandora: https://bit.ly/48COaTB

Send us Fan MailIn this episode of Surviving Politics-ISH , the host calls out the repeated hypocrisy of anti-LGBTQ+ “traditional values” politicians and attendees who publicly push laws to keep gay people in the shadows while privately flooding Grindr at major conservative events. He describes reports of Grindr outages and spikes in blank “discreet” profiles during the Republican National Convention in Milwaukee, and says a similar outage pattern appeared around a Charlie Kirk memorial service in Arizona, as DownDetector activity rose in Glendale and Phoenix. He argues the cycle keeps repeating at big conservative gatherings, points to claims of local sex-work demand surging, and urges accountability for the gap between public platforms and private behavior, ending with a reminder to be real, be kind, and stop crashing the app. #SurvivingIshPolitics #RNC #Grindr #GOP #Hypocrisy #LGBTQ #GayRights #CharlieKirk #Conservative #Politics #Milwaukee #Arizona #Phoenix #Glendale #FamilyValuesSupport the show

Ever wonder why some COOs quietly double revenue while others burn out cleaning up someone else's mess?Cameron Herold unpacks the “second in command” reality with Rick Marini, serial entrepreneur, private equity veteran, and former COO powerhouse at iconic brands like Grindr. They dive into the realities most leaders dodge: gutting toxic teams, the cost of misaligned culture, and the real career advantage of NOT being CEO. You'll get the battle-tested playbook for earning team trust, breaking through stagnant growth, and building companies where A-players fight to stay.Miss this episode, and you risk leading a team that resents you, losing your top talent, or—worse—sleepwalking into irrelevance while your competition surges ahead. Listen now before your window to upgrade your influence and execution closes. This is unfiltered COO intelligence you won't find anywhere else.Timestamped Highlights15:05 – How do you fix a company doing $100M with a 1.8-star Glassdoor? The turnaround playbook starts here.17:15 – Three straight owners, one legendary LGBTQ brand: The wild truth about trust-building at Grindr20:08 – Held hostage for a million? Why Rick Marini and team had to moderate user content—and what it taught the company21:04 – The one line that made an exec break down in the NYSE lobby, and how you really know your team would run through walls for you25:16 – A-players vs. B-players: The uncomfortable signs you're settling, and how to actually spot (and hire) difference-makers31:08 – Do you really have the right COO? How private equity calls BS on CEO/COO dynamics42:00 – With AI moving this fast, how do you NOT get blindsided? The war room approach to offense vs. defense46:06 – Mentorship, “work from home,” and why Gen Z will lap you if you hide behind ZoomAbout the GuestRick Marini is the Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Catapult Capital and the Co-Founder, President and COO of Rails, and a renowned operator, investor, and board leader with over 25 years scaling and transforming businesses. Previously CEO/COO at Grindr and Rails, Rick specializes in high-stakes turnarounds, talent strategy, and innovative culture design for tech and consumer brands.

Our unproblematic queen, Vanillamace, has fallen after she has a "You try being an influencer for a day" moment. Plus, did 'The Drama' go too far, or was the controversy surrounding Zendaya's new film blown out of proportion. And David Dobrik is a winner, baby!!!!