Erin is sweatin' it out with no AC during her last week in Vancouver, and Bryan tells us which celebrity turds were at the Bezos wedding over the weekend. Erin discusses the website People Over Papers that was designed by two women to fight fascism and inform people about ICE activity. Bryan updates us on the "municipal festival" in Budapest that subverted Prime Minister Orbán's Pride bans. For tickets to Bryan's New York and Edinburgh shows click here . See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy i...
Jul 03, 2025•49 min•Ep. 711
Erin is back in Santa Fe for a limited time, dropping off all her Vancouver luggages, and Bryan is still without a kitchen and has a new eye diagnosis. Bryan covers the recent Supreme Court case United States v. Skrmetti which upheld a Tennessee ban on gender-afffirming care. Erin examines the appeal being brought to the high court regarding New Jersey's First Choice Women's Center and New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin's attempts to find out who is funding these pro-life pregnancy reso...
Jun 26, 2025•58 min•Ep. 710
This week Erin captains a boat from Vancouver to Bowen Island, and Bryan has some kitchen mold remediation but still attends the WeHo No King's Day protest. Erin reviews an article from Atmos where climate policy experts Vivian Taylor and Philip Newell share their discoveries of fossil fuel billionaires funneling money into the anti-trans movement to distract from their actions affecting climate change. Bryan covers the Southern Baptist Convention which gathered this month to endorse a resolutio...
Jun 19, 2025•53 min•Ep. 709
This week Bryan has some pre-Tony Awards praise for John Proctor is the Villain (congrats to Cole Escola!), and we discuss the horrific ICE Raids and protests currently happening in LA. Bryan takes us to Hungary to tell us about their government banning LGBTQ+ events, including Budapest Pride, and how the EU is lacking the backbone to do anything about it. Erin describes the scene at the Indy 500 over Memorial Day weekend where Mayday Health flew a plane banner over the crowd promoting birth con...
Jun 12, 2025•49 min•Ep. 708
We're seeing the signs of the start of summer (or at least people wanting it to be). Erin tries out some Boom Boom fashion with her new thrifted sleep shirt featuring everyone's favorite lasagna-eating cat, and Bryan saw a movie in New York's smallest movie theater. Erin tells us about a disturbing trend of creepy men zooming in on women's body parts at concerts with their cameras, and also calls out people disturbing the concert experience with selfie flashes. Bryan tells us how we're attemptin...
Jun 05, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 707
This week spring has sprung while Erin is in Vancouver, Bryan gives us a review of Salome at The Met, and we ponder whether the "Gen" in Gen X, and Gen Z is referring to private parts. Bryan informs us about the pending Supreme Court case of mandated coverage for preventative care which could affect access to PrEP, STI testing and cancer screenings. Erin takes down current toxic masculinity trends, like Congressman Tim Burchett of Tennessee thinking drinking out of a straw is feminine, and an od...
May 29, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 706
This week Bryan reminisces about his family's (now closed) Italian restaurant in El Paso, and Erin gets in a fight with a Russian man at a Vancouver suspension bridge. Erin shares some good news with Vermont passing S.28 shoring up the state's shield laws for abortion medication and healthcare, plus Montana's striking down of SB 99 which would have banned lifesaving care for trans youth. Bryan reviews GLAAD's 2025 Social Media Safety Index which shows that most social media platforms have rolled...
May 22, 2025•51 min•Ep. 705
Surprise! We're giving you one of our favorite Dateline Recaps from behind the paywall! Dateline Season 33, Episode 5. Condos. Condominiums. Jade earrings. Full purses. Count how many times we say the victim's sister's name in this recap. A murder unearths an unsolved mystery from years earlier; as the connection between the two cases becomes clear, a long-hidden truth surfaces. For all 93 (and counting!) Dateline Recaps visit www.patreon.com/attitudes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy inf...
May 20, 2025•34 min
Erin is looking for the best baked goods in Vancouver and jet lagged Bryan is back from his European vacation with Mother and Father Safi. Bryan explains how Salt Lake City and Boise have adopted Pride flags as official city flags in a work around with this year’s new Republican bans. Erin shares how the FDA has approved the first at-home tool that will be a Pap-smear alternative. Bryan is coming to the Edinburgh Fringe Festival July 30th-August 25th! Get your tickets here! See omnystudio.com/li...
May 15, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 704
We'll be back next week with a new ep, but to hold you over we've got more of the best from the Vault! Bryan's one man show Hair I Am , Yarn Tethers, Big Teeth Small Mouth, and interviews with our friends Kulap Vilaysack and Karen Kilgariff! For this week's bonus This New Thing We're Doing! visit www.patreon.com/attitudes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
May 08, 2025•55 min•Ep. 703
We're off this week but have compiled some of our best bits from the vault! Get ready for an unfortunate hotel experience we had while on tour, Pizza Horse, and interviews with our friends Pete Zias and Sam Pancake! For this week's bonus Dateline Recap visit www.patreon.com/attitudes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Apr 30, 2025•46 min•Ep. 702
Recorded pre-Easter and pre-Pope dying, Erin is on her way to Whistler in Canada for a long weekend and Bryan is worried about whether his iMessage reaction to a straight man was sending the wrong signal. Erin shares news out of the UK where the TERF organization For Women Scotland won a court ruling defining a woman by biological sex. Bryan tells us about Alabama legislators passing multiple bills, including some forcing the display of the 10 Commandments, banning drag shows and prohibiting pri...
Apr 24, 2025•58 min•Ep. 701
We've joined The 700 Club! Who'd have thought when we started in 2011 that we'd be in this dystopian nightmare 14 years later?! For this momentous occasion we take a virtual tour of icon Sally Jesse Raphael's $6.5 million dollar mansion that's up for sale, and get surprised with well wishes from our friends and past guests! Bryan shares how the United States Air Force is defying the Trump Administration's ban on the use of pronouns in federal communications and how Norway is granting asylum to t...
Apr 17, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 700
This week we're sharing our airline hacks for all you Southwest Early Birds! Bryan is back from El Paso with stories about his silent gym experience and helping an aunt take selfies. Erin discusses Selina Maria Chandler-Scott's arrest after suffering a miscarriage in Georgia, plus how state reps are using the incident to make a case against abortion bans. Bryan shares gratitude for The Golden State protecting the rights of trans athletes in school sports. Plus, we are introduced to a literary ic...
Apr 10, 2025•56 min•Ep. 699
This week Erin is taking advantage of Canada's socialized medicine with pills that are going to give her nightmares, and is pulled over by the VPD AGAIN! We go on a deep dive on Thomas Kinkade, Painter of Light, and Bryan recalls the making of his album Heels. Bryan advises us about which states are passing legislation against displaying Pride flags in schools and government buildings. Erin examines a post-mortem election study from Democratic pollster David Shor giving examples of the widening ...
Apr 03, 2025•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 698
Happy Birthday Erin! Our feminasty celebrated another trip around the sun with a French dinner and an encounter with the VPD. Bryan educates us on polyamorous gay quad sleeping arrangements and shares an interesting expeience at Julius' in NYC. Erin briefs us on the pro-reproductive rights bills that look like they're headed to pass in New Jersey, plus the story of a midwife being charged by Texas' Attorney General for performing abortions. Bryan shares how El Cerrito, California (with a majorit...
Mar 27, 2025•59 min•Ep. 697
This week Erin is back in Jigsaw's basement (Vancouver). Bryan has a memorable dining experience in NYC, plus he has a birthday surprise (and demonstration!) of Erin's birthday gift from Madison Avenue. Bryan informs us of Republicans changing their vote in the Montana legislature after both HB 675 and HB 754 targeting drag and trans children were defeated due to impassioned speeches on both sides of the aisle. Erin praises Rep. Bill Keating for his allyship in standing up for Rep. Sarah McBride...
Mar 20, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 696
Erin has some tales from her Scottsdale pit stop on the way home to New Mexico, and Bryan is having issues troubleshooting his new espresso machine. Erin breaks down how Reaganomics led to the rise in billionaires in this country, and how the widowed and divorced women of these tech company founders are using their immense wealth to help those in need. Bryan tells us about Love Is Blind 's Sara Carton leaving her fiancé at the alter because of lack of knowledge and empathy regarding fundamental ...
Mar 13, 2025•57 min•Ep. 695
This week we're excited to have Jeffery Self to chat about his book Self Sabotage and Other Ways I've Spent My Time coming out March 11th! Bryan regales us with what happened at The Academy Awards IRL including a bathroom emergency and the snack situation inside the Dolby Theater. Bryan then discusses the unfortunate news out of Iowa where for the first time gender identity has been removed as a protected class under state law prohibiting discrimination. Erin briefs us on Secretary of Defense Pe...
Mar 06, 2025•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 694
Bryan is fresh from an NYC haircut giving him Elizabeth Taylor spider bangs. Erin missed LA’s Frieze Art Fair, but rediscovered the 1995 Denzel Washington film Devil in a Blue Dress . Erin discusses the GOP obsession with increasing the U.S. birth rate. Bryan reviews the data showing the number of Americans identifying as LGBTQ+ has risen to 9.3%, tripling over the last 12 years. For this week's bonus This New Thing We're Doing! visit www.patreon.com/attitudes See omnystudio.com/listener for pri...
Feb 27, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 693
We're soaking up the sun with the Lady Attorneys to discuss our romantic Valentine's Day outings (with husband and client), plus a deep dive into Sheryl Crow and her Tennessee Mansion. Bryan covers the Compton's Cafeteria site at 101-102 Taylor St. in San Francisco receiving a historic landmark designation, while the Trump Administration concurrently is erasing trans and queer narratives from National Parks and historic monuments. Erin introduces us to Diem, a social search engine with a feminin...
Feb 20, 2025•46 min•Ep. 692
Get ready for our new opening segment Grandma Gibson where Erin pleads for us all to get off social media and tells us about her lymphatic massage experience. We share our distraction television recs like Great British Bake-Off, Traitors and 90 Day Fiancé: The Last Resort and try and figure out which diet soda is okay to drink now. Erin shares proposals from Mississippi State Senator Bradford Blackmon and Ohio's State Rep. Anita Somani introducing legislation that would make it a felony for men ...
Feb 13, 2025•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 691
Bryan is back in Texas for his dad's birthday and full of Oregonal and Erin pulls out some good ol' gym floor xanax for her flight anxiety. Bryan gives an unfortunate update on President Musk's attempts to erase LGBTQ+ informaiton from federal websites, including years of scientific research from the CDC website necessary for doctors practicing medicine with queer patients. Erin tells us about the government deleting the website about reproductive rights on the night of inauguration, and abortio...
Feb 06, 2025•59 min•Ep. 690
Today we present Bryan Safi’s Series of Unfortunate Events as he attempts to fix his broken MacBook at the Apple Genius Bar, deals with a car breakdown, and realizes multiple financial mistakes from the last few years. We also share some straight culture with a B-side Neil Young song that should never existed. Erin tells us about a woman who took her divorce case to the European Court of Human Rights because French courts held her responsible for “breach of martial duties and obligations”. Bryan...
Jan 30, 2025•57 min•Ep. 689
We spent Inauguration Day distracting ourselves learning about the history of Kohl’s and interspersing some Martin Luther King Jr. quotes for good measure. Bryan updates us on LGBTQ+ momentum around the world including Germany’s Self-Determination Act, Denmark and Czechia allowing gay and bisexual men to donate blood and conversion therapy being banned in Mexico. Erin calls out beauty influencers including Jordan Younger and Kim Rogers aka “The Worm Queen” for using the LA wildfires as a way to ...
Jan 23, 2025•56 min•Ep. 688
We left LA due to the fires, and our thoughts are with everyone affected. Erin's back in Santa Fe having home cooked meals with the ones she loves, Bryan is going crazy with his parents in Texas. Erin shares details of five South Carolina doctors challenging the state's 6 week abortion ban. Bryan praises Costco's unwavering support for their DEI programs when other companies are caving to threats of boycotts from conservatives. For links to mutual aid resources and to support victims of the LA f...
Jan 16, 2025•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 687
Bryan is back with tales from his holiday trip to Italy involving Coke Zero and Christmas poems. Erin hiked, journaled, and ended up with stomach problems from grocery store sushi. Bryan gets heated about Democrat concessions in the National Defense Authorization Act which will block healthcare to trans children of military service members. Erin reads into an article from the Australian jounal Body Image analyzing the effects of TikTok's idealized bodies, and the accuracy of influencer diet and ...
Jan 09, 2025•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 686
Happy New Year! We'll be back next week. In the meantime enjoy Bryan's recap of Dateline: Season 23, Episode 4. Carrollton, Texas - where there are more churches than Starbucks. The perfect "Leave It To Beaver" family, bags of Taco Bueno, crafting, scrapbooking and a murder for hire plot that breaks up a family in the strangest way. For more Dateline Recaps visit www.patreon.com/attitudes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Jan 02, 2025•42 min•Ep. 685
A post-Christmas miracle - the final Columbo from 2003! The boomer writers of the OG Columbo series asked themselves, "What's popular with the kids these days?" and the answer they came up with? RAVES. This episode has a young Matthew Rhys, murder by glass table, Columbo flirting with a girl at a warehouse party, racist maid tropes, and an excuse to say someone is sleeping with the fishes. For more bonus content visit www.patreon.com/attitudes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information....
Dec 26, 2024•41 min•Ep. 684
We're off for the Holidays, but we wanted to gift you something from behind the paywall! One of the most recommended stores in our DMs and emails. Named to Fortune's Best Companies to Work For, the 107 year old Rochester NY-based, family-owned Wegman's Food Market. For the rest of Season 4 of Groceries and the back catalog visit www.patreon.com/attitudes See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Dec 19, 2024•41 min•Ep. 683
