(ANNOUNCEMENT) NEW ORLEANS THOTS, We are hosting a Big Queer Pod Fest this Saturday (Sept 1) at 6PM, at Ace Hotel New Orleans with Jeff Masters of LGBTQ&A and Ira Madison III of Keep It! Joining us will be guest-thot Jake Shears of the Scissor Sisters talking about his new album and memoir. Open to the public with a $5 suggested donation to Transgender Legal. On this week's episode, we have Zach Stafford in the haus, coming to you live from Provincetown inside the #StudioByHBO. With the lead...
Aug 27, 2018•1 hr 2 min
Who owns who’s stories? How do we begin to tell stories across difference? When done so successfully, what defines that success? Barry Jenkins, a straight man, directed Moonlight one of the greatest queer stories in cinema. Ryan Murphy, a cis white man, conceived POSE, the most inclusive cast of trans people of color in the history of broadcast. If Hanya Yanagihara, a straight Hawaiian woman, can write A Little Life, a story about black queer men, only to have penned literally every queer’s favo...
Jul 29, 2018•58 min
Hello my little Skittles, have I got some vittles for you: This week’s Junk is a special crossover ep with those gay sluts who love to read, Food 4 Thot! That’s right, we’ve got Fran Tirado, Joseph Osmundson, and Dennis Norris II—nobody’s junior—showing us that Junk can pluck us from the brink of sibling estrangement, Junk can remind us to try with the corny optimism of youth, and Junk can reinforce a meaningful link we have to those we’ve lost, sometimes in ways we didn’t know when they were he...
Jul 08, 2018•45 min
In this extra special bonus episode, we are LIVE! on stage at NYC's Bell House with special guest Angel Nafis. We joined other queer AF podcasts for the first annual Big Queer Podfest with the proceeds of the SOLD OUT crowd going straight to the Trevor Project. Tonight, we have real fake sex, pose for the camera one time, and talk about how ashamed we are to show our faces at pride. Plus, get a sneak peak at Tommy's new podcast, JUNK , which launches in July from Tin House Books! Enjoy, lil' tho...
Jun 28, 2018•39 min
On this, the Food 4 Thot season 2 finale, your favorite Tater Thots come full circle by considering the cycles that govern us all. Whether it’s night and day or life and death, we recognize that beginnings and endings are always present. We pay homage to the place where they intersect and examine our greatest moments of change; for where there is an ending (hopefully a happy ending!), any Thot worth their lube will always find room for possibility—a beginning of sorts. So we ask: can we be lost,...
May 27, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 24
Save urself, bbs This week, we dive deep into politics, organizing, art, and activism. We’re joined by professional activist and boi-with-perfect-biceps Eliel Cruz. As writers, queer folks, and people of color (except Joe), our work is inherently connected to our bodies, and our bodies are, of course, political. But, at the same time, we all need freedom to make our work, even though it’s 2018 and the world is a burning, shit-infused trash heap. Where does this leave us? Is it enough to make wor...
May 20, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 23
We consider the difference between two of our favorite Tarot cards: The Hermit, who is alone by choice and on a deep, spiritual journal of self-discovery, and the Eight of Cups, a card of breakups, leaving love behind, losing what we thought we had (possibly without ever getting it back). Which isolations do we choose to fill up our resevoir and which isolations zap and sap our spirits? Baby gurl, are you lonely (Joe) or just alone (Teebs AF)? And, how does being queer – especially outside of bi...
May 13, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 22
For our next installment of Food 4 Thot, we shake things up a bit. We get tons of topics submitted for suggestion everyday from our fans, so this week, we take on five. First off — drag. Why is drag problematic and when can it be great? Then, HIV/AIDS — how does access to healthcare and human rights a problem for people living with the virus? How can you, if you don’t have HIV, work to destigmatize this global epidemic? How can you have unprotected sex safely, and with whom? Next we we talk abou...
May 06, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 21
Ciao bellx, For Food 4 Thot this week, we get into a thick and philosophical question about talent and hard work. When you navigate conversations about your own career, would you say you are talented, or would you say you are hard-working? Are these things in opposition to each other? Is one more important than the other? Do you need both, or if you’re a Kardashian/Jenner, do you need neither? This week, we play our favorite game Bone Block Bench, and have a riveting discussion about the legacy ...
Apr 29, 2018•59 min•Season 2Ep. 20
Qyeens, Boi, do we have a treat for you: this week, honorary podfather Alexander Chee is on Food 4 Thot. We talk about his new book and the art of how to tell your own story — whether it’s on Instagram, in your writing, or with your girlfriends over brunch. Who owns stories, and how do you navigate telling them? Is telling your own story cathartic? Does therapy make you a better storyteller? The master Chee tells all. In this episode, we also play a ho-ed up version of Never Have I ever. And! In...
Apr 22, 2018•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 19
Sup, sluts. On this week’s episode of Food 4 Thot we are LIVE and in color at Buzzfeed HQ chatting about one of our favorite topics: cheating. Being loyal or open with your partner is a hot topic in queer relationships, but a lot of grey areas and miscommunication leave many discussion points open. When is cheating okay? (Or is it ever?) Is physical cheating better or worse than emotional cheating? Why do folks conflate polyamory with infidelity so much? In our advice segment, we open up a quest...
Apr 15, 2018•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 18
Hello little glow worms, Boy, do we have a juicy episode of Food 4 Thot for y’all. This week, the New York Times’ Jenna Wortham joins us in the studio for a thot-provoking little conversation about wellness and all its woes. How do we, as queer people, have to overcompensate for our self-care in the wake of trauma? To what extent is “self care” an excuse to be lazy, irresponsible, or a bad friend? What are the best Tips for Thots to up our wellness game? Spoiler: Do not put a crystal egg inside ...
Apr 08, 2018•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 17
Hey fashionist@s, On this week’s episode of Food 4 Thot, we discuss personal style. In the studio with us is writer and producer Jacob Tobia who’s been around the block before when it comes to those who judge you based on appearances. How do you define your sense of style? Do you dress gay? Can you even “dress gay?” Where does fashion end and style begin? The Thots dive in! In our new segment The Thot Seat, Jacob answers some deep-cutting questions about street harassment, modeling contracts, an...
Apr 01, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Season 2Ep. 16
Hey fam, On this week’s episode of Food 4 Thot, we’re talking about what makes a queer family and all its ties. Pulitzer Prize-winner Christopher Soto is in the haus, and we’ve got questions. Who is your queer family? How do you define it? What if you don’t have a queer family, and how do you find one? And we’re just getting started. Also in this episode, we play Bone, Block, Bench. Would you Bone Paul Ryan? Would you Block Omarosa? Would you bench Frank Ocean, if need be? Find out in this Thot-...
Mar 25, 2018•57 min•Season 2Ep. 15
This week, we talk all about gay voices, and what it means to have one. Our guest-ho this week is writer Jayson Smith who in addition to being a goddamn genius, is also low-key a singer. Did you get made fun of for your voice as a kid? Do you like it or hate it now? Relatedly, Whitney vs. Mariah — who was the most vocally talented? The Thots go in. Also this week! We discuss sexting, angsty teens, and shirtless selfies. Plus Jayson gives us an Impure Thot story that stars a very, very nice pair ...
Mar 18, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 14
This week we talk about ~authenticity~ and how we as queer folk put on personas and masks from time to time. What’s your persona? Do you exaggerate your personality on social media? Is there even such thing as “natural” when it comes to queer composure? Tune in and find out. Also! The Thots talk about the first albums they ever bought (Phantom of the Opera, Lindsay Lohan, Destiny’s Child, oh my!) and then we dive into our advice segment talking about the Life-Changing Magic of Frottage and penet...
Mar 11, 2018•59 min•Season 2Ep. 13
We’re going to Oprah voice Hollywooooooooooood. Just in time for the Oscars, we’re discussing…. Literally anything but the Oscars. The Academy will always disappoint us with mediocre guests and bad gay jokes and giving awards to cis people playing trans roles, so we are talking about our favorite queer films of yore. What are your favorite movies? What characters do you see yourself in, even when the film isn’t queer? (Maleficent anyone???) Also, we’ve got the delectable Ira Madison III in the s...
Mar 04, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 12
This week, we brought back our Official Thot Book Club with this season’s selection: André Aciman’s Call Me By Your Name. As is the case with most queers (for both the book and the movie) our opinions were divided. Was the conceit of this movie too white and wealthy? Was the sex a little lackluster? Should queer narratives be required to have sex in them? Did you feel yourself seen in Elio or Oliver (or neither)? What are the technical logistics and realistic constraints of fucking a peach? This...
Feb 25, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 11
This week we talked about breakups and everything that entails. How do y’all move on after you’re hurt? Do you have good relationships with your exes? After a breakup do you stand outside his house late at night while listening to Imogen Heap’s “Hide and Seek” over and over again before you cry yourself to sleep? No? Just us? Before dragging our exes for a solid 25 minutes, we dive deep into a very rare news segment talking about Barack Obama, Cardi B, a queer-as-hell fashion week, and of course...
Feb 18, 2018•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 10
It’s almost our favorite holiday, Discount Candy at Walgreens Day, and in honor of that, we’re talking all about love on today’s episode. We thots are all across the romantic spectrum: some of us don’t believe in life after love, some of us love to love you, baby, and the rest of us are all like “What is love?” (Baby, don’t hurt me). Wade into the murky waters with us, bbs. Also! We air out our dirty laundry and read our worst DMs ever, on air. Plus, we know Tommy is literally always bragging ab...
Feb 11, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 9
We’ve got a gutting episode this week, all about bodies (and the issues that ensure). When were you first aware of your body? Why do you love your body? Why do you not? We’re joined in the studio by writer Harron Walker who’s got a lot to say about what happens when people tell you what you can and can't do with your bodies. It's like, the opposite of a Janet Jackson song. ALSO, we play our favorite game Homo-nym, wherein the thots debate the gayness of our favorite cultural iconography. (“I Wil...
Feb 04, 2018•1 hr 2 min•Season 2Ep. 8
We’re back after a short break with our most emotionally harrowing episode yet talking about one of the touchiest subjects ever: our careers. What happens when you conflate your identity with your career? What about when a boo-thing comes along and throws a wrench into your whole success trajectory? This week, the Thots cut deep into the topic of love vs. work. (Spoiler! The Thots disagree on pretty much everything.) Also in this episode, we play a game called Sex Toy or Space Craft. It’s… prett...
Jan 28, 2018•1 hr•Season 2Ep. 7
It’s a beautiful day in the slay-borhood, and just before we go on a very short break, we’ve got a fat little episode to hold over you adoring thots. This week, we talk about mentors, father-figures, daddies, and zaddies. How do these archetypes enter our queer lives, and how do we differentiate between them all? Tune in as the thots navigate how they found their mentors, but also how sometimes it doesn’t really work out. (Read: We slept with them.) Also this week! Take a crash-course on how to ...
Jan 14, 2018•1 hr 14 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Guys, remember when "Will and Grace" was all we had? Remember how there's so little representation out there for us in the mainstream, that "Will and Grace" is like, still the only thing we point to when referencing gay entertainment? This week, the Thots delve into queer representation, and how the "Will and Grace Effect" has permeated our queer lives, for better or worse. Also joining us is special guest-thot Jeffrey Masters, host of the LGBTQ&A podcast! We play a thotty little game of Swi...
Jan 07, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Season 2Ep. 5
New year, new us. JK, JK we’re staying exactly the same — and we’re cruising into 2018 with a very “us” episode. And can we just say — it might be our favorite from the season. We the Thots discuss “consent” which is more than a buzzword for all y’all’s think pieces, okurrr? What do we consent to when we walk into a gay bar? How do we as queer folk cultivate systems of sexual harassment and rape culture? What are our responsibilities when we enter these spaces, whether we are the flirter or the ...
Dec 31, 2017•58 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Here’s a little XXX-mas special for you. For our holiday episode, we’re re-gifting you our most recent live show! Donning some gay apparel, we got into the heaux-liday spirit with a lil game of Thotty Mad Libs (it’s exactly what it sounds like) and the we share the stage with three queer rockstars, who each share a riveting, ridiculous, delirious, delectable Impure Thot — our recurring segment of sexy storytelling. First up, we have Broad City actor and comedian Bowen Yang, who tells a tale in w...
Dec 24, 2017•1 hr 9 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Gentlethots, in this episode, we start a new segment where we talk about everything that made us cry this week (lol), for our Impure Thot, Joe shares a nightmarish cautionary tale involving a full bottle of poppers and his mom’s Subaru Forester. Our theme this week is “adulthood.” Unlike Roy Moore’s preferred sexual partners, we Thots have come of age. But what does growing up really mean, and when do y’all feel your most adult — especially when the constraints of adulthood are so defined by het...
Dec 17, 2017•57 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Beloved thots, we're back. Our premiere episode is all kinds of mess, starting with a satiating game of Top Secret, wherein the thots decide whether or not their favorite cultural icons are tops. Then, we drop some wisdom on y’all with Certified Thot Life Hacks — Fran teaches you how to know if someones read your email, Tommy drops knowledge on how to get out of paying for a date, and Joe claims poppers can be used for *anything* you want. This episode’s theme is “upgrading.” Where do the waters...
Dec 08, 2017•55 min•Season 2Ep. 1
THOTNOUNCEMENT! If you're in New York, we'll be hosting a *free* Season 2 launch party courtesy of Ace Hotel New York! Catch your RSVP with the banner on food4thotpodcast.com and our Facebook events. One more week til our season premiere, thots! Join us at Ace Hotel to celebrate in person, or join us digitally on our social media below: Live tweet the episode: twitter.com/food4thotpod Troll us on Facebook: facebook.com/food4thotpod Angel: twitter.com/angelnafis Joe: twitter.com/reluctantlyjoe To...
Dec 03, 2017•2 min•Season 2Ep. 1
THOTNOUNCEMENT! If you're in New York, we'll be hosting a *free* Season 2 launch party courtesy of Ace Hotel New York! Catch your RSVP on our website and Facebook events. Anyway! We've got a *bonus* ep for you, and this week we’re joined by the almost-too-on-brand guest thot Joel Kim Booster and his very hot, sexy muscley brain. Fresh off his album release and Comedy Central special, he came to talk about who we are and how we act online. (Three out of four thoughts wore jumpsuits, just for visu...
Nov 28, 2017•58 min
