In this week’s episode, we discuss our journeys to find our authentic selves and what we’ve learned so far….or what we’ve had to unlearn, as the case may be. This journey is different for everyone, and we are all at various places on that road, so join us as we unpack this topic. Afterward, we’ll head outside for the Cocktail Of The Week: Me, Myself, and MaiTai . Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPo...
Apr 21, 2022•41 min
HAPPY EASTER! Spring has sprung here at The Queer Magnolias! This week we are heading outside for a lovely spring morning on The Front Porch to talk about all things Spring. Everything from lightning bugs to hay fever to Spring Break, we've got you covered. All while enjoying the Cocktail Of The Week: The Hummingbird. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast...
Apr 14, 2022•23 min•Season 4Ep. 49
This week we drag out our Guiltiest Pleasures into the harsh light of day. Nothing is off the table, from midnight musings to Vegas showgirls to parking lot candy cravings. Afterward, we’ll join our friends Aaron and Tommy from Queers & Soaps on The Front Porch to indulge in the Cocktail Of The Week: Restless Days . Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast...
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr 2 min•Season 4Ep. 48
As part of our series on Divas, this week we are talking about none other than the Fame Monster herself, Lady Gaga! We’re breaking down everything music, movies, causes, and career moves. Afterwards, we'll pop on out to the The Front Porch to honor her with the Cocktail Of The Week: The Bronx Martini . Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast
Mar 31, 2022•50 min
We were raised right. We NEVER talk about people…to their face. Personally, I can’t believe we haven’t done an episode about gossip yet but here it is! Gossip vs rumors, growing up with gossip, paparazzi, and the infamous Hollywood Gossip Queens. We are talking about it all this week. Afterwards, we'll pop on out to the The Front Porch to enjoy a titillating little Cocktail Of The Week: The Blair Waldorf. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER:...
Mar 24, 2022•48 min
In the immortal words of Dorothy Gale, “There’s no place like home,” so this week we are going back home to visit family. From gossip to cemetery plots to secreting away coveted cookware, come along with us for a stroll back to the family homestead. Afterwards, we'll click our heels together and sashay on out to the The Front Porch to enjoy a well-deserved Cocktail Of The Week: Homeward Bound. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagno...
Mar 17, 2022•48 min•Season 4Ep. 45
In this week's episode, it's all things Cruising. From the parks and truckstops of North Carolina to the streets of New York's infamous Meat Packing District, nothing is off limits. Come out with us tonight as we dive into all forms of Tomkattin’ & Cruising. Afterwards, we'll pop on out to the The Front Porch to cool that thirst in the back of our throats with some HELLFIRE, the cocktail of the week. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: ...
Mar 10, 2022•58 min
We’re back! We are kicking off Season 4 with a tribute to six-time Emmy winner and television pioneer, Betty White. We discuss everything from her storied career, her impeccable comic timing, and her irreverent style through all the decades of her life. Afterwards, we'll pop on out to the The Front Porch to raise a champagne toast for everyone’s favorite Friend, the incomparable Betty White. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnoli...
Mar 03, 2022•40 min•Season 4Ep. 43
Happy Holigays everyone!! It's the last episode of the season so we're dragging out the holiday decorations and talking all things holigay. Join us as we look back on the most memorable holidays and talk about some favorite traditions. Afterwards, let's cozy up on the Front Porch with the Cocktail Of The Week: Hot "Todd"y. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast
Dec 02, 2021•44 min•Season 3Ep. 42
Join us for our 2021 Thanksgiving Special as we look back at Thanksgivings past with our special guest, J Lee Glassburn and the Cocktail Of The Week: Bye Bitch. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast
Nov 24, 2021•30 min•Season 3Ep. 41
In this week's episode, we're either breaking the news softly or ripping it off like a band-aid. Either way, it's the end of the road. Join us as we talk about the breakups and the shake ups. Afterwards, we'll move on out to the The Front Porch for the Cocktail Of The Week: Lemonade Stand. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast
Nov 18, 2021•47 min•Season 3Ep. 40
This week we are pulling back the blinds and letting the sunshine in on all things overindulgence. Join us as we talk about everything from Amazon to Vaseline Alley. Nothing is off limits in this episode. Afterwards, we'll pop on out to the The Front Porch for the Cocktail Of The Week: Destination Moon. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast
Nov 11, 2021•52 min•Season 3Ep. 39
This week's episode is the quintessential sports episode. Grab your football bat and join us as we dive into all things sports related, as only The Magnolias know how. Afterwards, we'll hit the showers and stretch out on The Front Porch with the Cocktail Of The Week: The Nineteenth Hole. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast
Nov 04, 2021•26 min•Season 3Ep. 38
It’s Halloween at Queer Magnolias and in this week's episode, we are pulling up the covers and talking about our favorite scary movies. We’re digging up everything from Elvira to Cape Fear so turn down the lights and join us for a very spooky Halloween episode. Afterwards, we'll creep on out to the The Front Porch for the Cocktail Of The Week: Silent Maria. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast...
Oct 28, 2021•43 min•Season 3Ep. 37
In this week's episode, we dumpster-dive into the swirling abyss of Toxic Masculinity: what is it exactly, how has it reared its ugly head in our lives, and what we, as men, can do to change it. So pull on your work gloves folks, because we are taking out the trash! Afterwards, we'll skooch on out to the The Front Porch for the Cocktail Of The Week: Jello Shots!! Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPo...
Oct 21, 2021•55 min•Season 3Ep. 36
As part of a new segment called Barstool Stories, this week we're talking about our favorite dive bar from days gone by, The Gold Coast. From here, we duck into The Spotlight and a few other notorious places around Los Angeles. Join us for an all you can drink pub crawl through some of the booziest places we know. Afterwards, we each serve up our own blend of bar specials on the Front Porch with our personal Cocktail Flights . Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMag...
Oct 14, 2021•47 min•Season 3Ep. 35
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month we are tackling this important subject and sharing our own experiences. Afterwards, we’ll head out to The Front Porch for a much needed Cocktail Of The Week: The Tartan. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast
Oct 07, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 34
Hey y'all, it's our One year Anniversary!! So we put together this special episode to talk about our favorite highlights from the past 2.5 seasons. Grab a Mint Julip, our very first cocktail in Episode 1, and join us as we look back over the past year: the drama, the scandals, and especially the cocktails! Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast...
Oct 01, 2021•16 min•Season 3Ep. 33
In this week's episode, to honor World Teachers Day on October 5, we are looking back on the teachers that molded us, inspired us, tormented us, and SAW us. From George's adoring Art teacher to Rick's inspiring English teacher to Danny's motivational Life teacher to Jake's meany Elementary teacher, we leave no chalk board un-dusted. Afterwards, we’ll break for recess out on The Front Porch with the Cocktail Of The Week: Teacher's Pet. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @...
Sep 30, 2021•56 min•Season 3Ep. 32
This week’s episode is the first in our new series Notorious G.A.Y. We’re kicking things off with the Pope of Trash, director John Waters! Join us as we dive into Pink Flamingos, Female Trouble, Serial Mom and of course: Hag In A Black Leather Jacket! Afterwards, we’ll head out to The Front Porch for the Cocktail Of The Week: The Kaleidoscope. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast...
Sep 23, 2021•46 min•Season 3Ep. 31
Season 3 continues with that true Southern favorite: FOOD! In this week's episode, we are talking about The Great Chicken (and) Pastry Wars, more specifically, the war between Danny and George on how to refer to chicken and dumplings. Along the way, we're breaking down the difference between lunch, dinner, and supper. Afterwards, grab a cocktail and join us on The Front Porch for the Cocktail Of The Week: Goldilocks . Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPod...
Sep 16, 2021•43 min•Season 3Ep. 30
We're back for Season 3 and we're kicking things off with a new recurring topic: Movies That Made Us Queer. I n this week's episode, we are talking about our namesake: STEEL MAGNOLIAS! We're discussing the stage play (1987), the film (1989), and the Lifetime TV movie (2012). Afterwards, grab your juice, Shelby, and let's head on out to The Front Porch for the Cocktail Of The Week: Cherry Bounce . Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMa...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 29
It’s Pride Season at Queer Magnolias and we are celebrating Pride 2021 out on The Front Porch with one of our favorite Friends Of The Pod, Queer Country Music Artist Tommy Atkins! Tommy joins us to also celebrate the release of his new hit single “IT TOOK A WOMAN” - a duet with Rissi Palmer. So come on out to the Front Porch y’all, and pour yourself the Cocktail Of The Week: Kiss Me Cowboy . Named after one of Tommy’s other hit songs btw! Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: I...
May 27, 2021•47 min•Season 2Ep. 28
There is one thing that speaks to all of us around the globe. It speaks to the heart, the body, the mind, and the spirit. It can make us laugh, it can make us cry, it can change the world. Music. Afterwards, we’ll take five out on The Front Porch for The Cocktail Of The Week: Please Don’t Stop The Music. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast...
May 20, 2021•36 min•Season 2Ep. 27
Work is such a big part of our lives so this week we are talking about how our work careers and making that money, honey, is what drives life in the big city. From The Piggly Wiggly to Starbucks, no dirty job or psycho boss escapes our sight this week. Afterwards, we’ll take a break out on The Front Porch for The Cocktail Of The Week: Wurk It Gurl. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast...
May 13, 2021•43 min•Season 2Ep. 26
Society has a way of influencing us and molding us into certain images. Welcome back to this week's Queer Magnolias! We are talking about body image - and like RuPaul says, "If you can’t love yourself, how the hell you gonna love anybody else?" Can we get an amen? Afterwards, we'll sashay on out to The Front Porch for the Cocktail of The Week: HoneyTime Lemonade. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPo...
May 06, 2021•43 min•Season 2Ep. 25
Summertime and the living is easy! Boys in Bikinis, girls on surfboards, pass the tanning butter!! It’s all beach bods and banana hammock nods, fireworks and seersucker. Join us on this weeks episode because “Schools out for summer!” Afterwards, we'll breeze on out to the Front Porch for this week's cocktail: The Daiquiri. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast...
Apr 29, 2021•41 min•Season 2Ep. 24
This week we're channeling our inner Jessica Fletcher as we talk about our favorite True Crime mysteries! Grab your magnifying glass like a true private dick and join us as we “take a bite out of crime”! Afterwards, we'll sneak out to the Front Porch for this week's Cocktail Of The Week: Black Eyed Betty. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast
Apr 22, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 23
Woodstock, single ladies, pac-man, Ross and Rachel, Burt Reynolds chest hair, 1-800 Collect.... and then there’s Maude! These are the Gays Of Our Lives in this weeks episode, Pop Culture (part deux).. a second helping of the Queer Magnolias childhood favorites and cultural zeitgeists. Afterwards, we’ll blow right on out to The Front Porch for The Cocktail Of The Week: The Classic Hurricane. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolia...
Apr 15, 2021•41 min•Season 2Ep. 22
It's probably no surprise to anyone that we grew up inspired by strong women, around us and on the big screen. So pull up a chair, 'cause this week we're talking about icons, divas, and role models. Afterwards, we’ll head right on out to The Front Porch for The Cocktail Of The Week: The Ginger Nut. Check our socials for the Cocktail Of The Week recipes: IG: @QueerMagnoliasPodcast TWITTER: @QueerMagnolias FACEBOOK: QueerMagnoliasPodcast...
Apr 08, 2021•23 min•Season 2Ep. 21
