We're joined by TJ (a trans masc bi guy) to talk about bi guys dating bi guys, TikTok and internet culture, decolonizing gender, what our bi-ness feels like, Christina's love of Anne Hathaway, and the bisexual obsession with Timothee Chalamet. It's a jampacked episode! You can find TJ on instagram @teolindo.art Looking for holiday gifts? Check our Buy Bi+ Books booklist ! Support bi art and The Bi Pod at the same time! * * * You can support us on Patreon and get exclusive access to cool stuff he...
Nov 24, 2022•1 hr 26 min•Season 5Ep. 5
We're re-releasing an old episode, with new content! Let's queer the holiday season! We get into our holiday plans, our new and changing traditions, and strategies for taking care of yourself during the holidays - whether you'll be spending it with your family of origin or in another way. Find out some of the traditional caretakers of the land you're on with native-land.ca Check our Buy Bi+ Books booklist ! Support bi art and The Bi Pod at the same time! * * * You can support us on Patreon and g...
Nov 10, 2022•1 hr 2 min
We're talking about the queer cult classic, Jennifer's Body! Hear about our Halloween traditions (or lack thereof) and our relationships to horror movies in general. You can read Christina's essay about Teeth here: https://christinabrown.substack.com/p/lets-talk-about-teeth-baby You can see the extra 5 minutes of character development in the unrated version of Jennifer's Body here: https://youtu.be/Q2sJhDvv2vA * * * You can support us on Patreon and get exclusive access to cool stuff here: https...
Oct 27, 2022•1 hr 40 min•Season 5Ep. 3
On this week's episode, we talk about the new book Rethinking Gender: An Illustrated Exploration by Louie Läuger, and use it as a jumping-off point for talking about our own experiences of gender. The book comes out on November 1st - thank you NetGalley for providing us with an advanced copy of the book for this episode! Pre-order Rethinking Gender here: https://bookshop.org/a/83912/9780262047234 You can support us on Patreon and get exclusive access to cool stuff here: https://www.patreon.com/t...
Oct 06, 2022•52 min•Season 5Ep. 2
Happy BiWeek! On this week’s episode, we talk about the bisexual basics and hear from some of our listeners. You can learn more about BiWeek here: https://www.glaad.org/biweek2022 You can read The Bisexual manifesto here: https://bimanifesto.carrd.co/#manifesto You can sign up to support us on Patreon and get exclusive access to cool stuff here: https://www.patreon.com/thebipod For more bi-weekly content sent right to your inbox, subscribe to The Bi Pod Bulletin . If you’d like to be a guest on ...
Sep 22, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Season 5Ep. 1
On this week's episode, we talk about the Netflix series, Heartstopper! This show has truly stolen our queer, tender, hearts. Chelsee also talks about the comic series the show is based on; you can find the first volume here: https://bookshop.org/a/83912/9781338617436 You can also read the comics for free, online, one issue at a time! Here's the Tumblr that started it all: https://heartstoppercomic.tumblr.com *While talking about the comics and the character of Isaac, Chelsee mistakenly calls Al...
Aug 11, 2022•52 min•Season 4Ep. 6
On this week's episode, we talk about how to be a person (easy question, right?). After covering some heavy topics in recent episodes, we mused about taking care of ourselves when life is complicated and hard. You can find How to Keep House While Drowning here: https://bookshop.org/a/83912/9781668002841 You can sign up to support us on Patreon and get exclusive access to cool stuff here: https://www.patreon.com/thebipod For more bi-weekly content sent right to your inbox, subscribe to The Bi Pod...
Jul 28, 2022•46 min•Season 4Ep. 5
On this week's episode, Chelsee and Christina talk about compulsory heterosexuality, with a little help from a few listener letters. You can find the infamous "Am I A Lesbian?" doc, along with further discussion of compulsory heterosexuality, here: https://www.docdroid.net/N46Ea3o/copy-of-am-i-a-lesbian-masterdoc-pdf You can find the bird and hand essay Chelsee references here: https://thoughtcatalog.com/zaron-burnett-iii/2013/02/in-relationships-are-you-the-lover-or-the-beloved/ You can sign up...
Jul 14, 2022•1 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 4
For our last episode of Pride Month, we're talking about radical agency, the 'straight lifestyle', and choosing queerness! (Plus some chatter about making videos, technology, and whether or not Christina belongs to a tech-challenged micro generation) You can sign up to support us on Patreon and get exclusive access to cool stuff here: https://www.patreon.com/thebipod For more bi-weekly content sent right to your inbox, subscribe to The Bi Pod Bulletin . You can also leave us a voicemail at (480)...
Jun 30, 2022•42 min•Season 4Ep. 3
This week, we talk about queer artmaking! We share a few poems and discuss the ways that queerness informs and shows up in our own art. Christina's first poetry collection, Girl Teeth, is out now! You can purchase it here: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1953234003/ref=sw_img_1?smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER&psc=1 You can sign up to support us on Patreon and get exclusive access to cool stuff here: https://www.patreon.com/thebipod For more bi-weekly content sent right to your inbox, subscribe to The B...
Jun 16, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Season 4Ep. 2
In this week’s episode, we debut our Patreon! You can sign up to support us and learn more about your options here: https://www.patreon.com/thebipod Head over to our Instagram stories @thebipod to play Is That Bisexual? For more bi-weekly content sent right to your inbox, subscribe to The Bi Pod Bulletin. If you’d like to be a guest on the show, fill out our form! The Bi Pod Guest Interest Form You can also leave us a voicemail at (480) 442-1763. That’s (480) Hi Bi Pod. Follow us on Tumblr: http...
Jun 02, 2022•43 min•Season 4Ep. 1
In this week’s episode, we wrap up this season of The Bi Pod by telling you what’s making us happy. We hope you love these recommendations! We’ll see you back here in June. What's Making Us Happy: Monstress by Marjorie Liu - https://bookshop.org/a/1495/9781632157096 Captain Carter - https://bookshop.org/a/1495/9781302946555 She-Hulk - Rainbow Rowell - https://bookshop.org/a/1495/9781302929077 Band Sinister by KJ Charles - https://bookshop.org/a/1495/9781912688036 Is it cake? https://www.netflix....
Apr 21, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 6
We're talking about the movie Atomic Blonde (it's plot to vibe ratio, the bisexual lighting, the gender politics of action films, and more). We also touch on The 355 and Black Widow, which are both bisexual movies as far as we're concerned. You can also read Chelsee's essay on the epic Atomic Blonde fight scene . Also mentioned in this episode: Craft in the Real World by Matthew Salesses . * * * If you’d like to be a guest on the show, fill out our form! The Bi Pod Guest Interest Form You can al...
Apr 07, 2022•1 hr 16 min•Season 3Ep. 5
In this week's episode, Christina and Chelsee talk to Grace Mackson, a public health professional, about queerness and public health in celebration of LGBTQ Health Awareness Week . You can follow Grace on Twitter @GraceMackson. If you're looking for local health resources, check out your local LGBT center: they'll often have links to places that are queer-friendly or even on-site services themselves. Also check out local community groups like Queer Exchange, where people often ask questions and ...
Mar 27, 2022•56 min•Season 3Ep. 4
Chelsee and Christina talk about cults, romance novels, and young queer joy. For more information and opportunities to support trans kids in Texas and queer kids in Florida, check out the most recent edition of The Bi Pod Bulletin . If you’d like to be a guest on the show, fill out our form! The Bi Pod Guest Interest Form You can also leave us a voicemail at (480) 442-1763. That’s (480) Hi Bi Pod.___ Subscribe to the newsletter: https://buttondown.email/TheBiPod Follow us on Tumblr: https://theb...
Mar 10, 2022•56 min•Season 3Ep. 3
In this week’s episode, Chelsee and Christina chat about the future of the show, the year ahead, and the queer content they’re excited for in 2022 (an especially bisexual year!). If you have any recommendations for queer films, shows, books, music, or any of the other categories we mention, please send them our way! If you’d like to be a guest on the show, fill out our form! The Bi Pod Guest Interest Form You can also leave us a voicemail at (480) 442-1763. That’s (480) Hi Bi Pod. ___ Subscribe ...
Feb 24, 2022•44 min•Season 3Ep. 2
In this week’s episode, Chelsee and Christina look back at the queer highlights of 2021, a year that allegedly happened. We talk about the queer experiences, music, books, and tv that got us through last year. You can find the queer bops we mentioned in this episode here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/62V3XWuvXULDqw71N5ZfQ5?si=3a23e259f5a449d4 If you’d like to be a guest on the show, fill out our form! The Bi Pod Guest Interest Form You can also leave us a voicemail at (480) 442-1763. That’s...
Feb 10, 2022•30 min•Season 3Ep. 1
This week Christina and Chelsee are talking about strategies for taking care of yourself during the holidays - whether you'll be spending it with your family of origin or in another way. Also, The Bi Pod is going on holiday! New episodes will be back in 2022. In the meantime, don't miss The Bi Pod Bulletin, the bi weekly Bi Pod newsletter. Subscribe to the newsletter: https://buttondown.email/TheBiPod Follow us on Tumblr: https://thebipod.tumblr.com You can follow us on Instagram @TheBiPod. You ...
Oct 21, 2021•52 min•Season 2Ep. 9
In this week’s episode, Chelsee and Christina talk about care dynamics in relationships and growing up. Also, Christina reveals that she can’t do math. The meme that inspired this discussion: https://www.instagram.com/p/CTcngw5K8Xt/?utm_medium=copy_link Veronica Roth on First Draft: https://www.patreon.com/posts/throwback-series-55165755 Sonya Renee Taylor video https://www.instagram.com/tv/B0qaB6xA6_n/ Subscribe to the newsletter: https://buttondown.email/TheBiPod Follow us on Tumblr: https://t...
Oct 07, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 8
On this week's episode, Chelsee and Christina chat with Anna Kochetkova, author of the book Bi & Prejudice and founder of the @biandprejudice Instagram community. You can preorder Anna's book here: bit.ly/MyBiBook . You can find the Bi-ble essay collections that Anna recommended through Monstrous Regiment: https://www.monstrous-regiment.com/shop/new-testimonials . She also recommended the love letters of Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West. Subscribe to the newsletter: https://buttondown....
Sep 23, 2021•58 min•Season 2Ep. 8
In this week's episode, Chelsee and Christina use a relationship smorgasbord to define the relationship. Forget will they/won't they drama, what we're really interested in is "how, and how much, will they?" There are a lot of of relationship smorgasbords and relationship anarchy tools out there, but here is the one we used: https://www.phoenyxenterprising.com/relating.html Subscribe to the newsletter: https://buttondown.email/TheBiPod Follow us on Tumblr: https://thebipod.tumblr.com You can foll...
Sep 09, 2021•1 hr 25 min•Season 2Ep. 7
This episode is about the very bisexual book "Red, White and Royal Blue"! It was originally recorded for Chelsee's solo project, Casually Obsessed . It's a spoiler free discussion, so you can listen even if you haven't read the book! In the episode we talk about: Avoiding things that are popular; Our theories on why straight women like content about gay men; Quintessential queer experiences; Why books like this matter (even when their covers are bubble gum pink); Writing about an identity other ...
Aug 26, 2021•1 hr 26 min•Season 2Ep. 5
In this week's episode, Chelsee and Christina talk about the novel Catherine House and queer representation in general. How much bisexual representation is enough bisexual representation? We don’t know! LAMBDA Literary Book Finalists: https://lambdaliterary.org/awards/current-finalists/ Here's a brief review of Catherine House: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/book-reviews/elisabeth-thomas/catherine-house/ Casually Obsessed episode on Ninth House: https://casuallyobsessedpodcast.com/ninth-house Sub...
Aug 12, 2021•40 min•Season 2Ep. 5
In this week's episode, Chelsee and Christina announce their new newsletter, The Bi Pod Bulletin! They also discuss problematic bisexual representation and what they want (and don't want) to do about it. Subscribe to the newsletter: https://buttondown.email/TheBiPod Follow us on Tumblr: https://thebipod.tumblr.com The ‘queer baiting’ post Chelsee mentioned: https://thebipod.tumblr.com/post/655661744668196864/thinking-a-lot-about-the-both-and-of-this Lolita podcast episode Christina mentioned: ht...
Jul 29, 2021•42 min•Season 2Ep. 4
What does a bisexual happy ending look like? What if Christina never has a wife? What if Chelsee can't "win" the relationship game? In this week's episode Christina and Chelsee talk about breakup art, Olivia Rodrigo, and how they think about their own bisexual happily ever afters. The perfect Olivia Rodrigo tweet: https://twitter.com/vaberg/status/1395692660699058177?s=20 You can follow us on Instagram @TheBiPod. You can email us as thisisthebipod@gmail.com. Transcripts of our episodes are avail...
Jul 15, 2021•47 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Chelsee & Christina muse about their anxieties and excitement for what life in a "re-opened" world might look like. Some things discussed: Have we gotten more queer in the last year? How do we communicate the ways we've changed? How do we stay out of the closet after a year of not having to think about the closet much at all? Social anxiety: what if our friends don't want to hang out with us? What if there are people *we* don't really want to hang out with anymore? How much can we, and do we...
Jul 01, 2021•49 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Happy Pride! In this episode, Chelsee and Christina talk about Pride month, queer joy, and resistance. They also tell straight people what to do! If you're looking for a queer mutual aid group to give to and don't know where to start, this site has a great database! https://transequality.org/covid19/mutual-aid-and-emergency-funds You can follow us on Instagram @TheBiPod . You can email us as thisisthebipod@gmail.com. Transcripts of our episodes are available on our website: thebipod.com . The Bi...
Jun 17, 2021•1 hr 3 min•Season 2Ep. 1
On this week’s episode, Chelsee and Christina recommend some awesome queer content for you to check out while The Bi Pod takes a quick break. See you in June! J. Teacake ; Mackenzi Lee's Loki and The Gentleman's Guide to Vice and Virtue ; Dickinson ; K. Flay - Four Letter Words ; Pin-up Daddy by Rett Madison; Sir Sly - Loverboy ; Carry On by Rainbow Rowell; Catherine House - our unofficial Bi Pod Book Club pick!; The Bright Sessions podcast; Casually Obsessed ; Christina Shouts into the Void You...
May 06, 2021•45 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Love it or hate it, 'coming out' is a core part of the queer experience as it exists today. But what if coming out could look different? We're talking about what we hope the future our coming out looks like and what we see in the utopian future of our dreams. We also discuss how we're feeling now that The Bi Pod is out in the world and people are listening! Mentioned in this episode: Catie Disabato on Call Your Girlfriend ; Love Is Blind and men talking about their feelings (also on Call Your Gi...
Apr 22, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 5
In this episode, Chelsee and Christina chat with their first guest ever, Charli, about the relationship between bisexuality and pansexuality. They also discuss coming out, celebrating queerness, and childhood crushes that foreshadowed their queer futures. Here's what Chelsee was sort-of referencing about Brie Larson possibly being queer . Charli recommends The Prince and the Dressmaker. You can follow us on Instagram @TheBiPod . You can email us as thisisthebipod@gmail.com. Transcripts of our ep...
Apr 08, 2021•57 min•Season 1Ep. 4
