Qweird
169 episodes - English - Latest episode: 12 months ago - ★★★★★ - 33 ratingsBetter than high tea with the Queen, it's a podcast featuring Nicole, a boat nerd, and Yvie, a cottage-core WINO (witch in name only), telling stories about our queer lives & talking to our cool, queer friends about their glittery adventures riding the rainbow - who could ask for anything more?
CW/TW: Conversations are off the cuff, explicit, and loaded with adult content.
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#66 cheers to conservative tears
January 27, 2021 18:25 - 1 hour - 99.9 MBCheers Qweirdos! Join our celebration of the dynamic duo inaugurated into the White House last week! We're talkin' glam, bam, thank you Madame, how the orange stain still permeates, QAnon and so much more. Of course we also bring you some genuine conservative tears to sip as we quip. Be queer & stay weird! xox- NY
#65 acting our age (ft. Lori)
January 20, 2021 00:50 - 1 hour - 85.3 MBLori's back to tie a bow around our conversation on aging. This week we get into greys on the gays, that obtuse saying *for your age,* and the sag of the hag. We top it off with some sex, intimacy, desire, and yearning. Fun for the whole family...or no? Be weird & stay queer! xox - NY
#64 your vagina is a cul-de-sac (ft. Lori)
January 12, 2021 16:32 - 1 hour - 76 MBThis week we are joined by our "old" pal, Lori to twaddle about our blossoming and wilting meat armor, aka aging. In her day job Lori is a trauma nurse, but in all life she's super smart, wickedly funny, and a bonafide inspiration. We're talking hot flashes, hormones, nipple hair, and beyond! (photo provided by Lori) Be weird & stay queer! xox- NY
#63 queerly aligned
January 05, 2021 22:32 - 1 hour - 61.8 MBHappy New Year Qweirdos! Though we aren't exactly fans of new year resolutions, we are fans of reflecting on from where we've come to where we're going, and we hope we can go everywhere this year. Come on vaccine! Be weird & stay queer! xox - NY
#62 gift horses
December 25, 2020 01:22 - 1 hour - 82.2 MBHappy Holidays, Qweirdos! This week we are discussing the art of gift giving. Is it best to give from the heart or the head? How long should you wait in a new relationship to shower them with riches. Any last minute gift ideas? Join us for this lively discussion and see what #nicoleisperfect and #yvieisbadatgiftgiving. Cheers to the queers and Happy New Years! (2020 is almost over!!!) xoxoNY
#61 Indulge Us
December 18, 2020 00:59 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBThis episode is all about indulgence. Tis' the season? Or should we indulge all year long? Join us as we discuss the good and the bad of indulgence, the guilt that follows and what it means to "treat yo-self." Please remember to rate, review, and subscribe! xox - NY
#60. holigays around the world
December 09, 2020 00:01 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBHappy Holidays, Qweirdos. This week we take a trip around the world to see how other countries celebrate the greatest time of the year (according to Nicole, Yvie absolutely detests the cold) We talk a bit about our own family-holiday traditions, along with some light holiday trauma. So join us as we learn about holiday boats, and holiday goats, and even a holiday pickle. Cheers to the queers! xoxo-NY
#59 holigay movie night
December 01, 2020 17:15 - 1 hour - 62.3 MBIt's time to don your gayest apparel, grab your coziest blanket, and a decadent chocolat chaud and settle in for a gay ol' good time with our very own lesbian rom com holiday feature! We're talking The Happiest Season, so you might wanna check it out before we go roasting all our chestnuts. Spoiler alert...we had different takes on it but still think you should give it a go!! Be queer & stay weird! xox - NY
#58 gladitude (ft. Amos)
November 24, 2020 22:48 - 1 hour - 82 MBthe shit show that is 2020 is nearly over, but these last couple of weeks showed us that we still have a lot to be grateful for in our lives. this isn't a thanksgiving episode, but we've got gratitude and gladitude coming out of our face holes just in time for it. be weird & stay queer! xox- NY
#57 delectably electoral
November 10, 2020 21:48 - 1 hour - 73.8 MBThis is episode is one gigantic sigh of relief after four years of lawn and order. Be weird & stay queer! xox - ny
#56 gay ol' polytricks
November 03, 2020 16:51 - 1 hour - 91.2 MBWe've got some wild, queer political scandals to help get us through this tense, anxiety-ridden election period. We'd like to thank "the mothaland" for the Thorpe Affair, and ask the Queen to please take us back if the emperor loses his clothes. *artwork: Suicide at Dawn by Victor Brauner Be weird & stay queer! xox - ny
#55 spooky stories ft. MOMS
October 28, 2020 23:31 - 1 hour - 57 MBQweirdos, we finally have the biggest stars in the qweird multiverse....our moms, Jamie & Sue, join us for some spooky stories in what is now our favorite episode forever!!! Be weird & stay queer, xox - NY
#54 dennis nilsen is a whiny bitch
October 20, 2020 20:04 - 1 hour - 110 MBIn our annual queering to MFM we bring you the graphic and truly horrifying murders of the whiny bitch, Dennis Nilsen. We also dream of Cricklewoodshire frogs, sing the serial killer's to-do list song, & dare you to say intercrural five times fast. Be weird & stay queer & make America Great Britain again! xox - NY
#53 HAIL SATAN?
October 14, 2020 23:10 - 1 hour - 63.7 MBGreetings Qweirdos! This week we are celebrating spooky season by exploring our dark side. We are talking about the Dark One Himself, Satan. Satanism may not be what you think. Like most spiritualities, it is vast and diverse in it's tenets and culture, if you don't believe us, just play a rock album backwards! So please join us as we discuss a bit more of the satanic panic from the past, as well as the similarities in what is happening today. By the end of the episode you may just find you...
#52 this possessed saint
October 06, 2020 20:22 - 2 hours - 112 MBWe're talkin' witch hunts, qweirdos! From the Loudun "possession" of the Ursuline nuns to the first pole dance by the ever chaste, possessed saint to Tituba and a 4-year old "witch," we've got some wild stories to kick off October. Be weird & stay queer! xox - NY
#51 dump truck president
October 01, 2020 21:31 - 1 hour - 86.7 MBYou've probably already guessed that we don't like the current resident of the White House, but we wanted to take this opportunity to really drag him. He's a wanna-be dictator, and a truly abhorrent human, so remember that when you cast your ballot! We talk about some pretty graphic, and horrifying sexual assault accusations, so listener beware. Be weird & stay queer! xox - NY
#50 kamala & joe are the new bette & tina
September 23, 2020 19:37 - 1 hour - 87 MBJoin #nicoleisperfect & yvie as we dig into Joe & Kamala's records on issues that affect queer lives. This is the most important presidential election of our lives, qweirdos, so get your wigs on and boxers up to ensure the current resident is evicted this November! Sources: Kamala's wiki, 5 reasons Kamala, Kamala short history, Kamala officiates, Kill the Gays initiative, Uncle Joe. Be weird & stay queer! xox - NY
#49 just let us live, laugh, love
September 08, 2020 20:24 - 1 hour - 61.3 MBThis week we're talking about the tired ol' theatrical trope of "burying the gays." We dig in a little to the history, and we talk about whether or not we want a penis. We wax poetic about the harm in this type of representation, tell Hollywood to #hitusup for some advice, and decide there needs to be more bi male stories. Don't forget to rate, review, and subscribe! Be weird & stay queer, xo - NY
#48 paper sausage
September 02, 2020 16:21 - 1 hour - 60.2 MBJoin us for our one year anniversary extravaganza as we blather on about what we've learned, how we've squirmed, and for what we yearn for in our first ever PodYear Resolution. All our love and gratitude to all our Qweirdos! Be queer & stay weird! xox - NY
#47 are we cancelled now?
August 25, 2020 21:11 - 1 hour - 73.6 MBCancel culture is a thing. When is it valid? When is it over-the-top? When is it just straight up dangerous? We get really into it, and call ourselves out in the process. We are sooooo cancelled now. Be queer & stay weird! xox- NY
#46 qulting with kali cuntinued (part 2)
August 19, 2020 21:26 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBIn the second part down our path to ecstatic enlightenment, we continue to tease out some of the idiosyncrasies of faith, the hypocrisies of the faithful, and our own ambivalence around organized religion with the cool cleric, the preacher with the reacher, the raunchy reverend, our very own personal RINO (reverend in name only) and sage mage, Kali Fox. Be queer & stay weird! xox- NY
#46 qulting with kali cuntinued
August 19, 2020 21:26 - 1 hour - 67.8 MBIn the second part down our path to ecstatic enlightenment, we continue to tease out some of the idiosyncrasies of faith, the hypocrisies of the faithful, and our own ambivalence around organized religion with the cool cleric, the preacher with the reacher, the raunchy reverend, our very own personal RINO (reverend in name only) and sage mage, Kali Fox. Be queer & stay weird! xox- NY --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/qweird/message
#45
August 12, 2020 01:39 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBThis week we get a little divine intervention from our God-loving, pastor-pal Kali as we try to unravel what makes religion different from a cult. Or maybe it’s all a cult, and we’re all doomed. Or maybe nothing is real and life is just a fantastic dream. Either way, it’s a fun conversation and a true spiritual awakening. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/qweird/message
#45 qulting with kali (part 1)
August 12, 2020 01:39 - 1 hour - 74.7 MBThis week we get a little divine intervention from our God-loving, pastor-pal Kali as we try to unravel what makes religion different from a cult. Or maybe it’s all a cult, and we’re all doomed. Or maybe nothing is real and life is just a fantastic dream. Either way, it’s a fun conversation and a true spiritual awakening. Be weird & stay queer! xox- NY
#44 cult(ure)
August 04, 2020 18:45 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBThis one's such a trip down the rabbit hole that we don't know if it's a rabbit hole anymore. We wander through communes then down through cults, then we gracefully glide around this crazy satanic panic slip-n-slide before being jettisoned headlong into trumpism. Yikes! Be weird & stay queer & join our qult! xox - NY
#43 qwierd qult
July 21, 2020 18:30 - 1 hour - 69.8 MBThis episode is everything you need for complete immersion into the qult of qwierd. Our colors are green & red (but that's still being negotiated), our theme song is Double Dare Ya', and our kool-aid sparkles rainbows. Now drink it. Be weird & stay queer! xox- NY
#42 tiger saw man (aka tiger king part 2)
July 14, 2020 16:44 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBWhether you love or hate Joe Exotic, if you've seen Tiger King it's im-paw-ssible not to have an opinion about him. We get into his husbands (there've been 5!), his exploitations, and his hair. We cut into Don Van Antle (lol), and generally have a roaring good conversation. But no matter how you wear your stripes, we can at least agree that the paramedic jacket was hilarious. Be weird & stay queer! Meow - NY
#41 askin' for a baskin (part 1 of 2)
July 08, 2020 20:40 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBHey all you cool cats and kittens! If you are among the 34 million people who tuned into Tiger King on Netflix, you're going to want to tune into this week's episode. We are breaking down Tiger King and exposing it for what it really is: misogynistic, racist, homophobic, transphobic, and completely compelling. This is part one of a two part series deconstructing the mess. And no judgement, we binged the whole thing the first week it came out, too. Please make sure to rate, review, and su...
#40 outtie
June 30, 2020 16:55 - 1 hour - 66.8 MBKick open the closet door and come on out! This week on Qweird we wrap up our Pride Month series with our own coming out stories. Join us as we talk all about the terrifying, funny, and often times beautiful experience, that is coming out of the closet. S&L: Restoration of Honor Act, NYC Queer Liberation, #BlackTransLivesMatter, Japanese souffle pancakes, Nikki Blonsky, Taylor Schilling, The Chicks (formally known as Dixie), Putin Sucks
#39 kicklining the cops
June 23, 2020 23:12 - 1 hour - 73.3 MBThe Stonewall R!ots are often considered the birth of the LGBTQ rights movement, but there was so much more that came before to ignite the sissies, the swishes, the drag queens and the stone butches. Join our merry little march down other people's memories, and see how the mob, WWII, and Alfred Kinsey helped bring us together. S&L: 90-year old comes out, snake-oil salesman, trans healthcare, look what you've done JK, stupid blood ban, Ms. Symoné & Pearman-Mayday, Best black, queer books. ...
#38 pride (cottagecore edition)
June 16, 2020 22:32 - 1 hour - 75.8 MBLots of folx have lots of feelings about Pride month, including us! Join us as we gab about some of our favorite, and more humbling Pride moments, as well as sift through some of the systemic problems our communities face. If you've never made a sculpture using only baby powder, sweat, and your thighs, what are you doing with your life? S&L: Rosemary Ketchum, trans healthcare, GOPs regressive platform, Spongebob!, Jamie Holm, Yulia Tsvetkova, Oscars. Be weird & stay queer! xox - NY
#37 virtual pride sandwich
June 09, 2020 21:09 - 1 hour - 78.8 MBSandwiched right in here between the pandemic and protests is Pride. Sure most events have been cancelled or postponed, but some have gone virtual. We know, it seems a little gross to celebrate Pride right now, but remember Pride is about protest. We've got loads of events and ideas on how you can celebrate your LGBTQ+ identity in ways that support Black Lives Matter. We even mention a few dance parties, because every activist needs a way to blow off steam. S&L: How to Enact Change and Be ...
#36 blm (a message for white people)
June 02, 2020 21:19 - 55 minutes - 50.9 MBBlack Lives Matter. S&L: Gay widower wins!, Tony McDade, Grindr, Detroit Popcorn Company is cancelled, fascist 45's photo-op, HIV 1966, #JusticeForChristianCooper, white fragility. Be weird & stay queer! xox - NY
#35 heartbreak
May 20, 2020 22:36 - 1 hour - 84.9 MBS&L: RIP Aimee Stephens, LGBTQ frontline workers, Albania, Missing Couple Found Deceased, RuPaul cares, Justice for Scott Johnson, Sure there is much to love about love, but what is there to love about loss of love? Let me tell you, not much. But it isn't ALL bad. Breakups are tough, and heartbreak is almost always inevitable, but so is growth and change.. and maybe even a hot-girl summer. Join us as we discuss our 'loss of love' language, and the good that has come from the heartbreaks al...
#34 do you speak love?
May 12, 2020 19:20 - 1 hour - 88.3 MB"They" say love is the universal language. Then somebody comes along and says there are five love languages. Then some otherbody comes along and adds another three. For a universal language, it sure is complicated. Join Nicole, who is perfect, and Yvie, who is most definitely not, as we find out our primary language of the universal language - even though we all know that it's cheese. S&L: @beboutit, Ferdian Paleka is garbage, Germany, Amazon, Aimee Stephens story, Aimee Stephens GoFundMe, ...
#33 things we do for love
May 06, 2020 14:33 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBSometimes we do really dumb things for love like sacrifice ourselves like virgins to the volcano gods. Other times, we have the charisma of a serial killer and charm our partner into making the sacrifice. But is it healthy? We have all the answers to this mind-bending question and more in this artsy-fartsy convo! S&L: Daddy at the Vati, Charmaine McGuffey for Sheriff, How to cut your own hair in queerantine, Lesbian drive-in wedding, Brazil, Fiddleheads drag queens. Be queer & stay weir...
#32 stereotypes, in general
April 29, 2020 17:00 - 1 hour - 62.8 MBWe just haaaad to drop this episode fashionably late, after all, we aaaaare queer and no self-respecting queen would be caught on time for a party!!! What - this isn't a party, it's a podcast? We are soooooo embarrassed! How about we make it up to you with a fun conversation about lgbtq+ stereotypes - what they are, why they are, and why they're problematic. See, we knew you'd forgive us since qweirdos are generally such a forgiving crowd ;) S&L: Trump discrimination, lesbian chickens, bust...
#31 trauma performance art
April 23, 2020 00:40 - 1 hour - 70.1 MBThey were extravagant and grotesque. They were decadent and inspired. They were hideous and beautiful. They were Club Kids: a coterie of queer, gender fluid, artists and misfits who created culture and community out of a shared trauma. Then it all came crashing down when that one guy who never knows when the party is over became a complete monster. Don't be that guy. S&L: Queen Latifah, Queer Hollywood, Craig Gilbert, Polish gay couple, Circus of Books, homophobic trans instagrammer, Alig ...
#30 fedora conspiracy theory
April 14, 2020 21:56 - 1 hour - 78.7 MBListen up, sheeple! JFK was assassinated by the cabal -> Yvie's best friend growing up had the initials JFK -> she has been to Dallas, Texas = she is part of the deep state. Nicole loves Twilight -> Twilight is set in Washington -> Bill Gates lives in Washington = she is part of agenda 21. NY are part of the cabal -> this podcast can be spread via 5G networks -> they were both born in a century that began with 19 = this podcast caused COVID 19. But all is not lost! Since you've already been ...
#29 take a ride on our hobby horse (with Libby!!!!!)
April 08, 2020 18:34 - 1 hour - 61.1 MBAs the pandemic rages on, so do we. Join Nicole and Yvie along with our East Coast Correspondent, Libby Russell, for some qweirdo ideas to fill your time during this queerantine. The extra, super bonus is that they're all free! Whether you're broke, bored, or just blah, we've got your back, front, and side-to-side, so come on and take a ride. Artwork by: Cristi Dikeou, aka DQ, who spent 30-40 hours building this beauty! Sources & Links: Dismiss Clutter, Vera Shimunia, Geocaching with Cori ...
#28 reality is too real
April 01, 2020 02:17 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBThey say truth is stranger than fiction. We say reality TV is stranger than truth, and you know that we're right about that because duh, and like, who are THEY anyway? Besides, we're kind of the experts here as the born-again reality TV faithfuls we've anointed ourselves as. We love the messy, grotesque, and the scripted. We love it all, well, except for the duck people - ew! Sources & Links: Da Brat coming out, Da Brat, Rainbows over hate, older brothers make you queer, Kate as Carol OMG, ...
#27 queerantined
March 24, 2020 18:43 - 59 minutes - 55 MBCoronanxiety has gone viral (pun absolutely intended), and while staying informed and up-to-date can be a good antidote, sitting back and hanging out with us is probably, definitely the only cure you'll ever need!* Every dose of qweird helps boost immunity to boredom, malaise, and indifference.* We are all natural-ish, 100% non-GMO, and 100% full of it.* *These claims have not been scientifically tested. Episode note: We recorded this one on March 16, but had some technical difficulties ge...
#26 honestly, we're liars
March 10, 2020 21:00 - 1 hour - 78.2 MBWe all lie. Sometimes we lie to spare someone's feelings, or to get through the day at work. Other times we lie to protect ourselves from consequences we don't want to face. It can be in fun, out of fear, out of carelessness, or disregard. It's a many layered beast, and we really probe into the depths of (some) of our lying ways. In the end though, we both agree that orange lies are the most rotten of all lies, honestly. Sources & Links: HIV, VA bans conversion therapy, BYU, anti-gay crusad...
cheese glorious cheese (bonus episode)
March 08, 2020 01:06 - 27 minutes - 25.2 MBCheese glorious cheese! Stay cheesy! xox - NY
#25 flirting?
March 03, 2020 21:41 - 52 minutes - 49 MBThis episode is as awkward as flirting itself. We're admittedly not great at it rrrrrrromantically, but platonically we kinda rule. Let's get to the bottom of it...who do you flirt with? why do you flirt? when is it actually flirting? are we just hanging out or on a date? OMG we have so many questions and very few answers, but it's still a fun conversation! Sources & Links: Gay & transphobic defense, Muslim Pride, Her name was Alexa, Mayor Pete's out, Bloomberg is just so darn sorry, Gerald...
#24 toxic ick
February 18, 2020 23:03 - 1 hour - 75.3 MBToxic friends. Is it a buzzword or a reality? Maybe both? We've all known them, some of us have had them (or still do), and worse yet, some of us are them! Ick! But are they ACTUALLY toxic, or is it situational? Are they good folx gone bad in the moment? Get vague with us, as we refuse to name names and discuss our own toxic icks. Sources & Links: Putin sucks, Buttigieg, Lily Tomlin, Ohio, It's So Cold in the D. Be weird & stay queer! xox - NY
#23 ex effects
February 12, 2020 02:33 - 1 hour - 62.9 MBThis week on Qweird we talk about being friends with exes. It's a BIG topic and we have a lot of thoughts about it, as usual. Exes have helped us become who we are: (un)able to trust, learning to love, and learning to say goodbye (and sometimes hello, again!). We love them, we hate them, we are indifferent about them, and some we just have no idea what even happened to them. Never forget #NicoleIsPerfect! Sources & Links: Lockwood of Waterford: A reason to retire, #29DaysOfQueerExcellence, ...
#22 adult friendships & awg
February 04, 2020 21:42 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBIt's hard to make friends as an adult, and making friends as a grown ass queer offers its own challenges. We touch on some of the issues we've encountered as the Qweirdos we are, things like: navigating our paranoia around straight ladies, easy outs on a friendship, and establishing whether it is a friendship or a romance. We realize this issue is SO BIG that we're kind of all over the place with it and going to have to revisit it again and again and again...as if we are Bill Murray in Groun...
#21 friendship & gug
January 28, 2020 23:58 - 1 hour - 75.7 MBUgh, GUG...growing up gay...we did it, and so can you! LOL. Seriously though, growing up gay is full of awkward moments, being afraid of kissing your friends, and finding your place. It's a complicated and crazy thing when you grew up in the 1900s. God we are SOOO old. Sources & Links: Katie Sowers, Hallmark's homophobia, Anti-LGBTQ+ legislation, Gay romcom. Be weird & stay queer! xox- NY
#20 1.20.2020 (origins)
January 21, 2020 22:50 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBOn this monumental occasion of our 20th episode that is somehow happening on the 20th of the first month of 2020 we go back to our origins. Who the fuck are we anyway? From where did we come? How are we here? Sooooooo many questions, and maybe a few answers...maybe... Sources & Links: Happy coming out, Nikkie!!!, gay on gay crime aka Buttegieg, ICE sucks, MLK Jr. Be weird & stay queer! xox- NY