Lets Go There With Shira & Ryan

Happy Friday, we made it! Today we unpack the new class statues of being busy. Also, what will companies do of employees don't want to return to the office? Plus, would you be ok with not getting support from your partner? Grimes does not want Elon Musk's millions. Let's go there!    Special guests:  Heather Kelly - Reporter covering the ways technology affects everyday life, from family to finances at The Washington Post. Shayla Love - Senior writer at Vice. Jack Kelly - CEO & Founder of WeCruitr.com, a startup social media networking platform to help people find new jobs during these tough times.   

The country is on fire and we talk about how it is affecting all the coasts. Also, should porn be taught in schools? and what do you do if your partner doesn’t stand up for you or defend you? Let's go there!   Special guests:  Richard Fowler - Fox News contributor. Matthew Cappucci - Meteorologist for Capital Weather Gang. Justine Ang Fonte - is an intersectional health educator working in New York City.  Dr. Wendy Walsh - Americas relationship expert.

A lot of debating today! Could Trump be the solution to vaccine hesitancy? Do we people really need a college degree? And why is it so difficult to talk to people from the right? plus so much more. Let's go there!   Special guests: Hunter walker - Reporter The Uprising Sophia McClennen - Professor of International Affairs at Penn State with a column at Salon. Karin Klein - Board member who writes editorials about education, environment, food and science at Los Angeles Times. Dan Diamond - is a national health reporter for The Washington Post. Cindy Boren - Sports Reporter at The Washington Post. 

Today! Have you ever just wanted to drop everything because you are so burned out from work? Us too, find out what this writing burnout solution might be.   And if you are a parent, listen up! How to teach your teens empathy! Plus, what does safer sex look like in a post pandemic world? Let's go there!    Special guests: Natalie Fertig - Federal cannabis policy reporter for POLITICO Pro. Samuel Garrett-Pate  - Communications Director at Equality CA. Dr. Jessie Stern - Postdoctoral Research Fellow of Psychology, University of Virginia. Maggie Lange - is a columnist and magazine writer for Vice, New York Magazine, GQ and others. She writes about books, salty food, music, and interesting people.   tefani Goerlich - Sex & Relationships-focused Kink Affirming Therapist, author of The Leather Couch: Clinical Practice with Kinky Clients.

Shira is back from Hawaii, and she has a serious story!  Also, the Delta variant has us worried! Should we? We get into why we get anxious when we have a hangover a; we get 'hangxious'  Plus, do you have main character syndrome? And why you probably should check yourself. Let's go there!    Special guests:  Wai-Lum Weise - Assistant to the mayor of Los Angeles. Dr. Amesh Aldaj - Infectious disease MD working on pandemic policy, emerging infections, preventing bioterror. Michael Laris - Writes about the transformation of the U.S. transportation system at the Washington Post  Dr. Joshua Klapow - Clinical Psychologist. Jessica Jackson - Licensed Professional Counselor, who works as a Racial Trauma Healing Practitioner and Life coach.

Happy Friday! We made it! Shout to Shar Jossell she was a great guest host!  Today we have a special show! GLAAD is joining us to talk about the biggest surprises to come out of their 9th studio responsibility index and how Hollywood could do better, and speaking of Actress and Activist Carmen Carrera has been very outspoken recently about the importance of holding Hollywood accountable when it comes to trans roles and telling their stories. You do not want to missed this interview! Plus, should we stopped listening to Britney Spears music?  Let’s go there!   Special Guests: Dr. Mike Saag - Professor of Medicine Director, UAB Center for Aids Research. Daniel Lipman - Reporter at Politico covering the White House and Washington.   Megan Townsend, GLAAD's Director of Entertainment Research & Analysis.  Carmen Carrera - Actress, Model, Showgirl, Activist, & CEO. Jared Lipscomb - Makeup artist, host of Back On Air podcast and a free Britney advocate. Tre’vell Ande

It's almost the end of the week and we have so much to talk about! We highlight the Stack the Deck Against Hate campaign! Trust you want these cards! We go there on 'Mean girls' or adult bullies, and we find out we've all been bullies. Plus, what does bein omnisexual mean?  Let's go there!   Special guests: Emily Stewart - Senior Reporter for VOX. Carl Charles -Staff Attorney with Lambda Legal based in Atlanta, GA. Cheryl Dellasega - Author of six books, including “Surviving Ophelia” and “Mean Girls Grown Up.  Dr. Deb Laino - Sex and Relationship therapist in the Philadelphia area.  

It is non-binary awareness day and we highlight how fashion can be more inclusive and breaking down what gender-fluid clothing really means. We also discuss how to stay hydrated, because honey! Climate change is real! Plus, our favorite topic of the day, your next partner is more likely to be in your friend group than on a dating app! Shar has some thoughts!  Let's go there!   Special guests: Daniel Lippman - Reporter covering the White House and Washington for POLITICO. Joel Achenbach -Science Reporter for the Washington Post. Naomi Gonzalez - Co-founder of Tomboyx. Dr. David Della-Giustina - Yale Medicine emergency medicine physician and director of the  wilderness medicine fellowship program at Yale School of Medicine. Danu Anthony Stinson - Associate Professor of Psychology at the University of Victoria in Canada.

We are back with our guest host, Shar Jossell!  Today we unpack the history of pronouns as we continue to show awareness to our non-binary friends. In What's Trending in the news, we discuss if Democrats leaving TX in an effort to block Republicans from passing a restrictive new voting law  will work! Plus, we bring you your traveling advice and so much more!  Let's go there!   Special guests: David Weigel -  Political Reporter David Weigel for The Washington Post Sahil Kapur - National Political reporter for NBC News Amesh A. Adalja, M.D. - Senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security Dennis Baron - Prof. of English and linguistics, emeritus, at the University of Illinois, and author of the book What’s your pronoun? Beyond he and she  Hannah Sampson - Staff writer at The Washington Post for By The Way, where she reports on travel news.

Shira is in Hawaii, so we have the pleasure of having pop culture pundit Shar Jossell join us this week! We get in to Space; the race for the billionaires to get to space and we’ll ‘regular’ people get a chance?  We unpacked why American parents are so obsessed with gender. And speaking of gender we discuss what non-binary awareness means in terms of representation and the needs of the non-binary community. Plus so much more. Let's go there!   Special guests: Victoria Colliver - California health care policy reporter for POLITICO Christian Davenport - Space industry reporter for Washington Post Amanda Montei  - writer and educator who explores issues of care and consent in a gendered, capitalist system from an intersectional feminist perspective. Tre’vell Anderson - Journalist and Podcaster Michael J. Poulin  - associate professor of psychology at the University at Buffalo

We unpack a lot of interesting topics today!  How the climate is affecting farmers, yet there is nothing being done!  We get into how social media is designed to create arguments, and what can companies do to fix it! Why unpack the difference between cultural appropriation and appreciation! And we get into the liking gap! And it was a fire-e conversation!    Let’s go there! Special guests: Federico Castillo is a lecturer and Research Specialist at the University of California, Berkeley. He co-leads a multidisciplinary research team that analyzes the socio-economic impacts of heat waves on farm workers. Amanda Baughan a computer science PhD student studying online arguments at the University of Washington.  Dr. Joshua Kane a Lecturer at ASU specializing in American Race and Ethnic Relations. Margaret Clark, John M. Musser Professor of Psychology at Yale. her research focuses on the functioning of close relationships  

We have a juicy show today! Ever wanted to go to a sex party? Well, we have Brooklyn-based columnist, sex expert, and activist whose work focuses on sexuality, culture, and the LGBTQ community Zackary Zane to give us the 411 on COVID safe sex parties. Also, is there a safe way to use poppers? Dr. James Simmons gives us his medical advice.  Plus, queer women are more successful at the ballot box than gay men. We tell you why with  Annise Parker is the President & CEO of LGBTQ Victory Fund and LGBTQ Victory Institute and the former mayor of Houston, Texas. And so much more. Let’s go there!

A new study could change the laws around gay men giving blood, and Dr. Susan Stramer is the Vice President of Scientific Affairs for American Red Cross, and lead for the ADVANCE Study joins us!  Also, with all of us communicating over email or DM's, it’s easy for things to get lost in translation. Kathy Petra's co-host of NPR.org's podcast 'You're Saying It Wrong' gives us a lesson!  Plus, Precious Brady-Davis, award winning  trans activist and diversity advocate now author joins us to discuss her memoir  I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN ME Let's go there! 

We are back after a mini vacation, that sometimes feels like not a vacation, we talk about just this with Associate Professor of Marketing at Ohio State Dr.Seline Malkoc. Also, attorney Jay Paul Deratany who fights for foster children and their lgbtq+ families joins us to discuss the supreme courts latest ruling against gay parents. Plus, how to love someone who has poor personal hygiene with Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Nicole Saunders. You can find her at www.therapycharlotte.com, trust us you are going to want to talk to her!  Let's go there!   

Happy Friday! We celebrate 4th of July this Sunday, but you might want to rethink sparking your fireworks; Philip Higuera, professor of fire ecology at the University of Montana tells us why!  We go there on the injustice of track and field star Sha’carri Richardson who failed a marijuana test and is now ineligible for the Olympics, why this is bringing up a bigger discussion.  Plus, how TikTok affects your dreams and more!  Let's go there! 

Shar Jossell is back with us and we have some pretty fun conversation!  Why do we believe in superstitions? Then we get into the astrology of July and the bunk moon? What's a bunk moon, anyways? Plus, the strength that comes from martial arts in the black queer community!  Let's go there!

Last day of Pride Month and the lovely pop culture pundit Shar Jossell guest hosts!  We bring you our thoughts on Bill Cosby being free on the Tea Report and we are not into it!  Also, comedian Iliza Shlesinger joins us to talk about her new movie on Netflix, 'Good On Paper'  Plus, HRC has launched a way to Bridge Gaps in HIV Care at HBCUs and HRC's President Alphonso David joins us! Let's go there!     

We have a very special show as we approach the end of Pride month!  Queer pop icon VINCINT joins us to talk about his debut album. We unpack how to navigate sex and desire with an asexual partner with queer sex and culture writer Sara Youngblood Gregory Plus, we have a beautiful conversation on the history behind indigenous two-spirit people with Two-Spirit Diné and Annishinabé artist Kayla Shaggy and it was an honor!  Let's go there! 

Today we celebrate a win for the transgender community! The U.S. Supreme Court  rejected a Virginia school board’s appeal today to reinstate its transgender bathroom ban. Staff Attorney, LGBTQ, Gender & Reproductive Justice Project at ACLU So Cal, Aditi Fruitwala joins us for the conversation.  Also, are we close to having male birth control? Plus, if you are feeling tired after going out, like a social hangover we have the cure!  Let's go there! 

We continue with to unpacked Britney Spears case. Spears revealed she was forced to take lithium! So what are the impacts of taking lithium.  Also,  conversion therapy still kills people so is t's time for a federal ban . Plus, we have special Yass Queen! Let's go there!