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We welcome our dear friends Hayes Davenport & Sean Clements, hosts of Hollywood Handbook, to the iHeart family. SEE GEORGE ON TOUR: linktree.com/georgeciveris WATCH GEORGE'S SPECIAL ON AMAZON, APPLE, AND MORE: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/george-civeris-a-sense-of-urgency/ CALL US at 385-GAY-GUYS to leave questions and comments for our next surprise call-in show and you just might hear your call on your favorite podcast.  SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON at patreon.com/straightiolab for bonus episodes twice a month and don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Bicoastal legend Zainab Johnson joins us to talk about watches and if there's anybody out there who actually respects the concept of time.  SEE SAM ON TOUR: linktree.com/samtaggart  SEE GEORGE ON TOUR: linktree.com/georgeciveris WATCH GEORGE'S SPECIAL ON AMAZON, APPLE, AND MORE: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/george-civeris-a-sense-of-urgency/ CALL US at 385-GAY-GUYS to leave questions and comments for our next surprise call-in show and you just might hear your call on your favorite podcast.  SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON at patreon.com/straightiolab for bonus episodes twice a month and don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we're classically cranky after mainlining the news and we're NOT afraid to talk about it. Plus, George's niece has a premonition, Sam has a rough re-entry into the normal world, and we cover all the media we're consuming from Sicario to Project Runway. For two extra eps/month, subsrcibe at patreon.com/straightiolab.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We take your calls about moral dilemmas, life changes, gay books, and what's happening with the word "chic."  SEE SAM ON TOUR: linktree.com/samtaggart  SEE GEORGE ON TOUR: linktree.com/georgeciveris WATCH GEORGE'S SPECIAL ON AMAZON, APPLE, AND MORE: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/george-civeris-a-sense-of-urgency/ CALL US at 385-GAY-GUYS to leave questions and comments for our next surprise call-in show and you just might hear your call on your favorite podcast.  SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON at patreon.com/straightiolab for bonus episodes twice a month and don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

George and Sam deliver a few very special announcements DIRECTLY to their community! Please go see George on tour across the nation and Sam in LA & NYC as he tapes his special!  SEE SAM ON TOUR: linktree.com/samtaggart  SEE GEORGE ON TOUR: linktree.com/georgeciveris WATCH GEORGE'S SPECIAL ON AMAZON, APPLE, AND MORE: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/george-civeris-a-sense-of-urgency/ CALL US at 385-GAY-GUYS to leave questions and comments for our next surprise call-in show and you just might hear your call on your favorite podcast.  SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON at patreon.com/straightiolab for bonus episodes twice a month and don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Sandy Honig returns to the show to talk about why everybody dresses gay now, what's going on in the world of telepathy, her two new short films, and why Jesus REALLY returned.  SEE SAM ON TOUR: linktree.com/samtaggart  SEE GEORGE ON TOUR: linktree.com/georgeciveris WATCH GEORGE'S SPECIAL ON AMAZON, APPLE, AND MORE: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/george-civeris-a-sense-of-urgency/ CALL US at 385-GAY-GUYS to leave questions and comments for our next surprise call-in show and you just might hear your call on your favorite podcast.  SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON at patreon.com/straightiolab for bonus episodes twice a month and don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The incomparable Marley Gotterer talks immigrating to America from her home planet, teaching the art of drag to queer teens, and why veneers are super scary!  SEE SAM ON TOUR: linktree.com/samtaggart  SEE GEORGE ON TOUR: linktree.com/georgeciveris WATCH GEORGE'S SPECIAL ON AMAZON, APPLE, AND MORE: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/george-civeris-a-sense-of-urgency/ CALL US at 385-GAY-GUYS to leave questions and comments for our next surprise call-in show and you just might hear your call on your favorite podcast.  SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON at patreon.com/straightiolab for bonus episodes twice a month and don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

George makes a shocking confession about a recent buzzy album, Sam gives a behind-the-curtain (literally!) update on his upcoming special taping, and we go deep on the new Jane Schoenbrun picture Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma. For teo extra eps/month, subsrcibe at patreon.com/straightiolab.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

You called, we answered! We cover everything in this ep from what queer media to show your recently out sibling, how to deal with a new gay guy in your friend group who reads you for filth, whether or not "random" is back, and so much more!  SEE SAM ON TOUR: linktree.com/samtaggart  SEE GEORGE ON TOUR: linktree.com/georgeciveris WATCH GEORGE'S SPECIAL ON AMAZON, APPLE, AND MORE: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/george-civeris-a-sense-of-urgency/ CALL US at 385-GAY-GUYS to leave questions and comments for our next surprise call-in show and you just might hear your call on your favorite podcast.  SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON at patreon.com/straightiolab for bonus episodes twice a month and don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Globally touring comedians and award-winning medical professionals Honey Pluton and Spike Einbinder join us in the lab to theorize about mental illness, Lyme disease, human-animal relationships, male rage, and why gay guys are like that. Plus: How does your relationship to anger affect your fashion choices? Listen and maybe you'll learn something!  SEE SAM ON TOUR: linktree.com/samtaggart  SEE GEORGE ON TOUR: linktree.com/georgeciveris WATCH GEORGE'S SPECIAL ON AMAZON, APPLE, AND MORE: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/george-civeris-a-sense-of-urgency/ CALL US at 385-GAY-GUYS to leave questions and comments for our next surprise call-in show and you just might hear your call on your favorite podcast.  SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON at patreon.com/straightiolab for bonus episodes twice a month and don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Our dear friend Mary Beth Barone returns for her third appearance in the lab to celebrate the release of her already critically beloved Netflix special GALAXY BRAIN! We discuss what's standing in the way of her running for office, whether Christopher Nolan should direct the Britney biopic (yes!), the crazy and kooky world of sexual harassment training, and what your favorite Adam Sandler movie says about YOU!  SEE SAM ON TOUR: linktree.com/samtaggart  SEE GEORGE ON TOUR: linktree.com/georgeciveris WATCH GEORGE'S SPECIAL ON AMAZON, APPLE, AND MORE: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/george-civeris-a-sense-of-urgency/ CALL US at 385-GAY-GUYS to leave questions and comments for our next surprise call-in show and you just might hear your call on your favorite podcast.  SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON at patreon.com/straightiolab for bonus episodes twice a month and don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Once a month, we're re-releasing a classic StraightioLab episode from the vault. Learn the lore that built the legendary podcast the government cannot shut down.  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Today we have the second-ever installment of the StraightioLab Book Club with esteemed author Jo Firestone to discuss her new novel: Sex on Murder Island (not to be confused with the prequel Murder on Sex Island). Jo is nine months pregnant, but that won't stop us from having a discourse so deep about her writing that it makes Seth Meyers look like a fraud.  SEE SAM ON TOUR: linktree.com/samtaggart  SEE GEORGE ON TOUR: linktree.com/georgeciveris WATCH GEORGE'S SPECIAL ON AMAZON, APPLE, AND MORE: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/george-civeris-a-sense-of-urgency/ CALL US at 385-GAY-GUYS to leave questions and comments for our next surprise call-in show and you just might hear your call on your favorite podcast.  SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON at patreon.com/straightiolab for bonus episodes twice a month and don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Have you ever found yourself inside of a TJ Maxx searching for something. A lamp? A mug? A deeper meaning? Well then this ep with Alison Leiby, whose new book "I'm A Lot" is out, now may be just the thing you're looking for. Plus, we talk about the legacy of Y2K advertising, the three things that count as monoculture, and George finally gives the Greek perspective on all things Odyssey.  SEE SAM ON TOUR: linktree.com/samtaggart  SEE GEORGE ON TOUR: linktree.com/georgeciveris WATCH GEORGE'S SPECIAL ON AMAZON, APPLE, AND MORE: https://www.comedydynamics.com/catalog/george-civeris-a-sense-of-urgency/ CALL US at 385-GAY-GUYS to leave questions and comments for our next surprise call-in show and you just might hear your call on your favorite podcast.  SUBSCRIBE TO OUR PATREON at patreon.com/straightiolab for bonus episodes twice a month and don't forget to rate and review us on Apple Podcasts!  See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We talk Madonna's comeback, the end of our favorite podcast, George's big retreat, and Sam's self-imposed birthday curse. For two extra episodes/month, subscribe at Patreon.com/straightiolab. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.