Butch Talk Podcast: Recent Episodes
Butch Talk Podcast
Butch Talk is a conversational podcast about various LGBTQ topics. Hosted by Whitney, a butch who embraces her female masculinity, Butch Talk aims to remain curious, ask questions, and most importantly, listen.
What is toxic masculinity and how have we embodied it and experienced it in the queer community? Arthur joins Whitney to discuss!
TRIGGER WARNING Eating disorders and food struggles are talked about in this episode. Please listen when you are ready to do so :)
Vanessa shares her struggles around food and how it relates to her sexuality and presentation.
Nadi and Tyler share their experiences and thoughts about queer sex work. How is queer sex work different than plain old sex work? Is it different being a femme queer sex worker than being a trans masculine queer sex worker? What are some dos and don'ts of being a patron? These questions and more are explored!
What is it like to be queer AND a pastor in a Christian church? What does the Bible actually say about being gay? Whitney sits down with Pastor Emmy to talk about these things and much more!
Whitney sits down with Andrea to talk about femme identity. We may walk the world experiencing each situation differently as a self identified butch and femme but there's a lot we learned from each other!
Whitney sits down with long time friend Raelene to discuss what it's like being in a straight/gay friendship. Is it that different than any other friendship? Has it ever been awkward or weird? Listen to find out!
TRIGGER WARNING
Kenzie and Whitney sit down and talk ink! From our first tattoo experiences to most meaningful tattoos to a bit of history about how our elders used to use ink as an identifier, we cover a lot of interesting tattoo topics! Some of the stories we share are of a sensitive nature and should be listened to if you're in the right mindset to do so.
ALSO! Whitney did a YouTube video back in her baby butch days about tattoos! Watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_PI_Wo24omg
Whitney sits down with Cameron to discuss tensions that can sometimes arise between female masculine and trans masculine folks.
The first episode of Season 2 is here!
Whitney speaks with friends Kyree and Carter and partner Shelby about what they like about butches and masculine of center folks.
Trigger Warning Talk of depression, anxiety and suicide are within. Whitney shares her story around mental health.
Trigger warning Discussion around depression, anxiety, self-harm, and suicide are in this episode.
Whitney talks with Franky about mental health struggles and what has helped them work through difficult times.
A recent study about discrimination of gay sounding people in the workplace, an interview with KARE 11's Breaking the News, Jana Shortal, personal story of interview clothes, and a favorite job and bosses.
Discussion on AP style allowing they as a singular pronoun and Brent Dunmore's They/Them Project.
Whitney talks with Kade about pronouns. She/her. He/him. They/them. And a bunch of others! Discussion of being misgendered in a variety of different situations is also discussed as well as how we've typically dealt with that.
Exciting announcements about being featured in an online magazine, thank yous for support, and a call for creatives for an upcoming episode!
In this episode of Butch Talk Podcast, Whitney touches on the history of underwear, talks with Janelle about different types of underwear and how we started wearing what we do, a personal story about shopping for boxers, and Whitney's favorite boxer briefs of all time! Special tangent on her experience attending a taping of Ellen's talk show!
It's the episode of interviews! 3 convos about community and friendship. Carter and I talk about the Twin Cities Queer Masculinity group, Vanessa and I talk about making friends and our hopes and fears around that, and Sasha and I talk about the history of the Bulldoggers group in Oakland, CA.
This podcast discusses how ancient people viewed periods and what they used or didn't use with them, Franky and Whitney talk about their personal experiences with their periods and feelings about them, personal thoughts about PMDD, favorite period tracker, and a Q&A about shaving!
More talk about family, but this time, extended family, step-family and chosen family! Also, hear about a shitty priest and how my brother and cousins have been awesome.
Butch Talk's first contest! Trans bathroom talk and history of gendered bathrooms, chats with my mom and brother, my top 5 celebrity crushes, question about a straight man wanting to date butch women, and my favorite thing!
Whitney discusses rad supporters, a contest starting on Monday with prizes, a big whoops with recording, and LGBTQ health stats.
Whitney talks with Pat about his physical fitness business and experiences, Carter talks about the history of how women's bodies were viewed and thought about, Whitney shares a few doctor visit stories, anonymous asks if a butch lesbian would ever be romantically interested in a straight woman, and Whitney shares a favorite hobby she never EVER thought she's be into!
In this episode of Butch Talk Plus, Whitney discusses a company that is queer owed and that sells more affordable clothes, her experience with buying a suit, having clothes tailored, and Cola (the mascot of the podcast) makes a brief appearance!
This episode is all about clothing. You'll hear about old laws around clothes, a personal story about buying and tying a tie, Shawn's experiences around finding clothes they like to wear, Whitney's favorite accessory right now, and the first question answered for the Q&A segment!
Butch Talk Plus is an addition to the edited podcast of the week with a similar theme but little to no editing. Whitney talks more about body hair and also facial hair as well as asking for feedback about these episodes!
This episode of Butch Talk Podcast explores the topic of hair. You'll hear about Whitney's first short haircut (trigger warning), a chat with Eleanor about body hair, a song from queer history with Carter, one of Whitney's favorite hair products, and why she decided to start this podcast.