QUEERNECKS

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Hacker and Lauren: https://youtu.be/awTnX-nGlUw?si=pR6jt6amc4puwvlr

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In this episode:

• What if your parents were gay?
• The Stonewall riots, hidden family secrets, and domestic violence
• ADHD medications and heart health...

Beck and Dash explore why humor matters, what makes a comedian memorable, and how queerness and marginalization shape comedy. Dash argues that humor is inherently queer in the queer-theory sense: making fun of something means breaking it down, ruining it a little, and turning it into a ridiculous version of itself. Both hosts agree that comedians from marginalized backgrounds tend to be more creative because they've had to find new...

Weather, Yellowjackets, and Appalachian History: Tree Houses and the Underground Railroad

Hosts Beck and Dash chat about shifting weather and anxiety around a severe El Niño forecast, then Beck describes a brief health scare with their older dog Pita. They discuss TikTok videos of Europeans experiencing American chain restaurants, travel and food media influences like Anthony Bourdain, and cooking competition shows including Top Che...

Beck and Dash show up with mics on and zero prep — and somehow go from dead languages to Jehovah's Witnesses to the most redneck thing a giraffe has ever done.

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SEASON TWO OF QUEERNECKS HAPPY PRIDE MONTH

Hosts Beck and Dash celebrate Pride Month, joke about “straight pride” backlash and a Tennessee “nuclear family month,” and talk about rising costs, engineered poverty, and how work and isolation affect relationships and having kids. They discuss small-town pride and share personal updates about reconnecting with friends. The main segment reviews the film Foxy Merkin...

Trauma Bonding, Bury Your Gays, and WVU’s Burning Couch Lore

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Hosts Beck and Dash discuss difficulties accessing the film The Foxy Merkins for rental and pl...

Hosts Beck and Dash open the Queernecks episode discussing a frightening car incident in Toledo where their dog Ru appeared to have an asthma attack and has a vet appointment Monday. They then talk about modern roast culture after seeing clips from the Kevin Hart roast, including Chelsea Handler’s jab at a MAGA comedian, mention Tony Hinchcliffe’s George Floyd joke, and discuss boundaries, context, and craft in comedy, ...

In this 50th episode of Queernecks, queer rural Appalachian LGBTQ hosts Beck and Dash chat about pets, junk food, and digestive issues, then reflect on smoking—how early they started, how it was normalized, and how quitting saved Christmas. They discuss teaching, student pass/fail options, rate-my-professor culture, and gaps in student literacy, tech skills, and civic knowledge, plus the poverty-simulator game, Spent. They sh...

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Hosts Beck and Dash chat on Queernecks about returning to a boxing gym, favorite salty-sweet snacks, novelty candies, and hometown-made products (BG Campbell’s/Heinz, Portsmouth shoelaces, Cincinnati schnapps). They swap train stories, including meeting recently released prisoners on an Amtrak ride to Chicago and observing re-entry moments and public-transportation dynamics. The conversation sh...

Hosts Beck and Dash chat through tech frustrations and changing internet/IT, early home computing memories (AOL dial-up costs, Commodore 64, Carmen Sandiego, Number Munch, Oregon Trail, typing skills), and odd public moments (a classmate farting in a lab, an ROTC student’s loud burp, quirky neighbor small talk, a neighbor’s unsolicited diet comment). They share affirming messages from former students, including one cred...

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Hosts Beck and Dash open with weather and small talk before reviewing the film Kinky Boots, noting it’s based on a true story about a struggling rural sho...

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Hosts Beck and Dash riff on colorful high school teachers, language classes, impressions, and how improv “yes, and” parallels teaching and bias, the...

Beck and Dash chat on Queernecks about haircuts, scar care (Bio-Oil, silicone tape), and trans products like trans tape and stand-to-pee packers, then mark Transgender Day of Visibility with humor and a plug for KB Brookins’ Substack “Trans News That Doesn’t Suck.” They discuss inclusive language as “being correct,” classroom practices around names/pronouns, and teaching about Indigenous issues a...

Hosts Beck and Dash chat about home and apartment quirks, pets, and grief after Beck’s 15-year-old dog Wenda dies, discussing euthanasia, cremains, and pet rent. They talk about caring for and rehoming animals, moving with cats, litter robots, and Beck wanting an older small dog. Beck discusses an upcoming pap smear and past awkward medical experiences as a trans man, including visibility, bias, and the importance of preventa...

Hosts Beck and Dash open by discussing writing habits, sleep, and accountability tactics like body doubling. They share updates on pain, long drives, mail deliveries, and pets aging and not eating, then pivot to show-and-tell of 1970s lesbian commune zines from Kentucky (“country women”) with homesteading and self-defense content. Conversation touches on dead-celebrity rumors, TV time-travel shows, and a classroom women...

Beck and Dash debate the best holiday candy, swap small-town crime stories (including how many murderers they've personally known), and get into the Lemkin Institute's transgender genocide alert and why chromosomal testing in sports is going to backfire spectacularly.

Also: spring cleaning as emotional warfare, the Sheets parking lot as Appalachian social institution, Cooter's legendary Facebook beef that almost became a fistfight, ...

Beck and Dash explore lesbian identity, butch/femme dynamics, body image pressures, student stories from the classroom, childhood memories of Appalachian songs and games, county fairs, and navigating queer culture across generations. With side trips into politics, religion, and the universal experience of being the fat kid who got attention after losing weight, Beck and Dash bring their signature blend of academic insight and mount...

Beck and Dash take listeners on a wild ride through nostalgia, tech frustrations, and current events. From reminiscing about making ringtones and the early days of mobile internet to debating the Apple vs Android divide, they explore how technology has shaped (and trapped) us all. The conversation turns serious as they discuss ethical consumerism, medical experimentation on marginalized communities, and the ongoing attacks on trans...

Perfect for listeners interested in: LGBTQ+ podcasts, Appalachian culture, queer identity, rural America stories, 1980s-90s nostalgia, internet history, and authentic conversations about growing up different in small-town America.

Beck and Dash chat about internet nostalgia, Olympic figure skating, and growing up queer in Appalachia. They swap stories about celebrity encounters (Tiffany from the '80s, anyone?), childhood games, ques...