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**Nancy**

BFF Kathy Tu and Tobin Low are super queer, super fun and ready to take over your podcast feed. Join them for provocative stories and frank conversations about the LGBTQ experience today. Because everyone’s a little bit gay.
WNYC Studios is a listener-supported producer of other podcasts including Radiolab, Death, Sex & Money, Snap Judgment, On the Media, Here’s the Thing with Alec Baldwin and many others.
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Latest Episodes:

Dude, Where’s My Coverage? Mar 07, 2019

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Even if you have insurance, being queer can be a barrier to getting the healthcare you need.

Queer Money Matters is Nancy's series about the straight economy and how queer people navigate it.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom and Tigue. Theme by Alexander Overington.

For Richer, For Poorer Mar 06, 2019

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Marriage equality meant more dollars in the bank for lots of queer people. But what if getting married goes against your identity or is simply not possible?

Queer Money Matters is Nancy's series about the straight economy and how queer people navigate it.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom and Tigue. Theme by Alexander Overington.

The Gayly Grind Mar 05, 2019

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From discrimination in the hiring process to a wage gap to a patchwork of legal protections, there are road blocks at every stage of our career.

Queer Money Matters is Nancy's series about the straight economy and how queer people navigate it.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom and Tigue. Theme by Alexander Overington.

Babies and Bills Mar 04, 2019

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When you’re queer and you want to add a kid to your family, things get complicated—and expensive—really quickly.

Queer Money Matters is Nancy's series about the straight economy and how queer people navigate it.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom and Tigue. Theme by Alexander Overington.

Queer Money Fear$ Feb 25, 2019

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The economy is built for cisgender, heterosexual people. We're exploring the financial hurdles queer people face and how we navigate them. It's Nancy's "Queer Money Matters."

If you want to see the results of "Nancy’s 2019 Money Survey of a Representative Sample of the Queer and Non-Queer US Population," head over to Queer Money Matters.

— Lee Badgett is an economist, professor, and LGBT policy expert. She teaches at UMass Amherst.

Special thanks this week to Adam Auriemma, Editor-in-Chief of Money Magazine, Morning Consult, and the WNYC data team.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom and Tigue. Theme by Alexander Overington.

The Word 'Queer' Feb 18, 2019

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Strange or obtuse; a stinging homophobic slur; a radical political rejection of normativity; a broad term encompassing every and any variation on sexual orientation and gender identity: the word 'queer' has a multifarious past and complicated present. This is just a fraction of it.

— Helen Zaltzman hosts the podcasts, The Allusionist and Answer Me This! Additional show notes can be found on The Allusionist's website.

— Eric Marcus hosts the podcast, Making Gay History.

— Amy Sueyoshi is a historian and author.

— Cameo appearances from Katie Mingle from 99% Invisible, Katie Herzog from The Stranger, and Jonathan Van Ness from Queer Eye.

Music in this episode by Martin Austwick. Theme by Alexander Overington.

The Case of the Cutoffs Feb 11, 2019

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Eight years ago, Ben found a pair of cutoff jean shorts mounted in a shadowbox. Now, he's on a search for the truth.

— Ben Riskin quit his law firm four years ago and embarked on a career in podcasting. Ben recently joined Endeavor Audio to lead their business development and content acquisition efforts. When he's not working, he's listening to everything and talking to everyone.

Special thanks this week to Tracey Baim of the Windy City Times, the team at Curious City, Ben Rose and Tracey Panek at Levi’s, St. Sukie de la Croix (author of Chicago Whispers: a History of LGBT Chicago before Stonewall), Gnat Carpenter, the team at Third Coast International Audio Festival, and everyone who shared pictures of the shorts on social media.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom, Little Glass Men ("Procreation"), Broke for Free ("Calm the Fuck Down"), and Nctrnm ("Tethered"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

Phillip Picardi: Out With the Old Feb 04, 2019

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Phillip Picardi joins Nancy to talk about his first job at McDonald's, his recent job as Anna Wintour's protégé, and his new job as editor-in-chief of Out Magazine.

— Phillip Picardi is the editor-in-chief at Out Magazine. He previously served as chief content officer at Teen Vogue and them.

— Phillip's response to the Women's Wear Daily article can be found on Twitter.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom, Alex Overington, BoxCat Game ("Mt Fox Shop"), and Drake Stafford ("Matte Black"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

The League of Extraordinary Trolls Jan 28, 2019

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An elite unit of trolls is engaged in an existential battle against hate speech on the internet. This is their story.

This episode originally aired on Endless Thread, a co-production of WBUR and Reddit. It's a show about Reddit (also known as the front page of the internet), hosted by Ben Brock Johnson and Amory Sivertson, produced by Josh Swartz, and mixed by Paul Vaitkus.

Nancy theme by Alexander Overington.

Nancy Takes the Stage Jan 21, 2019

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Tobin and Kathy have sweated through a few live shows, and now it's time to share a few of them with the world.

— Jes Tom is a weird nonbinary queer Asian-American radical cyborg stand up comic. They will be performing at Caroline's on February 12th.

— John Paul Brammer wrote the column "Hola Papi" for Into; he's now a staff writer at Them.

Music in this episode by Jeremy Bloom. Theme by Alexander Overington.