Gays Reading
Hosted by Jason and Jason Blitman · Jason Blitman
5.0from 181 ratings
- 237
- Episodes
- 55
- Transcribed
- 181
- Ratings
- Daily
- Cadence
- 2023
- First episode
- 10K
- YouTube views
About Gays Reading
Best authors. Best banter. Host — and gay reader — Jason Blitman is joined each week by bestselling authors, VIP gay readers, cultural icons, and other special guests for lively, spoiler-free conversations. Gays Reading celebrates LGBTQIA+ and ally authors and storytellers through fun, thoughtful, and insightful discussions. Whether you're gay, straight, or somewhere in between, if you love great books or great conversation, Gays Reading is for you. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy (https://acast.com/privacy) for more information.
- Publisher
- Jason Blitman
- Category
- arts · comedy · society & culture
- Language
- en
- Explicit
- Yes
- First episode
- 21 Jun 2023
- Latest episode
- 6 Oct 2026
Latest episodes
55 of 237 episodes have a transcript.
6 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
Deesha Philyaw, The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman
2 Oct 2026TRANSCRIPT
What Are You Reading? feat. Meg Mason
29 Sept 2026TRANSCRIPT
Min Jin Lee, American Hagwon
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Deesha Philyaw, The True Confessions of First Lady Freeman
Published 6 Oct 2026 · Transcript excerpt
[…] And that part was very personal to me, the sense that we can carry shame that we're carrying it for someone else. My father, I don't think that parents should have to be married. They don't have to be married to be good parents, but my father should have been ashamed for not showing up. But I felt ashamed because, oh, my dad is a deadbeat, that kind of thing. And so that was something that was really personal for me. And so even though Char's circumstances are different from mine in many ways, that thing inside you where you move through the world trying to get what you feel like you've been missing all along when really we're not lacking anything in terms of who we are. […]
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- Deesha Philyaw
- Meg Mason
- Min Jin Lee
- Meg Howrey
- Lucy Foley
Reach and audience
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- YouTube views
- 9,926
- Score snapshot 15 Sept 2025
- Apple Podcasts (US)
- 5.0 / 5
- 116 ratings
- Spotify
- 4.9 / 5
- 65 ratings
Podcast Authority Score: 91 / 100
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- Quality
- 94
- Social presence
- 94
- YouTube
- 74
- Engagement
- 98
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Questions about Gays Reading
Who hosts Gays Reading?
Jason and Jason Blitman host the show. Published by Jason Blitman.
How often do new episodes come out?
The show publishes daily, based on its RSS feed.
Does Gays Reading take guests?
Yes. Guests have been identified in episode analyses.
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