Rated LGBT Radio

No Straight Lines-The Rise of Queer Comics: Director Vivian Kleinman With Us!

The award winning documentary No Straight Lines shows how comic books and strips have provided a unique, uncensored window into LGBTQ lives from the 1970s onward, beginning at a time in which there was no other genuine queer storytelling in popular culture. The film focuses on the story of five scrappy and pioneering cartoonists who depicted everything from the AIDS crisis, coming out, and same-sex marriage, to themes of race, gender, and disability. They tackled the humor in queer lives in a changing world, and the everyday pursuits of love, sex, and community.
Today we talk to the film's producer/director Vivlan Kleinman!  Vivian is known for tackling challenging subjects and filmic approaches. She executive produced the Academy Award nominated documentary short Last Day of Freedom; she produced the Peabody Award-winning Color Adjustment; and was director/producer of Families Are Forever (Outfest Audience Award) as well as other significant credits.
With co-host Brody Levesque
 

LGBTQ Star of Netflix’s My Unorthodox Life, Ra’ed Saade in the House!

Reality show My Unorthodox Life documents Julia Haart and her children's decision to leave the Haredi Jewish community in Monsey, New York and pursue their passions for fashion and design. The series features Julia's best friend Robert Brotherun-- they are kind of the Will and Grace of reality TV. 
In the second season, Ra'ed enters the series as Robert's boyfriend and partner. Today, Ra'ed enters OUR scene, to tell us about life as an Arab-American gay reality star, his advocacy for LGBTQ+ rights as well as his connections to native Lebanon and conditions there.
 
With co-host Brody Levesque

Club Q and the War on Drag Queens- Conversation with a Drag Warrior

Mid November a gun man killed 5 at Club Q in Colorado. 17 were injured. The Club was a well known venue for drag performances and an easy target for anti-LGBTQ hate.
This week, there was a House Committee meeting looking into the growing anti-LGBTQ violence in America. Survivors of both the Club Q and Pulse masacres spoke. “To the politicians and activists who accuse LGBTQ people of grooming children and being abusers: shame on you,” Michael Anderson, Club Q survivor said to them. “As leaders of our country, it is your obligation to represent all of us, not just the ones you happen to agree with. Hate speech turns into hate action, and actions based on hate almost took my life from me, at 25 years old.”  Club Q owner Matthew Haynes responded to GOP "thoughts and prayers" saying, "I ask you today, not simply what are you doing to safeguard LGBTQ Americans; but rather, what are you or other leaders doing to make America unsafe for LGBTQ people."
Today we discuss these attacks with two very close to the issue. Sara Grossman, whose dear friend was killed in the Pulse shooting, and renown drag performer Jessica L'Whor , who was a regular headliner at Club Q.
With co-host Brody Levesque
 

Producer/Writer and Star of the New Amazon Prime Movie ”Guadalajara” !

The brand new Amazon Prime film, Guadalajara is now available! Many years in the making, this film was inspired by the true life events of a trans teen growing up in East L.A. This thrilling drama tells the story of Guadalajara Bustamante and her relationship with her mother as she befriends the neighborhood queen bees, and begins going down a destructive path.
Today we talk to the film's producer/writer and star, Alexander Justin Gonzales. As a Tejano-American filmmaker and a member of the LGBT community, Alexander uses his work as an opportunity to represent his community and tell their stories with a particular focus on intersectionality.
With co-host Brody Levesque

Rated G Radio: Guest Co-Host Rebecca Fisk

Welcome to Rated G Radio with your host Garrett Miller.
Tonight Garrett welcomes VIP Guest Co-Host: Rebecca Fisk  
We'll be serving up heapin' helpings of our Weekly Wrap when Garrett and Rebecca talk Hot Topics.  We'll invite you to call in to share your thoughts on topic in this uncensored, non-pc conversation which goes deep into uncharted waters in the most outrageous ways possible.  
RATED G RADIO features a wide range of programming each and every week showcasing some of the most popular hosts in podcast history!  Check out our other featured programs.  Sign up for the socials and connect.  We'll love having you join us.
Rebecca Fisk: America's Top 50 Psychic
Rated LGBT Radio starring Rob Watson
Rated OZ Radio starring Mary Lou Munroe Rey
Journey with Stephanie starring Stephanie Gerard
Garrett's Shameless Music Plug:  Add Blond Jesus THE MUSICAL to your Spotify Playlist Today!  

Journey with Stephanie: Special Guest Doug Johnston Psychic Astrologer

Welcome to Journey with Stephanie!
Tonight Stephanie welcomes Psychic Astrologer Doug Johnston!  Doug is a lifelong psychic, self-taught astrologer for over 40 years, artist and actor!  Stephanie will interview Doug on all of his activities in the first half of the show.  
Call or text to set up an appointment for a reading with Doug!   
PHONE:  206-769-4924
EMAIL:   roastingdoug@gmail.com
In the second half of the show, we'll open up the phone lines and you can call in to ask 1 question about love, money, career, family, pets, your chakras, theta energy healing - you name it!  Stephanie will take your calls!.
To book a private session with Stephanie, please visit her website here.

The Remarkable Teen CEO Brothers Who are Out to Save the World

Back in 2020 we did a show called "The Inspiring Teen CEO Whose Company Helps the Homeless and Those In Need" featuring teen Kenan Pala. Kenan had founded a company called Kids4Community. When last we spoke to him, his organization had just made 2000 hygene kits, and 500 "bags of hope" for distribution to the homeless. They conducted a school supply drive, and took on disaster relief. They undertook homeless dinner projects and more.  All of this was done mostly by kids, 
Kenan is now off to college and today we talk to his younger brother Arden. Not to be overshadowed by his incredible older brother, Arden himself is the the founder of Sports4Kids.Through community and philanthropic partnerships, Sports4Kids provides opportunities for all low-income youth to play sports, building physical and social skills that will serve them for a lifetime.
Today, we talk to Arden about his work, avocation and mission.
with co-host Brody Levewsque
 

Rated G Radio: Guest Co-Host Stephanie Gerard

Welcome to Rated G Radio with your host Garrett Miller.
Tonight Garrett welcomes VIP Guest Co-Host: Stephanie Gerard!
We'll be serving up heapin' helpings of our Weekly Wrap when Garrett and Stephanie talk Hot Topics.  We'll invite you to call in to share your thoughts on topic in this uncensored, non-pc conversation which goes deep into uncharted waters in the most outrageous ways possible.  
RATED G RADIO features a wide range of programming each and every week showcasing some of the most popular hosts in podcast history!  Check out our other featured programs.  Sign up for the socials and connect.  We'll love having you join us.
Rebecca Fisk: America's Top 50 Psychic
Rated LGBT Radio starring Rob Watson
Rated OZ Radio starring Mary Lou Munroe Rey
Journey with Stephanie starring Stephanie Gerard
Garrett's Shameless Music Plug:  Add Blond Jesus THE MUSICAL  and HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS to your Spotify Playlists Today!  

Rated G Radio: Guest Co-Host Rob Watson

Welcome to Rated G Radio with your host Garrett Miller.
Tonight Garrett welcomes VIP Guest Co-Host: Rob Watson!
We'll be serving up heapin' helpings of our Weekly Wrap when Garrett and Rob talk Hot Topics.  We'll invite you to call in to share your thoughts on topic in this uncensored, non-pc conversation which goes deep into uncharted waters in the most outrageous ways possible.  
RATED G RADIO features a wide range of programming each and every week showcasing some of the most popular hosts in podcast history!  Check out our other featured programs.  Sign up for the socials and connect.  We'll love having you join us.
Rebecca Fisk: America's Top 50 Psychic
Rated LGBT Radio starring Rob Watson
Rated OZ Radio starring Mary Lou Munroe Rey
Journey with Stephanie starring Stephanie Gerard
Garrett's Shameless Music Plug:  Add Blond Jesus THE MUSICAL and HAVE YOURSELF A MERRY LITTLE CHRISTMAS to your Spotify Playlists Today!  

Emmy-winning director, Jeffrey Schwarz with BOULEVARD! A HOLLYWOOD STORY

Some times life is even more fascinating than fiction. Behind the mystique of "Sunset Boulvard" is a nuanced parallel story of a fading star, her unrequited love for a stunning younger man, and the gay love story it complicated. This story is not fiction, however, it was real.
Dickson Hughes and Richard Stapley were two young songwriters and romantic partners in the 1950s. They found themselves caught in movie star Gloria Swanson’s web when she hired them to write a musical version of “Sunset Boulevard" long before the Andrew Lloyd Webber version was even imagined.  Life imitated art when Gloria fell in love with Richard, and  Dixon and Richard found themselves trapped in a strange real life version of the classic Wilder film.
Jeffrey Schwartz has brought the true story to life in the documentary Boulevard! A Hollywood Story, now streaming on iTunes and Apple+.  He is here with us today to talk about this true life romantic triangle and telling the world a new version of Sunset Boulevard. Jeffrey is an Emmy Award-winning producer, director and editor. His previous documentaries include “The Fabulous Allan Carr,” which premiered at the 2017 Seattle International Film Festival, the 2015 SXSW premiere “Tab Hunter Confidential,” the Emmy Award-winning HBO Documentary Films’ “Vito,” “I Am Divine,” currently streaming on Netflix, “Wrangler: Anatomy of an Icon,” currently streaming on Amazon Prime, and the 2007 AFI Fest Documentary Audience Award winner “Spine Tingler! The William Castle Story.”
With co-host Brody Levesque