Yas Queen: The Podcast

Yas Queen: The Podcast presents... Courtesy Bottoms! On today's episode, Ash and Ben are courtesy bottoming for their first Oscar contender, Barry Jenkins' Moonlight! On this featurette your boys do you the courtesy of taking in bad gay movies so you don't have to. You're welcome. So, does this movie live up to the golden hype? Or is it another boring, self-important Oscar bait movie that you should just skip? SPOILER FREE up top then we segway into all the spoilers with plenty of warning so if you haven't seen the film you can still listen :)

Netflix has a new original movie that just premiered called Coin Heist! It's part teen drama, part romance, part heist movie and a complete confusion.

You guys, if you’re anything like me, you’ve found it a chore to turn on the news since, oh let’s say, November 9th. Yesterday I legit got two minutes and forty-two seconds into the news before I just got mad and turned it off. So to make the news of the day more palatable we are going to pair it with an episode of my favorite cartoon from childhood, The Thundercats. We will turn the episode into an allegory for the news stories of the day. Turns out President Donald Trump is easier to digest when you use an evil mummy from a child's television show from the 80s as a metaphor. Thus is born... THE THUNDERCRATS! 

Courtesy Bottoms presents... King Cobra On our new featurette we watch gay movies so you don't have to! To kick it off we are watching a movie that is still in theaters and can boast one helluva cast. Can a murder drama set in the world of gay porn be bad even if it wanted to? You'll have to tune in to find out! If you have thoughts, questions, comments or even suggestions for something you would like to see covered, we want to hear them! Twitter: @YasQueenPod Instagram: @YasQueenPod

Allow Me To Introduce... Black Mirror It is Ash's turn to introduce Ben to a show he has never seen and he has chosen the British sci-fi hit Black Mirror! Join as we watch an episode that can best be described as the world's longest PSA to call your f***ing mother! If you have thoughts, questions, comments or even suggestions for something you would like to see covered, we want to hear them! Twitter: @YasQueenPod Instagram: @YasQueenPod

Allow Me to Introduce... Twin Peaks! Ben's introduction of the classic Twin Peaks to Ash concludes as we discuss the first two episodes of the series proper. What will Ash think of BOB and the Man From Another Place? He has to be blown away, right? How could he not love it?! Plus we can't help but talk politics. Twin Peaks and politics, the podcast you've always wanted! If you have thoughts, questions, comments or even suggestions for something you would like to see covered, we want to hear them! Twitter: @YasQueenPod Instagram: @YasQueenPod

Ben has thoughts about this election year. Rambling, barely coherent thoughts.

Allow Me To Introduce... Twin Peaks Ben tries to course correct after introducing Ash to the Halloween movie franchise which Ash hated. Will the quirky delights of David Lynch's Twin Peaks be enough to charm our favorite millennial or will he find it as boring as he did Michael Myers' murderous Halloween rampage?  If you have thoughts, questions, comments or even suggestions for movies you would like to see defended, we want to hear them! Twitter: @YasQueenPod Instagram: @YasQueenPod

The Cinematic Defenders present... Speed Racer Does one of my guests say this movie is the Citizen Kane of our time? Is he dead serious about it? Yes and yes. You know you want to hear his reasoning.

The Cinematic Defenders presents... Man of Steel Welcome back to The Cinematic Defenders where Ben along with his special guests take movies that have a bad wrap and give them a fresh look, with hope in our eyes and optimism in our hearts! Well, unless you're Lois Lane. Ben is joined by the extraordinary podcaster/writer/comedian/40 Year Old Boy Mike Schmidt! And as if that wasn't enough, we also have Superman first-timer and the just all around wonderful Marissa Galvan of the Pretty Little Podcasters! If you have thoughts, questions, comments or even suggestions for movies you would like to see defended, we want to hear them! Twitter: @YasQueenPod Instagram: @YasQueenPod

Topic: Voter Fraud You guys, are we all being fraudulently voter'd like Donald Trump says? Source Links: The Washington Post: 7 papers, 4 government inquiries, 2 news investigations and 1 court ruling proving voter fraud is mostly a myth NPR: 5 Reasons (And Then Some) Not To Worry About A 'Rigged' Election Brennan Center for Justice: Myth of Voter Fraud Project Vote: Voter Caging Vox: Democrats just filed a federal lawsuit accusing the Republican National Committee of voter intimidation Bloomberg: Democratic Party Takes GOP to Court Over Voter Intimidation

The Cinematic Defenders presents... Rob Zombie's Halloween II Ben has been looking high and low to find a kindred spirit with whom he could discuss his love of Rob Zombie's Halloween sequel. After an exhaustive search Tom McNab has taken up the call of the Cinematic Defenders and joins Ben to discuss the film and the many wonderful theories surrounding it!

Allow Me To Introduce... Halloween Ash has never seen a single movie in the classic horror movie franchise, in fact, he had no idea who Michael Myers was until this week! So, Ben introduces Ash the John Carpenter classic and the Rob Zombie remake! Just Halloween being discussed the way it was meant to be discussed, by two gay millennials. Does Michael Myers make Ash #ScreamYasQueen or does he actually think Ben made him watch two terrible movies as a joke. The answer will terrify you... Got any thoughts on the movies we just watched? You know we wanna hear em! Let's talk about it, honeybuns! We are on Twitter @YasQueenPod.

Ash & Ben wrap up their full series retrospective of HBO's Looking. Does the movie cap of the series in high fashion? Is Ash satisfied with how his favorite series of all time ended? Will Ben ever care about Augustine? Kinda, of course, and never. Oh, and the movie Weekend still blows. Your boys also get into some point-counter-point about the topic on everyone's lips, the Power Rangers teaser trailer.

Your boys Ash & Ben polish off the series proper of Looking by discussing the final three episodes of Ash's favorite series of all time. We discuss handy etiquette when in a relationship and whether or not Augustin has redeemed himself. You can likely predict how that last one turned out.

Who doesn't love a good Halloween episode? Dom pretty much kills it in the costume department while Richie is too cool for school and doesn't dress up at all! Lame! And we are also treated to a Doris-centric episode which is just our prayers being answered.

This episode has lots of fun asides, games and we really dig into the characters from Looking. You guys, there's a reason this is our longest episode yet.

We break down every second of Paddy's (or is it Patty's) AIDS panic and discuss what in gay hell a "self cleaning oven" even is. We also fall for yet another Malik.

We are back to our full series review of Looking by talking all about the season two premiere! Only the boys from this show could go spend a quiet weekend in the woods and have it end at a giant rave also in the woods. If you have thoughts about Looking, let's hear em! You can get at us on Twitter @YasQueenPod

Ash & Ben are covering the season one finale! Ben is not a fan of Kev but series veteran Ash does like dem buns tho. Does our conversation get deeper than that? Nope. And you are welcome! You got thoughts you wanna share with us, we know it. Do it on Twitter: @YasQueenPod