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Ranting Out Loud

Ranting Out Loud

By: Lee Swift Chadrick Douglas and Producer Mike
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We're now Ranting Out Loud! Gay romance author Lee Swift and pop culture aficionado Chadrick Douglas join Producer Mike to bring you lively conversations about LGBTQ+ life as we fall in and out of all kinds of trouble – you know: life, work, people, iPhones. See the world through big rainbow-colored glasses. Come join us and explore all things mind-blowing, funny, annoying, frightening and gay ... even if you're all or none of that! Please note that the adult language and opinions, suggestions and bad humor are exclusively that of the hosts and no one else. But we could use some company, so join in!2025 Kris Cook Art
Episodes
  • Will Marriage Equality End?
    Aug 22 2025

    This week on Ranting Out Loud, the boys are back from their summer escapes—Lee survived 24-hour daylight in Alaska, Chad’s knee-deep in Halloween merch, and Producer Mike is half in Canada, half in existential dread. Between weather reports, pilot adventures, and South Park politics, the convo takes a sharp turn into the Supreme Court’s looming threat to marriage equality, Texas-sized hostility, and why your bank account’s beneficiary might be more important than your wedding vows. It’s equal parts funny, fiery, and fabulously frustrated—because if America’s going to backslide, we’re at least going to rant about it in style.

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    28 mins
  • The Eps Files: The Truth is Out There
    Jul 25 2025

    Lee’s out this week, so it’s Chadrick and Producer Mike taking the reins (and spilling every drop of political tea).

    This week’s chaos? A cheating scandal caught on the kiss cam, the Epstein file cover-up that even MAGA loyalists can’t ignore, and the glorious downfall of Trump’s golden-boy approval ratings. It’s equal parts snark and scorched-earth as the duo drags Colbert’s cancellation, broken warning systems in flood-ravaged Texas, and the absurdity of streaming services with more commercials than actual content.

    Oh, and if your town floods and your leaders turned down federal aid because Biden is “demonic,” don’t expect a sympathy card from them. Just prayers.

    Grab a drink, hide your affairs, and join us for an episode full of conspiracies, call-outs, and a little well-placed karma. You’ve missed us—we can feel it through the static.

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    28 mins
  • Retro Episode: Trans Truths and Online Trysts
    Jul 18 2025

    While the Ranting Out Loud boys are off sipping something fruity with little umbrellas, we’re diving into the archives for a retro episode that still hits harder than a closet case on Ashley Madison. Travel back to 2015 when Chadrick and Lee (back when he went by Kris Cook) sat down with the fabulous Sabrina Pandora for a candid, funny, and moving conversation on what it means to be transgender in a world that can’t quite keep up.

    Sabrina brings the wit and wisdom, taking us through the real tea on trans terminology, gender identity, and what it really costs—emotionally, socially, and economically—to live authentically. It’s educational, it’s emotional, and yes, it’s got a Parisian love story that somehow starts in a lesbian bar in Georgia.

    Plus: The Duggar family hypocrisy gets the roast it deserves. Spoiler alert—if you're preaching "family values" while sliding into affair apps, maybe sit this one out.

    It’s a powerful rewind with LGBTQ+ heart and humor, and a reminder that the more things change, the more some people stay problematic.

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    28 mins
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