Talk About Gay Sex TAGSPODCAST

In this episode:

Maria Van Cartier brings the glamour, humor, and unforgettable stories.

The importance of documenting and preserving queer history.

How New York City nightlife creates community and chosen family.

Making space for the stories of Black and Brown queer people.

What it means to live—and age—openly and unapologetically.

Maria shares the inspiration behind her podcast, Remember the Time.

Steve V discusses his current Substack post, “When Gay Men Started Looking at Me.”

Steve reacts to the latest alarming AI story and asks whether the people developing artificial intelligence know something the rest of us don’t.

How the new warning connects to this year’s documentary, The AI Doc: Or How I Became an Apocaloptimist.

Plus, plenty of laughter, cocktails, and wonderfully unfiltered conversation.

It’s funny, heartfelt, occasionally messy, and unmistakably Maria Van Cartier.

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In this episode:

• When Miguel first discovered his artistic voice
• Celebrating the sensuality and diversity of men’s bodies
• The line between erotic art, pornography, and fine art
• Creating intimacy and trust between an artist and his subject
• Body confidence, aging, vulnerability, and being truly seen
• The importance of preserving queer sexuality through art
• What Miguel saw—and captured—when he drew Steve

It’s a revealing conversation about art, desire, masculinity, body image, and the courage it takes to make yourself the subject.
Hot Topic: Dancing the Stars will now have two female contestants as a couple...is America ready for 2 Men?

Hot Topic: Sexual Health Awareness month - we're talking about why it's important

Hot Topic: Gunman kills two at Arizona gay bar....

Hot Topic: Two men are assaulted by 4 men still on the loose in Sacramento's Lavender Heights...

Advice: When a guy admits to his new boyfriend he's hired escorts in the past...

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In this episode:

• Is the “top shortage” supported by real data?

• Why are younger gay men more likely to identify as bottoms?

• Do some men grow into topping as they gain confidence and experience?

• Are there no tops—or simply no tops who meet every requirement?

• The erection and performance pressure placed on tops

• Why topping a partner can feel easier than topping a stranger

• Porn, hookup apps, masculinity, and unrealistic sexual expectations

• Can a soft top still deliver a great sexual experience?

• Are top, bottom, and vers preferences—or identities?

• Why expanding our definition of sex may benefit everyone

So, where have all the tops gone?

Maybe they haven’t gone anywhere. Maybe they’re nervous, overlooked, aging into the role—or waiting for gay men to stop treating every hookup like an audition.

Hot Topic: Grindr is getting more expensive but will it push the 'hot' guys out?

Hot Topic: MET cancels honoring John Galliano for May exhibition due to past antisemitic remarks...

Hot Topic: Marc Jacobs talks openly about past 10 man orgy where alleged 'drug' use occurred...

Hot Topic: Viral post on 'I came out 6 times this week'...Do gay men have to constantly come out?

Hot Topic: Of course there was one celebrity, Ricky Schroeder had something to say about Dolly about her support for the Trans community...

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In this episode:

More hilariously vague Grindr phrases translated

Why “not on here much” rarely means what it says

The difference between losing interest and genuinely ghosting someone

Why men initiate conversations they have no intention of continuing

Whether apps provide validation even when no hookup happens

The endless cycle of taps, photos, attention and disappearing

Why possibility can feel more exciting than actually meeting

App fatigue and the exhaustion of repetitive conversations

When silence becomes disrespectful

Whether brutal honesty is really better than no response

Maybe sex isn’t what prevents gay men from forming meaningful connections.

Maybe the real obstacle is how easily we’ve learned to treat one another as temporary squares on a screen.

And remember: “Hey stranger” is not an apology.
Hot Topic: Remembering Dolly and a Texas Federal judge blocks anti-drag ban while citing Dolly...

Hot Topic: Tim Curry also dies the same day as Dolly who played the film version of Frank-N-Furter of 'Rocky Horror Picture Show".

Hot Topic: Gay Georgia elects first Black, Gay Congressman Everton Blair

Hot Topic: Good news for those living with HIV - a potential new weekly pill would replace daily pill...

Advice: Do you try to not get emotionally attached to people...

Thirst Trap: Which adult performer took the hottest shot of the week and why?

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In this episode:

What common Grindr bios are really trying to say

“Just vibes” and the language of emotional ambiguity

Why sincerity on dating apps can feel suspicious

The appeal—and limitations—of a Gay No Sex Weekend - actual group in the UK....

Whether sex and emotional connection actually conflict

The difference between removing sex and removing pressure

How gay men have historically built community in sexual spaces

Why clearer communication may matter more than stricter rules

Maybe gay men don’t need fewer sexual spaces. Maybe we need sexual spaces where friendship, vulnerability, romance and connection are also allowed to exist.
Hot Topic: Adult Performer Christian Styles dies at 29...

Hot Topic: What is dopplebanger and is it toxic?

Advice: Hooked up with couple a few times but are they 'friend zoning' me now...?

Follow Steve V's new Substack features weekly articles. 20% Off now through end of August! https://substack.com/@thenakedtruthsteve

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Follow Kodi on IG: @mistahmaurice

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