Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast
Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jennifer McGinity
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A show about lesbian bars, the humans that run them, and the humans that call them a home. Not sure where to start? You don’t have to listen in order! Pick your favorite city or your favorite bar and dive in.
Season 1 follows creators Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jen McGinity on their 2021 cross-country road trip to visit and document every lesbian bar in the U.S. Season 2 chronicles the current lesbian bar resurgence AND takes you back in time to lesbian bars of decades past!
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Nobody's Darling | Chicago, IL
Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast
12/20/21 • 34 min
Nobody's Darling, in Chicago, IL, is a Black-owned, women-owned, and LGBT-owned craft cocktail bar. These are the stories of the humans that run it and the humans that call it a home.
Renauda Riddle and Angela Barnes opened the bar in May, 2021, naming it after the Alice Walker poem, "Be Nobody's Darling." Shirley J has been a part of LGBT nightlife in Chicago since the 1970s, and is now affectionately called 'The Mayor of Nobody's Darling.' And Xavier Sumter planned to leave Chicago...until he started bartending at Nobody's Darling.
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-Like our theme song and music? Subscribe to our composer Joey Freeman’s work HERE!
-Cover art by Finley Martin. Like what you see? Check out her work HERE!
-Cruising is reported and produced by Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jen McGinity. Music by Joey Freeman. Cover Art by Finley Martin.
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Bonus Content: Teryl Lynn Foxx | Les Pierres
Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast
11/28/23 • 25 min
This is our full interview with Teryl Lynn Foxx! Teryl is a renowned New Orleans entertainer, who has been winning titles across the country for decades. Her accolades include: Miss Gay Louisiana 1992, Miss Gay Mississippi 1994, Miss Tennessee Continental 1996, Miss Essence International Classic 2014, Miss Daytona Beach Continental Elite 2016, and Miss Continental Elite 2016.
Thank you for listening to Cruising Podcast!
-Support Cruising here! Cruising is an independent podcast. That means we're entirely funded by sponsors and listeners like you!
-Reviews help other listeners find Cruising! If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave us a 5-star review!
-For more Cruising adventures, follow us @cruisingpod on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook
-Cruising is reported and produced by a small but mighty team of three: Sarah Gabrielli (host/story producer/audio engineer), Rachel Karp (story producer/social media manager), and Jen McGinity (line producer/resident road-trip driver). Theme song is by Joey Freeman. Cover Art is by Finley Martin.
-Special thanks to this episode's sponsors, Olivia Travel and Honda
-Discover Olivia at olivia.com/experience and save $100 on your next trip when you use promo code CRUISING
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The Sports Bra | Portland, OR
Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast
12/05/23 • 59 min
In April of 2022, Jenny Nguyen opened the first women's sports bar in the entire world: The Sports Bra, in Portland, Oregon. From college basketball to the Women's World Cup to the Olympics, it's all playing at The Sports Bra! But you won't catch any men's sports on their TVs.
Thank you to everyone who shared their stories with us for this episode!
This episode features interviews with: Jenny Nguyen, Thu Nguyen, Jen Barnes, Sadee Terwort, and Christina Roberts.
Thank you for listening to Cruising Podcast!
-Support Cruising here! Cruising is an independent podcast. That means we're entirely funded by sponsors and listeners like you!
-Reviews help other listeners find Cruising! If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave us a 5-star review!
-For more Cruising adventures, follow us @cruisingpod on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook
-Cruising is reported and produced by a small but mighty team of three: Sarah Gabrielli (host/story producer/audio engineer), Rachel Karp (story producer/social media manager), and Jen McGinity (line producer/resident road-trip driver). Theme song is by Joey Freeman. Cover Art is by Finley Martin.
-Special thanks to this episode's sponsors, Olivia Travel and Honda
-Discover Olivia at Olivia.com and save $100 on your next trip when you use promo code CRUISING
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Maud's | San Francisco, CA
Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast
01/16/24 • 64 min
Rikki Streicher opened Maud's in the Haight-Ashbury district of San Francisco in 1966. The bar would be a fixture of the lesbian community there until it closed its doors in 1989. It's memorialized in the 1993 documentary Last Call At Maud's and in the hearts and minds of all those who called Maud's a home over the years!
Thank you to everyone who shared their stories with us for this episode.
This episode features interviews with Paris Poirier, Karen Kiss, Susan Fahey, Mandy Carter, and Jeanne Clarke, as well as audio excerpts from Last Call at Maud's. The episode also features archival tape of interviews with Rikki Streicher conducted by Nan Alamilla Boyd as a part of the Wide Open Town History Project, Courtesy of Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender Historical Society (collection 2003-05).
Thank you for listening to Cruising Podcast!
-Support Cruising here! Cruising is an independent podcast. That means we're entirely funded by sponsors and listeners like you!
-Reviews help other listeners find Cruising! If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave us a 5-star review!
-For more Cruising adventures, follow us @cruisingpod on Instagram, TikTok, and Facebook
-Cruising is reported and produced by a small but mighty team of three: Sarah Gabrielli (host/story producer/audio engineer), Rachel Karp (story producer/social media manager), and Jen McGinity (line producer/resident road-trip driver). Theme song is by Joey Freeman. Cover Art is by Finley Martin.
-Special thanks to this episode's sponsors, Olivia Travel and Honda
-Discover Olivia at Olivia.com and save $100 on your next trip when you use promo code CRUISING
Bonus Content: Lillian Faderman | LGBTQ+ Scholar
Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast
11/29/21 • 29 min
We interviewed Lillian Faderman at the very beginning of this process, before covering any of the bars. Lillian is a longtime scholar of lesbian and LGBTQIA+ history. She published her first book on the subject in 1981, Surpassing The Love of Men. Her most recent book came out in 2018, Harvey Milk: His Lives and Death. Lillian has been going to lesbian bars since the 1950s.
Thank you for listening to Cruising Podcast!
Reviews help other listeners find Cruising! If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave us a 5-star review!
-Support Cruising here! Cruising is an independent podcast. That means we're entirely funded by sponsors and listeners like you!
-For more Cruising adventures, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok
-For a transcription of this episode, visit www.cruisingpod.com/episodes
-Like our theme song and music? Subscribe to our composer Joey Freeman’s work HERE!
-Cover art by Finley Martin. Like what you see? Check out her work HERE!
-Cruising is reported and produced by Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jen McGinity. Music by Joey Freeman. Cover Art by Finley Martin.
Slammers | Columbus, OH
Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast
11/22/21 • 32 min
Slammers is a lesbian bar in Columbus, OH known for their pizza and their motto, "all walks, one groove." These are the stories of the humans that run Slammers and the humans that call Slammers a home.
Marcia Riley founded Slammers in 1993. Deb Gordon met Marcia in a paint store that same year, and has been her "wing-man" ever since. Bobbi Moore went from working in social work to managing a bar. And all three of them know that Slammers is a place for family--both chosen and biological.
Thank you for listening to Cruising Podcast!
-Reviews help other listeners find Cruising! If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave us a 5-star review!
-Support Cruising here! Cruising is an independent podcast. That means we're entirely funded by sponsors and listeners like you!
-For more Cruising adventures, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok
-For a transcription of this episode, visit www.cruisingpod.com/episodes
-Like our theme song and music? Subscribe to our composer Joey Freeman’s work HERE!
-Cover art by Finley Martin. Like what you see? Check out her work HERE!
-Cruising is reported and produced by Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jen McGinity. Music by Joey Freeman. Cover Art by Finley Martin.
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The Back Door | Bloomington, IN
Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast
12/06/21 • 47 min
The Back Door is the only queer space within a 50-mile radius of Bloomington, IN. These are the stories of the humans that run The Back Door and the humans that have called The Back Door home.
Nicci and Smoove founded The Back Door together in 2013, after meeting at a mutual friend's memorial in Bloomington. Verna Vendetta and Corvin Rose both got their starts as drag kings at The Back Door, but they no longer perform there as much as they used to.
Thank you for listening to Cruising Podcast!
-Reviews help other listeners find Cruising! If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave us a 5-star review!
-Support Cruising here! Cruising is an independent podcast. That means we're entirely funded by sponsors and listeners like you!
-For more Cruising adventures, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok
-For a transcription of this episode, visit www.cruisingpod.com/episodes
-Like our theme song and music? Subscribe to our composer Joey Freeman’s work HERE!
-Cover art by Finley Martin. Like what you see? Check out her work HERE!
-Cruising is reported and produced by Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jen McGinity. Music by Joey Freeman. Cover Art by Finley Martin.
A League of Her Own | Washington, DC
Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast
11/08/21 • 31 min
A League of Her Own, or ALOHO for short, was founded in 2018. And yes, it's named after the 1992 film, A League of Their Own! These are the stories of the humans that run ALOHO and the humans that call ALOHO a home. Plus, the story of As You Are Bar, a new queer space opening soon in D.C.
Laurel has been coming to ALOHO since it opened: so frequently, the staff jokes they should put a plaque on her stool. If General Manager Ally Spaulding isn’t behind the bar with a full face of colorful and sparkly makeup, then she’s hosting her weekly trivia night in drag. Garnet bartends at ALOHO, where her passion is making patrons feel comfortable, seen, and represented with her personhood behind the bar. Andrea Prudencia also bartends at ALOHO, and she says the community there has uplifted and embraced her as she began hormone therapy after coming out as transgender. Jo and Rach met working at ALOHO and are in the process of opening a new queer space in Washington, DC: As You Are Bar.
Episode 03 Terms You Might Not Know:
AFAB: Assigned Female at Birth
AMAB: Assigned Male at Birth
Thank you for listening to Cruising Podcast!
-Reviews help other listeners find Cruising! If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave us a 5-star review!
-Support Cruising here! Cruising is an independent podcast. That means we're entirely funded by sponsors and listeners like you!
-For more Cruising adventures, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok
-For a transcription of this episode, visit www.cruisingpod.com/episodes
-Like our theme song and music? Subscribe to our composer Joey Freeman’s work HERE!
-Cover art by Finley Martin. Like what you see? Check out her work HERE!
-Cruising is reported and produced by Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jen McGinity. Music by Joey Freeman. Cover Art by Finley Martin.
Henrietta Hudson | New York, NY
Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast
10/26/21 • 20 min
Henrietta Hudson is a “queer human bar built by lesbians.” These are the stories of the humans that run Henrietta Hudson and call Henrietta Hudson a home.
Owner Lisa Cannistraci opened Henrietta Hudson in 1991 in the West Village, in the midst of her activism work with Act Up. Chef Evelyn Reyes joined the team this year, decades after running away to NYC from Puerto Rico as a teenager. Noelia discovered Henrietta Hudson in an AOL chat room and has been coming ever since.
-Thank you for listening to Cruising Podcast! If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave us a 5-star review!
-Support Cruising here! Cruising is an independent podcast. That means we're entirely funded by sponsors and listeners like you!
-For more Cruising adventures, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok
-For a transcript of this episode, visit www.cruisingpod.com/transcripts
-Music by Joey Freeman. Like what you hear? Check out his work HERE.
-Cover Art by Finley Martin. Like what you see? Check out her work HERE.
-Cruising is reported and produced by Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jen McGinity.
Bonus Content: Deb Greenberg | Cubbyhole
Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast
11/15/21 • 34 min
We have so many queer stories that don't make it into the main episodes. So, on our off weeks, we're going to start releasing some of our full interview tapes. This is the full interview with Deb Greenberg, the bartender from Cubbyhole. This was back in April, Cubbyhole had just reopened, and we actually weren't allowed to hang out inside because of COVID. That's why you're going to hear some traffic and construction. We're sitting outside, on the wooden floor of Cubbyhole's new, outdoor patio. Please enjoy, and reach out to let us know who you want to hear more from next time.
Thank you for listening to Cruising Podcast!
Reviews help other listeners find Cruising! If you like what you hear, please subscribe and leave us a 5-star review!
-Support Cruising here! Cruising is an independent podcast. That means we're entirely funded by sponsors and listeners like you!
-For more Cruising adventures, follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and TikTok
-For a transcription of this episode, visit www.cruisingpod.com/episodes
-Like our theme song and music? Subscribe to our composer Joey Freeman’s work HERE!
-Cover art by Finley Martin. Like what you see? Check out her work HERE!
-Cruising is reported and produced by Sarah Gabrielli, Rachel Karp, and Jen McGinity. Music by Joey Freeman. Cover Art by Finley Martin.
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FAQ
How many episodes does Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast have?
Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast currently has 53 episodes available.
What topics does Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast cover?
The podcast is about Lgbt, Places & Travel, Society & Culture, Transgender, History, Lgbtq, Community, Lesbian, Documentary, Podcasts, Gay, Gender and Queer.
What is the most popular episode on Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast?
The episode title 'Bonus Content: Teryl Lynn Foxx | Les Pierres' is the most popular.
What is the average episode length on Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast?
The average episode length on Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast is 39 minutes.
How often are episodes of Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast released?
Episodes of Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast are typically released every 13 days, 19 hours.
When was the first episode of Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast?
The first episode of Cruising | A Queer Documentary Podcast was released on Sep 13, 2021.
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