Bonus: Mal Blum's villain era
Gender Reveal4 Aug 2025

Bonus: Mal Blum's villain era

Tuck and Mal chat about how 2010s Brooklyn hurt Mal's relationship to masculinity, whether reading a book would help kids understand song lyrics, and why Mal is putting "he" pronouns in timeout until you all earn them back.

Listen to the full episode on Patreon to hear discussions of Geminis vs Cancers, personal gossip, new transmasc slurs, Hatchet (1987), stolen transfeminine valor, TikTok, touring, getting physically cut out of childhood photos, and deciding how mean and messy to get in a breakup album. Plus, Tuck tells Mal a secret they've been holding for five years wow.

Find Mal on tour now! Mal is also at malblum.com and ffm.bio/malblum.

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Senior Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: Mal Blum

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Episode 100B: Sam Sanders

Episode 100B: Sam Sanders

Tuck chats with NPR's Sam Sanders (he/him) as Cis Day of Visibility continues. Topics include: Pushing the limits of "objectivity" rules "We get to be as multifaceted as white people" The cis gay usa...

29 Jul 202129min

Episode 100A: Justin McElroy

Episode 100A: Justin McElroy

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BONUS: Cancel Me, Daddy (ft. Emily VanDerWerff)

BONUS: Cancel Me, Daddy (ft. Emily VanDerWerff)

In lieu of a new Gender Reveal interview, please enjoy this excellent episode of Cancel Me, Daddy by Katelyn Burns and Oliver-Ash Kleine. In this conversation, the hosts chat with Emily VanDerWerff ab...

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Episode 99: Checking in with LaTisha Rico

Episode 99: Checking in with LaTisha Rico

Tuck catches up with Diné artist and youth worker LaTisha Rico (they/them). Topics include: Raising a nonbinary Indigenous baby as a nonbinary Indigenous person Thinking about gender as a decolonial ...

12 Jul 202143min

Episode 98: Checking in with Gabe Dunn

Episode 98: Checking in with Gabe Dunn

Tuck catches up with author and podcast host Gabe Dunn (they/them). Topics include: Refusing to be palatable Working through internalized transphobia Revisiting Gabe's very trans "token cis" intervi...

5 Jul 202150min

Episode 97: Checking in with Mal Blum

Episode 97: Checking in with Mal Blum

Tuck catches up with musician Mal Blum (they/them). Topics include: Going on testosterone as a professional singer Being mistaken for someone's str8 husband Are we gonna get clocked in the men's rest...

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Episode 96B: John Paul Brammer (a.k.a. ¡Hola Papi!)

Episode 96B: John Paul Brammer (a.k.a. ¡Hola Papi!)

Tuck chats with John Paul Brammer, author of ¡Hola Papi!, in the second half of this special two-part queer advice episode. Topics include: Combating identity imposter syndrome ("am I queer enough?"...

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