Queerly Popular

Mychel Vandover

A podcast talking about queerness in pop culture. We will look at tv shows, movies, and books that have queer characters; why queer representation is important; why it is best to hire queer actors to play queer characters; and other issues.

  1. 5 FEB

    I Wish You All The Best (movie)

    Hello and welcome back to season 5 of Queerly Popular! Today, we are going to be talking about the movie I Wish You All The Best starring Corey Fogelmanis, Miles Gutierrez-Riley, Alexandria Daddario, Cole Sprouse, and Lena Dunham and written, directed, and produced by Tommy Dorfman. I do really like this movie, but I also have complicated feelings due to the number of changes that Tommy made to the book. I spend most of the episode talking about the differences and my feelings about those differences. Overall, I can say that I loved that the movie stuck close to the heart of the books, but am not fond of the number of changes that were made, particularly the fundamental changes that were made (2 in particular were baffling and annoying) to the story. But before that, I talk about what we will be talking about during the first half of the season and why I will not be reviewing Plainclothes. I also talk a little about the journey I had to take to watch IWATB because it was not showing anywhere near me. Our next episode, on February 19, will be about Wicked: For Good. As always, please rate and review the podcast on whatever platform you listen to it on. You can follow the podcast on Instagram or Threads (@queerlypopular) or Bluesky (@queerlypopular.bsky.social). You can also send questions or comments to queerlypopular@gmail.com. Podcast theme music by Transistor.fm. Learn how to start a podcast here.

    1 hr

  2. 18/12/2025

    Single All the Way

    Welcome to the season finale of season 4 of Queerly Popular! Today, we are talking about the 2021 Netflix film Single All the Way. The movie stars Michael Urie, Philemon Chambers, Luke MacFarlane, Kathy Najimy, Jennifer Coolidge, and Barry Bostwick. It is quite the fun film and it is also a holiday rom-com filled with rom-com tropes. I highly recommend this film if you enjoy holiday rom-coms. The fact that the three romantic leads are all queer really helped the film out.  We will be back in February with season 5! The schedule will come out in January, but I know we will be talking about I Wish You All The Best (film), Twinless, Wicked: For Good, and Boots. We'll probably talk about Heated Rivalry at some point, but I'm not sure when.  As always, please rate and review the podcast on whatever platform you listen to it on. You can follow the podcast on Instagram or Threads (@queerlypopular) or Bluesky (@queerlypopular.bsky.social). You can also send questions or comments to queerlypopular@gmail.com.

    52 min

  3. 04/12/2025

    Let It Snow

    Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we'll be talking about the 2019 Netflix movie Let It Snow. This movie is a fun and fluffy Christmas teen rom-com filled with stereotypes and tropes, but don't let that discourage you from watching and enjoying it. Is it original? Nope, but it is fun and relaxing, so enjoy it for what it is. It also has a bunch of actors who were sort of big at the time, listen to find out which of them I knew instantly and which it took me a bit longer to recognize.  We will be back on December 18th when we will talk about the Netflix movie SIngle All the Way. As always, please rate and review the podcast on whatever platform you listen to it on. You can follow the podcast on Instagram or Threads (@queerlypopular) or Bluesky (@queerlypopular.bsky.social). You can also send questions or comments to queerlypopular@gmail.com.

    57 min

  4. 13/11/2025

    Icing On the Cake

    Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today we are talking about the 2025 book Icing On the Cake by Christopher J. Brice. It is quite the fun romance book about a grumpy librarian and a hockey star on a college campus. As a warning, this book talks frequently and explicitly about sex, penises, butts, kinks, and admiration for those (and other) body parts. This episode will also make frequent references to those things, so if that bothers you, please listen carefully. The book is lovely and really enjoyable, so I hope the frank discussions of sex won't dissuade you from reading the book. It does appear to be the first book in a potential series, so I am waiting to hear more about that. We will be back on December 4th when we will talk about the Netflix movie Let It Snow. As always, please rate and review the podcast on whatever platform you listen to it on. You can follow the podcast on Instagram or Threads (@queerlypopular) or Bluesky (@queerlypopular.bsky.social). You can also send questions or comments to queerlypopular@gmail.com.

    1h 22m

  5. 30/10/2025

    Beautiful Thing

    Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we are talking about the 1996 movie Beautiful Thing. The movie is about two teens in London who fall in love. It is a lovely and fun film with a great soundtrack that consists mostly of music from Mama Cass and the Mamas & Papas. The film is very much a product of its time, which is not a bad thing. That being said, there are definitely elements of the movie that would still be a part of movies that are made today. In the episode artwork, you will see Jamie and Ste (left to right). I talk about why I used this photo in the episode. We will be back on November 13th when we will talk about the book Icing on the Cake. As always, please rate and review the podcast on whatever platform you listen to it on. You can follow the podcast on Instagram or Threads (@queerlypopular) or Bluesky (@queerlypopular.bsky.social). You can also send questions or comments to queerlypopular@gmail.com.

    46 min

  6. 16/10/2025

    Paris Daillencourt Is About To Crumble

    Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we are talking about the book Paris Daillencourt Is About To Crumble, which is a book about a man (Paris) with generalized anxiety disorder (diagnosed late in the book) who is taking part in a baking competition and meets Tariq Hassan. It's a fun book, but not one of my favorites. I enjoy the characters and definitely feel for Paris, but it's not a book I'm returning to over and over again. We start by talking about the structure of the book before getting into the story. I also spend some time talking about how Tariq did (and did not) handle Paris' anxiety well over the course of the book. This book is part of a series, but each book seems to be a standalone book and I haven't read any others, so I can't tell you anything about them. We will be back on October 30th when we will talk about the movie Beautiful Thing. As always, please rate and review the podcast on whatever platform you listen to it on. You can follow the podcast on Instagram or Threads (@queerlypopular) or Bluesky (@queerlypopular.bsky.social). You can also send questions or comments to queerlypopular@gmail.com. Podcast theme music by Transistor.fm. Learn how to start a podcast here.

    1h 6m

  7. 02/10/2025

    The Haunting Between Us

    Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we are going to be talking about the 2025 book The Haunting Between Us by Paul Michael Winters, the author of Together in a Broken World, which we talked about in June. This book is a YA romance about 2 boys and a haunted house. It also has horror/suspense aspects to it, but at its heart it is a romance between 2 boys. I found the book to be quite fun and quite enjoyable. Even if you don't particularly like horror or suspense, I think you will enjoy the book. Our next episode will be on October 16 and will be about the book Paris Daillencourt is About to Crumble by Alexis Hall. As always, please rate and review the podcast on whatever platform you listen to it on. You can follow the podcast on Instagram or Threads (@queerlypopular) or Bluesky (@queerlypopular.bsky.social). You can also send questions or comments to queerlypopular@gmail.com. Podcast theme music by Transistor.fm. Learn how to start a podcast here.

    1h 14m

  8. 18/09/2025

    Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix

    Welcome to today's episode of Queerly Popular! Today, we are talking about the 2024 book Most Ardently: A Pride & Prejudice Remix by Gabe Cole Novoa. Most Ardently is a remix of Pride & Prejudice by Jane Austen where Elizabeth Bennet is now a trans boy named Oliver. I quite love this book and have realized it will be one of my books I listen to quite often, an honor shared with Red, White, and Royal Blue, I Wish You All The Best, and The Sky Blues. I cannot recommend this book highly enough. It got me interested enough to choose to listen to the audiobook (a version read by Rosamund Pike) of Pride & Prejudice after reading the book left me bored to tears. Our next episode will be out on October 2 and will be about the book The Haunting Between Us by Paul Michael Winters (author of Together in a Broken World, which we talked about on June 5th). As always, please rate and review the podcast on whatever platform you listen to it on. You can follow the podcast on Instagram or Threads (@queerlypopular) or Bluesky (@queerlypopular.bsky.social). You can also send questions or comments to queerlypopular@gmail.com. Podcast theme music by Transistor.fm. Learn how to start a podcast here.

    1h 6m
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About

A podcast talking about queerness in pop culture. We will look at tv shows, movies, and books that have queer characters; why queer representation is important; why it is best to hire queer actors to play queer characters; and other issues.

Information

  • Creator
    Mychel Vandover
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2026
  • Episodes
    80
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2022
  • Show Website
    Queerly Popular