Halves On The Bag

Isa Diamond Productions + Ben Trotter + Nico Ryan
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Halves on the Bag is a fun, unfiltered podcast about queer nightlife, dating, pop culture, and the hot mess in all of us. Hosted by two friends catching up on a couch, it's part group chat, part gay bar bathroom confession—just with better lighting. Each week, we talk hookups, hot takes, questionable fashion (our Bump or Drip segment never lies), and the chaos of trying to be a person. Come for the stories, stay for the shade, and leave feeling like you just left brunch a little buzzed.

Episodes

  1. 08/14/2025

    MARKET DAYZ

    🌈 Welcome to the chaos of Market Days 2025! 🎉 This episode is one for the books yall. The boys go OUTSIDE to find out what the tea is on the streets of North Halsted. They get into it with the boys, the dolls, and the in betweens and give us chaos as ALWAYS. Then later they bump or dump the bars on the strip. (kinda gaggy) And end with a BANG ;) Enjoy - Isa

    43 min

  2. 08/07/2025

    FRIENDS NOT FANS

    ISSA WRAP! The boys film their last in studio episode of season 1. They reflect on season 1, get sappy, and tell yall whats next!  Thank you guys for your support throughout the season, it means the world to us. CATCH US AT BIG GAY SALS THIS MARKET DAYS AND SAY HI FOR THE LAST EPISODE.

    47 min

  3. 07/24/2025

    STEALING GRANDMAS DI*DO

    wheeew chiiiii.... This episode gets SPICY as we are joined by founder of FF Party, Logan Bell, to talk all things KINK, S*X, and OF. We get into his polaroid background & Nico gets DEEP in the bag of his blue eyes. Its a fun one! Enjoy Bag Nation.

    1h 2m

  4. 07/17/2025

    DOOR DASH DRAG

    THIS EPISODE IS THE ONE THEYVE BEEN SCRATCHING AT THEIR DUSTY AHH WIGS FOR.  THEY GET INTO THEIR FIRST TIMES DOING DRAG, THEIR FAVORITE DIVAS AND GET A SURPRISE DELIVERY DRIVER HALF WAY THROUGH THE EPISODE ;) ENJOY! DONT FORGET TO MUNCH THE KISS  - ISA

    1 hr

  5. 07/10/2025

    PRE WORKOUT & ZOLOFT

    THIS EPISODE THE BOYS GET PHYSICAL, PHYSICAL!!! The boys give us their take on gym culture, steroid use, and muscle daddy hookups—served raw. We rate local gyms (the good, the grimy, and the tragically hetero), swap wild stories from the locker room, and get real about chasing gains, gear, and guys. Think muscle worship meets messy honesty.

    1h 8m

  6. 07/03/2025

    HALVES ON THE BEACH

    THIS EPISODE THE SPEEDOS ARE ON!!!! GO ON AHEAD AND CLICK OVER TO YOUTUBE    THE BOYS HIT THE SAND TO GET SOME HOT GOSS, MAKE THE MEN GIVE A TWIRL, AND ASK THE QUESTION OF THE SUMMER : TEAM B.O. OR TEAM DEO  ENJOY WE HAVE CONSENT OF EVERYONE FILMED :)

    24 min

  7. 06/26/2025

    SEGREGATION BOOTS

    This episode, we put our serious caps on (for the most part) and Ben & Nico talk about their experiences with Micro Aggressions, Homophobia and Racism. They share their experiences while growing up in the south, being the only black lifeguard in H*llister, Bar culture, code switching in the work place and at the end they give us their media of the week. It's all over the place, just like them, and we love them for it. BAG NATION Enjoy

    55 min

  8. 06/19/2025

    BECAUSE WERE GAY & STUFF

    This episode is the PRIDE episode of HOTB. Ben & Nico get into their coming out stories, Fave pride moments, the importance of Chosen Family & they Bump Or Dump the PRIDE FLAGS.  Get into it honey.

    49 min

  9. 06/12/2025

    DEEP IN THE BAG

    This episode, Ben & Nico discuss Ben's time Gogo-ing for Shea Coulee & Trixie Mattel for Solid Pink Disco. Drugs, sobriety, and Mental Health. (Of which we do not condone any use of illegal substances, dont come for us). Then the boys Bump or Drip the Real Housewives Of Atlanta.  Enjoy the show 3

    54 min

  10. 06/05/2025

    OUR BIG ONE

    In this episode Nico and Ben talk about Themselves (who is surprised), how they met, & how the podcast came to be. They go deep in the bag to discuss dating, the grindr-fication of Sniffies, the rules to being a Unicorn, & Then they BUMP OR DRIP LA BUBU's

    50 min
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Ratings & Reviews

5
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About

Halves on the Bag is a fun, unfiltered podcast about queer nightlife, dating, pop culture, and the hot mess in all of us. Hosted by two friends catching up on a couch, it's part group chat, part gay bar bathroom confession—just with better lighting. Each week, we talk hookups, hot takes, questionable fashion (our Bump or Drip segment never lies), and the chaos of trying to be a person. Come for the stories, stay for the shade, and leave feeling like you just left brunch a little buzzed.

Information

  • Creator
    Isa Diamond Productions + Ben Trotter + Nico Ryan
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    10
  • Rating
    Explicit
  • Copyright
    © 2025
  • Show Website
    Halves On The Bag