07.31.18 | A senior living community rejected two women because they’re a married couple, a recent study shows that gay men over the age of 45 are more likely to be single, and when TGI Fridays opened back in 1965, it was such a huge singles scene that cops had to close the streets nearby.

07.25.18 | Brian Roman and the Admark360 LGBT Business Spotlight returns to showcase two unique businesses. Simma Lieberman works with startups and small-to-medium sized companies to help leaders create inclusive cultures that last. Laura Spaulding’s Spaulding Decon provides cleaning, remediation and decontamination services to return properties to a healthy status for their occupants.

07.24.18 | A New Zealand firms test of the 4-day work week found the change boosted productivity among its 240 employees, who said they spent more time with their families, exercising, cooking, and working in their gardens. A text from the boss gets very misread, and a prank in Japan involving compressed air goes wrong.

07.18.18 | Bruce Yelk, renowned party promoter and producer of one of the nation’s fastest growing club events, Distrkt C, joins Tim and John. The inventor of Liquid Paper, and research showing how heat affects cognitive ability caught our eye. Shop Talk asks whether you can get through dinner without checking your phone.

07.17.18 | Jimmy Carter says Jesus would probably have been pro-marriage equality, which made pastor Franklin Graham lashes out. Democrats in Congress have filed a bill to outlaw the “gay panic” defense, sometimes used to argue that assailants deserve lighter sentences or even acquittal because they were panicked into committing a violent crime after an LGBT person made an unwanted advance. And buyer beware when it comes to used paperbacks on Amazon.

07.11.18 | Ben Model is one of the nation’s leading silent film accompanists, and he works full-time presenting and accompanying silent films in a wide variety of venues around the USA and internationally. His indie DVD label Undercrank Productions has released several discs of rare/lost silent films, including films preserved by the Library of Congress. Tim takes note that McDonald’s is starting to sell “Muffin Toppers” and phallic graffiti you can see from orbit caught John’s eye.

07.10.18 | Pride marchers in the Philippines came across the unexpected at the end of their parade—Christians holding signs apologizing for ways the religion had hurt the LGBTQ community. Half of LGBT Workers Stay Closeted, Unmoved by Diversity Efforts according to a new study from the Human Rights Campaign.

07.04.18 | Tim Bennett and John T. Nash look at cannabis friendly hotels in states where it’s legal, an all-you-can-eat offer that bankrupts a Chinese hot pot restaurant in just two weeks, and Leona Helmsley, aka the Queen of Mean celebrates a Business Birthday. Fun facts about the 4th of July, and the tough questions Apple asks during interviews round out the holiday broadcast.

07.03.18 | A small town in North Dakota is moving to scrap its government over fears that white supremacists are attempting to take it over—one seat at a time. A jury orders the man who injured a waitress to pay $3 million for the unwanted advance, and YouTube says they “let the LGBTQ community down” in a Twitter statement.