Tell Me Something Messy: Relationships, Mental Health & Personal Growth
Tell Me Something Messy: Relationships, Mental Health & Personal Growth
Tell Me Something Messy is your unfiltered companion for relationships, adulting, and defeating shame! Each week, writer and comedian Brandon Kyle Goodman invites listeners (aka Messy Mob) to leave perfectionism at the door and wade into the wonderfully unhinged world of dating, personal growth, and getting comfortable with disappointing your mom! (Seriously, it’s okay!) With candid guests and ple…Social links:
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Caregiver Burnout, Aging Parents & Being Chosen to Break Generational Curses w/ "Ghosts" Star Danielle Pinnock
Actress Danielle Pinnock opens up about caregiver burnout. From learning to schedule rest and say "no," to breaking generational patterns and normalizing therapy and medication, this messy, honest conversation is for anyone who's ever run themselves into the ground taking care of everyone but thems…
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The 'Love Island" Toxic Loop and America's Rigged Votes: A Love Island USA Recap PLUS Anna Konkle on Estrangement, Beyoncé, and Aging
The Villa is in shambles and Brandon has thoughts. This week, Brandon recap the messiest Love Island USA episode yet — who got dumped, why America's votes don't add up, and whether Sincere is really "changed. Then, PEN15 co-creator and The Sane One author Anna Konkle joins Brandon for a bonus hang …
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Going No-Contact, Emotional Incest & Becoming "The Sane One," w/ Emmy-nom Anna Konkle
Anna Konkle (PEN15, Murderbot) pulls back the curtain on emotional incest — the covert, rarely-discussed wound of becoming your parent's confidant, spouse, and caretaker as a child. the family dynamics most people are too scared to name. Anna and Brandon get into her new book and unpack grief and f…
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NeNe Leakes' Return, Oprah on Whitney and We're So Done with KC from Love Island! Plus: Dr. Josh on Penis Filler
Brandon recaps Love Island's most chaotic week, drags KC, weighs in on Oprah and NeNe, and brings back Dr. Joshua Gonzalez for the real tea on penis filler! 🏝️ Join us on YouTube for a Love Island Recap LIVE on Thursdays after the show! 📩 Got something messy you want Brandon to weigh in on? Tel…
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Introducing Waking Up With Ryan: PROUD TO BE YOU
This is a very special Pride episode of Waking Up With Ryan, the new podcast from iHeartPodcast’s Outspoken Network, launching July 7th. How you spend the first five minutes of your day determines how the rest of your day will go. Waking Up with Ryan is a daily audio/video podcast featuring sho…
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"You Can Get Filler Where?!": STIs, PrEP & Queer Sexual Health w/ Dr. Joshua Gonzalez & Devere Rogers
Ever wondered how often you really need an STI test, whether PrEP is just "a gay thing," or what a pelvic floor even is? Brandon's best friend Devere Rogers is back, and they brought in urologist and sexual health expert Dr. Joshua Gonzalez to answer the questions most people are too embarrassed to…
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"Girth Check!": Casa Amor Chaos, Zryce Core, and Threesome Commandments with Justin Sylvester of Yestergays
In this Messy Bonus, Brandon breaks down the Love Island, chaos — Zach & Bryce's now-iconic "girth check," Melanie's "watch them" energy, Trinity's one-liners, and why the show desperately needs a gay. Then Justin Sylvester of The Yestergays pulls up for the extras: a Juneteenth Black sitcom showdo…
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"Gay Men Are Like Vampires": Second Adolescence, Desirability Abroad and Juneteenth w/ Justin Sylvester
In this Pride Month x Juneteenth crossover of Tell Me Something Messy, Brandon Kyle Goodman sits down with Emmy-nominated TV personality Justin Sylvester of The Yestergays for a conversation that is hilarious, nostalgic, and deeply healing. They unpack the “Fairy Gayfather” effect: the gay mentors …
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A Pride Weekend Oopsie, Love Island's Next Star, Why Queer Parties Hit Different & Los Angeles' Nithya Raman on the Leak That Changed Everything — Messy Bonus
It's giving six hours of sleep, Red Bull, and regret. Brandon is BACK after two Pride weekends in a row, and honey, the stories. Also, Brandon shares their thesis on the difference between gay spaces and queer spaces, and what it feels like to show up fully in your non-binary body when the world wa…
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Dog Owners Are Narcissists, Bathhouse Confessions & Calling Our Moms—The Messiest Pride Crossover w/ RuPaul's Drag Race Winner Yvie Oddly and Ryan Mitchell
Happy Pride, Messy Mob!! Brandon is joined by Yvie Oddly and Ryan Mitchell for Part 1 of the messiest Messy x HIGHKEY crossover — and the range is truly unserious. We’re talking bathhouse recon, Pride anxiety, jealous bottoms, dog-owner slander, and the complicated grief of loving our mothers from…
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