Behind the Scenes With Sound Guy Mike

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All Out in the Open, Questions from the Closet

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🗓️ 30 September 2025

⏱️ 40 minutes

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This week’s OPEN Up episode features one of our very own editors, Mike Poret—better known as “Sound Guy Mike.” Mike first discovered Questions from the Closet while he was in the process of coming out. Reaching out to Charlie and Ben, he offered his technical skills, which have supported our guests and listeners for the past five years. In this episode, Mike shares what happens behind the scenes, his favorite episodes, and how the podcast has impacted his own journey.

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0:00.0	Welcome to All Out in the Open. I'm Ben Shalati, and today I'm joined by my good friend Mike Perret.
0:04.7	Mike is the man behind the camera who has done behind the scenes work for the podcast for the last five years.
0:10.1	He's a good friend, an important person, and he has saved our butts and made the podcast possible.
0:14.3	And I can't wait for you to get to know him better. Mike, so happy to have you on the podcast today.
0:28.4	I know. This is exciting. Is it for you? I mean, it's not my first time on the podcast,
0:34.1	but it's my first time doing like an actual episode where I like talk about
0:38.2	things that aren't silly. Yes, because you've been on some like season recap episodes. Yeah,
0:43.6	season recaps. I did like a Thanksgiving episode with you guys where we did hot takes on
0:49.0	Thanksgiving. Oh yes. Yes. It was thrilling content that one. Indeed. It was very fun. But Mike, tell us, tell thrilling content, that one.
0:56.3	Indeed, it was very fun.
0:59.2	But Mike, tell us, tell the listener just a little bit about yourself.
0:59.8	Who are you?
1:02.0	Well, I'm Mike.
1:04.3	We call you Sound Guy, Mike.
1:06.9	Yes, that is my official title.
1:08.5	I am Sound Guy Mike.
1:15.9	Basically, I'm just a tech nerd who is enthusiastic about helping in the LGBTQ space. I really like cars. I like tech. I like exploring the outdoors. I just made
1:26.6	myself sound like the most generic white boy in the world, but I guess there I am.
1:31.4	You know, I actually need you to come to a house and fix my TV at some point.
1:35.0	Okay, perfect.
1:36.0	I have two remotes. I'm sure there's a way to just get one.
1:39.4	That is my special too right there. Okay, we'll get you the one remote life. You'll feel ritzie. Perfect. That'd be amazing. Anyway, Mike, I want to talk about how you got involved in the podcast. But first, I just want to talk about your story, like your origin story. So just tell us like a little bit about like when you came to understand your orientation, what that coming out process was like. Just give us a little background. Well, know it's it's really interesting telling my story because it almost feels like nothing new or special because
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