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Welcome to the Double X Gab Fest for Thursday, February 3rd, the Broadcasting Edition.

I'm Hannah Rosen, a writer at Slate.

I'm in the D.C. studio, and I'm joined in New York by June Thomas, editor of Outward Slate's

LGBTQ blog.

Hi, June.

Hey, Hannah. And Noreen Malone of New York magazine. Hi, Noreen. Hi, Hannah. June is fresh from Outward Live, Outwards first live show last night. How did it go, June? Well, I guess the best thing I can say is that we survived it. I think it went well. We had a fantastic guest, Leah Delaria, from Orange is the New Black,

and also a fantastic jazz singer and comedian, and she was a wonderful guest. It was really fun.

It's weird to have a live show when you don't have a recorded show yet, but I think it went quite well. Thank you for asking. But you're like an underground rock band. It's like, you know,

people have to go see your shows live.

That's right.

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