Episode 97: Checking in with Mal Blum
Gender Reveal
Tuck Woodstock
4.7 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 28 June 2021
⏱️ 44 minutes
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Summary
Tuck catches up with musician Mal Blum (they/them). Topics include:
- Going on testosterone as a professional singer
- Being mistaken for someone's str8 husband
- Are we gonna get clocked in the men's restroom?
- The many trans plot lines of Star Trek
- Plus: shopping for couches and becoming the transsexual John Darnielle
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Associate Producer: Ozzy Llinas Goodman
Logo: Ira M. Leigh
Music: Breakmaster Cylinder
Additional Music: Blue Dot Sessions
Sponsors: Bistitchual
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| 0:00.0 | The Bistitual Podcast is brought to you by John and Kelsey, two crafty queer Canadians. |
| 0:05.9 | Tune in by weekly for real-life ramblings, zodiac quizzes, work in progress check-ins, and |
| 0:10.5 | tips, tricks, and other fiber tidbits, along with the occasional crafty guests to discuss |
| 0:15.1 | all things John related. |
| 0:17.0 | Hang out in the Bistitual Discord server to make new queer fiber friends, show off your |
| 0:21.0 | work, and pop into the bi-monthly Stitch Night. |
| 0:24.0 | Join them on Instagram at BistitualPodcast or at BistitualPodcast.ca |
| 0:29.3 | Welcome to gender reveal, a podcast where we hopefully get a little bit closer to understanding |
| 0:49.1 | what the hell gender is. |
| 0:51.2 | I'm your host and resident gender detective. |
| 0:54.0 | Hey everyone, I hope you're all hanging in there. |
| 1:05.9 | Only a few more days left of pride, and then it will be rough month, and I know we're |
| 1:09.6 | all looking forward to that. |
| 1:11.0 | I hope you enjoyed last week's two-part queer advice spectacular featuring interviews |
| 1:15.7 | with the authors of my two favorite advice columns, olapapi and zina warrior princess. |
| 1:21.8 | We'll shout out to everyone who missed the O in warrior princess until last week's |
| 1:25.7 | episode. |
| 1:27.7 | Today, we are starting another two-part interview series, but this time with actual |
| 1:31.6 | trans people that you know and love. |
| 1:33.9 | Over the next two weeks, we will be checking in with our favorite gender reveal alumni |
| 1:37.8 | power couple, Ma Blum and Gabby Dunn. |
| 1:41.2 | Today is Mal's turn, and so in this episode, we'll be talking about going on T as a professional |
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