{"podcast":{"title":"Everything & Anything...and a bit gay Podcast","slug":"everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108","podcast_index_feed_id":6752108,"rss_url":"https://feeds.simplecast.com/prFhjice","website_url":"https://www.everythingandanythingpodcast.com/","image_url":"https://image.simplecastcdn.com/images/732965a8-b75c-4c2b-9803-1411be48134d/0edaafe4-e169-4638-b901-8d28ef02b3aa/3000x3000/3000x3000.jpg?aid=rss_feed","author":"Zach Randles-Friedman","episode_count":272,"summary":"Queer-hosted and unapologetically curious. We cover everything and anything — and yes, it's a bit gay.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-20T16:20:08.229018+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 209: Grindr + Republicans, Sniffies + Tinder Money & the Death of Gay Apps","slug":"ep-209-grindr-republicans-sniffies-tinder-money-the-death-of-gay-apps","published_at":"2026-05-09T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108/ep-209-grindr-republicans-sniffies-tinder-money-the-death-of-gay-apps","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108","url":"https://www.listenupgirl.com/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/afp-939909-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/cfe1ea8e-7d0f-47dc-a4ba-305ba19ff04f/episodes/4d0ec570-1dbd-4dc4-9864-8f9883aba425/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=cfe1ea8e-7d0f-47dc-a4ba-305ba19ff04f&awEpisodeId=4d0ec570-1dbd-4dc4-9864-8f9883aba425&feed=prFhjice","summary":"Check out Alex's stories on Queerty: https://www.queerty.com/author/alex-reimer/ Grindr takes D.C.: The gayest party in Tr*mp’s Washington was also the strangest: https://www.queerty.com/grindr-takes-d-c-the-gayest-party-in-trmps-washington-was-also-the-strangest-20260428/ Sniffies users are not OK after learning their glory hole was just infiltrated: https://www.queerty.com/users-are-not-ok-after-learning-their-glory-hole-is-getting-a-venture-capital-makeover-20260428/ Journalist Alex Reimer returns to break down two stories that are raising eyebrows across the gay community. First: Grindr threw a party in Washington DC during the White House Correspondents\\' Dinner — and the crowd was mostly straight Republicans. With a former GOP operative as their top lobbyist and a CEO who calls himself a conservative, what is Grindr really trying to buy in Trump\\'s Washington? Alex covers the HIV prevention deals, the age verification bills, the AI angle — and why none of it is actually that shocking when you stop thinking of Grindr as a hookup app. Then: Match Group (the company behind Tinder and Hinge) just invested $100 million in Sniffies, the explicit map-based sex app that became a cult favorite for gay men. Is this the beginning of the end for the one app that still felt raw, subversive, and free? We also get into: why gay bars keep emptying out, what DEI programs were really for, and the broader collapse of LGBTQ corporate support ahead of Pride. Alex Reimer is a journalist at Queerty. Find his articles linked in the show notes. 🎙️ Everything & Anything…and a Bit Gay | everythingandanythingpodcast.com #Grindr #Sniffies #LGBTQ","meta_description":"Check out Alex's stories on Queerty: https://www.queerty.com/author/alex-reimer/ Grindr takes D.C.: The gayest party in Tr*mp’s Washington was also the st…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2557,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108/episodes/ep-209-grindr-republicans-sniffies-tinder-money-the-death-of-gay-apps/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108/ep-209-grindr-republicans-sniffies-tinder-money-the-death-of-gay-apps.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}