{"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":319,"summary":"Queer-hosted and unapologetically curious. We cover everything and anything — and yes, it's a bit gay.","last_synced_at":"2026-09-19T12:22:46.665507+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108"},"episode":{"title":"Ep. 293: Building Gathry: The App Connecting LGBTQ+ Communities Worldwide with Greg Palmer","slug":"ep-293-building-gathry-the-app-connecting-lgbtq-communities-worldwide-with-greg-palmer","published_at":"2026-08-20T08:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108/ep-293-building-gathry-the-app-connecting-lgbtq-communities-worldwide-with-greg-palmer","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/everything-anything-and-a-bit-gay-podcast-6752108","url":"https://www.everythingandanythingpodcast.com/","audio_url":"https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdcn.co/e/afp-939909-injected.calisto.simplecastaudio.com/cfe1ea8e-7d0f-47dc-a4ba-305ba19ff04f/episodes/40104c68-2e85-4f82-9445-04a665263ffc/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=cfe1ea8e-7d0f-47dc-a4ba-305ba19ff04f&awEpisodeId=40104c68-2e85-4f82-9445-04a665263ffc&feed=prFhjice","summary":"In this episode of Everything & Anything...and a Bit Gay, Zach welcomes his longtime friend Greg Palmer to talk about Gathry, an app designed to help LGBTQ+ people discover events, venues, and community spaces wherever they are. Greg shares how his own travels, spotting a themed drag night in London and a game night flyer in New York, inspired him to build a tool that surfaces the parts of queer culture that don't always show up on a bar's front door. The two dig into how differently LGBTQ+ nightlife and community life show up across cities, comparing Boston, Atlanta, Montreal, Berlin, and Puerto Vallarta, and discuss Gathry's approach to including everything from drag brunches to community centers to bathhouses, aiming to represent the full range of the community rather than narrowing it down. Greg also opens up about the challenges of scaling a global product as a solo founder with a day job in software, and his hope that Gathry helps people feel like they belong no matter where in the world they land. The episode closes with a shared plug for the QT Library, a new queer and trans community library in Boston, and a call for listeners to download Gathry (gathryapp.com), get off their phones, and get back to meeting people in real life. Download the app on Apple: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gathry-lgbtq-events-groups/id6749548071","meta_description":"In this episode of Everything & Anything...and a Bit Gay, Zach welcomes his longtime friend Greg Palmer to talk about Gathry, an app designed to help LGBT…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":2802,"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-293-building-gathry-the-app-connecting-lgbtq-communities-worldwide-with-greg-palmer/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-293-building-gathry-the-app-connecting-lgbtq-communities-worldwide-with-greg-palmer.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}