Hot Takes & Deep Dives

Jess is joined by downtown legend JOEY ARIAS as he resurrects his cult-classic show ARIAS WITH A TWIST! Topics: becoming best friends with KLAUS NOMI, their iconic 1979 Saturday Night Live performance with DAVID BOWIE, going to the movies with ANDY WARHOL, finding his tribe of misfits including KEITH HARING, BASQUIAT, THIERRY MUGLER and more. Plus: losing KLAUS as one of the first to die of HIV/AIDS in 1983, his ongoing collab with master puppeteer BASIL TWIST, and more!

⭐ IG: @jessxnyc | @joeyariasnyc

⭐ Finding Fire Island - Jess' docu-series on the history, mystique & lore of Fire Island

⭐ Cult of Body & Soul - Jess' docu-series on the rise & fall of SoulCycle

Jess welcomes London-based theater critic Mickey-Jo Boucher to chat the latest Broadway and West End news. Topics: Why is Todrick Hall personally responding to every review of his Off-Broadway smash MIDNIGHT? What happened to the London production of SUNDAY IN THE PARK WITH GEORGE with Ariana Grande and Jonathan Bailey, and where will Jamie Lloyd stage EVITA's "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" balcony scene on Broadway? Plus: Rumors of a SUNSET BOULEVARD movie starring Nicole Scherzinger and the new West End revival of RENT.

⭐ IG: @jessxnyc | @mickeyjotheatre

⭐ Jess' docu-series on the history, mystique & lore of Fire Island — Finding Fire Island

⭐ Jess' docu-series on the rise & fall of SoulCycle — Cult of Body & Soul

Jess welcomes returning guests Damian Bellino & Anne Rodeman of "You Might Know Her From" to dissect Nathan Fielder's Elizabeth Holmes meta-documentary "You Can See Everything." Plus, musings on Provincetown's Women's Week, Amanda Seyfried, Kate Moennig, Heather Locklear, and the pop culture hills we're each willing to die on. [PS: "You Can See Everything" analysis begins 15:30]

Anne & Damian live @ NYC's Laurie Beechman Theatre Nov 14!

⭐ IG: @jessxnyc | @youmightknowherfrom

⭐ Jess' docu-series on the history, mystique & lore of Fire Island — Finding Fire Island

⭐ Jess' docu-series on the rise & fall of SoulCycle — Cult of Body & Soul

Jess is joined by Tony Award-winning actor WILSON JERMAINE HEREDIA, who originated the iconic role of Angel in RENT, ahead of the show's 30th Anniversary Concert! Topics: Wilson's pre-RENT life as club kid, playing Jonathan Larson's demo tape for the first time, his love for Maureen's "Over the Moon," and how Angel's (and other cast members') wardrobe came straight from his own closet. Plus: the whirlwind of RENT becoming a cultural phenomenon, beating out Wilson Cruz for the 2005 film, appearing in Tick, Tick... Boom! & more!

🎟️ RENT's 30th Anniversary Concert

⭐ IG: @jessxnyc | @wilsonjheredia

⭐ Jess' docu-series on the history, mystique & lore of Fire Island — Finding Fire Island

⭐ Jess' docu-series on the rise & fall of SoulCycle — Cult of Body & Soul

Jess is joined by longtime activist James Tavs for inside stories of building queer NYC -- from working with ACT UP founder Larry Kramer and helping open the LGBT Center in 1983 to putting queer news on cable-access TV with "Out in the 80s" and working gay phone line switchboards. Plus -- James talks Stonewall myth versus reality, Larry Kramer's novel F*ggots, why decades of organizing NYC Pride soured him on the parade, and how he built a career in tech and finance without ever finishing high school.

⭐ IG: @jessxnyc 

⭐ Jess' docu-series on the history, mystique & lore of Fire Island — Finding Fire Island

⭐ Jess' docu-series on the rise & fall of SoulCycle — Cult of Body & Soul