Wide Open with Ashlyn Harris

Happy Pride month from Wide Open! For more of your favorite LGBTQ+ content, check out the Outspoken Network from iHeartPodcasts.
This week, Ashlyn welcomes Emmy award winning actor Laverne Cox to the show. Ashlyn talks to Laverne about the release of her new book, Transcendent, and what it was like writing about the challenges she faced in childhood. Laverne speaks about the importance of speaking out and supporting the queer community right now, the art of forgiveness, and the power in moving past your internal shame.
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Happy Pride month from Wide Open! For more of your favorite LGBTQ+ content, check out the Outspoken Network from iHeartPodcasts.
This week, Ashlyn welcomes Tony winning director and choreographer Sam Pinkleton to the show. Sam has made a career out of bringing outrageous queer theatrics to the masses. At a time when queer and trans rights are in danger, Sam’s work proves that embracing your deepest, most unique self is the key to personal and communal joy. Ashlyn talks to Sam about the stunning rise of Oh, Mary!, his recent Tony nomination for Rocky Horror Picture Show, and the importance of not just chasing success—but chasing what you love.
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Do you ever feel like you have to split yourself between who you really are and who society tells you to be? Amy Chozick’s thrilling, vulnerable novel, With Friends Like You, explores that feeling from the perspective of a new mother. A former journalist who profiled figures like Lorena Bobbitt, Stormy Daniels and Elizabeth Holmes, Amy knows that a messy woman can be hard for the public to swallow. Amy and Ashlyn talk about the multiple selves they confront every day and about the new parts of herself Amy confronted while writing her book.
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Brandon Kyle Goodman is a writer, producer, and host of his own podcast "Tell Me Something Messy." and today we're talking all about SEX, who's having it and how can we be having it better? We talk all about that and more in this messy episode!
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Today Ashlyn is joined by the amazing Selema Masekela. You know him from his time hosting ESPN's X Games for 13 years, but he is also an activist and musician. In this conversation, they discuss visibility, representation, and identity within the action sports world and beyond.
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