Cheers & Queers S3 Ep 01 - Radical Ratchet Joy with Jewel Cadet
Kirya and Isake talk with Jewel about party spaces, survival centered transformative justice practices, and what it means to be crafting the way forward with practice, grace, and twerking. Please follow us on Instagram and Twitter @CheersNQueers, and support our Patreon.
Kirya and Isake talk with Jewel about party spaces, survival centered transformative justice practices, and what it means to be crafting the way forward with practice, grace, and twerking. Please follow us on Instagram and Twitter @CheersNQueers, and support our Patreon.
Show Notes
Links to:
Follow us on Twitter @CheersNQueers
Follow us on Instagram @CheersNQueers
Here is our Patreon if you want to give us your money
Learn more about Jewel Cadet - Jewel’s IG, A Ratchet Realm
Big zaddy energy: Carmine Black is an amazing dance instructor who will break your brain and help you free your spirit
Rabbit freezable cocktail maker is what Isake uses for frozen drinks
Support Luv Story Bar!!!
Get into all the things Jennifer Eden does
Support the amazingly talented DJ Muse
Drinking
Kentucky Margarita
2 oz. Bourbon/Whiskey
1 oz. Lime Juice
1 oz. Agave Syrup
Optional: Mint, Lime, or Salt for garnish
Just mix the liquid ingredients, pour over ice, and garnish if you fancy 🎩.. Also an option to make a slush drink by pouring over crushed ice.
Music
Intro: Sage by Be Steadwell
Interstitial music by Abel Shiffera
Outro: Hey by Boomscat
The Team
Hosted, produced, and engineered by Isake Smith and Kirya Traber
Edited by Lance John
Cheers & Queers S1 Minisode 01 - A shot! Twentytwentywon
We are back with a mini-episode to begin Season 3! Kirya and Isake talk about the apocalypse, dry January, and give you some important show updates. Please follow us on Instagram and Twitter @CheersNQueers, and support our Patreon.
We are back with a mini episode to begin Season 3! Kirya and Isake talk about the apocalypse, dry January, and give you some important show updates. Please follow us on Instagram and Twitter @CheersNQueers, and support our Patreon.
Show Notes
Links to:
Follow us on Twitter @CheersNQueers
Follow us on Instagram @CheersNQueers
Here is our Patreon if you want to give us your money
My Therapy Cards from an amazing Black femme
Dry January has benefits and drawbacks (if you missed it, maybe consider Sober October).
Drinking
Winter Cranberry Spritz
Ingredients:
2 ounces rosemary simple syrup
4 ounces cranberry juice unsweetened
soda water or other carbonated water
ice
Instructions
Combine simple syrup and juice in a glass with ice and stir. Top with soda water
Paper Plane
Ingredients
1 part bourbon
1 part amoro
lemon
seltzer
Instructions
Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker/glass, stir, add ice, top with seltzer
Imaginary Airplane
Ingredients
1 part bourbon
1 part amoro
1 part Aperol
Lemon
Instructions
Add ingredients to a cocktail shaker/glass, stir, add ice
Music
Intro: Sage by Be Steadwell
Interstitial music by Abel Shiffera
Outro: Hey by Boomscat
The Team
Hosted, produced, and engineered by Isake Smith and Kirya Traber
Edited by Lance John
Cheers & Queers S2 Ep 06 -Existential Authenticity ft. Be Steadwell
Isake and Kirya giggle a lot with our guest, storyteller, and musician Be Steadwell. We talk about her new album, Succulent, what is getting us through in the midst of a wild world, and what we are imagining things could be.
Isake and Kirya giggle a lot with our guest, storyteller and musician Be Steadwell. We talk about her new album, Succulent, what is getting us through in the midst of a wild world, and what we are imagining things could be.
Show Notes
Links to:
Follow us on Twitter @CheersNQueers
Follow us on Instagram @CheersNQueers
Here is our Patreon if you want to give us your money.
Here is Be’s Pateron if you want to give her money!
That’s one thicc cat...
Chani Nicholas book, You Were Born For This
Be’s cover of Pony
‘Avatar: The Last Airbender’ Imagines a World Free of Whiteness
Angela Davis’ book: Are Prisons Obsolete?
Recent article by Mariame Kaba: Yes, We Mean Literally Abolish Police
How We Get Free: Black Feminism and the Combahee River Collective
Drinking
Virgin Paloma
Ingredients:
1.5 oz lime juice
1 oz grapefruit juice
1 oz agave syrup or honey
Healthy pinch of sea salt
Soda water
Instructions
Combine ingredients in a cocktail shaker and shake with ice. Strain over ice into a glass and top with soda.
Music
All the music in this episode is by Be Steadwell
The Team
Hosted, produced, and engineered by Isake Smith and Kirya Traber
Edited by Lance John
#OnFleet: Enterprise
The first of our Star Trek mini-series! We talk through Enterprise and discuss if it’s really as bad as everyone says it is. (Spoiler alert, it’s the worst thing to ever happen to space, but listen anyway for a Black queer analysis of why it’s so terrible!) Please fill out our listener survey and check out our Patreon!
The first of our Star Trek mini-series! We talk through Enterprise and discuss if it’s really as bad as everyone says it is. (Spoiler alert, it’s the worst thing to ever happen to space, but listen anyway for a Black queer analysis of why it’s so terrible!)
Please fill out our listener survey and check out our Patreon!
Show Notes
Links to:
Follow us on twitter @CheersNQueers
Isake @is_she_okay on Twitter and IG & Kirya @kiryatraber (twitter) @kiryat (IG)
Drinking
Alien Sex on the Beach
A sweet to semi sweet pink champagne
1.5oz your favorite whiskey
Muddled citrus (Kirya’s version)
OR
1.5 oz of Pimms and a splash of passion fruit juice (Isake’s version)
Music
All sounds from Enterprise!
The Team
Hosted, produced, and engineered by Isake Smith and Kirya Traber
Edited by Lance John
Cheers and Queers S2 Ep 05 - A Quarantine Chronicle
Isake and Kirya drink different things and meander through their lives in the time of the ‘Rona. BONUS: Now you can give us your money!(Please take a few moments to fill out our listener survey, the link is in the show notes below)
Isake and Kirya drink different things and meander through their lives in the time of the ‘Rona. BONUS: Now you can give us your money!(Please take a few moments to fill out our listener survey, the link is in the show notes below)
Show Notes
Links to:
American Theatre Opinion Piece on co-parenting with an ex.
Isake’s health coach: Geek Girl Strong
Apartment Therapy tips & tricks
Follow us on twitter @CheersNQueers
Isake @is_she_okay on Twitter and IG & Kirya @kiryatraber (twitter) @kiryat (IG)
Drinking
Isake: “Bourbon bees knees”: 1/2 oz honey (use the honey crystals from the bottom of the jar, if you got it!), 1/2 oz hot water, 2.5 oz bourbon, juice of half a lemon, and a sprig of thyme if you fancy. Put in a shaker with a large rock, shake and serve.
Kirya's "go to" cocktail "The Seven Day Work Week": 1 part Bourbon, 1 part seltzer, ginger beer to taste, cocktail bitters to taste, stir with ice.
Music
Intro: Sage by Be Steadwell
Additional Music
Satisfied, from the Original Cast recording of Hamilton
Magic School Bus theme song, by Little Richard
Abel
The Team
Hosted, produced, and engineered by Isake Smith and Kirya Traber
Edited by Lance John
Cheers and Queers - Black Queers #OnFleet
A blerdy review of our trek fandom with Cleopatra From the Bronx. Recorded live at Respect: Women’s Podcast Festival hosted by the Black Tribbles in at Amalgam Comics in Philly, August 24, 2019.
A blerdy review of our trek fandom with Cleopatra From the Bronx. Recorded live at Respect: Women’s Podcast Festival hosted by the Black Tribbles in at Amalgam Comics in Philly, August 24, 2019.
Show Notes
Links to:
The Black Tribbles
Airbnb Scam (stay woke fam!)
Our Venmos: @IsakeKhadija @kirya-traber
Follow us on twitter @CheersNQueers
Isake @is_she_okay on Twitter and IG & Kirya @kiryatraber (twitter) @kiryat (IG).
Follow Cleopatra at @cleopatrafromthebronx on IG & Twitter
Drinking
Cardassian Sunrise
-2 oz Blood Orange Grand Reserve Rosé
-1 oz Rowhouse Spirits: Drowned Devil Rum (the old demon)
-3 oz Grapefruit juice
-2 oz KeVita Lemon Cayenne
-coconut water*
*Optional
Combine spirits, grapefruit, and KeVita. Add ice, stir, and top with coconut water to taste.
Music
Intro: Sage by Be Steadwell
Additional Music
Outro: Discovery Theme by Jeff Russo
The Team
Hosted by Isake Smith and Kirya Traber
Produced by Isake Smith, Kirya Traber
Engineered by Lance John
Edited by Jassel Hernandez
Cheers & Queers - Wet Your Appetite...
A smol aperitif to get you ready! We chat about co-habitating, marriage, plant witchery, and what the show is doing next. Follow us at CheersNQueers, Isake @is_she_okay on Twitter and IG & Kirya @kiryatraber (twitter) @kiryat (IG).
A smol aperitif to get you ready! We chat about co-habitating, marriage, plant witchery, and what the show is doing next. Follow us at CheersNQueers, Isake @is_she_okay on Twitter and IG & Kirya @kiryatraber (twitter) @kiryat (IG).
Show Notes
Links to:
Our Venmos: @IsakeKhadija @kirya-traber
The Hard Questions: 100 Essential Questions to Ask Before You Say "I Do"
Drinking
The Live In Lover
3 ounces silver/blanco tequila (We like Casamigos!)
2 ounces Campari OR Aperol
1 ounce seltzer
1 chunk watermelon
Pour into glass over ice, stir, serve.
Music
Intro: Sage by Be Steadwell
Additional Music
Hands by Boomscat
All other interstitial music by Abel Shiffera
Outro: Hey by Boomscat
The Team
Hosted by Isake Smith and Kirya Traber
Produced by Isake Smith, Kirya Traber
Engineered by Lance John
Edited by Jassel Hernandez