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Podcast serving quick hits & deep cuts on LGBT pop iconography & NYC culture. Recent guests include Rosie O'Donnell, Sandra Bernhard, Fortune Feimster, Roxane Gay, Fran Drescher, Isaac Mizrahi, Lea DeLaria, Melissa Etheridge, Rachel Dratch, Gina Gershon, Margaret Cho, L Word creator Ilene Chaiken, Jenifer Lewis, Judy Gold, Mario Cantone, Michael Musto & more!
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Signup to Generate a PitchPodcast serving quick hits & deep cuts on LGBT pop iconography & NYC culture. Recent guests include Rosie O'Donnell, Sandra Bernhard, Fortune Feimster, Roxane Gay, Fran Drescher, Isaac Mizrahi, Lea DeLaria, Melissa Etheridge, Rachel Dratch, Gina Gershon, Margaret Cho, L Word creator Ilene Chaiken, Jenifer Lewis, Judy Gold, Mario Cantone, Michael Musto & more!
Hot Takes & Deep Dives is hosted by Jess Rothschild. The show has published 277 episodes to date.
Recent episodes include "Elizabeth Holmes, Nathan Fielder & more (w/ Damian Bellino & Anne Rodeman)" (27 October 2026, 50 minutes), "RENT's Original Angel: Wilson Jermaine Heredia on Club Kid Days, Jonathan Larson & The Movie" (19 October 2026, 43 minutes), and "Stonewall Myths, Larry Kramer & Inside 1980s Queer NYC (w/ James Tavs)" (5 October 2026, 51 minutes).
Hot Takes & Deep Dives publishes roughly every two weeks, with episodes averaging 54 minutes across 277 episodes.
Booking probability for Hot Takes & Deep Dives is 37%, and the host is rated Selective on guests. Hot Takes & Deep Dives requires a Pod Score of 80 or higher. Hot Takes & Deep Dives's contact route on record: verified email.
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Jess Rothschild hosts Hot Takes & Deep Dives, a tv podcast with 277 episodes published.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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Jess is joined by Daily Mail writer Jacques Peterson for a culture catch-up! Topics include: Why are all the news and gossip sites suddenly subscription-based? Troye Sivan's "Party," which samples Madonna's "Music"...
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Jess is joined by downtown New York fixture Gene Fedorko, age 83, for a trip through more than six decades of queer history. Gene recalls escaping to New York City in 1960, discovering Fire Island in 1961, attending the...
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Jess is joined by fellow Long Islander ROSIE O'DONNELL! Topics: the inception of The Rosie O'Donnell Show, the infamous episode where Whitney Houston no-showed, her experiences with Britney Spears, being in the studio...
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Jess is joined by Scissor Sisters frontwoman Ana Matronic ( @msanamatronic )! Topics— first meeting JAKE SHEARS at The Slipper Room, STUART PRICE producing their "Night Work" album, the highs (and frustrations) of...
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Jess is joined by Ben Rimalower and Boy Toy Mike Fernandez to review Madonna's Confessions II! Topics: Sean Penn lore, could "Danceteria" have been the "Abracadabra" of the album, Ben & Mike's first listen midnight...
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We will have our comprehensive review of CONFESSIONS II next week! But first, Jess joined by Mark Snyder & Kenny Finkle (All I Want To Do Is Talk About Madonna) and Tony Trius (MLVC) for a culture debate — MADONNA...
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Jess is joined by David Kennerley to pour over his coffee-table book ( Getting In ) showcasing more than 200 flyers he collected from NYC queer bars & clubs of the 1990s (ie: Limelight, Splash, The Saint, Pyramid, The...
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ANNOUNCEMENT! 🌲🍒 Finding Fire Island returns for Season 2 on June 11, with two episodes premiering on launch day. This season features interviews with Billy Porter, John Waters, Julio Torres, DJ Lina Bradford...
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Jess is joined by playwright and "male actress" CHARLES BUSCH! Topics include: ROSIE O'DONNELL producing the disastrous Boy George musical 'Taboo,' performing at The Duplex in the late 70s, becoming close with JOAN...
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Jess is joined by empath & intuitive JAMIE STEIN ( @jamiestein ) for a SUMMER HOUSE psychological deep dive. We unpack the subconscious dynamics behind West Wilson, Amanda Batula, Ciara Miller, Kyle Cooke, Lindsay...
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Jess is joined by RACHEL DRATCH — beloved for her seven-season run on Saturday Night Live. Topics: Rachel's decades-long friendship with TINA FEY , her SNL casting story, being replaced by JANE KRAKOWSKI on 30 ROCK...
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Jess is joined by the co-creator / writer / director of the FX series POSE — STEVEN CANALS! Canals discusses the series' inspiration via the landmark documentary PARIS IS BURNING and getting the script into RYAN...
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Jess is joined by performance artist and rocker AMBER MARTIN ( @msambermartin )! Topics — the origins of her Bette Midler at the Continental Baths show "Bette, Bathhouse & Beyond," winning the NYC artist housing lottery...
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Jess welcomes beloved NYC drag legend HEDDA LETTUCE , boots on the ground in Puerto Vallarta after the recent cartel attack. Topics — Playing Kim Cattrall's ex-boyfriend on Sex and the City on stage with Madonna at the...
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Jess is joined by Broadway composer / orchestrator / adult star JONAH WEELER! ( @showoffjonah ). Topics — blind items about this worst Broadway experiences, music directing Sweeney Todd Off Broadway and the final straw...
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Jess is joined by DAMIAN BELLINO & ANNE RODEMAN (co-hosts of "You Might Know Her From") for a wintertime culture catch-up! Topics — Jill Zarin fired (again), Sandra Bernhard cast in The White Lotus S4, The L Word...
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Jess welcomes back nightlife impresario DANIEL NARDICIO to talk about his latest venture in Zipolite, Mexico and the runaway success of running The Ice Palace in Cherry Grove. Topics — legalities of throwing s*x...
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