

Bisexual Brunch
MIM
Bisexual Brunch is a unique podcast for people who identify as bi to come together and celebrate their sexuality. Presented by Ashley Byrne, Lewis Oakley and Samantha Baines. Produced by @mimproductions
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Aug 1, 2022 • 1h 51min
Bisexual Brunch - The erasure of the B in 'Pride at 50' celebrations, monkeypox worries, a bisexual journey story from trans man Freddie Lee and are you a bi man who likes being fetishized by gay men?
Let us know your views now - text us hereHistory in the making! This is the UK's first regular mainstream show for bisexuals. Hosted by bi activist and writer Lewis Oakley and bisexual journalists Nichi Hodgson and Ashley Byrne, Bisexual Brunch is a unique podcast for people from all over the world who identify as bi to come together and celebrate their sexuality. Bisexual Brunch along with Nichi, Ashley and Lewis were included in the UK Pride Power List 2021. Lewis managed to stay in the list this year and soared to No 79 while MIM, the production company behind Bisexual Brunch have also been named UK Production Company of the Year (Silver winner).After a short lull over the summer, the Bisexual Brunch team are back. This time discussing the latest concerns over Monkeypox, Lewis becoming a dad for the third time, anger at how most 'Pride at 50' events and TV/radio shows seemed to airbrush bisexuality. There's a bisexual journey story from Freddie Lee, a bi trans man in Sheffield and the Ask a Bisexual feature talks about gay men fetishizing bi men. Bisexual Brunch is recorded in Manchester and London and is a MIM Production.Support the show

May 30, 2022 • 2h 47min
BISEXUAL BRUNCH - The challenges of being a young bi man in Britain, Dr Julia Shaw chats about her new book while Ashley and Lewis discuss dangerous media hype over Monkeypox, biphobia and bizarre bi-erasure in the LGBT press
Let us know your views now - text us hereHistory in the making! This is the UK's first regular mainstream show for bisexuals. Hosted by bi activist and writer Lewis Oakley and bisexual journalists Nichi Hodgson and Ashley Byrne, Bisexual Brunch is a unique podcast for people from all over the world who identify as bi to come together and celebrate their sexuality. Bisexual Brunch along with Nichi, Ashley and Lewis were recently included in the UK Pride Power List while MIM, the production company behind Bisexual Brunch have also been named UK Production Company of the Year (Silver winner).In the latest edition of Bisexual Brunch, Lewis and Ashley discuss bi-erasure in the LGBT press, media hype over Monkeypox and Lewis hears directly how people feel about his views on being a bi dad. There's a special interview with Dr Julia Shaw about her new book and a 23 year old Manchester man discusses the challenges of being a young bisexual guy in Britain today. Bisexual Brunch is recorded in Manchester and London and is a MIM Production.Support the show

Apr 19, 2022 • 2h 13min
BISEXUAL BRUNCH - The Pros and Cons of Bisexual Porn, we meet the star of multi-award winning and ground breaking bisexual Brit Flick Sunday Bloody Sunday, a bi personal journey story from Kalamazoo plus a rather intimate Ask a Bisexual Question
Let us know your views now - text us hereHistory in the making! This is the UK's first regular mainstream show for bisexuals. Hosted by bi activist and writer Lewis Oakley and bisexual journalists Nichi Hodgson and Ashley Byrne, Bisexual Brunch is a unique podcast for people from all over the world who identify as bi to come together and celebrate their sexuality. Bisexual Brunch along with Nichi, Ashley and Lewis were recently included in the UK Pride Power List while MIM, the production company behind Bisexual Brunch have also been named UK Production Company of the Year (Silver winner).In the third show of 2022, Nichi, Ashley and Lewis talk candidly about bisexual porn, Lewis suggests a football analogy to deal with people who carp that bi people shouldn't be so expressive of their sexuality and Murray Head, star of the multi-award winning and ground breaking 70s Brit flick Sunday Bloody Sunday tells us what he really thinks about the film half a century on. There's a bi personal journey story from Hailey Markus in Kalamazoo, Ashley and Nichi educate Lewis about 'Mary Whitehouse' and there's a rather intimate and revealing question for the trio to get to grips with in the 'Ask a Bisexual' spot.Bisexual Brunch is recorded in Manchester and London and is a MIM Production.Support the show

Feb 26, 2022 • 3h 2min
Bisexual Brunch welcomes all pansexuals, the study into what we all do in bed, accusations bi people are colonising gay space, do you suffer from porn guilt? The bisexual sailor persecuted for 20 years and we check in on the world’s oldest bisexual
Let us know your views now - text us hereHistory in the making! This is the UK's first regular mainstream show for bisexuals. Hosted by bi activist and writer Lewis Oakley and bisexual journalists Nichi Hodgson and Ashley Byrne, Bisexual Brunch is a unique podcast for people from all over the world who identify as bi to come together and celebrate their sexuality. Bisexual Brunch along with Nichi, Ashley and Lewis were recently included in the UK Pride Power List while MIM, the production company behind Bisexual Brunch have also been named UK Production Company of the Year (Silver winner).In the second show of 2022, we’ve three hours of bi chat, debate, features and fun. We meet the sailor persecuted for 20 years for being bi, hear how bi people are being accused by some of colonising queer spaces and discuss the latest stats on what we all get up to in bed. The bi journey story is from Mike Rist in Boston, do you suffer from porn guilt? and are most bi people pan too? Finally we discuss whether terms like husband and wife are outdated and meet the custodian of Jonathan the giant tortoise, the world’s oldest living bisexual land mammal. Bisexual Brunch is recorded in Manchester and London and is a MIM Production.Support the show

Jan 16, 2022 • 2h 4min
Bisexual Brunch - Navigating open relationships as a new book is launched, a bisexual journey story from Bridget who is bi and poly plus what would make the perfect bi dating show? And Lewis has a surprise lined up for us for the end of the show!
Let us know your views now - text us hereHistory in the making! This is the UK's first regular mainstream show for bisexuals. Hosted by bi activist and writer Lewis Oakley and bisexual journalists Nichi Hodgson and Ashley Byrne, Bisexual Brunch is a unique podcast for people from all over the world who identify as bi to come together and celebrate their sexuality. Bisexual Brunch along with Nichi, Ashley and Lewis were recently included in the UK Pride Power List while MIM, the production company behind Bisexual Brunch have also been named UK Production Company of the Year (Silver winner).It's the first Bisexual Brunch of 2022 and Ashley, Lewis and Nichi welcome a special guest as the gang talk about navigating open relationships. Journalist and writer Rachel Krantz joins us to chat about her new book 'Open'. Bridget from Michigan talks about how she's just come out to her husband for the first time as bi and poly! Listen out for news of a special bi-themed interview coming up with an icon of film. Mike asks the trio what would make the perfect bi dating show and listen to the very end for a little surprise from Lewis. Bisexual Brunch is recorded in Manchester and London and is a MIM Production.Support the show

Dec 16, 2021 • 1h 59min
Bisexual Brunch - Should we check our privilege? How much bi-erasure exists in the gay world? Google forgets the B, a bi journey story from Barcelona and dating a different gender for the first time
Let us know your views now - text us hereHistory in the making! This is the UK's first regular mainstream show for bisexuals. Hosted by bi activist and writer Lewis Oakley and bisexual journalists Nichi Hodgson and Ashley Byrne, Bisexual Brunch is a unique podcast for people from all over the world who identify as bi to come together and celebrate their sexuality. Bisexual Brunch along with Nichi, Ashley and Lewis were recently included in the UK Pride Power List while MIM, the production company behind Bisexual Brunch have also been named UK Production Company of the Year (Silver winner) 2021.In this edition Nichi, Ashley and Lewis discuss writer Julie Burchill's recent outburst in which she said she didn't see bi people as a persecuted minority and the team discuss Google forgetting the B in their glossary of LGBT terms. There's some warm words for Zoe Ball's bi son Woody, discussion around the notion of 'bi privilege' and research into the amount of bi-erasure in the lesbian and gay world. There's a bi journey story from Barcelona and a tough question to answer in the latest 'Ask a Bisexual' feature.Support the show

Nov 7, 2021 • 1h 40min
Bisexual Brunch - Is LGBT virtue signaling without substance worthless? Is Superman bi enough? A personal story from a bi man in a gay facing relationship and what do we feel about bisexuals being fetishised?
Let us know your views now - text us hereHistory in the making! This is the UK's first regular mainstream show for bisexuals. Hosted by bi activist and writer Lewis Oakley and bisexual journalists Nichi Hodgson and Ashley Byrne, Bisexual Brunch is a unique podcast for people from all over the world who identify as bi to come together and celebrate their sexuality. Bisexual Brunch along with Nichi, Ashley and Lewis were recently included in the UK Pride Power List 2021!In this edition Nichi, Ashley and Lewis discuss whether the new bisexual Superman is really bi enough? We're disappointed by the continued lack of real portrayal of bi lifestyles in UK soaps and dramas, the bisexual journey story is from a bi man in a gay facing relationship and in our second Ask a Bisexual feature we discuss when fetishization of bi people is a good thing and when it's not. Support the show

Oct 13, 2021 • 2h 6min
Bisexual Brunch - The best things about being bi, back to the 30s for some bi history and comedian Samantha Baines’ candid bisexual journey story
Let us know your views now - text us hereHistory in the making! This is the UK's first regular mainstream show for bisexuals. Hosted by bi activist and writer Lewis Oakley and bisexual journalists Nichi Hodgson and Ashley Byrne, Bisexual Brunch is a unique podcast for people from all over the world who identify as bi to come together and celebrate their sexuality. Bisexual Brunch along with Nichi, Ashley and Lewis were recently included in the UK Pride Power List 2021!In this edition we’re celebrating the positives about being bi. Listeners from all over the world tell us what makes them happy to embrace their bisexual identity. We’ve history from the 1930s as the National Archives discover a letter written by bi man to his friend. Comedian and actor Samantha Baines tells us her personal bisexual journey story and Nichi, Ashley and Lewis have a message for Britain’s latest openly bisexual member of Parliament. All that plus our first Ask A Bisexual feature. Support the show

Sep 12, 2021 • 1h 28min
Bisexual Brunch - Time to get serious about bi male erasure as study shows many gay people deny our existence, keeping bisexual identity alive in an age of fresh labels and the couple who took 18 years to come to terms with being bi
Let us know your views now - text us hereHistory in the making! This is the UK's first regular mainstream show for bisexuals. Hosted by bi activist and writer Lewis Oakley and bisexual journalists Nichi Hodgson and Ashley Byrne, Bisexual Brunch is a unique podcast for people from all over the world who identify as bi to come together and celebrate their sexuality. Bisexual Brunch along with Nichi, Ashley and Lewis were recently included in the UK Pride Power List 2021!In this edition, Ashley, Nichi and Lewis talk about how bi men are still being dismissed and erased from media narratives, a study shows many gay people are still prejudice towards bi men. What’s the difference between bi and pan - and does it matter? Plus a personal bisexual journey story from a couple in Kentucky. Tony and Ann have taken 18 years to confront bisexuality in their own relationship now they’re enjoying a special purple period. And remember we want to hear your bisexual stories and/or any questions you might have for us to answer on the show in our 'Ask a Bisexual' feature - email info@madeinmanchester.tv or tweet us at @BisexualBrunch.Bisexual Brunch is produced by Ashley Byrne and is an MIM Production. The behind the scenes BB team - James Brown, Andrew Edwards, Kerri Mcilroy, Kurt Brookes and Iain Mackness. Support the show

Sep 1, 2021 • 31min
Bisexual Brunch - Paralympic Games Special as we meet openly bisexual wheelchair basketball star Jude Hamer
Let us know your views now - text us hereA one off special to mark the Paralympics in Tokyo. Here Ashley talks to out bisexual British wheelchair basketball player Jude Hamer about her journey and being a bi role model. Another candid conversation from Bisexual Brunch! Bisexual Brunch is a MIM Production Support the show


