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The Big Gay Radio Show
The Big Gay Radio Show is the only upbeat Gay Radio Talk Show in Tampa, Florida. Each week, your hosts, Chris, Esme, and Bryan, will bring you informative news and topics for and by the LGBTQIA+ community. Talk to community leaders and business owners, and find out about everything gay in Tampa Bay Tuesday mornings from 11AM until Noon, on 88.5, WMNF Community Radio, with a one-hour Aftershow Podcast, uploaded Tuesdays at 5PM!
Episodes
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show : November 10th, 2026 - "Show Me The Money!"
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell break down the weeks biggest topics including President Trump announcing that he was 'only…
The Big Gay Radio ShowNovember 10th, 2026 - Dirty Johns
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell are joined by some of the creative minds behind the sketch comedy group, Dirty Johns, how…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show : November 3rd, 2026 - "Damn White People!"
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell broke down the weeks top stories including the Supreme Court rejecting Donald Trump's effort…
The Big Gay Radio ShowNovember 3rd, 2026 - Josh Smith (Alchemy Wigs)
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell and GayMazing Race Founder Mia Duval are joined by Josh Smith, owner of Alchemy Wigs, to talk…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show : October 27th, 2026 - Find New Candidates!
This week on The Big Gay After Show Chris Gorman and Bryan Hinkson continued their conversation about the weeks hottest topics including a North Carolina…
The Big Gay Radio ShowOctober 27th, 2026 - Bradley's Big Announcement
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell, Bryan Hinkson and Joanna Grosso are together to discuss the week's hottest topics. Stories…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show : October 20th, 2026 - The Impending "October Surprise"
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell continued with Chris Gibson, tackling topics including the death of a 1-year-old during a…
The Big Gay Radio ShowOctober 20th, 2026 - Chris Gibson
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell are joined by skincare expert, Chris Gibson, to talk about the story behind his YouTube…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show : October 13th, 2026 - Courthouse Donuts
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell continued their conversation with TheDoodPack founder Anthony Marinelli, about hot topics…
The Big Gay Radio ShowOctober 13th, 2026 - Anthony Marinelli
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell are joined by Anthony Marinelli, CEO & Founder of TheDoodPack, to talk about leading an…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show : October 6th, 2026 - The Neglect Cruise
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell and Bryan Hinkson continue their conversation with Shane McCabe about the weeks hottest topics…
The Big Gay Radio ShowOctober 6th, 2026 - Shane McCabe (The Necessary Pursuit Podcast)
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell and Bryan Hinkson are joined by Shane McCabe, host of The Necessary Pursuit Podcast to discuss…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show : September 29th, 2026 - Naughty Judges!
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell and Adam Ryan continued their discussion on the weeks top stories. Topics included, Judge…
The Big Gay Radio ShowSeptember 29th, 2026 - Daphne Ferraro (Hocus Pocus Drag Tribute Show)
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell, and Adam Ryan are joined by Daphne Ferraro, drag performer, producer of shows such as their…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show : September 22nd, 2026 - The Big Gay Neurodivergent Hour
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell recapped the weeks hottest headlines including Trump TV, President Trump banning media…
The Big Gay Radio ShowSeptember 22nd, 2026 - Aaron Daudert / Big Gay Fund Drive
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell are joined by Aaron Daudert, otherwise known as, Ionia Onassis Knight, to raise money for…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show : September 14th, 2026 - Trump Vs. A.I. CEOs
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman, Esme Russell, and Bryan Hinkson, continued their discussion on the weeks hottest topics including updates…
The Big Gay Radio ShowSeptember 15th, 2026 - Stageworks Theater
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esme Russell and Bryan Hinkson are joined by Karla and Heather from Stagework Theatre to discuss the history…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show : September 8th, 2026 - New America
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman, Esme Russell, and Joanna Grosso continued their conversation with Adam Ryan and talked more of the week's…
The Big Gay Radio ShowSeptember 8th, 2026 - Adam Ryan
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esme Russell and Joanna Grosso are joined by LGBTQIA+ activist and musician, Adam Ryan to discuss their…
The Big Gay Radio ShowBig Gay After Show : September 1st, 2026 - Beef Tallow Hot Dogged
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman, Esme Russell, Lisa Ann, and William Brown of the Florida Leather & Fetish Collective continued their…
The Big Gay Radio ShowSeptember 1st, 2026 - William Brown (Florida Leather & Fetish Collective)
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman and Featured Host, Lisa Ann, are joined by William Brown, founder of the Florida Leather & Fetish Collective…
The Big Gay Radio ShowStreaming Exclusive : Pride & Passion 2026
This week features a special streaming-exclusive interview with Nick Buchanan from the event Pride & Passion at the Tampa Museum of Art. We’ll discuss the…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show : August 25th, 2026 - Fecal Transplant Nut Allergy Cure
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esme Russell, and Vyn Suazion continued their conversation with Jessica Salmond to discuss the weeks hottest…
The Big Gay Radio ShowAugust 25th, 2026 - Jessica Salmond (Friends of Stray's Animal Shelter)
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esme Russell, and Vyn Suazion are joined by Jessica Salmond, Communications and Marketing Director of…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show : August 18th, 2026 - Curiosity Killed the King
This week on The Big Gay After Show Chris Gorman, Bryan Hinkson, and Esme Russell, continue their conversation with The Gaymazing Race host, Mia Duval, to…
The Big Gay Radio ShowAugust 18th, 2026 - Mia Duval (The GayMazing Race)
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esme Russell, and Bryan Hinkson, are joined by Mia Duval, host of The GayMazing Race, to talk about their…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show : August 11th, 2026 - Cockeye
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman, Esme Russell, and Joanna Grosso continued their conversation with Bride Pride St. Pete about their events…
The Big Gay Radio ShowAugust 11th, 2026 - Bride Pride St. Pete
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esme Russell, and Joanna Grosso are joined by Ilene Mitnick and Alli Baldwin, to talk about Bride Pride St…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show : August 4th, 2026 - "She's a Big Drunk"
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell, and Bryan Hinkson continue their conversation with MCC Tampa about topics including the…
The Big Gay Radio ShowAugust 4th, 2026 - Metropolitan Community Church of Tampa
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russel, and Bryan Hinkson, are joined by Rev. Mark Ferreira ad Mia Oates from MCC Tampa, to talk about…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show : July 28th, 2026 - Wrong Way Teslas!
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman, Esme Russell, and Vyn Suazion continue their discussion with the founders behind Ink & Lace, as well as talk…
The Big Gay Radio ShowJuly 28th, 2026 - Ink & Lace
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show Chris Gorman, Esme Russell, and Vyn Suazion are joined by the creative minds behind Ink & Lace to talk about the story…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show - July 21st, 2026 : The "Whizzinator"
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman and Bryan Hinkson recap all the hottest topics affecting the LGBTQIA+ community and beyond including the…
The Big Gay Radio ShowJuly 21st, 2026 - Justine B. Knights
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Bryan Hinkson, and Joanna Grosso are joined by local entertainer Justine B. Knights to talk about their…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show - July 14th, 2026 : Talk Smack, Get Sewed
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman and Vyn Suazion continue their conversation with musician, Wave, about the latest hot topics including, Trey…
The Big Gay Radio ShowJuly 14th, 2026 - Wave (Coexist Beach Kickoff)
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman and Vyn Suazion are joined by musician, Wave, to talk about Vyn and Wave's upcoming performance at the…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show - July 7th, 2026 : Bidet... Bi-Damn
**Note: During this episode of The Big Gay After Show, it was incorrectly stated that Friends of Strays Animal Shelter raised $6million in community support…
The Big Gay Radio ShowJuly 7th, 2026 - Nathan Kuipers (South Tampa Democrats)
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell, and Bryan Hinkson are joined by South Tampa Democrat President, Nathan Kuipers, to discuss his…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show - June 30th, 2026 : Police at Pride
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell, Vyn Suazion continue the conversation with State Senator Brian Nathan and St. Pete Pride…
The Big Gay Radio ShowJune 30th, 2026 - St. Pete Pride & State Sen. Brian Nathan
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell, and Vyn Suazion are joined by St. Pete Pride Executive Director Bior Guigni, Sapphic St. Pete…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show - June 23rd, 2026 : Fruitland
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman, Bryan Hinkson, and Esmé Russell discuss the weeks hottest topics including a daycare's repeated violations…
The Big Gay Radio ShowJune 23rd, 2026 - Nathan Bruemmer (St. Petersburg LGBTQIA+ Liaison)
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell and Bryan Hinkson, are called by City of St. Petersburg LGBTQIA+ Liaison, Nathan Bruemmer, to…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show - June 16th, 2026 : Inflatable Elon Musk
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell continued their conversation with Matthew Johnson from PFLAG Wesley Chapel / Pasco. The trio…
The Big Gay Radio ShowJune 16th, 2026 - Matthew Johnson (PFLAG Wesley Chapel / Pasco)
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell, and Vyn Suazion are joined by Matthew Johnson from PFLAG Wesley Chapel / Pasco to discuss the…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show - June 9th, 2026 : Shrek P*nis Arrest
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell and Bryan Hinkson recap the Big Gay Fund Drive and discuss all the weeks hottest topics…
The Big Gay Radio ShowJune 9th, 2026 - The Big Gay Fund Drive, Part 10
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell and Bryan Hinkson are together to raise money for WMNF Community Radio. The trio also discussed…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show - June 2nd, 2026 : Esmé Russell's Name in Stone
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell continue their conversation with Walter and Luke from the GaYBOR District Coalition who…
The Big Gay Radio ShowJune 2nd, 2026 - Walter & Luke (GaYBOR District Coalition)
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell are joined by Walter and Luke from the GaYBOR District Coalition to talk about the lawsuit…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show: May 26th, 2026 - Amazon's Urn Mishap
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell continue their conversation with Lexi Long about their work at Disney. The trio also…
The Big Gay Radio ShowMay 26th, 2026 - Lexi Long (Orlando Drag Race Live Season 10 Winner)
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell are joined by Lexi Long, winner of Orlando Drag Race Live Season 10, to talk about their…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show: May 19th, 2026 - Robert Rigsby (Rockell Blu)
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell are joined by Robert Rigsby (Rockell Blu) to talk about ROCA Productions, the creation of…
The Big Gay Radio ShowMay 19th, 2026 - Hillsborough County Teacher Hangs Black Baby Doll
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell talk about allegations against a Hillsborough County, accused of hanging a black baby doll…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show: May 12th, 2026 - Child Support Justice
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell and Vyn Suazion continue their conversation with Queer Asian Museum founder Leo Andersen to…
The Big Gay Radio ShowEXCLUSIVE: EMM Talks Black Diamond and Activism Ahead of Crowbar Performance
Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell, and Vyn Suazion sit down with rising musical artist Emm for a streaming-exclusive interview ahead of their show at Crowbar in Ybor…
The Big Gay Radio ShowMay 12th, 2026 - Leo Andersen (Queer Asian Museum: St. Pete)
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell and Vyn Suazion are joined byd by Leo Andersen, founder of The Queer Asian Museum in St…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show: May 5th, 2026 - Lizard Love
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell continue our conversation with Daddy Lance, talking about Esmé's Apple Store drama, the body…
The Big Gay Radio ShowMay 5th, 2026 - Daddy Lance
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman and Esmé Russell are joined by Daddy Lance to talk about the stigma behind surrogate partner therapy and the…
The Big Gay Radio ShowThe Big Gay After Show: April 28th, 2026 - Ron DeSantis is Begging!
This week on The Big Gay After Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell, and Vyn Suazion continued their conversation with Jesse, HarLeigh, and Danielle from Ink &…
The Big Gay Radio ShowApril 28th, 2026 - Ink & Lace Fashion Event
This week on The Big Gay Radio Show, Chris Gorman, Esmé Russell, and Vyn Suazion, are joined by Jesse, HarLeigh, and Danielle from the Ink & Lace Fashion Event…