October 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 creation of their podcast, receiving the Creative Loafing Best of the Bay award for Best Podcast, and the future of his show. The group also discussed the start of LGBTQIA+ History Month, with Esmé reflecting on what it was like being one of the first trans-students in Hillsborough County. The team also discussed a slew of hot topics including St. Pete Pride's fundraising shortfall, Trump suggesting he would let Iran ‘take out’ Los Angeles or San Diego, J.D. Vance telling Florida Senate Candidate Angie Nixon that she 'doesn't belong in America,' a Florida man accused of dressing up as ICE agent to scare Brazilian presidential election voters at Miami-Dade College, two men charged with distributing counterfeit Ozempic, a Memorial bench that was swept away during Hurricane Helene two years ago found in Bermuda, GOP shifting campaign funding to solidly red states, and all things LGBTQIA+ in Tampa Bay.