ABOUT THIS PODCAST 🔗
In a world driven by algorithms, filters, and conformity- I’ve discovered real life exists outside of that all. Variety, nuance, curiosity, and uniqueness are what make us human and what makes us feel alive.
This show is about refusing pre-packaged thinking: the scripts, narratives, identities, and beliefs we inherit without choosing (what my friend Jen calls “mother, father, preacher, teacher tapes”).
I am no guru or self-help authority… just a guy committed to living fully, talking with people who do the same. Tune in if you want to feel less alone… and a little more awake.
jonnythyne.com
This show is about refusing pre-packaged thinking: the scripts, narratives, identities, and beliefs we inherit without choosing (what my friend Jen calls “mother, father, preacher, teacher tapes”).
I am no guru or self-help authority… just a guy committed to living fully, talking with people who do the same. Tune in if you want to feel less alone… and a little more awake.
jonnythyne.com
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Average audio length:
43 minutes
Guest interviews
English
United States
26 episodes
since April 9, 2025
episodic
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New York Times bestselling author Marjan Kamali joins Kira and me for a conversation that starts with her novel, The Lion Women of Tehran, and very quickly becomes about so much more.
If you’ve listened to our book club episodes before, you might remember Kira bringing this book up during our very …
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This week I'm switching things up. After two pretty deep-dive episodes, I brought on my friend Matty Durkin from the Pop Corner Pod. He's a self-proclaimed HISTORIAN of all things pop culture, with a focus in the Real Housewives.
On paper, pop culture and Refuse to Subscribe shouldn't mix... this s…
Kira and I sat down for what was supposed to be the Lion Women of Tehran book club episode and instead just riffed for almost an hour. I'd apologize, but the conversation was killer.
First - the big news. We're not talking Lion Women of Tehran today because in a few weeks we're bringing MARJAN KAMA…
This week I have Justin Deeley on the episode. You may know him from 90210 or Geography Club, or my personal favorite, and where I know him from, Drop Dead Diva.
This whole conversation started when we were at work one night at the restaurant we both work at, and he brings up this 30 hour stint he …
If you came out early, this probably isn't your story. If you're still in it, it might be exactly your story.
My boyfriend Andrew hid for more than a decade. He figured it out young and buried it, dated girls, deepened his voice to fit in, watched straight porn after gay porn so it would "canc…
Pride didn't get easier, it just got quieter for a while. This episode breaks that quiet.
My guest is Jen LeBlanc: out since 1993, founder of the Pride Empowerment Network in southern New Hampshire, and the writer behind a gorgeous piece on why Pride still matters that's been living in my head sinc…
Happy Pride, everyone. I'll be honest, I got a bit emotional in all of the ways while recording this one.
This week I'm going solo to talk about what Pride actually is, why we celebrate it so loud, and why it matters more this year than it has in a long time. We start with a Margaret Cho bit that h…
Drag legend Jackie Beat joins Refuse to Subscribe for a Pride Month conversation about 36 years in drag, queer freedom, comedy, Joan Rivers, Bea Arthur, AIDS, Drag Race, and why there is no expiration date on being fierce, fabulous, and funny.
Jackie Beat has been my favorite drag queen since I was…
This week I'm coming in hot with some life updates - the Hacks series finale (UPDATE: I thought it was the series finale, it wasn't. and I couldn't be happier about it) and a book I finished, You've Found Oliver by Dustin Thao, which started slow and then took a turn I did not see coming and had me…
Jen is back, and I have to be honest with you- becoming more spiritually aware has made me a worse bar patron.
We talk about what actually happens when meditation starts working: you feel everything, you notice everything, and sometimes you're stuck in a room where the energy is genuinely terrible…
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