Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we close out a great year with good news aplenty: lots of inspiring people to namecheck, lots of uplifting headlines, our 2021 favorite Twist Tops, and a hearty goodbye to malaise! "Live or die, but don't poison everything." - Saul Bellow. Let's get living.

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The Twist Podcast #179: Our Super Positive Be Happy Year End Twist Special

Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we consider the dark money-funded 'Moms for Liberty' fake grassroots thought police, the popularity of hatred this holiday season, our own Twist Tops must lists, and the week in headlines.

The Twist Podcast #178: Moms for Fascism, Holiday Hate Fest, Twist Tops Fave List, and the Week in Headlines

Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we ponder the shallower meaning of the Rittenhouse verdict, fist bump the Biden presidency, spread the word for the Liberal Gun Club (Mark only), and offer up some timely thanks for Thanksgiving.

The Twist Podcast #177: Build Back Biden, Liberal Gun Clubbing, Rittenhouse Syndrome, and a Twist Thanksgiving

Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we consider the newest book burning craze, tip our hats to Chris Christie, name drop the sweetest stars in Hollywood, and scan the week in headlines - plus our Twist Tops must-list!

The Twist Podcast #176: Book Burners Delight, Christie Drops the Mic, Celebrity Sweeties, and This Week's Headlines

Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we survey the wreckage of last night's election, boo Mark Zuckerberg's Meta mess, offer up our Twist Tops recommendations, and scan the week in headlines. Have your own Twist Top to share? Email us at Tops @ TheTwistPodcast.com and we'll include in on the show!

The Twist Podcast #175: Delusional Dems, Facebook's Meta Meh, Our Twist Tops Must List, and the Week in Headlines

Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we take a look at the scourge of stealthers, the ongoing January 6 revelations, Kyrsten Sinema's kill-the-bill antics, and the week in headlines.

The Twist Podcast #174: Stop the Stealthers, Insurrection Follies, Kyrsten the Killjoy, and This Week's Headlines

Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we welcome the holiday season, mourn the death of Ronald McDonald, and humblebrag about our Emmy win. Plus headlines and our Twist Tops must-lists!

The Twist Podcast #173: Holiday Trifecta, Who Killed Ronald McDonald, and the Emmy Goes to Us!

Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we consider platonic parenting, appreciate the arrival of October, boo the Alabama prison craze, and introduce our new 'Twist Tops' must list. Plus headlines!

The Twist Podcast #172: October At Last, Platonic Parenting, Swing Low Alabama, and Our New Twist Tops Must List

Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we sort through trending pronouns, consider GA Governor Kemp's AIDS vaccine that doesn't exist, salute a decade without DADT, and take a look at this week's headlines. 

The Twist Podcast #171: Pronouns R Us, DADT Remembered, Kemp's Vaccine Fail, and the Week in Headlines

Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we consider President Biden's performance, appreciate the candor of George W. Bush, consider the calamity called COVID, and share some thoughts on 9/11. Plus the weekly headlines and lots of inside jokes.

The Twist Podcast #170: Biden Drops the Hammer, Bush Drops the Mic, COVID Calamity, and Remembering 9/11

Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we welcome September, reflect on the end of the war in Afghanistan, Big Boo tired guitar god Eric Clapton, and take a look at the headlines.

The Twist Podcast #169: Hello September, One War's End, Clapton's Claptrap, and the Week in Headlines

Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we take a look at the South Dakota death bike rally featuring super spreader Kristi Noem, teacher pushback in Texas and Florida, Cuomo's graceless exit, and the week in headlines.

The Twist Podcast #168: Bikers for Death, Tussle in Texas, Cuomo A Go-Go, and the Week in Headlines

Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we wish everyone a happy moment, discuss the Florida surge fiasco, call for an end to queerbaiting in pop culture, and take a Twisted look at the headlines.

The Twist Podcast #167: Good Moments to All, DeSantis Doubles Down, No More #Queerface, and the Week in Headlines

Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we consider stupid memes, the coming Delta variant disaster, unsexy men's swimwear for summer, and the week in headlines.

The Twist Podcast #166: Mindless Memes, Delta Dawns, Sexless Summer Swimwear, and the Week In Headlines

Join co-hosts Mark McNease and Rick Rose as we ponder America's slide into madness, examine anti-vax hysteria, talk about cheesecake, nudist camps and more.

The Twist Podcast #165: Vax Americana, Cheesecake Therapy, Designing Your Hellscape, and the Week In Headlines

The Twist is a weekly podcast co-hosted by Mark McNease and Rick Rose that focuses on news, culture, politics, and current topics. The show is LGBT-centric, with irreverence and the co-hosts' interaction as its center.

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