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Revisited: Jaboukie Young-White Talks with The Drums for the Talkhouse Podcast

As we wrap up Life is Beautiful 2019, we revisit this favorite episode from last year's festival.

9:01 AM EDT on September 26, 2019

Jaboukie Young-White and The Drums at Life is Beautiful.

The Talkhouse team just returned back from Life is Beautiful 2019 with an amazing group of talks (sneak peek on our Instagram). This week we revisit one of our favorite conversations recorded out at last year's Life is Beautiful festival. Subscribe today to keep up to date with future Talkhouse Podcasts.

In September, the Talkhouse Podcast squad rolled out to Las Vegas for Life is Beautiful Music and Arts Festival. In between performances from Talkhouse faves A$AP Ferg, CHVRCHES, and Death Cab For Cutie, we recorded some epic convos for the show.

Comedian Jaboukie Young-White (The Daily Show, American Vandal) and indiepop legends The DrumsJonny Pierce are whip-smart queer artists who have intricately bound together their work and sexuality. Backstage at the fest, they and newer Drums' member Bryan de Leon dissected what exactly it means to be a "queer artist." Their talk takes in coming out through one’s art, "conveniently Christian homophobes," Balenciaga daddies, and how the world needs a gay Shrek. Oh, and Bryan also got Jaboukie to give some inside scoop on American Vandal season two...

Check it out, and subscribe now to stay in the loop on future episodes of the Talkhouse Podcast. Feel free to DM me to let me know which artist(s) you’d love to see appear on a future episode.
—Elia Einhorn, Talkhouse Podcast host and producer @eliaeinhorn

This episode was recorded by Mark Yoshizumi at Life is Beautiful, and at Hook & Fade Studios in Brooklyn. It was co-produced by Mark Yoshizumi.

The Talkhouse Podcast’s theme song was composed and performed by The Range.

Big thanks to Life Is Beautiful for hosting the Talkhouse Podcast.

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