There's Nothing Ironic About Show Choir: A Glee Podcast

Mash-up connoisseur Jocelyn Lee is here to talk about the flaws of "Mash-Off" and Raina is here to agree with her vehemently and go off again on Ryan Murphy's portrayal of queer women. They both agree that this is a massive mess of an episode with one of the best songs of all time alllllmoooost making up for it! 

Wow if you are listening to this podcast, you could ALSO donate to Hurricane Maria relief at mariafund.org and/or hispanicfederation.org The day is finally here! Opening night of McKinley High's drastically insensitive production of West Side Story! And who better to talk about it than self-proclaimed "slut for musicals" Rob Tiemstra (@The_Timestar) who joins Raina (@itsrainaingmen) to give his expertise and exasperation with the Glee version. We also talk about sex and racism as two good kids would. Be sure to check out Rob's podcast Bros Before Shows! Be sure to follow us on twitter @glee_podcast  

Making her third appearance on this podcast, Emily Bateman (@emilyrbateman) joins Raina (@itsrainaingmen) today to talk all about a young Irish boy Damian McGinty, who was the very first person Emily followed on twitter. Also, she gives her expert opinion, as someone who works in politics, as to why the political plot on glee is straight garbage. Follow for more updates @glee_podcast and check out Emily and frequent quest Avery's podcast page at @Hello_Viewers ! 

All the way from New York City comes Hannah Perrin, an individual who has seen "The Quarterback" over 30 times! She's here to chat about the awfully named episode "Asian F," an episode that doesn't give enough time to Glee's (@glee_podcast) hottest man, the one and only Mike Chang. Hannah (@TheHannahPerrin) is her to shame William Schuester and Raina (@itsrainaingmen) is here to enjoy it!  Also, seeing as Maria takes up a big portion of this episode please go to mariafund.org to help efforts in Puerto Rico right now. 

"I watched one season of American Horror Story. I didn't get it," says special guest Jake Betterman as he sums up his knowledge of Ryan Murphy products. Until now. Raina exposes him to a whole new side of it with the second episode of the third season of GLEE which he watched 2.5 times!!! Neither of them are happy with the songs nor how they portrayed the adoption process but they have a swell time talking about it.  If you liked Raina mansplaining West Side Story to Jake, give her a follow at @itsrainaingmen and the show and @glee_podcast! And PLEASE give us a nice lil review if you have the extra 10 seconds!

We're kicking off season three with a bang!!!! Raina (@itsrainaingmen) has the first real life certified TEEN in There's Nothing Ironic About Showchoir history on as well as completing the Gronenthal trifecta with VERY special guest Maggie Gronenthal. At just 13 at time of the recording (but 14 now!), Maggie has more social awareness insight than the grown adults on the Glee writing staff. Hearing the voice of the YOUTH starts off this mediocre season right!!! This is our third season now, what an amazing time to tell you friends! Or give us a review on iTunes! Or follow @glee_podcast on twitter! Or ALL OF THE ABOVE!

On this very special boners episode, Raina (@itsrainaingmen) brings back Gavin Gronenthal (@ghgronen) and Walker Sayen (a nice boy) to read and do and in depth analysis of a wild and crazy fanfiction involving many many boners.  We will be back to our regularly scheduled programming next week, please follow @glee_podcast in the meantime! WARNING: NSFW CONTENT

WARNING: There are slight audio issues throughout. Sincere apologies. WARNING: This episode contains BONES SPOILERS It's time for the annual (?) gathering of Raina (@itsrainaingmen) and her friends to dramatically read excerpts from the wild and wonderful world of Glee fanfiction. Starring (in order of appearance) Avery Richardson (@avrahamlincoln) as Noah "Puck" Puckerman Emily Bateman (@emilyrbateman) as Artie Abrams Sarah Barnhard (@sarahbarnhard) as Temperance "Bones" Brennan David Carliner (@davidcarliner) as Rachel Berry Gavin Gronenthal  (@ghgronen) as Mike Chang Walker Sayen as Finn Hudson A sincere thank you to everyone who lent their voice and ESPECIALLY all of the heroes out there making content on fanfiction.net!  @glee_podcast as per always and stay tuned for more readings and analysis

Two whole seasons have come and gone and here we are: NEW YORK!!! Special guest Ashley Stauber (@ashleystauber) and Raina (@itsrainaingmen) debrief whatever the heck the most expensive episode of glee yet is trying to do!! And they start off with the longest cold open yet that's just two gals chatting about fanfiction which is probably better than the season two finale of GLEE If you are happy we made it TWO SEASONS, please leave us a nice review!!! and tweet us your FAVE fanfic @glee_podcast

"It's only been two seasons," Raina (@itsrainaingmen) says, voice rife with disappointment as she reflects on recycled plot. Joined in her sadness is Illisa Greenberg who came here for her boy Jesse St. James who is more terrible than usual this week. However, they have each other and Jane Lynch is a great actor, so not all hope is lost!! @glee_podcast and we would LOOOOOVVVE a sweet review on itunes!!

It's proooommmm time and Sara Chaffee (@sarachaffee) is back to HEAVILY CRITIQUE the glee cover of Rebecca Black's "Friday," and Raina (@itsrainaingmen) is here to HEAVILY CRITIQUE all the prom dresses and both of them are here to talk about the societal implications PROM @glee_podcast for prom queen!!

Back for a THIRD time, making podcast history is Avery Richardson (@avrahamlincoln) back with her good friend Kristin Chenowith to talk all about RUMOURS both the album and the wildly inconsistent episode of Glee. Her and Raina (@itsrainaingmen) fancast a fleetwood mac musical and talk about the AUDACITY OF MEN in general and also glee. FOLLOW @glee_podcast ON TWITTER and GLEE BANGERS on spotify

If anyone ever wanted a time capsule of 2011, please revist the "Born This Way" episode of Glee, where there is a flash mob in a mall set to Duck Sauce's "Barbara Streisand. Returning guest Rachelle Martin (@rachellephant) and Raina (@itsrainaingmen) discuss that nightmare as well as the nuances of women and beauty standards and more!!  if you ALSO think this episode of glee should have been 20 minutes shorter but this episode of the podcast should be 20 minutes longer pls give us a review and follow @glee_podcast

"Let me mansplain Glee to you" Raina (@itsrainaingmen) says within in the first five minutes of "A Night of Neglect," the most mediocre episode of glee (@glee_podcast) with a completely non mediocre guest Vinny Castellini. Vinny has only seen the pilot and this episode, but he is not afraid to bully Gwyneth Paltrow!  

We are back at regionals and ready to be underwhelmed. Samantha Silver (@samanthasilver) joins Raina (@itsrainaingmen) to talk the Original Songs and lovely gay boys and ugly dressed. The big three of Glee if you will. They are also briefly joined by podcast veteran Emily Basement as they cast the glee characters as the Riverdale characters and it gets HEATED  

Gwenyth Paltrow (@goop) and David Carliner (@davidcarliner) are both back to get a little bit SEXY. Glee gets real about sex education in high school and we find out how Raina (@itsrainaingmen) learned what the clitoris is. They discuss the truly beyond Landslide cover and there is a lovely cameo by the original special guest Walker Sayen himself. Take my love, take it down, follow @glee_podcast on twitter, climb a mountain, turn around. 

As Artie Abrams announces "BLOODY MARYS Y'ALL", he launches Raina (@itsrainaingmen) and returning guest Gavin Gronenthal (@ghgronenthal) into the longest episode of this podcast yet. In the episode that made teenage Gavin give up on glee, these kids are getting bad and boozy and Ryan Murphy teaches us that bisexual people are not real!!! Thanks Ryan!! Follow @glee_podcast if you think bisexuals are real

Brendan Leonard (@lovinlifeleonard) flew in all the way from New York City (where nationals will be held!!) to display his killer Ryan Murphy impression and sing the praises of wig shops, while Raina (@itsrainaingmen) tells some hot gossip from her high school. Tune in for Raina's thoughts on Despacito, and Brendan's hot takes on Lord of the Rings @glee_podcast and throw us a fun rating!!

Love is in the air, as is a couple pretty offensive plots and Artie superfan Emily Basement (@emilyrbateman) is back to chat with Raina (@itsrainaingmen) about this wild episode of Glee. They also talk about their ideal casting for the hypothetical In the Heights live (call us, NBC!). Tune in to see if this episode is as hot as Emily's TAKES! Follow us on twitter @glee_podcast and if you wanna spread the love tell all your friends and rate us five gold stars on itunes! Also STAY TUNED for the drop of the tentatively title "Hello Viewers," the upcoming podcast from Emily and friend of the show Avery Richardson. 

26.8 million people watched this episode of Glee when it aired post superbowl, having cost $3-5 million to make. And that's got NUTHIN on Raina (@itsrainaingmen) and special guest Caroline Ullman's (@carole_00) heated discussion of "The Sue Slyvester Shuffle" and also the romcom career of Rachel McAdams! Tune in for this high budget chat!! For more wackiness, gotta follow @glee_podcast and throw us five stars on itunes!