In this episode, multi-disciplinary black femme storyteller AriDy Nox discusses how Elphaba and Galinda/Glinda from Wicked are absolutely gay. We also talk about the song "The Spark of Creation" from the 1991 Stephen Schwartz and John Caird musical Children of Eden.
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Music played in this episode:
"One Short Day" from Wicked
"For Good" from Wicked
"What is this Feeling" from Wicked
"Popular" from Wicked
"Defying Gravity" from Wicked
"I’m Not That Girl Reprise" from Wicked
"The Spark of Creation" from Children of Eden