Cheers & Queers

Jul 03 2023 21 ep. 62 mins 119
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A boozie podcast about Black queer life hosted by Kirya Traber and Isake Smith.

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Introducing Spotlight in PURPLE

Jul 03 2023 62 mins  
Hello queers! This is Kirya, she/her femme if you’re nastyI’ve missed y’all! It’s been too long…I’m back in your ears because I made something really special that I want to share with you. For those of you who loved Cheers & Queers for our Black Femme realness, our occasional witchy remarks, and our commitment to center things Black & femme… I think you’re g

Waffle Colored Knee-Grows ft. Queen

Apr 30 2021 90 mins  
Are they cute or are they just lightskin? Isake and Queen talk about colorism, pop culture things that have brought us Black joy. Please follow us on Instagram and Twitter @CheersNQueers, and support our Patreon.

Pleasure Through the Panty Raid with Jennifer Eden

Mar 31 2021 54 mins  
Isake talks with Jennifer Eden about kink, sex education, and centering self-pleasure in the midst of a continued global disaster. Please follow us on Instagram and Twitter @CheersNQueers, and support our Patreon.

Radical Ratchet Joy with Jewel Cadet

Feb 27 2021 81 mins  
Kirya and Isake talk with Jewel about party spaces, survival-centered transformative justice practices, and what it means to be crafting the way forward with practice, grace, and twerking. Please follow us on Instagram and Twitter @CheersNQueers, and support our Patreon.

A shot! Twentytwentywon

Jan 26 2021 31 mins  
We are back with a mini-episode to begin Season 3! Kirya and Isake talk about the apocalypse, dry January, and give you some important show updates. Please follow us on Instagram and Twitter @CheersNQueers, and support our Patreon.

Existential Authenticity ft. Be Steadwell

Aug 06 2020 73 mins  
Isake and Kirya giggle a lot with our guest, storyteller, and musician Be Steadwell. We talk about her new album, Succulent, what is getting us through in the midst of a wild world, and what we are imagining things could be.

#OnFleet: Enterprise

Jun 15 2020 61 mins  
The first of our Star Trek mini-series! We talk through Enterprise and discuss if it’s really as bad as everyone says it is. (Spoiler alert, it’s the worst thing to ever happen to space, but listen anyway for a Black queer analysis of why it’s so terrible!) Please fill out our listener survey and check out our Patreon!

A Quarantine Chronicle

May 15 2020 60 mins  
Isake and Kirya drink different things and meander through their lives in the time of the ‘Rona. BONUS: Now you can give us your money! (Please take a few moments to fill out our listener survey, the link is in the show notes below)

Cheers and Queers S2 Ep 04 - Don't Try Me ft. Angélique Roché

Feb 29 2020 87 mins  
Another throwback episode! We (extensively) cover Vulcans at First Contact, consider the work Black femmes do for everyone, look for queer history from 1619 to 2019, misandry, and chat with Angelique Roche about the journey to freelance, content creation, and being a professional nerd.

Cheers and Queers - Black Queers #OnFleet

Feb 02 2020 43 mins  
A blerdy review of our trek fandom with Cleopatra From the Bronx. Recorded live at Respect: Women’s Podcast Festival hosted by the Black Tribbles in at Amalgam Comics in Philly, August 24, 2019.