Everything and Anything…and a bit gay Podcast Zachary Randles-Friedman

What happens when a surgical device inventor and serial entrepreneur discovers she can "see" inside the human body from across the world? Zach sits down with Julie Ryan — medical intuitive, psychic medium, author of eight books, and host of the Ask Julie Ryan show — for a wide-ranging conversation about what she calls "the buffet of psychicness."

Julie shares how a birthday gift of Caroline Myss's Anatomy of the Spirit sent her on a 30-year journey from hospital supply sales rep to one of the most recognized intuitive healers working today. She explains how she scans people energetically (with permission, always), why she believes nobody ever heals anybody else, and how a jar of Dippity-Do became one of her favorite healing analogies.

The conversation moves into end-of-life experiences and her "12 phases of transition," the reason her book Angelic Attendance is now handed out by churches, hospices, and military chaplains, and her belief that nobody ever dies alone. Zach opens up about his late mother-in-law, Irene, and the quarters that keep appearing — and Julie offers a meaning he didn't expect.

They also get into past lives (including Julie's own lifetime during the Irish potato famine), how she handles skeptics, her take on TV mediums who read strangers uninvited, and her simple first step for anyone who wants to start developing their own intuition.

Connect with Julie Ryan:

• Website, free copy of Angelic Attendance, and workshop registration: https://askjulieryan.com/
• Socials: @AskJulieRyan on all platforms
• Ask Julie Ryan live call-in show: Thursdays at 8 pm ET

Connect with Zach:

• everythingandanythingpodcast.com
• @TheRealZachRE on all platforms

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In this solo episode, Zach talks about something most of us hit eventually: the moment you just stop caring what people think. For him, it clicked at 50. Now 53, he's still cutting people out, or at least putting them "on pause." He gets candid about the second half of life and the things nobody warns you about, from a surprise frozen shoulder diagnosis to the role reversal of caring for aging parents.

Zach also takes on friendship: why the friends you've had since sixth grade are forever, why some newer ones wouldn't make the cut if you met them today, and how to tell a normal rough patch from a friendship that's all take and no give. Then he turns to modern dating. He explains why he'd never want to be single today and reacts to news that a gay dating app promising "verified" profiles was found to have a big chunk of AI accounts. He closes with the growing wave of midlife professionals walking away from corporate burnout, and his own decision about whether to go back.

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At 25, Vinney Tolman was found dead on the floor of a Dairy Queen bathroom. Medics pronounced him dead, zipped him into a body bag, and loaded him into an ambulance. Then a rookie medic in the back of that ambulance got a feeling he couldn't ignore.

In this episode, Zach talks with Vinney, author of The Light After Death: My Journey to Heaven and Back, about watching his own death without realizing it was him, the life review that showed him every harm he'd caused from the other person's side, and his three days in heaven with a guide named Drake, who turned out to be his great-great-great grandfather. Vinney also talks about the childhood abuse that shaped him, why he now calls Earth "grad school," the 10 principles Drake taught him, and what it was like to finally sit across a lunch table from the medic who brought him back.

Content note: this episode includes discussion of drug use, overdose, and childhood physical and sexual abuse.

The 10 principles Drake taught Vinney

Authenticity
Life's purpose is to learn and grow
Love is the most powerful force on Earth
The voice of intuition inside your heart
Use technology responsibly
Hating prejudiced people makes you prejudiced
Your thoughts are your magic wands
Conquer negative energy by loving and releasing it
There is purpose in evil
We're all fingers on the Creator's hand

Links

Living God's Light: https://livinggodslight.org/ 
The Light After Death: My Journey to Heaven and Back: thelightafterdeath.com

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Fighting for Their Lives: Jenn Garofolo on Mental Health & Raising a Trans Son

Fellow Bostonian Jenn Garofolo joins Zach to talk about her book Fighting for Their Lives, a mother's account of two separate but overlapping journeys: her son Daniel's severe mental health struggles, which began when he was a toddler, and his coming out as nonbinary and then as a transgender young man at 11.

Jenn has an Ivy League education, two master's degrees and a career in biotech, and it still took her a decade to navigate the mental health system for her child. She talks candidly about the early signs everyone wrote off as the "terrible twos," the judgment from her own parents that led to their estrangement, and the devastation of leaving her eight-year-old at a locked psychiatric unit. Then she shares how Daniel came out to her by text on a family vacation, why finding an affirming therapist was its own battle, and why, compared to everything before it, the trans journey was the easier one.

Zach and Jenn also get into her husband Craig's unwavering support, how the family's crises affected Daniel's younger siblings, the difference between gender dysphoria and body dysmorphia, the importance of found family and LGBTQ+ elders, and her decision to publish despite fears for her son's safety in today's anti-trans climate.

About Jenn Garofolo:
Jenn Garofolo, MPH, MBA, is an author, advocate, speaker and consultant with more than 20 years of experience leading healthcare access strategy. She sits on the board of the Boston Gay Men's Chorus and mentors families navigating mental health and LGBTQ+ journeys.

Links:

Get Fighting for Their Lives: https://www.jenngarofolo.com/book
Jenn's website: https://www.jenngarofolo.com
Follow Zach: @TheRealZachRE
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Daily LGBTQ+ news: Listen Up Girl, listenupgirl.com

Content note: This episode includes discussion of child suicidality and psychiatric hospitalization. If you or someone you love is struggling, call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline). LGBTQ+ young people can reach The Trevor Project at thetrevorproject.org.

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Zach sits down with Damian Pelliccione (he/they), co-founder and CEO of Revry, the free, ad-supported LGBTQ+ streaming network, and co-creator and Kings' Court judge of the hit competition series King of Drag. As Revry nears its 11th year and King of Drag returns for season 2, Damian opens up about the Apple keynote that sparked the whole idea, the years of pitching a drag king show to advertisers who didn't know what a drag king was, and the stories that remind him why this work matters.

In this episode:

• Zach launches his matchmaking service for Damian (applications open in the DMs)
• How an Apple TV announcement in 2015 inspired Revry, and the four co-founders who built it from Damian's living room
• Why Revry chose to be free and ad-supported so anyone in the community can see their stories
• The long road to King of Drag, from two NewFronts presentations to e.l.f. Cosmetics finally saying yes
• Season 1's surprise success, including watch parties in Brazil, Taiwan, Madrid, Paris, and beyond
• "Drag Race meets The Great British Bake Off": a competition built on support rather than cattiness
• The Dong Show, King of Drag's answer to Snatch Game
• The rainbow of drag king artistry, and the season 2 winner becoming the first drag king to perform at The Dinah
• Voting for Mr. Congeniality with a $1 donation to Translatina Coalition
• Why gay men need to show up for the trans community, and a new all-trans-women franchise in development
• Damian on disrupting spaces as a non-binary CEO, and why he's moving to New York
• Raising venture capital as an LGBTQ+ and BIPOC-founded company
• A story from Mumbai that brought him to tears, and a framed message from a closeted young man in Saudi Arabia that he still keeps on his desk
• Most of King of Drag's U.S. audience watching from red states
• His dream Mic Drop guests: Andy Cohen, Tim Cook, and Oprah
• Dustin Lance Black's new docuseries Rock Out, premiering on Revry

Watch King of Drag season 2 on Revry, with new episodes every Sunday through November 8. The season finale, crowning, and watch party will be at Webster Hall in New York City. Rock Out, the four-part docuseries, streams on Revry and ends on National Coming Out Day, October 11.

Follow Damian: @damianmedia on Instagram
Watch Revry: https://www.revry.tv/ 
Support Translatina Coalition: https://www.translatinacoalition.org/

Follow Zach: @TheRealZachRE

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