[Ashley Ray] Is The Genre

Tim welcomes comedian/TV writer and FORMER TV critic Ashley Ray of the

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podcast to chart her path from secretly watching Queer As Folk on TV as a kid to fully embracing queerness as the key to her comedic sensibility.

In 2022, Ashley wrote on Adult Swim’s, ALABAMA JACKSON created by Donald Faison. Ashley was selected as one of HBO Max’s Queer Comics to Watch for 2021 and filmed a digital special for the platform. That same year she did a sold out hour at Union Hall in NY and debuted a new hour at The Yard Theater in Los Angeles. She hosts High Gear Comedy, a monthly live show with Barbara Gray at The Airliner in LA.

Her newsletter about TV, pop culture and life as a solo poly bisexual dream babe was named "One of the Best 2020 Newsletters to Subscribe to That Will Keep You Informed and Entertained" by Marie Claire.

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CREDITS:

• Host: Tim Barnes

• Guest: Ashley Ray

• Theme Song: “You Are The Genre” by Freddie Nunez

• Music Engineer: Adam Smith (@a_scug on Instagram)

• Podcast Art: Madhuri Shukla

REFERENCES:

• To Sleep With Anger (1990)

• The Original Kings of Comedy (2000)

• Queer As Folk (2001)

• The Queens of Comedy (2001)

• The L Word (2004)

• The Silence Is the Loudest Part of Renaissance: A Film (2023)