This week, Dai and David are joined by Cris and L Bolton-Hunter.  Cris and L are the founders of a nonprofit called Rainbows and Reflections that gets books with LGBTQ+ representation to the readers who need them most at no cost to them.  The interview covers queer joy, queer survival, liberation theology, deconstructing faith, Subarus, U-Haul lesbians, book bans, healing our inner child, values based living, resistance, the power of community, unconditional love, book shipping logistics, and much much more.

We feel so fortunate that Cris & L shared their third wedding anniversary with us!  Go support Rainbows and Reflections, and follow them on Facebook and Instagram!

The Reading List:

• Gender Magic by Rae McDaniel
• Untamed by Glennon Doyle
• Gender Queer: A Memoir by Maia Kobabe
• The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune
• The Power of Ritual: Turning Everyday Activities into Soulful Practices by Casper Ter Kuile
• Queer & Christian: Reclaiming the Bible, Our Faith, and Our Place at the Table by Brandan Robertson

CONTENT WARNING: This episode discusses suicidal ideation.

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This week, Dai and David are joined by an incredibly special guest, Melat Kiros!  Melat is running for Congress in Colorado's First District to represent Denver in the U.S. House of Representatives.  The three discuss running for office, the Democratic Party, money in politics, FDR, DSA, corporations, power in organizing, public funding of elections, corporate PAC money, stakeholder supremacy vs shareholder supremacy, public safety, surveillance, over policing, housing first, AI regulations, unionizing, unlimited free hot chocolate refills, and much much more.

We hope you enjoy listening to this interview as much as we enjoyed having it!  Go learn more about Melat at her campaign website and follow her on social media (links below).

More Perfect Union's Exclusive on Dynamic Pricing and AI Algorithms Manipulating Grocery Prices (YouTube)

Tyson Foods Closes Nebraska Plant (Yahoo Finance)

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This week, Dai and David celebrate a December to remember by drinking only good water, getting engaged in public, accepting free desserts, highlighting lime (over lemon) citrus supremacy, adding peppermint syrup to sweet tea, accepting boyfriend applications, sharing their love languages, negotiating over the thermostat, surviving flying on a Boeing, BYOTP, making the case for larger snack portions on airplanes, avoiding surprises but welcoming spontaneity, using facial recognition as an airplane ticket, eating baked beans and Christmas turkey for breakfast, becoming exhausted by chewable ice everywhere, and much much more.

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This week, Dai and David put on their best performances as heterosexuals, share thoughts on the Wicked movie, celebrate corporate behemoth downfalls, gather their sense of direction, debate Apple Maps vs. Google Maps, diversify their data storage, discuss AI created music, express what they are thankful for this year, and much much more.

We Are Charlie Kirk AI-Created Song by Spalexma (YouTube)

AI-Created Song "I Run by HAVEN" Explained (Digital Music News)

"Madame Morrible MM Flip It Around Wicked Witch" -Michelle Yeoh (TikTok)

FACT CHECK: Evidently, people have driven into lakes using multiple GPS systems and not just Apple Maps (even though David will continue to not use it).

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This week, Dai and David don't know what they don't know, meet the lizard people in the underground tunnels at Denver International Airport, forgive but never forget, generate megawatts of power, eat at the food forest, figure out how to say and spell amortization, feed the naked (and the hungry), find love, discharge dishonorably, and discuss nuclear power, community land trusts, affordable housing, 50-year mortgages, churches not providing baby formula for people in need, and much much more.

Denver International Airport (DIA) Wants New Energy Sources (Denver7)

DIA CEO Spends Nearly $19k on International Flight (CBS News)

Tierra Colectiva Community Land Trust (GES Coalition)

Trump's 50-Year Mortgage Gets Warning from Moody (Newsweek)

Nine in Ten Denver Area Homes Lose Value in Past Year (Denver Post)

Church Baby Formula Test on TikTok (Religion Unplugged)

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This week, Dai and David promote the benefits of contributing to their fall fundraiser, demand over the top laughter even with vocal nodules, believe in karma, wish for more lunch restaurants to open at 10 AM, recap a tour of the landfill, discuss their own mental health struggles, and much much more.  This episode discusses themes of mental illness, depression, and autism. If you are struggling with your mental health, please consult with a licensed mental health provider for support.

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To celebrate 140 episodes, Dai and David are releasing this week's episode a day early, so you can hear their immediate thoughts on election results from across the country from New York City to Virginia to Colorado.  Join them as they put pronouns back in their email signatures, start implementing Shakira and Shania law, experience some political hope for the first time in a long time, celebrate the overdue death of Dick Cheney, remember KitKat the bodega cat, turn collective thoughts into collective actions, and much much more!

Zohran Reacts To The Death of Dick Cheney (Reddit)

Winsome Sears Wants To Know What Happens When The Sun Goes Down (Instagram)

Message From The DNC - "The Dems Are Back" (SNL on YouTube)

Police Wrongfully Accuse A Woman of Package Theft Due To Flock (Denverite)

CORRECTION: Serena Gonzales-Gutierrez was elected in 2023 to her at-large city council seat with 20.6% of the vote, and Sarah Parady was elected in 2023 to her at-large city council seat with 16.61% of the vote.

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This week, Dai and David really honor God on Sundays by letting you fast, download raunchy bootleg songs on dial up internet, learn how to drive a stick shift, tell David's surveillance villain origin story, share therapy epiphanies and feelings, recap last week's Denver community town hall event about Flock Surveillance Technologies, propose charter changes for the City & County of Denver, wonder what to do after the No King's Protest Part II, highlight the role of mutual aid and community solidarity, reimagine money in politics, highlight the scary NSPM-7 presidential memorandum, and much much more.

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This week, Dai and David hoot and holler at an eight year old's soccer game, chomp and faunch at the bit, become members of group seven, communicate using secret hand signals and Pig Latin, beg Wendy's to bring back sweet and sour sauce, manipulate the economy and gas prices, break plastic crowns in half, allegedly steal scaffolding in downtown Denver, get back online after the AWS outage, break into the Louvre during broad daylight, qualify and quantify, protect our Fourth Amendment rights, and much much more!

CORRECTION: The United Kingdom's Electronic Travel Authorization Program began receiving applications for non-European Union travelers on November 27, 2024.

Department of Homeland Security Buys Kristi Noem Luxury Private Jets (Democracy Now)

Colorado Democrat Governor Jared Polis Wants To Share Information With ICE (Denver Post)

Denver Mayor Mike Johnston Unilaterally Extends Flock Surveillance License Plate Reader Contract Despite Community & City Council Pushback (Denverite)

AI Surveillance Drones To Respond To Police Calls in Denver (9News)

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This week, Dai and David celebrate grey sweatpants season, start the war on Christmas, pick out their Halloween costumes, figure out the difference between condemn and condone, see glimmers and flickering porch lights, unpack the nonexistent ceasefire between Israel and Palestine, highlight the inflatable resistance in Portland and the Chicago ICE raids, build an Air Force base for Qatar in Idaho, protect the Voting Rights Act, protest rising electricity bills because of data centers and AI, interrupt Kamala Harris on her book tour, and much much more.

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This week, Dai and David exchange pleasantries, enter their truth telling era, recap a trip to Iowa, get civically engaged, attempt to demonstrate accountability, work through people pleasing tendencies, create art, celebrate National Coming Out Day, become a martyr, discuss running for office, figs, billionaires, City of Denver budget woes, further policing poor people, and much much more.

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This week, Dai and David buy a VCR to record Bad Bunny's Super Bowl Halftime Show, cheer on the new Mr. International, share a communal experience, center themselves, promote Santa being a socialist, settle the online feud between Cardi B and Nicki Minaj, promote Doja Cat and Mariah Carey's new music, preview Taylor Swift's new album, and much much more.

This week's episode was sponsored by late stage capitalism and David Kugler Consulting.  You can sign up for a free 30-minute new client call with promo code LIMBO.

CORRECTION: The 2025 winner of Mr. International is from the Philippines. The 2024 winner was from Nigeria.

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This week, Dai and David survive the rapture, go undercover as a Republican at a Republican Party fundraising dinner, geolocate in Phoenix, pop a Tylenol, call the radio station with incorrect song requests, dream of abolishing the HOA, eat dry pork chops, give a standing ovation, recite Mariah Carey's music catalog, prepare for the Super Bowl, and much much more.

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This week, Dai and David discuss pumpkin spice, raisin bran, free speech, political violence, free will, Log Cabin Republicans, the first amendment, media control, Jimmy Kimmel, Ronald Reagan, hate speech, the power of words, propaganda, vaccines, debating, trillions of souls, beehive monarchies, unaffiliated voters, mortality, empathy, pattern recognition, and much much more.

CONTRIBUTE TO OUR FALL FUNDRAISER ON VENMO AND CASHAPP  @CALLMELIMBOPOD!!

Etsy Witches Paid to Put a Curse on Charlie Kirk (Jezebel)

Charlie Kirk Was Practicing Politics The Right Way by Ezra Klein (New York Times)

Nexstar and Tegna Merger (Independent)

1 in 6 US Parents Rejecting Vaccine Recommendations (Washington Post)

Over Half of Colorado Voters Are Unaffiliated (Axios Denver)

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This week, Dai and David pledge a fraternity, speak in acronyms, discover their corporate superpower, reimagine their thinking, grab a shovel to dig deep, evolve from capitalism, remember their umbrellas, use their turn signals, and discuss anti-intellectualism, new sports stadiums, DEI, dynamic ticket pricing, Charlie Kirk, and much much more.  Oh and David has a full blown crash out!

Producer's Note: When we recorded this episode, Charlie Kirk had been shot, but it was not known that he had died.

Vibrant Denver Bond - $139.2 million proposed for the 6th Avenue & 8th Avenue Viaducts conveniently located near the new Denver Broncos stadium (City of Denver)

Waymo is bringing its driverless vehicles to Denver (Denver Post)

Wheat Ridge Police Department using artificial intelligence to generate reports, hoping for efficiency (Denver7)

Denver City Council approves a big raise for police weeks after citywide cuts (Denverite)

Should Denverites Pay $70M for Another Sports Stadium? (City Cast Denver)

University of Denver ends DEI initiatives to protect funding, but chancellor says school isn't 'kowtowing' (Denver Post)

Denver Public Schools responds to gender-neutral bathroom change deadline at East High School (CBS Colorado)

Merit My Ass: The Myth Fueling America's Anti-DEI Meltdown (Call Me Limbo Substack)

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This week, Dai and David protect a building, lean into being public figures, do some investigative journalism at Cracker Barrel, figure out when fall starts, operate in chaos, give some hot takes, discuss Cardi B's trial, Lil Nas X's arrest, mail-in voting, the Space Force moving from Colorado to Alabama, and much much more.

Go read David's Legacy poem!

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In this bonus episode, David reads his Legacy Substack article that he's been teasing for the last couple months.

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This week, Dai and David learn they have an IMDB page, promote themselves in queer media, hold space for the lyrics of Defying Gravity, piggyback off that, lean in, circle back, create content, review their values, highlight external accomplishments, wrestle with perfectionism, take FMLA, outgrow the idea of employment, quote MLK, make hell look attractive, explain the difference between soul food and spirit food, eat radioactive shrimp from Walmart, describe the vibes of Cracker Barrel and their new but old again logo, discuss gun control, and much much more.

Aurora, Colorado Pride on August 30, 2025

Cirrus Social Club

Taw Win Thai & Burmese Food

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Minneapolis Catholic School Shooting Updates (CNN)

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This week, Dai and David eat secret sauce, decline the cheese, get called buddy, attend music festivals across the country, walk in the rainbow crosswalk, have their blood searched with a warrant, out homophobic and conservative lawmakers using Grindr, explain budgeting and cost controls, discuss the ending of three Salvation Army contracts in Denver, gay marriage, drag as free expression, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act, and much much more.

The Salvation Army Won't Run Denver's Hotel Shelters Anymore (Denverite)

Denver Layoffs Deliver Big Hits to Small Offices (Denver Post)

Three New ICE Detention Centers Reportedly Planned for Colorado (Colorado Newsline)

Gay People and Drag Performers Have First Amendment Rights (Vox)

What's Different about Trump's Deployment of the National Guard in DC (NPR)

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This week, Dai and David speak in gay voice (or just an Australian accent?), see the mountains for the first time, define tsunami, take the temperature of the ocean, ignore straight people, debate tornadoes vs. hurricanes, drive in the snow and ice, protect civil liberties, discuss the attempts to repeal same-sex marriage at the Supreme Court, and much much more.

Is This Earth's Most Treacherous Coastline? (PBS Terra - YouTube)

Cedar Rapids Floods in 2008 (City of Cedar Rapids)

Same-Sex Marriage in Iowa (Wikipedia)

Respect for Marriage Act (Wikipedia)

Peter Buttigieg Abandons Transgender Rights (Out Magazine)

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This week, Dai and David fight the War of Northern Aggression, love whatever is wrong with you, bring back critical thinking, find love at a LaRussell concert in Chicago, get called "boss", start a Super PAC, take a collective breath, schedule car maintenance with an AI receptionist, (figuratively) push Trump off the roof of the White House, share listener feedback, and discuss a Nebraska Congressional town hall event, gerrymandering in Texas, Senate reform, the Voting Rights Act, the importance of power, and much much more.

Nebraska Congressional Town Hall Erupts In Anger Over Trump Policies (ABC News)

Azealia Banks Makes Music For Gays (YouTube)

'You Don't Beat a Bully by Playing Dead' and Resisting Texas Gerrymandering (Zeteo)

Trump Walks on the White House Roof (AP)

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This week, Dai and David commemorate 125 episodes, settle the barbershop singing debate, celebrate the Destiny's Child reunion, request gift cards to the electric company, buy bootleg parking lot t-shirts, get recognized in public, give a land acknowledgement, poop on the clock, cry beautifully on air, promote themselves on Grindr, eat warm cookies, live a life of luxury, and much much more.

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Read Dai's Article about Brandi (This is RNB)

Read about the Denver Vibrant Bond Priorities (City & County of Denver)

History of Violence at 4040 Quebec Shelter in Denver (Denver7)

Chris Smalls and the Handala (The Guardian)

Melat Kiros Running for House of Representatives in Colorado Congressional District 1

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This week, Dai and David tend to their joint pain, give a birthday recap, share therapist wisdom, draw an oracle card, shimmy shake, get really good at shadow work, enter their twink era, and discuss Denver Mayor Mike Johnston's 2025 State of the City Address, Laverne Cox previously dating a MAGA police officer, Trisha Paytas's new baby, and much much more.

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This week, Dai and David play their new favorite game called "Who Wants To Guillotine A Billionaire?!"  They also discuss their favorite candies, digital price tags, the penny being discontinued, quarter hoarding, banking, the ongoing Target boycott, the final dimension of hell that is Walmart, coupons, paid sick leave, swallowing pills, Big Chocolate, Beyonce's stolen laptop, and much much more!

The penny costs nearly 4 cents to make. Here’s how much the US spends on minting its other coins (Denver Post)

Amid DEI controversy, Target makes a surprising move (The Street)

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This week, Dai and David take a Jet2 holiday, make out with a ferris wheel, lock down their digital identities, namedrop a lot of people, recover from food poisoning, discuss artificial intelligence (AI) in human resources, AI for dating and romance, and AI as surveillance, and much much more.  They also answer a listener question about car insurance in their new Ask Me Anything segment.

Why people are falling in love with A.I. companions (60 Minutes Australia - YouTube)

The Anti-Social Century By Derek Thompson (The Atlantic)

ChatGPT May Be Eroding Critical Thinking Skills, According to a New MIT Study (Time Magazine)

OpenAI wins $200 million U.S. defense contract (CNBC)

Therapy Chatbot Tells Recovering Addict to Have a Little Meth as a Treat (Futurism)

Denmark to tackle deepfakes by giving people copyright to their own features (The Guardian)

AI Slop: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO on YouTube)

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