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Margaret Cho: Leading the Choligarchy

PJ Brescia Episode 30

The world is cracking...and Margaret Cho will save us!

On this week’s BabyGay™ Podcast, host PJ Brescia (they/them) records from the historic Black Cat in Silver Lake with comedy legend, activist, and fellow Out100 honoree Margaret Cho (she/her) - truly one of the funniest, fiercest, and most influential queer voices of our time!

Margaret opens up about growing up in a gay bookstore in San Francisco, coming out as pansexual, and using comedy as both protest and healing. Together, they dive into the fight for trans rights, the importance of chosen family, and how queer communities can stay joyful, angry, and connected...even as the world feels like it’s cracking.

Margaret also gives us the inside scoop on her new films — the heartfelt dramedy All That We Love (with Jesse Tyler Ferguson) and the glitter-splattered zombie comedy Queens of the Dead — both in theaters now. Plus, her brand-new stand-up tour The Choligarchy, a chaotic, cathartic must-see show proving that being “cracked” might just be the cure.

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BabyGay™ Podcast, released every Wednesday at 12PM PT, is hosted by PJ Brescia (they/them) — a 2025 Out100 honoree — and celebrates queer stories, self-discovery, and the power of authenticity.

Produced by Tom Gault and PJ Brescia.

Special thanks to The Black Cat.

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