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Episode 153: From Control Room to Center Stage- Kyle Ridley on Reinvention, Divorce & Dream Guests
Episode 153
Published 3 months, 1 week ago
Description
Guest: Kyle Ridley
Host of The Tangle with Kyle Ridley
In This Episode:
- Kyle’s 20-year journalism career — from print to NBC to producing DC morning TV
- Winning two local Emmys (and why he didn’t attend the ceremony)
- Turning 40 and deciding to finally step into the spotlight
- Imposter syndrome in media and aging into confidence
- Divorce in the LGBTQ+ community and how relationships evolve
- Monogamy vs. open relationships — what works, what doesn’t
- The emotional complexity of “secondary” relationships
- Building gay community later in life
- Dream podcast guests (Margaret Cho, Andy Cohen, Sandra Bernhard, Rosie O’Donnell & more)
- What it’s like booking and interviewing major celebrities
- Heated Rivalry deep dive (Connor vs. Francois debate included)
- Celebrity crushes: Jacob Elordi, Paul Mescal, Jon Hamm & daddy vibes
- Starting over professionally after layoffs and launching your own media company
- What success actually means in your 40s
- Maintaining hope in a chaotic political and cultural moment
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