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Welcome back to a BONUS EPISODE of The Hella Chisme Podcast

Happy Halloween, bitches. 🎃

This is Echoes of the Sapphire Circle, Part 2 ...the Hella Chisme Podcast Halloween special, and the second half of our queer horror story. A year after the seance in Tahoe, the Four C's are scattered. Casey is in Oakland pretending the podcast never happened. Cameron keeps seeing a face in every reflection. Chase went full yogi and stopped answering. Then a notification comes from an account that's been dead for a year and a storm brings Courtney to the door with sapphire eyes, fangs, and an invitation Chase can't refuse.

New here? Do Part 1 first so this one lands — pause, go listen, come back.
▶ Echoes of Sapphire Circle, Part 1

🔞 18+ explicit: adult language, sexual content, blood, and a bite that changes everything. Headphones on, lights off, candles lit.

🎧 Full episode + audio: Echoes of Sapphire Circle, Part 1

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Welcome back to another episode of the Hella Chisme Podcast!

Rico Prada went on a reality dating show to find love — and came home with receipts on colorism, masculinity, and what dating as an Afro-Latino gay man actually costs.

The Afro-Cuban mechanic, model, and dancer from For the Love of Dills Season 2 sits down with Dana for one of the rawest Hella Chisme conversations yet: hairy butts, bad breath, dark rooms, and the gay dating truths nobody says out loud.

Rico breaks down growing up between his African American and Cuban sides, why he identifies as Afro first and Cubano second, and what it took to leave LA for San Diego and finally slow down. He gets honest about the colorism he's navigated in go-go dancing and gay nightlife, the stranger who demanded a Spanish voice note to "prove" he was really Latino, and why he's tired of auditioning for his own identity.

Then it goes behind the scenes of For the Love of Dills: the 24/7 filming, the 12-hour shoot days, the two-drink limit before confessionals, and why he says his relationship with Nigel Battle was 100% real. Plus his take on masculinity as both "the prize" and "the most toxic," the pressure he felt to be a pure top, and the day he cried trying on a corset.

Then we play Would You Rather — gay dating edition. The hot takes get spicy: body hair, bad breath, ashy skin, dark rooms, and whether he'd rather know every person who wants his man or every person his man ever wanted.

Stick around to the end for Rico's unfiltered dating hot takes and the affirmation he leaves for anybody still learning how to let themselves be loved.

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Instagram: @rico.prada17
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Got a dating truth of your own? Drop it in the comments — Dana reads every single one.

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Topics to include: afro latino, colorism, gay dating, gay dating advice, gay dating show, dating podcast, dating advice, dating advice for men, masculinity, lgbtq, queer, gay men, sexuality, relationships, relationship advice, dating, social commentary, black history, afro latino identity, reality tv dating show, gay dating stories, dating hot takes, black men dating, self love, queer dating, dating preferences, gay culture, body hair, reciprocity in dating, San Diego

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Welcome back to another episode of the Hella Chisme Podcast

This week join Dana on Hella Chisme Podcast for a soulful conversation with actor, dancer & musician Keiynan Lonsdale about giving yourself permission to be fully seen creatively, personally and unapologetically.

Keiynan opens up about growing up in Western Sydney finding safety in dance and music, how his big diverse family shaped his worldview, and how Michael Jackson shaped his commitment to excellence. He traces his evolution since Rainbow Boy, confronting his shadows, learning vulnerability as strength, and redefining masculinity on his own terms: true masculinity is graceful.

We get into his intentional creative process from gibberish to polished visuals, the business of being an independent artist, and his new single Body High — a grounded, physical feeling of peace that opens his upcoming slower R&B project about navigating relationships and finding peace after the storm.

Tap in for storytelling, legacy, queer culture, community care and what it really takes to keep it moving forward.

Connect with Keiynan Lonsdale:

Instagram: @keiynanlonsdale

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Topics to include: Keiynan Lonsdale interview, Keiynan Lonsdale Body High, Rainbow Boy evolution, queer masculinity, true masculinity is graceful, vulnerability as strength, being fully seen, queer podcast, LGBTQ storytelling, independent artist journey, R&B new music, Michael Jackson influence, Western Sydney origin story, diverse family acceptance, creative process directing choreography, soulful intentional artistry, queer culture community care

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