Out Loud: A Queer Comedy Podcast · Corbin Willmorth

Episode 7 - Quinn James

·1 hr 55 min·40 clips

Out Loud opens with Corbin Wilmorth promising what may be the longest conversation he has had with a comic. The episode was stitched together from three 40-minute Zoom calls, so it comes out to about two hours of audio, and Corbin leans into the mess with cheerful exasperation. Quinn James shows up as a Chicago comic with plenty of loud, specific energy. The conversation quickly turns to queer identity and the way people keep asking the same question in different forms. Corbin offers his Hunger Games explanation for figuring out gender, which is as dumb and effective as it sounds. From there, the two settle into comedy-community talk and the loose, familiar rhythm of queer comics swapping stories. It drifts, but it never really loses its shape. Corbin keeps pulling things back whenever the banter starts to wander. Quinn also talks about drag and about doing things for the bit. A viral TikTok about buying a fursuit head from Spirit Halloween gets a full airing, along with the fact that it led to a set performed while wearing the head. Quinn also helps produce a burlesque standup show in Chicago, which opens into a candid stretch about confidence, nudity, and not wanting to do standup half naked. The episode keeps circling back to the joke, even when the discomfort is real. Near the end, Corbin thanks listeners, points them to the show notes, gives a shoutout to Morningstar for the profile image, and asks for leads on other queer comedians to bring on the show. It closes with the reminder not to keep your head on straight.

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A loose, self aware conversation that finds its best footing in chemistry and mess.

Corbin Wilmorth and Chicago comic Quinn James spend most of the episode in easy, digressive company. The conversation moves through queer identity, the comedy scene, and the odd fact of recording in three Zoom calls, with the roughness left in rather than polished away.

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For when you want a queer-comedy hang that ran across three Zoom calls and still hits hard.

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