Podcast Description

"You Don’t Say, with the Loquacious Mr. Duane" promises listeners a novel blend of candid commentary, profound content, and ample humor, delivered by former New York State Senator Thomas K. Duane with journalist and former host on KABC talk radio, Los Angeles, Blake Newhem Valenzuela moderating and cohosting. Known for his pioneering LGBTQ+ advocacy and groundbreaking civil rights work -- as well as for his frank talk about his own addiction and mental health struggles -- Duane delivers a mix of political experience, personal insight, and radical honesty that is refreshing, engaging, and enlightening. The key to the show's dynamism is the co-hosts' energetic and irreverent interaction. They both have extensive interview and public speaking experience; both were professors at prestigious colleges. They're both quick-witted, confessional, irreverent, challenging to each other; their conversations are often satirical, frequently unpredictable, and always entertaining.