Podcasts by BDE (Big Dyke Energy)

Don't Squander the Squash from 2023-09-18T14:00

Deep in Virgo season, Rose and Gala reappear to reap the seeds that Venus Rx and Mercury Rx have sown. What's on the table this harvest season? A medley of astrology roots. We're talking...

Suffering Sapphotash! from 2023-07-22T17:30

On this episode of BDE, Rose and Gala delve into the depths of this season’s dramatic Venus Rx transit using the common language of trashy television. If deciphering all this transit talk has got y...

She’s Got Me Like Nobody from 2023-05-09T00:00:42

This is an episode dedicated to Poker Face, a practically perfect new show starring Natasha Lyonne (who is also an executive producer). An episodic murder mystery, the only real crime this show com...

The Price of Saturn from 2023-03-10T21:02:21

Saturn has shifted into Pisces and —while all the Saturn in Aquarius babes are taking a deep breath—our Saturn in Pisces pals are getting ready for life school. What’s a dyke got to learn from the ...

In My Villain Era from 2023-01-28T17:07:20

Nipping at the heels of awards season, Rose and Gala are here to talk Tár and tarnished protagonists. A little bit of kvetch and a lot of klatch, there’s a game of sapphic villain top-bottom-vers t...

Are You Guys, Like, Sisters? from 2022-12-10T16:34:01

There’s a good chance that if you were a dyke in the early aughts, then a Tegan and Sara song has the power to open up a deep well of nostalgia and possibly even regret in you. In this month’s e...

A League of Our Own from 2022-09-21T19:45:18

There's no crying in baseball, and no clams in the dugout. But there are clam-diggers! What? Haven’t heard that old chestnut in a while? Well strap in because this episode, devoted to late summer’s...

Putting the camp in...Camp from 2022-08-20T19:08:18

Friendship bracelets, field trips, team sports, and sporty sandals… is there anything gayer than summer camp? In this brand spanking new episode of BDE, Rose and Gala make the case for summer camp ...

Mommy Issues from 2022-07-29T22:32:47

Straights talk a big game about daddy issues but dykes everywhere know that mommy issues are really the mother of it all. Of course, here at BDE, we know that anyone and anything can be a mother--i...

A Sheep Named O'Keefe from 2022-06-19T16:46:24

Join Rose & Gala on a Mercury-fueled ride down memory lane as they wax sapphic about LiveJournals past and all the trappings of being emotionally online in the early years of social media. P...

Horny Spooky axis from 2022-05-17T15:14:29

Come slither along the Taurus Scorpio axis on this Eclipse season episode of BDE. Or, should we call it the Horny/Spooky axis? And which is which—-really—-when you get down to (on) it? Much to perc...

Who's the Top? from 2022-04-15T16:00

It's another episode of BDE, coming at ya this time with that Big Top Energy. Edging out of hot and heavy Aries season with a lot of confidence, this episode is a five course fist, serving up the t...

Teach a Gal to Fish from 2022-03-16T16:26:21

AND SHE'LL EAT FOR THE REST OF HER LIFE. That’s what she said—and by “she” we mean Rose, the Pisces rising and Mercury, on this very Piscean episode of BDE. Come for the astrology, stay for the dyk...

The Yellow(jacket) Menace from 2022-02-15T14:22:44

Rose and Gala get back to the drawing board, beginning a new season of BDE with a tried and true approach: one episode, one theme, and all sapphistry all the time. Join us for a deep dive into t...

Am I Sexual? from 2022-01-14T21:44:26

Venus is STILL retrograde and the devil is in the details this Capricorn season. But with a moody full moon in Cancer blessing the month of January and an exhausting square between Mars and Nept...

A Smorgasbord of Sexualities from 2021-12-20T16:57:08

A choose your own (Sagittarian) adventure episode where each adventure is a quest to find good sapphic media. Welcome, one and all, to Rose and Gala's shameless TV corner where we embrace the wi...

The Kehlani/SZA axis from 2021-11-18T15:50:24

Welcome to the Taurus full moon panic room! What kind of goddess decided to cast Venus’ Rx shadow the day before the eclipse? Is it the same goddess in charge of these Uranus oppositions and Sat...

LL Hot H from 2021-10-07T06:00

Time to talk about the L word again…. Libras! Libra is ruled by Venus and Venus is all about our values so this episode we’re putting our values under a delicate vintage magnifying glass. Is it pos...

Bisexual Blazer Energy from 2021-09-21T12:00

Join Rose and Gala as they wrap up Virgo season and prepare for Mercury retrograde in Libra by asking hard-hitting questions and not expecting you to answer them. Everyone knows that while Virgo is...

Laughing, Lions, Loving, Labrys, Lusting (the way that we live) from 2021-08-19T15:00

Sun’s out and so are we in the newest episode of BDE. If pride is such a Leo thing then how come so many Gay Prides happen in Cancer season? Maybe that’s what Sister Sledge was singing about. Sp...

Cancerian Concerns from 2021-07-19T17:29:09

Our oceans are afire but our hearts are too in this Cancerian tinged episode that’s all about old flames and the timeless travails of lesbians who just can’t let go. Come soak in the creative br...

Will it fit in a Subaru Baja? from 2021-06-19T13:38:31

Spend the last day of Gemini season with Gala and Rose as they ride out the final waves of Mercury Retrograde. Enjoy a gentle mental cocktail of astro Insights and gaymes as they talk transits and ...

Are Jncos back? from 2021-05-20T06:00

As we savor the last hours of Taurus season, let’s take a beat and ask ourselves... is there anyone hotter than Kehlani? Nevermind, let’s talk about acrylic nails. Hands are a Gemini thing. Wait...

Squaring Saturn, Sexing Satan from 2021-04-16T13:00

When the dykes are online talking about fighting Mary Oliver and conservative squares won’t let Satan have a lap dance, we know it’s Aries season. In this episode, we spend a good deal of time talk...

Cut My Life in 2 Pisces, This is My Last Rebirth from 2021-03-11T07:00

Gather, gentle perverts, for another episode of BDE and another anniversary: a year since COVID19 forced all goddess's homosexuals apart and into their underwater caves. It began in Pisces seaso...

The Trash Eater from 2021-02-16T16:21:01

It’s Aquarius time (but it’s not the age of Aquarius) and Rose & Gala are here to usher in the third season of BDE. Mars faces some difficult aspects so we’re here to help you work with what you go...

The Hundred Acre Year from 2021-01-16T16:30

It’s a brand new Hierophant year and the end of an empire, so what better time to praise Capricorns? Listen to Rose and Gala regress to progress, and talk retrogrades. Find out if Dolly, Sade, and ...

Cement Croc Situation from 2020-12-20T21:52:41

Rose and Gala help you savor the last drops of Sagittarius season on the longest night in the Northern Hemisphere and the Great(est) Conjunction. Go big or go home--and then go big at home! We k...

My Angel Number is 69 from 2020-11-18T15:37:52

Rose and Gala record a Scorpio season episode, take 2, leaving the first try in the vault (a mystery!). An investigative episode into the annals of political party past, evocative of our favorit...

Delicate Whip from 2020-10-21T19:10:56

How do you cuff in a pandemic? How is your Covid pod like an ensemble cast rom-com? Are cardinal Libras guilty of cardinal sins or just full of sensual ideas? Do they have a look? According to R...

Hepa Filter for Chaos from 2020-09-21T20:00:08

Rose and Gala zoom in to talk Virgo virtues, viral realities, and the trappings of electoral politics as activism. Who's chaos is whose, and who are we gonna call to help us get through it all? ...

WAP: WILDLY ADAPTABLE PUSSIES* (cats) from 2020-08-21T10:30:41

An episode that keeps Leos in mind even when they think not enough people are thinking about them. An episode that knows an easy square is hard to find and even fixed signs need a little tenderness...

Emotional Briefcase from 2020-07-14T04:00

Gala and Rose talk crustacean coping mechanisms, emotional containers, Vida, and the commitment and care it takes to sustain a movement. Shelter in place is old hat for folks that carry their ho...

Chef's Kiss/Lesbian Fist from 2020-06-09T22:15:46

Gala and Rose take a ride on the information expressway this Gemini season, talking Lunar Eclipses and multiple realities in the pandemic parallax view. Kick back with some casual laughs, accide...

Livin' La Vida Lesbian from 2020-05-07T20:04:18

Rose and Gala staying homo and here for you. On this Taurantine season episode, they’re fetching the bolt cutters and talking big moons. Tune in and it’s almost like you have some gay friends ov...

Aries, party of one? from 2020-04-08T14:25:43

The inimitable Aries Astro Queen, Annabel Gat herself, visits with Rose and Gala on this episode of BDE. What’s sapphic about isolation? What will the most DTF signs do you when they’re TDTF: To...

Is this a date? from 2020-03-10T12:10

Gala and Rose square dance through the rest of this Pisces/ Aquarius retrograde and help you get right with the full moon in Virgo. Saturn shifts into Aquarius and it’s finally time for the fixe...

Ol' Papa Pileup from 2020-02-11T04:18:48

Capricorn season might be over but Daddy’s still making waves. Ride out the mid-winter blues with Rose and Gala while they track which signs are getting t-boned and why AQUARIUS season is tv hea...

The Ex-Girlfriend of My Ex-Girlfriend is The Well of Loneliness from 2019-12-16T05:00

Maddy Court aka Xena Worrier Princess joins Rose and Gala to dish about her Scorpio struggles and offer up her Lezdom to those seek her advice. What’s Cheryl Dunye got to do with it? Find out Listen

Building a Mystery from 2019-11-12T12:50:40

Rose and Gala want to know who put the X in your Mercury Rx this Scorpio season. In an episode full of anecdotes and apocrypha, your favorite sapphists sing the praises of our Zodiac’s moodiest wat...

The Inaugural Blow from 2019-10-18T04:00

Was your first girlfriend also a Libra? Rose and Gala want to know who struck the inaugural blow to your heart this chilly autumnal season. Cozy up with a tea and perk your homo ears as they dis...

Dÿkotomë from 2019-09-20T11:18:39

Rose and Gala savor the dog days of summer with a Virgo-charged episode that is equal parts criticism and praise, a combo these Earthy babes need to survive! Tune in for Rose’s Lily Tomlin obsessio...

Greatest Dykes That Never Were from 2019-08-19T04:00

Gala and Rose usher Leo season out in regal fashion with a round of Top/Bottom/Vers and a roundup of the greatest Leo Dykes that never were. 

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Fearamones from 2019-07-30T18:52:47

Congrats! You made it! Sort of? Rose and Gala try to make sense of the eclipse season/Mercury Rx pileup, and dish on Midsommer, Big Little Lies, 90s Boy Bands, and an overwhelming sense of dread...

If Ur Good to Mommy from 2019-06-28T14:16:52

This pride weekend, Rose and Gala play with roles that remind you no matter what gender you are, it’s all in the family. They’re not gay as in happy but queer as in mournful... but still managin...

Top Bottom Vers from 2019-06-04T04:00

Is there an astrological predictor of bedroom behavior, or does it really take all kinds? Rose and Gala introduce a new segment, and try to get to the *bottom* (pun intended) of all the Gemini h...

BDE on LBD from 2019-05-17T12:19:16

Rose and Gala rub real hard on an age old conundrum: Lesbian Bed Death. What gives and who can’t get it up? 

Is resurrection possible? Listen up for our ideas on 

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The Forsaken Particle from 2019-04-23T04:00

In the latest episode, Gala and Rose talk Tank Girl, queer dystopias, black holes, and grappling with environmental crisis while Uranus settles into Taurus.

Urge 2 Merge from 2019-04-02T04:00

 “Are you codependent or are you just happy to see me?” Rose and Gala discuss the age old lez conundrum of renting a Uhaul and losing your autonomy. What can this Aries season teach us abou...

Goth Concerns from 2019-03-19T04:00

Are you gen x, gen (wh)y, gen z, or a millennial? What if generations were divided by Pluto’s position, instead? Gala and Rose delve deep into the Pluto in Scorpio Generation and offer up some s...

Isn't it Chironic? from 2019-03-05T05:00

Dontcha think? Rose and Gala talk wounded healers, evolved masculinity, queer roots, and the centaur's ingress into Aries. Oh, and Xena: Warrior Princess, of course.  --- Support this podcast: <...

Are You There, Ilene? It's Us, BDE. from 2019-02-19T05:00

With news of an L Word reboot looming, Rose and Gala ask the burning question: is this the way that we live--and love? Plenty of dykegressions, a laundry list of complaints, and some hotly conte...

You're Speaking My Language from 2019-02-11T01:43:37

It’s not easy being queer but it sure is educational! In their debut episode, Rose and Gala explore the different love languages of the zodiac in preparation for Valentine’s Day. Tune in for "dy...