"Deep gay intel" with Frank Arthur Smith!

"Deep gay intel" with Frank Arthur Smith!

From Yenta! by Heeb Media

March 5, 2026 · 58 min

About this episode

Frank Smith joins Antonia to discuss their high school speech and debate experiences and various topics related to queer cinema and relationships.

Frank Smith is a big deal in the world of queer cinema (Open To It), but most importantly he's Antonia's friend from HIGH SCHOOL SPEECH AND DEBATE. This is an iconic Yenta where Frank and Antonia take Raye captive and force them to learn about speech team. We yenta about: - Heated Rivalry gossip - Closed open relationships - Antonia's shabbats - Catholics are liberal in Boston - Speech and debate (so much) - Balancing trauma and humor - Indie filmmaking is hard - Women writing gay male media -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Announcement! You're invited to take part in the Yenta Matchmaking Experiment!! If you want to be matched with a potential date from the Yenta listener universe, you can submit your profile now! We'll be releasing Patreon episodes of "Yenta Matchmaking" where we go in detail behind the scenes of the matchmaking process. More info here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSd7TuxHM4DOMN_xfEDkfdhjE9EHjMH7mIoBlFu2N7sQEDiQyg/viewform Frank Smith: https://www.instagram.com/frank.arthur.smith/?hl=en Raye Schiller: https://www.instagram.com/rayeschiller Antonia Lassar: https://www.instagram.com/antonialastar Uncut…

People in this episode

Hosts: Antonia Lassar, Raye Schiller

Guest: Frank Arthur Smith

Topics covered

  • queer cinema
  • speech and debate
  • indie filmmaking
  • relationships
  • humor and trauma
  • gossip

Keywords

  • queer cinema
  • speech team
  • indie filmmaking
  • relationships
  • humor
  • gossip

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Heeb Media

Books & works: Open To It

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