80 episodes

CHOSEN FAMILY is a weekly podcast with 3 queer internet stars on the rise: Alayna Joy, Ashley Gavin, and Mak Ingemi. With their unique perspectives they mimic a typical heteronormative family. Each week they bring a topic to the "dinner table", give each other advice and answer listener questions about queer life, dating, sex, etc.

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    • 4.7 • 790 Ratings

CHOSEN FAMILY is a weekly podcast with 3 queer internet stars on the rise: Alayna Joy, Ashley Gavin, and Mak Ingemi. With their unique perspectives they mimic a typical heteronormative family. Each week they bring a topic to the "dinner table", give each other advice and answer listener questions about queer life, dating, sex, etc.

    We Messed Up

    We Messed Up

    It’s Mak’s birthday! And Mom and Dad…forgot? The fam discuss birthday traditions around the dinner table, what it means for a person to be “out of your league”, as well as the dangers of therapized language.

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    FOLLOW MAK INGEMI @Makingemi  
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    • 51 min
    Going To Couple's Therapy

    Going To Couple's Therapy

    Mak explains the concept of “old” and “young” ages, Alayna talks about why every couple could benefit from couple’s therapy, and Ashley gets vulnerable about the perils of a public open relationship. 

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    • 46 min
    Ashley's Bad Decision

    Ashley's Bad Decision

    Ashley recounts an eventful weekend with a special someone. Alayna shines after a weekend of spoon carving. Mak gives a long-awaited life update. This week’s question comes from a listener who is nervous about joining a queer sports league.

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    • 45 min
    Quitting The Internet

    Quitting The Internet

    This week, Mak brings the energy and attempts to top the pod. Everyone contemplates leaving the internet forever, and many important questions are addressed: Who got hacked, what is a Purple Heart Lesbian…and who is Makenna Hopkins? 

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    • 52 min
    Alayna's Delusional

    Alayna's Delusional

    Ashley shows foot on pod and tells a harrowing subway story. Alayna second-guesses her summer. This week's listener question: How do you deal with anxious attachment and jealousy in an open relationship?

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    • 58 min
    Re-Evaluating Everything

    Re-Evaluating Everything

    Ashley and Mak advise Alayna, whose life path has taken an unexpected turn. Ashley rants about literacy. A listener writes in about “self-play” that throws off the rest of their day. 

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    FOLLOW MAK INGEMI @Makingemi  
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    This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp. Give online therapy a try at betterhelp.com/chosenfamily and get on your way to being your best self.
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    • 47 min

Customer Reviews

4.7 out of 5
790 Ratings

790 Ratings

yikesyikesyikes ,

Fun show

They are fun to listen to and I especially enjoy Alayna’s insights and hearing about Mak’s interests. Ashley interrupts her co-hosts frequently and belittles listeners who write in with genuine questions. I enjoy a lot of her conversation but the podcast is hard to listen to when she pulls focus to herself for cheap or mean jokes and when she constantly interrupts her co-hosts.

dts45 ,

Love this pod cast

Ep 69. Mac. You should. Try. State Farm. Or. Use what. Ever parents. Use it also good. To. Know them. Before. You. Get. Insurance w them

Alana. I'm sure. Look. Great. Today

I like. It. Better. When. Just the. Two. Of u.
On pod.
I'm closted Mtf. Lesbian how. Would be for. Me. If walked. Into. A lesbian. Bar

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I love this so much

This podcast is impeccable. I love it so much and it taught me so much. Everybody is so funny and relatable. It is truly truly amazing and I love how they keep bringing up flimsy bits

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