{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/6927a48ecaf6efa703dbae9e/6927a4aa064897cd5ffc0094?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Justinian Huang (Lucky Seed) feat. Lukas Gage, Guest Gay Reader","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/6927a48ecaf6efa703dbae9e/31f7f4b691f9061188aaa8feb4cb5b4a.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>In this Thanksgiving week episode, host <b>Jason Blitman</b> talks to brand-new-dad <b>Justinian Huang</b> about his paper baby, <em>Lucky Seed</em>. <br/><br/>Conversation highlights:<br/>👻 hungry ghosts and superstitions <br/>🤳🏼 social media and millennials<br/>🦃 tips for navigating family during Thanksgiving <br/><br/>Guest Gay Reader™️ this week is <em>White Lotus </em>and <em>Overcompensating</em> favorite--and avid reader--<b>Lukas Gage</b>. <br/><br/><b>Justinian Huang</b>’s debut novel, The Emperor and the Endless Palace, was an Indie Next Pick and a 2025 Stonewall Honor Book. It was hailed by Booklist as “a sweeping triumph,” and as “page-turning and deeply thoughtful,” in a starred review by Publishers Weekly. He lives in Los Angeles, where he also works as a film executive, most recently on <em>KPop Demon Hunters</em>. Justinian’s second novel, <em>Lucky Seed</em>, is a <em>USA Today</em> bestseller.<br/><br/><b>Lukas Gage</b> is an actor/writer/producer who is best known for his role in the first season of the Emmy Award–winning HBO limited series, <em>The White Lotus</em>. Lukas also starred in Netflix’s <em>You</em>; <em>Euphoria</em> on HBO; Daniel Goldhaber’s <em>How to Blow Up a Pipeline</em>; <em>Down Low</em> for FilmNation, which he cowrote and stars opposite Zach Quinto and Simon Rex; and <em>Fargo</em> on FX/HULU. Lukas can also be seen in the remake of <em>Road House</em> for Amazon/MGM, <em>Smile 2</em> for Paramount, and the highly anticipated film, <em>Rosebush Pruning</em>.</p><p><a rel=\"payment\" href=\"https://gaysreading.substack.com/\">Support the show</a></p><p><a href='https://allstora.com/pages/gays-reading-book-club?utm_source=host_jasonblitman&amp;utm_medium=host&amp;utm_campaign=gays_reading&amp;utm_content=podcast_ig_bio'><b>BOOK CLUB!</b></a><b><br/></b>Sign up for the Gays Reading Book Club <a href='https://allstora.com/pages/gays-reading-book-club?utm_source=host_jasonblitman&amp;utm_medium=host&amp;utm_campaign=gays_reading&amp;utm_content=podcast_ig_bio'><b>HERE</b></a> <br/>December Book: <em>Like Family</em> by Erin O. White</p> <p><b>SUBSTACK!</b><br/><a href='https://gaysreading.substack.com/'>https://gaysreading.substack.com/</a></p> <p><b>MERCH!</b><br/><a href='http://gaysreading.printful.me'>http://gaysreading.printful.me</a></p> <p><b>WATCH!</b><br/><a href='https://youtube.com/@gaysreading'>https://youtube.com/@gaysreading</a><br/> <br/><b>FOLLOW!</b><br/>Instagram: <a href='http://www.instagram.com/gaysreading'>@gaysreading</a> | <a href='https://www.instagram.com/jasonblitman'>@jasonblitman</a><br/>Bluesky: <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/gaysreading.bsky.social'>@gaysreading</a> | <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/jasonblitman.bsky.social'>@jasonblitman</a><br/><br/><b>CONTACT!</b><br/><a href='mailto:hello@gaysreading.com'>hello@gaysreading.com</a></p>","author_name":"Jason Blitman"}