{"success":true,"data":{"pressRelease":{"id":"146803","rtpr_id":"nBw697NKKa-20260917","ticker":"GRND","exchange":"NYSE","all_tickers":["GRND"],"title":"Grindr’s Award-Winning Podcast, Who’s the A**hole? Is Back for a Fifth Round","author":"Business Wire","published_at":"2026-09-17T17:00:00.143Z","article_body":"Grindr’s Award-Winning Podcast, Who’s the A**hole? Is Back for a Fifth\nRound\n\nHosted by Katya Zamolodchikova, Season 5 Welcomes Matt Rogers, Mary Beth\nBarone, Jaboukie, Evan Mulrooney, George Civeris, and Alaska\n\nFive seasons in and Grindr (NYSE: GRND) still has stories to tell. Grindr\nPresents: Who’s The Asshole?, the Shorty Award-winning, sex-positive podcast\nhosted by drag legend Katya Zamolodchikova, returns September 17 with a\nstacked new lineup of comedians, creators, and certified gay icons ready to\npass judgment on the Grindr community’s juiciest tales of hookups,\nheartbreak, questionable behavior, and everything in between. This season,\nnothing is off limits as Katya and her guests weigh in on hookup etiquette,\nrelationship red flags, bedroom mishaps, and the questionable decisions that\nblur the line between bad judgment and asshole behavior, turning the\ncommunity’s most unhinged submissions into the kind of conversations you\nprobably shouldn’t have in polite company.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260917167413/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260917167413/en/)\n\nEach week, Katya and a new guest dive into real, user-submitted stories from\nthe Grindr community to answer one deceptively simple question: Who’s the\nasshole? Expect unsolicited opinions, unfiltered advice, hot takes, and the\nkind of moral dilemmas only the Grindr community could deliver.\n\nAfter Season 3 took home the 2026 Shorty Award for Best Branded Podcast,\nGrindr Presents: Who’s The Asshole? returns for Season 5 with its biggest\nlineup yet: Matt Rogers, Mary Beth Barone, Jaboukie Young-White, Evan\nMulrooney, George Civeris, and Alaska.\n\n“The Grindr community keeps giving us more stories, more chaos, and more\nreasons to keep asking: who’s the asshole?” says Tristan Pineiro, Chief\nMarketing Officer at Grindr. “The magic of this show has always been that\nour community is willing to say the things most people won’t, and clearly,\nthey’re not running out of material. Katya turns those stories into\nhilarious, revealing conversations about how we date, hook up, connect, and\noccasionally behave terribly. At this point, we’d be assholes not to keep\ngoing.”\n\nSeason five features:\n\n\n * Matt Rogers - September 17: Co-hosts Las Culturistas with Bowen Yang, a\npodcast TIME named one of the 100 best of all time, while also writing,\nacting, singing, and moonlighting as the self-appointed Pop Prince of\nChristmas, with a Capitol Records album to prove it.\n\n * Mary Beth Barone - September 24: Stars on and writes for Overcompensating,\nco-hosts the podcast Ride with Benito Skinner, and just dropped her Netflix\ndebut special Galaxy Brain, going after J.K. Rowling, Mark Zuckerberg, and\nwhiny male comedians alike.\n\n * Jaboukie Young-White - October 1: Currently gearing up for a brand new comedy\ntour after turning being extremely online into a career that’s taken him\nfrom Twitter to The Daily Show to voicing a Disney character, without ever\nfully retiring the chaos.\n\n * Evan Mulrooney - October 8: Self-proclaimed “Working Man’s Henry Cavill”\nwho traded a Big Ten football scholarship for Chicago’s comedy scene, and\nnow splits his time between TV, comedy, and Instagram, with a brief stint as\nan honorary, gold-Speedo-clad Pit Crew member on RuPaul’s Drag Race.\n\n * George Civeris - October 15: Named one of Vulture's comedians you should and\nwill know, he co-hosts StraightioLab with Sam Taggart and recently released\nhis debut comedy special, A Sense of Urgency, after a previous life as a\nresearcher at Columbia’s Tow Center and editor of Gawker.\n\n * Alaska - October 22: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 2 winner, recording artist\nwith four studio albums, co-host of the hit podcast Race Chaser with Willam,\nand now leading the national tour of Oh, Mary! as Mary Todd Lincoln – a role\nshe's called her actual dream come true.\n\n“I’m back to probe deeply into your juiciest stories of lust, betrayal,\nand questionable judgment,” says Katya. “This season’s lineup is\nstacked, and I’m thrilled to once again help determine who, exactly, is the\nasshole. It’s important work, and someone has to do it.”\n\nSeason 5 of Grindr Presents: Who's The Asshole? premieres September 17 with\nMatt Rogers, with new episodes dropping every Thursday through October 22.\nWatch on YouTube, listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, or watch the\nuncensored episodes in Grindr Presents, Grindr’s in-app content hub. Read\nmore about Season 5 on the Grindr blog\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.grindr.com%2Fblog%2F%2520back-for-more---grindr-presents-whos-the-asshole-returns-for-season-5&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Grindr+blog&index=1&md5=94ef3e24f0d050e9db4658751fed3663)\n.\n\nFour Seasons of Assholes\n\nBefore Season 5 gets messy, catch up on some of the guests who have already\ntaken a seat alongside Katya:\n\nSeason 1: Orville Peck\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D0jQHYzP9I94&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Orville+Peck&index=2&md5=2cc2907a5244cec7b2ad46af516f114b)\n, Jordan Firstman\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5CYxLPZXwPs&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Jordan+Firstman&index=3&md5=6be0efa58a995bda8ba1bc07f855e141)\n, Trace Lysette\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DR9NDuPzumfw&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Trace+Lysette&index=4&md5=385611711c3d94abb1266bd559501f91)\n, and Saucy Santana\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZT2IfvGaBZI&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Saucy+Santana&index=5&md5=aa51ec0a4a12cf8d0266b2e1fa66aadd)\n\nSeason 2: Adam Lambert\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYEp_TJEpi84&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Adam+Lambert&index=6&md5=1d471bad32400f1e624e129a93767248)\n, Gottmik\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D2tBSEw9KJxg&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Gottmik&index=7&md5=4213e3a391a7999c7d40e9a2fe73bbab)\n, Bowen Yang\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DzRBSFhI0KZQ&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Bowen+Yang&index=8&md5=6845cb71c30d22f7ab0ee4fe6ecccd14)\n, Evan Ross Katz\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D-mYrQLo5wAQ&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Evan+Ross+Katz&index=9&md5=63f75981841adb1a861f334d13d0ab64)\n, Brandon Kyle Goodman\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DibjSV9XY_CA&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Brandon+Kyle+Goodman&index=10&md5=ef1783c32d1dd16533fbe30ea02c3066)\n, and Queen of Melrose\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D791Ec7mMKiM&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Queen+of+Melrose&index=11&md5=731b32899ad74cf66e96df6615cd8b3a)\n.\n\nSeason 3: Lisa Rinna\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4QkysgYceo0&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Lisa+Rinna&index=12&md5=598e9149bbba4f19c5f79acea484a840)\n, Christian Cowan\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DMrZGS5IKknQ&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Christian+Cowan&index=13&md5=9144626b739867572c19a196fb72aea2)\n, Meg Stalter\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6OI2Zq7zhvY&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Meg+Stalter&index=14&md5=411a88567aa08cc98db9c055d45f0357)\n, Gus Kenworthy\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D9vuYqWM3u-Q&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Gus+Kenworthy&index=15&md5=3bf3cdc60463b7be0b96b469915c560a)\n, Zachary Zane\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DA7zYKG_Ytm8&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Zachary+Zane&index=16&md5=405d5693968b1b93a611a86838294272)\n, Joel Kim Booster\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DWvVoErlTFwc&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Joel+Kim+Booster&index=17&md5=844e52efca6b0389f7c4d70fd9e310ba)\n, and Jordy\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D1nLKYczQti8%26rco%3D1&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Jordy&index=18&md5=b4b9299496ba17151d54964ac8605fe2)\n.\n\nSeason 4: Lushious Massacr\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DqTvUpg_o9Ec%26list%3DPL8TrohViKpyJauc9OlBxtdiOtkhq_VHnw&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Lushious+Massacr&index=19&md5=bb5bbc6950d08831361672e711868b86)\n, Pat Regan\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DgZSlSTccdg4%26list%3DPL8TrohViKpyJauc9OlBxtdiOtkhq_VHnw%26index%3D2&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Pat+Regan&index=20&md5=d8ac63c429dc272c80045be6fc27aabf)\n, Jeremy Scott\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiNP4PK_EODs%26list%3DPL8TrohViKpyJauc9OlBxtdiOtkhq_VHnw%26index%3D3&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Jeremy+Scott&index=21&md5=c688a78d3a4ca6ac7aadf5bf5d3c2b77)\n, Peaches\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Df3yo-6LR8Oo%26list%3DPL8TrohViKpyJauc9OlBxtdiOtkhq_VHnw%26index%3D4&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Peaches&index=22&md5=e808a6759a1fa21c3f50f5012d987a9f)\n, Colton Underwood\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DV7QM0wB2TOg%26list%3DPL8TrohViKpyJauc9OlBxtdiOtkhq_VHnw%26index%3D5&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Colton+Underwood&index=23&md5=449c8e27525a97239dd293c12b1ee1cf)\n, and Jinkx Monsoon\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DivGOgiHnP7s%26list%3DPL8TrohViKpyJauc9OlBxtdiOtkhq_VHnw%26index%3D6&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Jinkx+Monsoon&index=24&md5=102b988510115b83312c22dac3fff9cd)\n.\n\nAbout Grindr Inc.\n\nWith 15 million average monthly active users, Grindr has grown to become the\nGlobal Gayborhood in Your Pocket(TM), on a mission to make a world where the\nlives of our global community are free, equal, and just. Available in 190\ncountries and territories, Grindr is often the primary way for its users to\nconnect, express themselves, and discover the world around them. Since 2015,\nGrindr for Equality has advanced human rights, health, and safety for millions\nof LGBTQ+ people in partnership with organizations in every region of the\nworld. Grindr has offices in West Hollywood, the Bay Area, Chicago, and New\nYork. The Grindr app is available on the App Store and Google Play.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260917167413/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260917167413/en/)\n\nMedia Contacts \n\nAlex Sacripante\n\nAlex.Sacripante@grindr.com (mailto:Alex.Sacripante@grindr.com)\n\nManifest\n\nGrindr@manifest.group (mailto:Grindr@manifest.group)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026","article_body_html":"","raw_payload":{"data":{"id":"nBw697NKKa-20260917","title":"Grindr’s Award-Winning Podcast, Who’s the A**hole? Is Back for a Fifth Round","author":"Business Wire","ticker":"GRND","created":"2026-09-17T17:00:00.143Z","tickers":["GRND"],"exchange":"NYSE","article_body":"Grindr’s Award-Winning Podcast, Who’s the A**hole? Is Back for a Fifth\nRound\n\nHosted by Katya Zamolodchikova, Season 5 Welcomes Matt Rogers, Mary Beth\nBarone, Jaboukie, Evan Mulrooney, George Civeris, and Alaska\n\nFive seasons in and Grindr (NYSE: GRND) still has stories to tell. Grindr\nPresents: Who’s The Asshole?, the Shorty Award-winning, sex-positive podcast\nhosted by drag legend Katya Zamolodchikova, returns September 17 with a\nstacked new lineup of comedians, creators, and certified gay icons ready to\npass judgment on the Grindr community’s juiciest tales of hookups,\nheartbreak, questionable behavior, and everything in between. This season,\nnothing is off limits as Katya and her guests weigh in on hookup etiquette,\nrelationship red flags, bedroom mishaps, and the questionable decisions that\nblur the line between bad judgment and asshole behavior, turning the\ncommunity’s most unhinged submissions into the kind of conversations you\nprobably shouldn’t have in polite company.\n\nThis press release features multimedia. View the full release here:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260917167413/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260917167413/en/)\n\nEach week, Katya and a new guest dive into real, user-submitted stories from\nthe Grindr community to answer one deceptively simple question: Who’s the\nasshole? Expect unsolicited opinions, unfiltered advice, hot takes, and the\nkind of moral dilemmas only the Grindr community could deliver.\n\nAfter Season 3 took home the 2026 Shorty Award for Best Branded Podcast,\nGrindr Presents: Who’s The Asshole? returns for Season 5 with its biggest\nlineup yet: Matt Rogers, Mary Beth Barone, Jaboukie Young-White, Evan\nMulrooney, George Civeris, and Alaska.\n\n“The Grindr community keeps giving us more stories, more chaos, and more\nreasons to keep asking: who’s the asshole?” says Tristan Pineiro, Chief\nMarketing Officer at Grindr. “The magic of this show has always been that\nour community is willing to say the things most people won’t, and clearly,\nthey’re not running out of material. Katya turns those stories into\nhilarious, revealing conversations about how we date, hook up, connect, and\noccasionally behave terribly. At this point, we’d be assholes not to keep\ngoing.”\n\nSeason five features:\n\n\n * Matt Rogers - September 17: Co-hosts Las Culturistas with Bowen Yang, a\npodcast TIME named one of the 100 best of all time, while also writing,\nacting, singing, and moonlighting as the self-appointed Pop Prince of\nChristmas, with a Capitol Records album to prove it.\n\n * Mary Beth Barone - September 24: Stars on and writes for Overcompensating,\nco-hosts the podcast Ride with Benito Skinner, and just dropped her Netflix\ndebut special Galaxy Brain, going after J.K. Rowling, Mark Zuckerberg, and\nwhiny male comedians alike.\n\n * Jaboukie Young-White - October 1: Currently gearing up for a brand new comedy\ntour after turning being extremely online into a career that’s taken him\nfrom Twitter to The Daily Show to voicing a Disney character, without ever\nfully retiring the chaos.\n\n * Evan Mulrooney - October 8: Self-proclaimed “Working Man’s Henry Cavill”\nwho traded a Big Ten football scholarship for Chicago’s comedy scene, and\nnow splits his time between TV, comedy, and Instagram, with a brief stint as\nan honorary, gold-Speedo-clad Pit Crew member on RuPaul’s Drag Race.\n\n * George Civeris - October 15: Named one of Vulture's comedians you should and\nwill know, he co-hosts StraightioLab with Sam Taggart and recently released\nhis debut comedy special, A Sense of Urgency, after a previous life as a\nresearcher at Columbia’s Tow Center and editor of Gawker.\n\n * Alaska - October 22: RuPaul's Drag Race All Stars 2 winner, recording artist\nwith four studio albums, co-host of the hit podcast Race Chaser with Willam,\nand now leading the national tour of Oh, Mary! as Mary Todd Lincoln – a role\nshe's called her actual dream come true.\n\n“I’m back to probe deeply into your juiciest stories of lust, betrayal,\nand questionable judgment,” says Katya. “This season’s lineup is\nstacked, and I’m thrilled to once again help determine who, exactly, is the\nasshole. It’s important work, and someone has to do it.”\n\nSeason 5 of Grindr Presents: Who's The Asshole? premieres September 17 with\nMatt Rogers, with new episodes dropping every Thursday through October 22.\nWatch on YouTube, listen on Spotify and Apple Podcasts, or watch the\nuncensored episodes in Grindr Presents, Grindr’s in-app content hub. Read\nmore about Season 5 on the Grindr blog\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.grindr.com%2Fblog%2F%2520back-for-more---grindr-presents-whos-the-asshole-returns-for-season-5&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Grindr+blog&index=1&md5=94ef3e24f0d050e9db4658751fed3663)\n.\n\nFour Seasons of Assholes\n\nBefore Season 5 gets messy, catch up on some of the guests who have already\ntaken a seat alongside Katya:\n\nSeason 1: Orville Peck\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D0jQHYzP9I94&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Orville+Peck&index=2&md5=2cc2907a5244cec7b2ad46af516f114b)\n, Jordan Firstman\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D5CYxLPZXwPs&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Jordan+Firstman&index=3&md5=6be0efa58a995bda8ba1bc07f855e141)\n, Trace Lysette\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DR9NDuPzumfw&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Trace+Lysette&index=4&md5=385611711c3d94abb1266bd559501f91)\n, and Saucy Santana\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DZT2IfvGaBZI&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Saucy+Santana&index=5&md5=aa51ec0a4a12cf8d0266b2e1fa66aadd)\n\nSeason 2: Adam Lambert\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DYEp_TJEpi84&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Adam+Lambert&index=6&md5=1d471bad32400f1e624e129a93767248)\n, Gottmik\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D2tBSEw9KJxg&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Gottmik&index=7&md5=4213e3a391a7999c7d40e9a2fe73bbab)\n, Bowen Yang\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DzRBSFhI0KZQ&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Bowen+Yang&index=8&md5=6845cb71c30d22f7ab0ee4fe6ecccd14)\n, Evan Ross Katz\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D-mYrQLo5wAQ&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Evan+Ross+Katz&index=9&md5=63f75981841adb1a861f334d13d0ab64)\n, Brandon Kyle Goodman\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DibjSV9XY_CA&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Brandon+Kyle+Goodman&index=10&md5=ef1783c32d1dd16533fbe30ea02c3066)\n, and Queen of Melrose\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D791Ec7mMKiM&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Queen+of+Melrose&index=11&md5=731b32899ad74cf66e96df6615cd8b3a)\n.\n\nSeason 3: Lisa Rinna\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D4QkysgYceo0&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Lisa+Rinna&index=12&md5=598e9149bbba4f19c5f79acea484a840)\n, Christian Cowan\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DMrZGS5IKknQ&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Christian+Cowan&index=13&md5=9144626b739867572c19a196fb72aea2)\n, Meg Stalter\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D6OI2Zq7zhvY&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Meg+Stalter&index=14&md5=411a88567aa08cc98db9c055d45f0357)\n, Gus Kenworthy\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D9vuYqWM3u-Q&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Gus+Kenworthy&index=15&md5=3bf3cdc60463b7be0b96b469915c560a)\n, Zachary Zane\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DA7zYKG_Ytm8&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Zachary+Zane&index=16&md5=405d5693968b1b93a611a86838294272)\n, Joel Kim Booster\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DWvVoErlTFwc&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Joel+Kim+Booster&index=17&md5=844e52efca6b0389f7c4d70fd9e310ba)\n, and Jordy\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D1nLKYczQti8%26rco%3D1&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Jordy&index=18&md5=b4b9299496ba17151d54964ac8605fe2)\n.\n\nSeason 4: Lushious Massacr\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DqTvUpg_o9Ec%26list%3DPL8TrohViKpyJauc9OlBxtdiOtkhq_VHnw&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Lushious+Massacr&index=19&md5=bb5bbc6950d08831361672e711868b86)\n, Pat Regan\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DgZSlSTccdg4%26list%3DPL8TrohViKpyJauc9OlBxtdiOtkhq_VHnw%26index%3D2&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Pat+Regan&index=20&md5=d8ac63c429dc272c80045be6fc27aabf)\n, Jeremy Scott\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DiNP4PK_EODs%26list%3DPL8TrohViKpyJauc9OlBxtdiOtkhq_VHnw%26index%3D3&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Jeremy+Scott&index=21&md5=c688a78d3a4ca6ac7aadf5bf5d3c2b77)\n, Peaches\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3Df3yo-6LR8Oo%26list%3DPL8TrohViKpyJauc9OlBxtdiOtkhq_VHnw%26index%3D4&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Peaches&index=22&md5=e808a6759a1fa21c3f50f5012d987a9f)\n, Colton Underwood\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DV7QM0wB2TOg%26list%3DPL8TrohViKpyJauc9OlBxtdiOtkhq_VHnw%26index%3D5&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Colton+Underwood&index=23&md5=449c8e27525a97239dd293c12b1ee1cf)\n, and Jinkx Monsoon\n(https://cts.businesswire.com/ct/CT?id=smartlink&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DivGOgiHnP7s%26list%3DPL8TrohViKpyJauc9OlBxtdiOtkhq_VHnw%26index%3D6&esheet=54605666&newsitemid=20260917167413&lan=en-US&anchor=Jinkx+Monsoon&index=24&md5=102b988510115b83312c22dac3fff9cd)\n.\n\nAbout Grindr Inc.\n\nWith 15 million average monthly active users, Grindr has grown to become the\nGlobal Gayborhood in Your Pocket(TM), on a mission to make a world where the\nlives of our global community are free, equal, and just. Available in 190\ncountries and territories, Grindr is often the primary way for its users to\nconnect, express themselves, and discover the world around them. Since 2015,\nGrindr for Equality has advanced human rights, health, and safety for millions\nof LGBTQ+ people in partnership with organizations in every region of the\nworld. Grindr has offices in West Hollywood, the Bay Area, Chicago, and New\nYork. The Grindr app is available on the App Store and Google Play.\n\n\n\nView source version on businesswire.com:\nhttps://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260917167413/en/\n(https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260917167413/en/)\n\nMedia Contacts \n\nAlex Sacripante\n\nAlex.Sacripante@grindr.com (mailto:Alex.Sacripante@grindr.com)\n\nManifest\n\nGrindr@manifest.group (mailto:Grindr@manifest.group)\n\n\nCopyright Business Wire 2026"},"type":"article","timestamp":"2026-09-17T17:00:00.186623602Z","server_sent_at_ms":1789664400186},"received_at":"2026-09-17T17:00:00.244Z","source_url":"https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20260917167413/en/"},"analysis":{"id":"135636","press_release_id":"146803","analysis_json":{"industry":{"label":"Interactive Media & Services","sector":"Communication Services"},"redFlags":[],"eventType":"product_launch","narrative":"Grindr's Shorty Award-winning branded podcast, Who's The Asshole?, hosted by Katya Zamolodchikova, returns for a fifth season premiering September 17, with new episodes dropping every Thursday through October 22.\n\nSeason 5 features six guests — Matt Rogers, Mary Beth Barone, Jaboukie Young-White, Evan Mulrooney, George Civeris, and Alaska — weighing in on user-submitted stories from the Grindr community; the show won the 2026 Shorty Award for Best Branded Podcast after its third season.\n\nEpisodes run on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts, with uncensored versions inside Grindr Presents, the company's in-app content hub — a brand-engagement play, not a financial disclosure, as no revenue or business metrics are tied to the announcement.","sentiment":"neutral","agentHooks":{"shouldPost":false,"suggestedAngle":"Routine brand-marketing podcast season launch with no financial impact — suppress or use only as engagement-trend color for GRND."},"keyFigures":{"customDimensions":{"episode_count":6,"premiere_date":"September 17","season_number":5,"season_finale_date":"October 22","countries_available":190,"monthly_active_users":15000000}},"quotedText":"It's important work, and someone has to do it.","namedEntities":{"people":[{"name":"Katya Zamolodchikova","role":"podcast host"},{"name":"Tristan Pineiro","role":"Chief Marketing Officer, Grindr"},{"name":"Matt Rogers","role":"Season 5 guest"},{"name":"Mary Beth Barone","role":"Season 5 guest"},{"name":"Jaboukie Young-White","role":"Season 5 guest"},{"name":"Evan Mulrooney","role":"Season 5 guest"},{"name":"George Civeris","role":"Season 5 guest"},{"name":"Alaska","role":"Season 5 guest"}],"products":["Grindr Presents: Who's The Asshole? 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