Mandy Bardisbanian: Pride, Empathy, Creativity & Ambition

It’s LGBTQ+ Pride Month and Reverend Sumner welcomes one of his closest friends, Legion M’s Mandy Bardisbanian to Hard Agree. Mandy B is a tireless, take-no-prisoners, stamp-the-accelerator-to-one-hundred creativity machine. Born & raised in two of the USA’s most socially & politically conservative states, Oklahoma & Texas, Mandy B parachuted into Hollywood ten years ago without friends, a job or a place to live. Within days, she’d talked her way into a receptionist job at Hot Topic’s head office and, a decade later, she’s the VP of Licensing & Merchandise at Legion M, married to an equally-talented wife. She’s a property developer, the manager of @queerboiband, the dedicated foster parent to a growing army of abandoned dogs and the 4’ 9” standard-bearer for relentless hard work and empathic self-belief. Her inspiring tale is not for the faint of heart but it IS the best example Sumner knows of 21st century never-surrender self-actualization. And there’s no better person to tell that story than two-fisted Mandy B herself… Follow Mandy B on Social Media: https://www.instagram.com/mandybardisbanian https://twitter.com/mbardisbanian Check out Legion M: https://legionm.com/ Follow Boi Band on Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/queerboiband/ https://www.instagram.com/queerboiband/ https://www.queerboiband.com/ Follow Sumner on Social Media: http://twitter.com/sumnarr “Golden – The Hard Agree Theme” written and recorded for the podcast by DENIO Follow DENIO on Social Media: http://facebook.com/denioband/ http://soundcloud.com/denioband/ http://twitter.com/denioband/ http://instagram.com/denioband/ Follow the Spoilerverse on Social Media: http://facebook.com/spoilercountry/ http://twitter.com/spoiler_country http://instagram.com/spoilercountry/ Kenric Regan: http://twitter.com/XKenricX John Horsley: http://twitter.com/y2cl http://instagram.com/y2cl/ http://y2cl.net http://eynesanthology.com Did you know the Spoilerverse has a YouTube channel? https://youtube.com/channel/UCstl1UHQVUC85DrCagF-wuQ Support the Spoilerverse on Patreon: http://patreon.com/spoilercountry