About the Show

When and How to Listen

  • Live
    Monday evenings from 6 - 8 p.m. eastern on XM Take Five channel 155
  • Rebroadcast
    • Saturdays from 1 p.m. – 3 p.m. eastern on Air America channel 133 and Take Five channel 155
    • Sundays from 6 p.m. - 8 p.m. eastern on Take Five channel 155
  • Online
    24/7 on XM Online channel 134
    (New show posted at 10 p.m. eastern every Monday evening)
  • Highlights
    Download full segment highlights from every show for free in our audio archive.

What to Expect

The unexpected. The Agenda with Joe Solmonese is a broad-strokes look at gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender America. Joe and co-host Mary Breslauer serve up real conversation with political heroes, entertainers, authors and community movers and shakers. It’s smart and savvy with a ton of content, but with a sense of humor.

This presidential election year is already captivating not just the LGBT community, but voters everywhere. The Agenda brings listeners the candidates, campaign strategists and best political forecasters to the table, yet it goes beyond the “horse race” with analysis and insight you won’t find anywhere else.

The “gay agenda” is often used to malign our community with images of fire and brimstone. But The Agenda showcases the real agenda of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans which is living full, complete and open lives. The Agenda is fun. The Agenda is political. The Agenda is provocative. The Agenda is family. The Agenda is universal.

Press Release: Tuesday, April 29, 2008

WASHINGTON — The Human Rights Campaign, the nation’s largest gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender civil rights organization, announced today that its live talk show, “The Agenda with Joe Solmonese,” will air on Take Five, XM Radio Channel 155, beginning May 5th. The show, which launched in 2006, will remain in its Monday 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. (EST) timeslot and expand to include live call-ins, allowing listeners to interact with show host, HRC President Joe Solmonese, and co-host, Mary Breslauer. Read more »