This week on Gay2k, Sarah and John-Paul take a deeply personal look at the "Gaga-sized" shift in their musical DNA, tracing how the Mother Monster changed the radio landscape just as they were entering young adulthood. As members of the Class of 2005, the hosts reflect on being Gaga’s literal peers—graduating into the same "Recession Pop" landscape and finding a life raft in queer dance hall energy she brought to the Top 40. They discuss how her conceptual approach to fame, persona and art-house synth-pop acted as a gateway to their approach to art, activism and adulthood.