Jacob is the (largely) unseen director of the faceoff commercial in episode 1 and at least one of Shane's other commercials. But I'm pretty sure he isn't one of the podcast hosts.

This isn’t even getting into the clear conversion therapy parallel. Carol is a gay woman who was sent to conversion therapy as a teen, and now has to deal with the world around her pressuring her into adapting to their lifestyle because they feel like it’s for the greater good if she’s like them