American Teenager: The History of Trans Youth (feat. Nico Lang)
“Being transgender is the least important thing about me. I’m a person. I’m just a person”– Conner, 18, college student from OhioEver wondered what it’s like to be a trans kid in America today?(Hint: ...
12 Des 20241h 2min
Abraham Lincoln: Lover of Men (feat. Shaun Peterson)
Quit playing with your Lincoln log and listen up, because President Abraham Lincoln is here, he's queer, and we all better get used to it!Lincoln is commonly called the greatest president in American ...
28 Nov 20241h 23min
Tamara de Lempicka: Bisexual Baroness of Art Deco (feat. Stephen Brower)
"I live life in the margins of society. And the rules of normal society don't apply in the margins."Welcome to the saucy, scandalous slag-paradise that is Tamara de Lempicka (1898-1980)!Tamara was a P...
14 Nov 20241h 8min
A Queer History of Mermaids (feat. Sacha Coward)
Wait, why are mermaids so gay?It turns out everyone’s favorite sea-gals have been floating around for millennia, from ancient Syrian mer-goddesses to medieval water witches, all the way up to Princess...
31 Okt 20241h 11min
RENAISSANCE: Queer Harlem's Forgotten "Flamboyants" (feat. George M. Johnson)
How do you start a renaissance?The one woman who knows - Beyoncé - was unavailable to answer my questions.So instead, we've gone back to 1920s Harlem this week, to figure out the good gay truth.It tur...
17 Okt 202456min
Thom Gunn: Poet Laureate of the AIDS Epidemic (feat. Michael Nott)
“I wake up cold, I whoProspered through dreams of heatWake to their residue,Sweat, and a clinging sheet.”(The Man with Night Sweats, Thom Gunn, 1992)Never heard of Thom Gunn? Me neither!That's because...
3 Okt 20241h 19min
"Kinaidoi," Forgotten F*ggots of Classical Antiquity? (feat. Prof. Tom Sapsford)
"'Cosmus is a great big cinaedus. He keeps his legs apart and sucks d!ck.' ... I believe that's almost a direct paraphrase."– Professor Tom Sapsford, quoting Ancient Roman graffiti about my biological...
19 Sep 20241h 23min
Samurai Sissies: Getting Railed In Medieval Japan (feat. Dylan Adler)
“Who knows how many holes actually started wars in Japan…I’m sure many.”– Dylan Adler, Japanese-Jewish comedian to the stars!Join us this week on a rip-roaring ride through Japan's hole-tighteningly g...
5 Sep 20241h 11min
