Best Alexis Tanner Podcasts (2025)

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Born Again Queer: A History of Gay Evangelicals (feat. William Stell) 1:18:00

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To access the extended version of this episode, join our Patreon. Our community awaits with legs open and lips parted 🤤 www.patreon.com/historicalhomos – Do all Christians hate gays? Amazingly: no. Despite how annoying we all are. In fact, millions and millions of Christians ARE themselves...very gay. So why is it that we automatically associate Ch…

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Leather: A Queer History (feat. Race Bannon) 57:15

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To access the full version of this episode, join our Patreon. Our community awaits with legs open and lips parted 🤤 www.patreon.com/historicalhomos – LEATHER. It's hot, it's taut, it's everything everybody else is not. But when did it become so big in the gay community? My guest today, Race Bannon, leather community activist and co-host of the On G…

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King Christina of Sweden: Lesbian? Catholic? Insane? B*tch? (feat. Veronica Buckley) 1:17:54

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To access the full version of this episode, join our Patreon. Our community awaits with legs open and mouth ajar 🤤 www.patreon.com/historicalhomos – Why should anyone care about a queen who lived 400 years ago and did nothing but party, spend money, and sponsor musical theatre? If I have to answer that question for you, you're in the wrong place. T…

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It's A Sin: The Ancient Origins of Homophobia (feat. Harry Tanner) 59:27

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To access the full version of this episode, join our Patreon at the link below. Our community awaits you with legs open, heart full, and mouth slightly ajar 🤤 www.patreon.com/historicalhomos – Welcome to the wild and infuriating world of ancient homophobia! You know how everyone thinks ancient Greece and Rome were queer free-for-alls, where all hol…

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Disney's Hercules: A Very Gay Close Reading (feat. Liv Albert) 1:23:31

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Why is Disney's Hercules one of the greatest LGBTQ+ films ever made? This episode attempts to answer that fraught and necessary question. As you may know, Hercules (1997) is a story about a small-town girl who goes to the big city to discover himself, become famous, land a few sponsorship deals, and build a chosen family in an imperfect world. It's…

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A Queer History of Witchcraft (feat. Marion Gibson) 1:08:45

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Wait, what’s so gay about witches, you ask? First of all — sit down. When I was a young f/hag in the late ’90s, Wicca was having a moment. The Halliwell sisters ruled the WB, Nicole Kidman and Sandra Bullock were burying men in their back gardens, and I gobbled the GAGathon down with glee. Only later did I realize what made these witchy bitchies so…

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A Short History of Queer Parenting (feat. Kirsty Loehr) 58:56

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Remember when you found out you were gay (iconic of you btw) and you thought: "Oh this is fine – I'll just have a regular heterosexual wife, a couple of kids, and a very elaborate sex life on the side." Just me? OK, fine. But the question remains: why do little gay children like me grow up assuming a straight nuclear family is our only option? Has …

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Hollywood's Gay Golden Age (feat. Michael Koresky) 1:06:44

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"Hollywood was swarming with gay people." You know how Pedro Pascal hasn't come out yet? Well: this episode will explain why. Between the 1930s and 1960s, the Hays Code banned “sexual perversion” of all kinds from the silver screen, which (spoiler alert) meant queers. That has bequeathed us a predominantly homophobic industry in Hollywood, even if …

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Gay Fascists: A Very Short History (feat. Alexis Sakellaris) 1:14:45

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"An important precedent was set: fascist groups will always use you until you're no longer useful to them." Welcome to one of history’s darkest (and dumbest) closets: fascists who are also, annoyingly, gay. From Hitler’s Brownshirt boy toy, Ernst Röhm, to closeted McCarthyists like Roy Cohn, to lesbian “nationalist” hypocrites like Alice Weidel — i…

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Rimbaud & Verlaine: Toxic Boyfriends of French Poetry (feat. Robert St Clair) 1:42:08

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What happens when a teen prodigy meets a drunk poet with a pistol in his pocket (the gun kind, not the fun kind)? Answer: extremely gay chaos. This week on Historical Homos, we’re diving into the doomed romance of Arthur Rimbaud and Paul Verlaine—the most sensationally toxic boyfriends in the history of French poetry. With our guest this week, Robe…

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James Baldwin: Prophet of Love (feat. Clark Moore) 1:35:50

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We all know James Baldwin the high priest of Civil Rights, but what about Jimmy B, the extremely horny homosexual? JB was a chain-smoking, vodka-swilling romantic who fell hard and often—usually for straight men he could never have. This week, Bash and his bestie guestie, Clark Moore, crack open Baldwin’s chaos: from his Harlem childhood all the wa…

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Frida Kahlo Pt. II: Portrait of the Artist As A Young Slut 37:55

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"Make love, take a bath, make love again." That was Frida Kahlo’s motto—and sweetie, she LIVED by it. We all know about Frida’s messy, horny marriage to Diego “Toad Face” Rivera and her revenge fling with Leon Trotsky. But what about the women? The affairs, the crushes, the rumors, the gossip that turned her into Mexico’s most iconic bisexual? This…

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Frida Kahlo Pt. I: Patron Saint of Bisexual Chaos (feat. Carla Gutiérrez) 1:11:37

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"Love was the foundation of everything for Frida. This bisexuality, this eroticism was fundamental to her character." She’s on your ex-girlfriend’s tote bag, your niece’s notebook, and probably a few questionable dorm-room tapestries. But behind the unibrow is a Frida Kahlo you don’t know: a bisexual, communist, pain-embracing rascal who painted fr…

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Queer Georgians: A History of Gay Homemaking (feat. Anthony Delaney) 1:09:30

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Powdered wigs. Satin breeches. Candlelit salons. And of course: sodomy. This week we’re swanning back into Georgian England (1714–1837), a century of empire, cholera, imperialism, and very flouncy coats – but also one of the gayest domestic revolutions in history. With special guest Dr. Anthony Delaney (author of Queer Georgians, out today!), we ex…

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Medieval Arab Lesbians (feat. Labia Gas & The Saffron Massage) 36:13

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The Dark Ages: Rome has fallen, the Church won't shut the fuck up, there's a killer plague for every season, and everyone else is dying of BOREDOM. Right? WRONG. Western Europe may have been a shitshow for much of what we ridiculously call the "Dark Ages," but the rest of the world had its act together. Specifically: Baghdad around the 800s AD. At …

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The Hanky Code: A Quickie History 35:16

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Welcome to The Hanky Code, aka Grindr for Boomers. Following on from our cruise through history last week, we've delved deeper into the notorious handkerchief code. The code was a form of flagging, which used different coloured bandanas to signal sexual / kink preferences. In this bonus Quickie episode, Bash unpacks the extremely colourful history …

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Cruising: A 4,000 Year History (feat. Alex Espinoza) 1:10:39

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You know the feeling: when you lock eyes and the look lingers just a little too long. His hand brushes over his fly. And boom! A small smile confirms it: You're about to be cruising, my king! And all it took was a public park, centuries of sexual shame, and a little bit of courage to get you there... Now it's no surprise that the elegant and much-e…

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Emperor Nero: Portrait of a Bottom on Fire (feat. Andrew Lear) 1:00:08

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He fiddled while Rome burned. He married two men. He may even have kicked his pregnant wife to death. But he ALSO invented animal pelt kink, so could he have been THAT BAD?! This week, Bash is joined by classicist and queer historian, Professor Andrew Lear, to discuss the scandalous, salacious, and slanderous life of Emperor Nero — Ancient Rome’s m…

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Butt Pirates: A History of Queer Piracy (feat. Rebecca Simon) 1:04:41

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🏴‍☠️ Before there was BRAT, there were Butt Pirates. 🏴‍☠️ This week we're hoisting our slutty sails – that's what I call my underpants – to plunder the treacherous homosexual deep, with pirate historian and author Dr. Rebecca Simon (Pirate Queens; The Pirate’s Code) to answer the age-old question: Why are men on a ship always kinda gay? First of al…

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Leonardo da Vinci: Prince of Sodomy (feat. Professor Catherine Fletcher) 1:15:04

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Leonardo da Vinci? More like Leonardo da Fist Me. We've all heard of the man behind the Mona Lisa. But did you know he was also one of Florence's sodomitical sweethearts? In this episode, we pull back the vajazzled curtain on Leonardo da Vinci to reveal a homo neither tormented nor repressed, suffering dramatically for his art, but a messy, charism…

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A Queer History of Vampires (feat. Sacha Coward) 1:09:31

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Hot, rich, European, emotionally unavailable... sound familiar? It's your Hinge profile all over again. No, silly, it's vampires! We are thrilled to welcome back folklorist and queer historian, Sacha Coward (author of Queer as Folklore) this week, as we trace the gloriously queer history of vampires—from ancient blood-sucking demons to modern brood…

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Before We Were Trans: A New History of Gender (feat. Kit Heyam and Marty Davies) 1:14:40

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Heads up! This is the episode where we solve gender. Famously a "construct," it turns out Mx. Gender has been around for hundreds of thousands of years. This podcast is only 70 minutes long so we're sticking to the last 5,000... but still. Not bad. Join Bash and his honoured guests this week – Kit Heyam and Marty Davies – as they delve into the dee…

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Was Marie Antoinette A Lesbian? (feat. Eleanor Herman) 56:39

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She was young, she was hot, and she was hated. But did she eat pu$$y? Marie Antoinette was many things: a teen bride, a fashion icon, and according to Sofia Coppola, a big fan of The Strokes (I knew I liked this bitch!) She's famous nowadays for losing her head, but did she also give it? And to whom / with what degree of relish? In this week’s epis…

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Gay Marriage Was The Gayest Love Story Ever Told (feat. Jeremy Atherton Lin) 1:08:39

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Once upon a time—aka the 90s, when I bravely decided to be born—gay marriage was the only thing we queers could talk about. But why? Why were we so hell-bent on getting married? And how did the fight for marriage equality impact real people on the ground? In this episode, Bash is joined by writer and memoirist Jeremy Atherton Lin, author of Deep Ho…

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Tchaikovsky Comes Out To Mother Russia (feat. Simon Morrison) 1:23:35

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Imagine a world where you're Russian, gay, and happy about it. No this is not propaganda from the ultra-secret "Pinko" department of the Kremlin (they def have one of those). This is the very real story of the magnificent Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, one of the world's greatest composers and a big old homosexual. He wrote the 1812 Overture, The Nutcra…

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A Queer History of Food (feat. Rachel Cleves) 1:05:41

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What's so gay about food? (Besides the fact that you use your mouth for it.) The answer, OF COURSE, lies in 18th century France. In fact, food's sexy origins go even further back, all the way to the ancients: from Eve's naughty apple to Ancient Roman oysters (they made their orgasms more intense!). But it was the invention of the restaurant in 18th…

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Toxic Boyfriends of Greek Mythology: Part II (feat. Liv Albert) 1:10:35

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Why do bottoms always die in Greek mythology? If you're a fan of Greek myth, you know the gods love to act like humans: they love, they fuck, they fight...they throw dinner parties. But they also love to kill us. When gods show up on Earth, it typically means someone's about to get pregnant or dead, real quick. (Or both.) And the pattern holds for …

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Eleanor Rykener: Trans Sex Worker of Medieval London? (feat. Dr. Mireille Pardon) 1:02:29

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The year is 1395. The city: London. The crime: an "unmentionable, ignominious vice" commonly known as sodomy. And the perp? A rascally, resourceful enigma named John Rykener, who enters the court records "calling herself Eleanor," wearing women's clothes, and defying gravity / everything we know about medieval gender. But John/Eleanor Rykener – or …

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The Future of Queer Communism (feat. Eman Abdelhadi) 54:44

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What comes after the collapse of capitalism? Mass famine? Global war? Environmental destruction? Oh wait, all of that's already happening! It seems like, as a species, we're at a bit of a breaking point. Which means revolution is afoot, and we have to wonder: what the hell happens when it gets here? For most of us, though, it's not easy to project …

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A History of Gay Communism (feat. Josh Rivers) 52:01

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What if it's actually your butthole that will lead the revolution? This week, we're getting penetratingly political with writer and podcaster Josh Rivers (⁠Busy Being Black⁠), as we explore the radical legacy of Mario Mieli's ⁠Towards a Gay Communism⁠. Here's the thing: Capitalism doesn't just steal your time and money—it also reinforces the gender…

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Historical Homos: Season 4 Trailer 3:38

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We're back my little Hormones! Join Bash and his heavy flow of genius guests this season for another no-fucks-given romp through humanity's Big Gay Past. (We all have one!) Come for the history, stay for the laughs, and if you're lucky, leave with a boner. Please note: Erectile Gift With Purchase (EGWP) not guaranteed. First cum, first served. We'l…

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP049 - 1-22-25 - Tim Anderson 40:51

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP049 - 1-22-25 - Tim AndersonBy Michelle Tanner

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP048 - 1-8-25 - Joe From Texas 40:49

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP048 - 1-8-25 - Joe From TexasBy Michelle Tanner

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A Queer History of Sluts (feat. Coco) 1:12:00

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Happy Hole-idays, my little Hormones! For our last episode of the year, we welcome Coco, the Time Traveling Slut, into your tight little earholes to answer some eternally pressing questions: Where do sluts come from? Have gay men always been promiscuous? Have lesbians not? Who were the greatest skanks in history? And why can't women f*ck in peace, …

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP047 - 12-16-24 - Utah Republican Women, Alexis Ence, Haylee Caplin, Carolyn Phippen, Kim Coleman 58:38

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP047 - 12-16-24 - Utah Republican Women, Alexis Ence, Haylee Caplin, Carolyn Phippen, Kim ColemanBy Michelle Tanner

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American Teenager: The History of Trans Youth (feat. Nico Lang) 1:02:37

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“Being transgender is the least important thing about me. I’m a person. I’m just a person” – Conner, 18, college student from Ohio Ever wondered what it’s like to be a trans kid in America today? (Hint: it f*cking sucks.) Groups on the right and their politicians use trans kids as pawns in the political game of vote and media attention. And they lo…

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Abraham Lincoln: Lover of Men (feat. Shaun Peterson) 1:23:23

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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 history: but what if he was also frequently in love with men? What if he slept with them in bed for years of his life? What if he had moved to Fire I…

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP046 - 11-25-24 - Swept Away, Tim and Becky Graff 1:06:21

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP046 - 11-25-24 - Swept Away, Tim and Becky GraffBy Michelle Tanner

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP045 - 11-20-24 - Eric Moutsos 40:49

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP045 - 11-20-24 - Eric MoutsosBy Michelle Tanner

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Tamara de Lempicka: Bisexual Baroness of Art Deco (feat. Stephen Brower) 1:08:18

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"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 Polish-born aristocrat, bisexual painter, and Art Deco diva who took Paris by storm in the 1920s after escaping the Russian Revolution. She was known…

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP044 - Gunnar Thorderson 40:50

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP044 - Gunnar ThordersonBy Michelle Tanner

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP043 - 11-8-24 - Mike Schultz 40:50

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP043 - 11-8-24 - Mike SchultzBy Michelle Tanner

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A Queer History of Mermaids (feat. Sacha Coward) 1:11:53

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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 Ariel. But how did these dangerous divas of the deep become the sympathetic heroines we love and cherish today? What is it about mermaids that makes…

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP042 - 10-30-24 - Sarah Montes House District 32 Candidate 40:52

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP042 - 10-30-24 - Sarah Montes House District 32 CandidateBy Michelle Tanner

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RENAISSANCE: Queer Harlem's Forgotten "Flamboyants" (feat. George M. Johnson) 56:41

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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 turns out the Harlem Renaissance was a lot more queer than we learned in school. And half of its greatest luminaries, who represented a major step for…

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP036 - 10-9-24 - Larry Meyers. WashCo School Board 40:50

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The Michelle Tanner Podcast - EP036 - 10-9-24 - Larry Meyers. WashCo School BoardBy Michelle Tanner

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Thom Gunn: Poet Laureate of the AIDS Epidemic (feat. Michael Nott) 1:19:34

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“I wake up cold, I who Prospered through dreams of heat Wake 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 straight people want to destroy us. Thom was one of the great poets of the 20th century, up there with Philip Larkin and Ted Hughes. But he's s…

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"Kinaidoi," Forgotten F*ggots of Classical Antiquity? (feat. Prof. Tom Sapsford) 1:23:40

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"'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 ancestors Kinaidos (or cinaedus in Latin) was the Ancient Greek word for a depraved, unmanly man who liked to get railed. (LIKE MEEEEE.) Since then,…

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Samurai Sissies: Getting Railed In Medieval Japan (feat. Dylan Adler) 1:11:30

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“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 gay history. From Buddhist pederasts to sissy samurais and beyond, we explore the kimonos, the scroll paintings, and yes, the hemorrhoidal humor that…

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Virginia Woolf Invented Lesbian Love Letters (Summer Repeat) 57:42

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I've been talking about gay men for FAR too many episodes recently, so please enjoy this summer repeat of one of my favorite episodes ever from Season 1, with my former co-host Donal Brophy. Virginia Woolf is the more famous author today, but back in the 1920s and 30s, it was her lover and socialite-best-friend (God I need one of those), Vita Sackv…