Hello, I’m Matt Baume, and welcome to the Sewers of Paris. We’re on a podcast search for the entertainment that changed the lives of queer people.
My guest this week is author Benji Carr,...
2021-07-01 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
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I hope you're staying cool in this absolute SCORCHING summer. Right now...
2021-06-26 21:24:31 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week is Ravi Roth. You may know him from his travel series Ravi Round the World, or his new show 2021-06-24 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, to celebrate Pride month, we’re heading into the Sewers of Paris archives for a chat with a man who was present for the Stonewall Riots. He earned the nickname Tree thanks to his six-f...
2021-06-17 22:54:31 +0000 UTC View Post
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I had so many extra stories about John Waters, Baltimore, and a terrible trashy faux pas that I've made a second Patreon-exclusive video for you. Last week'...
2021-06-16 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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Here are some fun stories and details that I wasn't able to fit into my John Waters video last week, exclus...
2021-06-11 18:28:12 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week is comic artist Joe Glass, author of the just-released Pride Omnibus which collects several years of his queer superhero stories. Joe’s work is heavily influenced by his youthf...
2021-06-10 16:01:29 +0000 UTC View Post
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I feel like I say this every month, but: Well, here we are. We've somehow muddled through and made it to another Pride month -- one where we might actually be able to s...
2021-06-03 20:33:46 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week is a legend — the amazing Justin Vivian Bond, or just Vivian — an actor, singer, performer, icon. You may recognize their name from the act Kiki and Herb, or from performance...
2021-06-03 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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As I mentioned in my last video, I came across a ton of fascinating stories while researching my Rocko video that I just didn’t have room for in the final script, and...
2021-06-01 16:01:03 +0000 UTC View Post
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I hope you’re doing well! You probably saw that my last video was about Rocko’s Modern ...
2021-05-28 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostThis week’s guest is John Epperson — also known by his stage name, Lypsinka, who you might’ve seen in the documentary Wigstock, in the movie Black Swan, and gracing New York stages from the l...
2021-05-27 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostListeners, I’ve got a handful of interviews coming your way that you are going to love, with some Broadway drag icons. They’re not quite ready yet, but this week I want to prepare you for what...
2021-05-20 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostHello I'm back with the sometimes-treat podcast Cozy Pants, where me and James talk about what we're up to, what I'm working on, and what we're enjoying. (And also, what I'm forgetting.) In this ep...
2021-05-17 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostWe’re just a few days away from the start of Eurovision, the giant extravagant celebration of over-the-top music and outrageous costumes and, every now and then, taste. Eurovision is a big ball o...
2021-05-13 16:13:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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I hope you had a lovely weekend. Did you got to a farmers market? You should go to a farmers market. They have radishes.
ANYWAY! I wanted to share with you some m...
2021-05-10 19:30:25 +0000 UTC View PostOn last week’s episode I talked with James Sie about the importance of one well-placed Bette Midler album, and this week I want to dive into the Sewers archives with another guest whose life was ...
2021-05-06 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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Look out, there's less than a month left to gird your loins for Pride month -- whatever that's going to look like this year.
In my wanderings through old newspape...
2021-05-04 19:38:23 +0000 UTC View Post
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Welp, somehow I went most of my life without ever seeing The Nanny, but as it turns out the show's pretty good. So good I made a whole video about it!
My latest vide...
2021-04-30 16:01:04 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week is James Sie, whose voice you may recognize from Kung Fu Panda, Curious George, King of the Hill, and as an unlucky cabbage merchant on Avatar. He’s also the author of Still Li...
2021-04-29 15:55:04 +0000 UTC View PostYou may recognize my guest Brian Falduto for his music, his coaching, or his role in the 2003 movie School of Rock as Billy, the stylist kid. When he shot his scenes, Brian had no idea what gay eve...
2021-04-22 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostA few years ago, this week’s guest Steven Wakabayashi lived to party. His gay agenda centered on nightlife and a relentless fitness routine, but that all came to an end when the physical toll bec...
2021-04-15 18:17:48 +0000 UTC View PostI regret to inform you that it is time yet again for an episode of Cozy Pants, the bizarre podcasting experiment in terror in which James and I discuss the entertainment that fills us with glee. Th...
2021-04-12 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis week I’ve got a very special guest — the wonderful Kristin Russo, whom I’m sure you know from the podcast Buffering the Vampire Slayer, the YouTube channel Everyone is Gay, the book This...
2021-04-08 18:13:41 +0000 UTC View PostThis week’s guest spent time on the front lines of a revolution in the 60s and 70s. Steve Bull is an activist who fought for gay liberation in Los Angeles, and then brought those tactics to his s...
2021-04-01 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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I have a feeling a lot of you have been waiting a long time for this: I finally have a video coming about the show Friends. (An obscure little indie show from the ‘90...
2021-03-31 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostBack in 2015, one of the very first guests on The Sewers of Paris was my friend Amp, who was then just getting started on his career as a kink educator and adult performer. In the years since, he...
2021-03-25 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostA few years ago, the Royal National Theater in London recorded an amazing production of the play Angels in America, starring Andrew Garfield, Nathan Lane, Russell Tovey, and more. And they ju...
2021-03-18 17:55:03 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week is Rob Urbanati, a New York playwright and director. He had a unique upbringing — he grew up openly gay in a small suburb in the 1960s, and people were generally accepting. Tha...
2021-03-11 17:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostYou might’ve seen that I just released a new video over on YouTube about the queer secrets of the show Bewitched, and how this bizarre sitcom from the 60s managed to be about homosexuality withou...
2021-03-04 21:24:32 +0000 UTC View Post