Well, we're back on our nonsense with another episode of the Cozy Pants podcast. James has a rogues' gallery of new characters to introduce, and I've been reading up on the history of gay New York....
2020-06-15 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostHello and welcome to the Sewers of Paris. Fifty-one years ago, a riot against police brutality helped kick off the modern Pride movement, and on this episode we’ll hear from someone who remembers...
2020-06-04 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostHi friends,
Like all of you, I've been paying close attention to the protests happening all over the U.S., and looking wherever I can for opportunities to contribute to positive change. ...
2020-06-03 01:11:22 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week is Steven Capsuto, whose book Alternate Channels documents the history of queer images on television across the twentieth century. An updated edition was released last year and i...
2020-05-29 00:02:54 +0000 UTC View PostOn this week's Cozy Pants podcast, we actually talk about something we enjoyed for once. (Although that doesn't stop us from complaining about Star Wars some more.) The Avatar: The Last Airbender r...
2020-05-25 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week is comic book author Marc Andreyko, who’s written for Wonder Woman, Batwoman, Dr. Strange, and more. You might know him for his work on Love is Love, an anthology to benefit th...
2020-05-21 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on the Cozy Pants podcast... can you believe we're talking about Cats again? This time it's the SCALDING tea that Andrew Lloyd Weber just spilled regarding his feelings about the Cats 201...
2020-05-18 15:52:30 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week is Dee Michel, author of the book “Friends of Dorothy: Why Gay Boys and Gay Men Love the Wizard of Oz.” Dee grew up in the 1950s with the threat of the red scare looming over...
2020-05-15 00:56:41 +0000 UTC View PostOn this week's Cozy Pants podcast we're reviewing some truly terrible science fiction: We've watched Highlander II and oh BOY is that movie jam-packed with terrible choices. And also others that ar...
2020-05-11 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week is Amos Mac, one of the founders of the magazine Original Plumbing a decade ago, and more recently one of the writers on the reboot of the show Gossip Girl. Amos was working in q...
2020-05-07 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostOn this week's Cozy Pants podcast we're talking about two excellent black and white movies that could not be more different: The Lighthouse, starring Willem Dafoe and Robert Pattinson (both of whos...
2020-05-05 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
So, that was April, a month that was both 5 minutes and 84 years long. How are you?
I don't think I'd say that we're all settling into a comfortabl...
2020-05-02 17:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week is Broadway’s Seth Rudetsky, writer singer actor and radio host among his many many jobs. You may know him from his Sirius XM shows On Broadway and Seth Speaks, or from the sho...
2020-04-30 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on the Cozy Pants podcast, James and I have a bone to pick with Sir Andrew Lloyd Weber about this Love Never Dies musical -- a sequel to Phantom of the Opera that has everyone saying, "wh...
2020-04-27 19:43:27 +0000 UTC View PostI’m very excited to bring you this week’s guest — the fabulous actor and playwright Charles Busch, who first rose to prominence in the 1980s with the show Vampire Lesbians of Sodom and follow...
2020-04-23 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostSome of the most groundbreaking queer moments on television happened on a show that if you’re American, you’ve probably never heard of. Number 96 is one of the most popular TV shows in Australi...
2020-04-16 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWell, James is in a real state on this week's episode of Cozy Pants. We talk about our recent viewing of The Good, The Bad, and the Ugly -- surprisingly enjoyable, for someone who does not especial...
2020-04-13 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week is Trystan Reece, who starred as Yitzhak in the original LA production of Hedwig and the Angry Inch. From an early age, Trystan was laser focused on going to Broadway and becomin...
2020-04-09 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostThis week, we're pondering the strange sexiness of the movie Onward. How did Pixar manage to make a Dreamworks movie? We also have a full-throated recommendation for the show Beastars, but don't le...
2020-04-06 16:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
Okay. Yes. Things are weird. Everything's weird! This is supposed to be the time of year when we're shedding our thick winter coats and our hearts are tu...
2020-04-05 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostLast week I chatted with comic book author Dale Lazarov, and this week we’ll hear from a comic artist — Joe Phillips. Jos images were some of the first glimpses of gay life I ever saw, back in ...
2020-04-02 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostHello and welcome to the Sewers of Paris. My guest this week is Dale Lazarov, a comic book writer who specializes in sexy character-based stories. Dale grew up in Puerto Rico, amidst a conservative...
2020-03-27 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostWell, Cats (2019) is now available for digital download and we are obsessed anew! If you would like to hear us talk about this movie for ANOTHER hour, you are in luck. Best of all, there's a new di...
2020-03-23 16:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week has a had a lot of jobs and a lot of adventures, from working on Broadway shows to producing the news alongside Dan Rather, singing to Angela Lansbury, earning a nickname from Fi...
2020-03-19 22:43:07 +0000 UTC View PostWell here we are, podcasting from our isolated bunker in Seattle to let you know we're doing OK and are conjuring up some entertainments to keep the stir craziness at bay. On this week's Cozy Pants...
2020-03-16 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
Whewwww, what a long decade the last few weeks have felt like. I hope you're all healthy and well and keeping safe -- between the coronavirus and endless...
2020-03-13 22:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello and welcome to the Sewers of Paris. Have you ever been lucky enough to enjoy the sensation of villainy? For this week’s episode, we’re revisiting my interview from three years ago with An...
2020-03-12 16:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post
How have you discovered your hidden talents? My guest this week is a former shy kid who, after trying to hide from the spotlight for years, was shocked to discover that he’s actually...
2020-03-05 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week has a lot of stories to share, both in his role as a filmmaker and as person who’s lived a lot of lives. Dan Steadman’s upbringing in a sheltered religious community found hi...
2020-02-28 02:48:21 +0000 UTC View PostOn this week's Cozy Pants podcast, we're reflecting on a film that sits halfway between Labyrinth and Mac & Me, which is not something I even knew was possible. James tortures me with a game of...
2020-02-25 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View Post