My guest this week is Mark O’Connell, an ‘80s culture superfan who’s obsessed with Star Wars and James Bond. He’s the author of the books Watching Skies and Catching Bullets, and is also fa...
2019-01-17 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome back into the cozy pants! It's our weekly podcast for all things delightful, and boy oh boy could we use some delights this week, having endured all manner of sniffles. Fortunately the late...
2019-01-14 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
As part of the new rewards I'm offering for 2019, I'm about to launch a thank-you wall on my site, listing all the folks who make my podcasts, livestreams, and videos possible....
2019-01-11 21:22:11 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week is Tyler, who you may know as Bolt — co-host of the YouTube series Watt’s the Safeword. Online, he’s known for providing fun cute silly sex ed, but did you know that when h...
2019-01-10 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWell hello! It's the premiere episode of Cozy Pants, a brand new Patreon-only podcast where we discuss the cultural comforts that are filling our days with joy. Slip into something cozy, curl up wi...
2019-01-07 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi friends!
I'm thinking about making some changes to Weekly Debrief (the weekly roundup of LGBTQ news), and wanted to get your input.
Right now, Weekly Debrief appears...
2019-01-04 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week is Timmy Roghaar, a Seattle actor, drag queen, go-go dancer, and ex-Mormon. Timmy left Salt Lake City behind to take off his pants and dance, and we chatted all about what got hi...
2019-01-03 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends and happy new year!
May your 2019 begin with delights aplenty. My favorite thing about 2019 so far (aside from the perfect bowl of soup that I just made for lunch) is all the fo...
2019-01-02 19:34:45 +0000 UTC View PostHello there! I hope you had a nice holiday time and New Year season. We’re doing something a bit different this week — a kick-back chat with me and my partner James about why I started The Sewe...
2018-12-27 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostIt's a special bonus episode of The Sewers of Paris! My guests are Erika Rose and Chelsea Moore, who talk about Sylvia Plath, The L Word, and the Well of Loneliness. Erika and Chelsea are a New Yor...
2018-12-24 21:22:51 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
Ohhhhh geez do I have some big news. Thanks to your generous support, I’ve been able to bring you tons of LGBTQ videos, podcasts, and livestreams in 2018 -- now get ready for...
2018-12-21 20:08:03 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
As we bumble our way through the final days of the year, I just wanted to reach out with a huge THANK YOU for all of your support on Patreon. Whether you’re a longtime backer...
2018-12-20 22:44:41 +0000 UTC View PostThis holiday season, I hope you're surrounded with good cheer, fabulous family and friends, and comforts aplenty to keep you warm in the dark winter nights.
And when it comes to feeling cozy,...
2018-12-20 14:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
You might not recognize the name Glenn Kiser, but he's had a hand in countless films over the last three decades -- helping to craft films in editing rooms alongside directors like David Fincher, Spik...
2018-12-13 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostOh hello, friends! I hope you're having a cozy winter time. Thanks for all your support and feedback and just generally being pretty great about being on the Internet -- it's because of you that I'm a...
2018-12-07 18:05:47 +0000 UTC View Post
How do you share your story when your story defies belief? My guest this week is Henry Goldring, whose upcoming memoir is entitled Unbelievable and recounts tales of audaciously bluffing his way into ...
2018-12-06 14:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
I don't know if you heard, but somebody tried to make a movie about Bohemian Rhapsody recently. And it's nice that the film might introduce the band to a new generation, but there are some queers amon...
2018-11-29 23:20:15 +0000 UTC View Post
How much do you know about the people who paved the way for you? We all benefit from foundations laid by those who came before, but so often -- and particularly for queer people -- those forebears are...
2018-11-22 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Thanks to everyone who supports The Sewers of Paris on Patreon -- with your pledges I'm able to release monthly bonus episodes like...
2018-11-20 19:07:34 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's episode is going to be a bit of a song and dance. My guest is Bryan Lowder, associate editor at Slate and co-host of the Outward podcast. Known now for his cerebral essays and thoughtful a...
2018-11-15 08:01:02 +0000 UTC View PostHail and well met, friends, and I hope you're having a lovely weekend wherein you take at least a few moments to appreciate how good you look in scarves.
We're rounding out the year with American fo...
2018-11-10 20:17:03 +0000 UTC View Post
How do you measure your success? For a lot of us it's career or fame or money or family, but the common theme among all of those is happiness. That is, what makes you happy? But often happiness as a g...
2018-11-08 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We're going back into the Sewers of Paris archives this week, for an interview with ex-boybander Kevin Yee. Kevin's new comedy special recently premiered Hulu, as part of the Comedy InvAsian series. H...
2018-11-01 13:01:16 +0000 UTC View Post
This week's guest is an imaginary creature -- or at least, that's primarily how the public knows him, though character and places he invents. Every day, Adam Koebel runs role-playing games where playe...
2018-10-25 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
We've got a special two for one deal on this episode: Drag Race star Alaska, and her friend and collaborator Jeremy. With a friendship dating back to their weird college days, Alaska and Jeremy recent...
2018-10-23 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View Post
How do you muster the nerve to keep going when it seems like the odds are stacked against you? My guest this week picked up some life advice from improv comedy -- in particular, the lesson to say yes ...
2018-10-18 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there and thanks again so much for your support on Patreon!
Next week, I'm releasing a brand new Culture Cruise video. And as always, everyone pledging at the $4+ level gets early ad-free acce...
2018-10-13 17:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post
You've seen this week's guest on RuPaul's Drag Race, and you've seen his choreography in Footloose, on the Emmys, and videos and stage shows for Jennifer Lopez, Madonna, and the Spice Girls -- despite...
2018-10-11 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHi Friends!
Happy Spooktember, the second-scariest month of the year (after March, which was invented by spiders). Thank you so much for all of your wonderful support, which makes all of this month'...
2018-10-09 17:15:02 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest this week is Nathaniel Atcheson, writer and director of the film Domain, which comes out this week. Like the movies that inspired him as a kid, Domain is a story about isolation and lonelines...
2018-10-04 13:00:02 +0000 UTC View Post