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Bonus video! Blade Runner secrets uncovered by Lance Loud

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I have a video coming for you next week (fingers crossed) about An American Family, the invention of reality television, and about the first gay reality star Lance Loud. For this...

Sewers of Paris: I Didn't Have Anything to Lose (Ep 495 - daytime TV/Antony)

My guest on this week's Sewers of Paris has experienced reality TV as both a viewer and a...

Bonus video! Holly Woodlawn, the Fake Ambassador's Wife

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For this week's bonus video, I want to draw your attention to a figure who appeared ever so briefly on PBS back in 1973: Holly Woodlawn, an icon of queer theater, a Warhol supers...

Sewers of Paris: They're Lying and That's Not Real (Ep 494 - X-Men/Chad)

My guest on this week's Sewers of Paris podcast is Chad Anderson, host of the 2024-11-14 17:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post

Matt's So-Cast Pod: Dance in Defiance, with actor Senta Moses (Delia Fisher)

I'm chatting with a super exciting guest this week: It's the delightful Senta Moses, who played Delia ...

Bonus video! Candid Camera & the pranky early days of reality TV

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For this week's bonus video, we're going way back to the 50s for a peek at the show that would lay the groundwork for the groundwork of reality television. Candid Camera...

Sewers of Paris: A Disney Mallrat (Ep 493 - Disney parks/Bruce)

My guest on this week's Sewers of Paris got his start performing in high school, when he...

Matt's So-Cast Pod: Where are they now?

When last we left Angela and Brian and Rickie and Rayanne and all their friends, they were in the earl...

Bonus video! Julia Child's kitchen goofs (and creative saves)

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For my most recent YouTube video, I did some research into the early days of PBS (and its predecessor, NET), and came across a lot of fun Julia Child stuff that I didn't have roo...

Sewers of Paris: Wear a Cute Top and Beat up a Man (Ep 492 - X-Men/Carlos)

My guest on this week's Sewers of Paris podcast is 2024-10-31 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post

Matt's So-Cast Pod: My So-Called Life's Second Life on MTV (with Peppermint)

My So-Called Life lives again! This week on the podcast, we're chatting about how MSCL w...

Sewers of Paris: Becoming a Library Gay (Ep 491 - Tales of the City/Michael)

I have a new YouTube video premiering this weekend about the miniseries Tales of the City, based on the books by Armistead Maupin, and for this week’s episode we’re diving into the 2024-10-24 17:56:34 +0000 UTC View Post

Matt's So-Cast Pod: In Dreams Begin Responsibilities (with Sam Pirie)

In this week's episode of Matt's So-Cast Pod, it's the dramatic conclusion -- OR IS IT??? We'...

Bonus video! When Mr. Rogers went to court to save the VCR

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For this week's bonus video, we're plucking Fred Rogers out of his neighborhood and sending him to Washington to scold a senator about giving PBS more money. But wait, there's mo...

Sewers of Paris: Tina Turner's Wet Season (Ep 490 - Tina Turner/Ben Graetz & Miss Ellaneous)

My guest on The Sewers of Paris this week is Ben Graetz, also known as Miss Ellaneous — an Austra...

Matt's So-Cast Pod: Weekend (with Drew Droege & Alonso Duralde)

On this week's episode of the podcast: We're closing in on the end of the series, and it's time for some wacky hijinks after last week's heart-rending drama! The grownups are going to take a VERY S...

Bonus Video! Who was the closeted actor that Armistead cursed out while filming Tales of the City?

Hello there! My travels continue this week, and for this week's bonus video I have a story about a big fight between a writer and an actor. At issue: Writer Armistead Maupin was FURIOUS that the ac...

Sewers of Paris: Beautiful and a Little Tormented (Ep 489 - Dr. Who/Toni)

I’ve got a special conversation for you on this week's Sewers of Paris: Toni Godwin Sells is the Chief Business and Strategy Officer at the Museum of Pop Culture in Seattle. MoPOP is abo...

Matt's So-Cast Pod: Betrayal (with Ryan O'Connor & Kristin Russo)

Hello! Thanks for your patience during our little break from Matt's So-Cast Pod. As of today ...

Bonus video! My So-Called Life's 90s Costume Inspiration, and PBS's Gay Past

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I'm coming to you from the road this week, with a bonus video about two very different topics: First, from my most recent YouTube video, some details about the very 90s fashion o...

Sewers of Paris: I Have Been Looking for the Pirate King (Ep 488 - Shakespeare/Johnnie McNamara Walker)

My guest this week on the Sewers of Paris podcast is Johnnie McNamara Walker, whose solo shows The Heter...