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I hope you're having a delightful holiday season, which will hopefully be made even more delightful by this week's bonus video in which we take a look at a (possible) Rock Hudson...
2023-12-24 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostAs we veer ever closer to Christmas, this week's episode of the Sewers of Paris podcast is a dive into the archives for a chat with Scott Shoemaker. Along with his partner Freddie, Scottâ€...
2023-12-21 17:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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Time once again for the monthly feedback video! This is a video series that is free to everyone on Patreon, and that started as a way for me to respond to questions ... and has n...
2023-12-20 18:21:40 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this week's bonus video, I'm going to show you some clips that were a little too salacious for my Rock Hudson video: A recording of a call where he (apparently) is arranging a...
2023-12-17 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest on this week's Sewers of Paris podcast is New York comedian Justin Randall, who was a very different pe...
2023-12-14 17:00:08 +0000 UTC View PostWe have two guests on this week's Sewers of Paris podcast: Filmmakers Melina Maerker and David Miller are the co-creators of a new documentary entitled 2023-12-07 17:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
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I've got a great big hour-long video about Rock Hudson coming your way next week, but in the mean time here's a video about his incredible agent -- the notorious Henry Wills...
2023-12-03 17:00:09 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest on this week's Sewers of Paris podcast is Lucas Hilderbrand, author of the new book 2023-11-30 21:16:54 +0000 UTC View Post
As I'm sure you're aware, Rock Hudson is probably best known for the romantic comedies he made in the 1950s and 1960s with Doris Day (and a bunch of other actresses). But something kind of peculiar...
2023-11-26 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostA new biopic just debuted on Netflix entitled Rustin, about the incredible life of Bayard Rustin — a civil rights leader who worked with Martin Luther King Jr. And this week, we’re div...
2023-11-23 19:57:31 +0000 UTC View Post
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I took a quick research-trip down to Los Angeles this week to visit the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences' archives, and did my best to untangle all the lies, m...
2023-11-19 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest on this week's Sewers of Paris podcast is historian Eric Gonzaba, whose fascinating work ...
2023-11-16 17:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there! In this week's bonus video, we're diving into the coded double-talk in some 50s-era tabloids. What's the REAL agenda behind these magazines? It's not always as it seems, and I have a h...
2023-11-12 17:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest on this week's Sewers of Paris is an old friend. I first met Tim Sheridan about a decade ago, when we were both writers trying to figure out how to make a living doing what we lov...
2023-11-09 17:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest on this week's Sewers of Paris podcast is Jon Ginoli, who started the band Pansy Division in the early 90s. Jon was responding to a lack of queer music in the punk scene and a lac...
2023-11-02 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there! In this week's bonus video we're exploring the fairy-tale wedding of Rock Hudson, and by "fairy-tale" I mean that it was largely imaginary. In the 1950s, queer people had to go to extr...
2023-10-29 18:19:16 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest on The Sewers of Paris podcast this week is actor Ray Stewart, who first came to my attention in the role of Darryl Driscoll on the '70s sitcom Barney Miller. Ray played ...
2023-10-26 22:01:56 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this week's bonus video we're taking a little peek at the love life of Tab Hunter -- and some of the very expensive lengths to which he went to keep those loves hidden. Tab's ...
2023-10-22 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest on this week's Sewers of Paris podcast is Karel Bouley. Back in the 90s, Karel and his partner Andrew Howard were the first openly queer couple to host a major market drive time r...
2023-10-19 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostI’m speaking this week with Wilson Paulino, who co-hosts the Wilferland podcast with his partner Fernando. Wilson grew up ...
2023-10-13 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
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Time once again for the monthly feedback video, a series that is free to everyone on Patreon and that started as a way for me to respond to questions ... and has now sort o...
2023-10-11 16:00:08 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this week's bonus video, we're diving into the tub with Alfred Hitchcock to explore the famous shower sequence in Psycho -- how he made it, why it looks so good, and why the n...
2023-10-08 16:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostIn honor of the start of October, the spookiest month, for this week's Sewers of Paris podcast we’re diving into the archives to hear my 2015 interview with Jamie Mauer ... whom you may ...
2023-10-06 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this week's bonus video, we're exploring the wild, creative, often-cutthroat party games invented by puzzle-masters Stephen Sondheim and Anthony Perkins. Stephen of cour...
2023-10-01 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest on this week's Sewers of Paris podcast is Frank Abate, who’s about to open the first shelter and community center for queer youth in the Dominican Republic. He’s been working ...
2023-09-28 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post
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In this week's bonus video, we're taking a look at some highlights from the life & career of Anthony Perkins -- in particular, how guarded he had to be while being interviewe...
2023-09-24 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest on this week's Sewers of Paris is Scott Mainprize, a two-spirit author, lawyer, and instructor based in Ottawa. Scott’s been walking in multiple simultaneous worlds his whole li...
2023-09-21 16:00:04 +0000 UTC View Post
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Have you heard heard about Orry-Kelly, the man who swaddled Bette Davis' chest while (maybe) stealing Cary Grant's heart? Orry is responsible for some of the most memorable costu...
2023-09-17 16:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest on this week's Sewers of Paris podcast is Tate Barkley, whose new memoir comes out next week and is entitled 2023-09-14 16:01:08 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there! This week Ollie and I have QUITE a bonus video for you: This is the story of Joani Hannon, a queer woman whose name isn't widely known today, though it absolutely should be.
Joan...
2023-09-10 16:01:00 +0000 UTC View Post