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Stories from a 73-Year-Old Queer Collector (w/ Mike Balaban)

Hot Takes & Deep Dives by Jess Rothschild

Oct 27, 202551:25TV & Film

Jess is joined by "the accidental gay historian" Mike Balaban ( @bammer47 ) — a man who's photographed faces, places & ephemera that defined gay life in the early 1970s-1990s. Topics — gay life in the '50s & '60, Mike's...

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Stories from a 73-Year-Old Queer Collector (w/ Mike Balaban) is an episode from Hot Takes & Deep Dives by Jess Rothschild. Jess is joined by "the accidental gay historian" Mike Balaban ( @bammer47 ) — a man who's photographed faces, places...

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Published Oct 27, 2025, 51:25 long, audio available.

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Jess is joined by "the accidental gay historian" Mike Balaban ( @bammer47 ) — a man who's photographed faces, places & ephemera that defined gay life in the early 1970s-1990s. Topics — gay life in the '50s & '60, Mike's 44 years in NYC, the use of personal ads, hanky codes, 1-900 phone lines, and why he thinks younger guys are drawn to older men. ⭐ IG: @jessxnyc | @bammer47 ⭐ Jess' docu-series on the history, mystique & lore of Fire Island — Finding Fire Island

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Published Oct 27, 2025 and 51:25 long