Nasty Pig is Poetry (Ep 578 - Pink Floyd/David Lauterstein)
My guest this week on The Sewers of Paris is David Lauterstein, the founder and CEO of Nasty Pig. You probably know his company for their se...
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20 of 311 episodesSouthern Decadence (Ep 577 - James Baldwin/Jonathan)
This week marks the birthday of the author and activist James Baldwin, and to mark the occasion we’re heading into the Sewers archives for a...
The Harlot's Progress (Ep 576 - Iain/composing opera)
My guest on The Sewers of Paris this week is Iain Bell , who made a career out of his personal passion for music. But he took a winding road...
I Owe My Life to Mariah (Ep 575 - Mariah Carey/Bisi)
My guest this week grew up in challenging circumstances — a gay kid in Nigeria with a religious family, Bisi couldn’t imagine anywhere on Ea...
A Great Excuse for Touching (Ep 574 - Interrupting TV shows/Murray Edelman)
A few months ago, I came across an incredible video. It’s the early 70s, and a local Chicago talk show is interviewing a doctor who wrote a...
We've Decided Trauma is Funny (Ep 573 - Improv/Mano)
My guest on this week's Sewers of Paris is writer/comedian Mano Agapion , whose work you may know from his appearances on Hacks and Bajillio...
Sewers of Paris: Magic Horses & Middle School (Ep. 572 - Fantasy novels/Hugh Ryan)
When you compare what queer life was like at the end of the 80s to the start of the 2000s, the differences are so shocking it’s hard to beli...
My Second Life (Ep 571 - Phantom of the Opera/Chris Geidner)
You might’ve seen that I have a new video up on YouTube this week — it’s about the long hard fight for marriage equality, and how some Holly...
Don't Make Superman TOO Sexy (Ep 570 - Superhero comics/Joe)
Next week sees the release of a new Supergirl movie, so for this week’s Sewers of Paris we’re diving into the archives to revisit my 2020 in...
Permission to Make Queer Art (Ep 569 - Gregg Araki films/Daniel & Andrew)
For this week’s episode, we have two guests: Andrew Klaus-Vineyard and Daniel Talbott are the directors of a new documentary short called We...
We Went Through the Ringer (Ep 568 - murder mysteries/Caleb)
My guest this week is Caleb Roehrig, author of young adult mysteries and the occasional romance. Caleb had always wanted to be an author, bu...
The Luckiest Little Homosexual in the World (Ep 567 - The Tonys/Jeffrey)
The world just celebrated Shakespeare’s birthday — born in late April, a scant four hundred and sixty two years ago, which makes him almost...
To Be a Goblin (Ep 566 - Labyrinth/Jes)
My guest this week on The Sewers of Paris is Jes Battis , who’s just written an appreciation and analysis of the movie Labyrinth entitled It...
I Saw Myself in Kermit (Ep 565 - The Muppet Show/Dan)
To mark the recent re-re-re-rebooting of The Muppet Show , this week we’re heading into the Sewers archives to revisit my 2020 interview wit...
Theater is My Version of Church (Ep 564 - Catwoman/Greg)
A few weeks ago I came across an online video from a comic convention featuring a phalanx of comic book figures — life-size statues, painted...
The Most Expensive Flop in Broadway History (Ep 563 - Madeline Kahn/William)
The day this episode comes out, March 26 2026, is the 115th birthday of renowned playwright Tennessee Williams. And to mark the occasion, we...
The Fire that Came with Creating (ep 562 - Fifth Element/Ricardo)
My guest this week is illustrator Ricardo Bessa , whose beautiful art features lush colorful fantasy settings and characters on fabulous adv...
Making Something Special Out of Garbage (Ep 561 - Pro wrestling/David)
On last week’s episode we heard from drag comedienne Pissi Myles, and this week we’ll hear from Pissi’s husband, photographer and creative d...
Nothing About my Life Isn't Funny (Ep 560 - The Birdcage/Pissi Myles)
My guest this week is drag comedienne Pissi Myles , who always knew she needed to be on stage but wasn’t always sure where she fit in… thank...
The Cool Person I Could Be (Ep 559 - Pokemon/Cody Shipman)
This week marks the 30th anniversary of the release of Pokémon, and to celebrate we’re diving into the Sewers archives to hear my 2019 chat...