My guest this week is Mark Daley. Mark’s background is in politics, and included some time as communications director for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign. But a few years ago, he stumbled across an opportunity to apply his advocacy skills in a new arena, when he and his partner became parents — under circumstances that were not exactly what they’d planned. Mark has a new book out entitled Safe — it’s a look back at how he became a dad, how he maintained a family amidst the challenges of the foster system, and how he founded TheFosterParent.com to help families like his.
We’ll have that conversation in a minute. First, a couple quick announcements, starting with a reminder that if you like this podcast, you’ll probably like my weekly newsletter about LGBTQ+ entertainment history. You can sign up for that at MattBaume.com.
Also, check out my YouTube channel for videos about the making of iconic pop culture. I’ve got a video coming your way this month about the movie Rebel Without a Cause at YouTube.com/mattbaume.
And I hope you’ll join me for weekly livestreams over on Twitch every Sunday afternoon. That’s at twitch.tv/mattbaume. This weekend we’re continuing our watch along — and debate about the queerness — of James Dean in Rebel Without a Cause.
Also! If you haven’t yet, take a look at my book about the history of queer characters on American sitcoms, Hi Honey, I’m Homo! Available now wherever books are sold. It was just named one of the American Library Association’s Stonewall Book Honorees! Go to gaysitcoms.com for details and to get a signed copy.
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Magic Horses & Middle School (Ep 388 - Hugh Ryan/magic horses)
Camp is like Pornography (Ep 387 - Eurovision/Jānis)
Did I Just Get Married? (Ep 386 - Pedro Almodóvar/Alejandro Varela)
Betrayed by Books (Ep 385 - Fantasy novels/Oliver Darkshire)
Learning to be Myself More (Ep 384 - Live drag soap opera/Harold Slazer)
Oracular Garbage Pile (Ep 383 - James Bond/Andrew Wheeler)
A Crew of Proto-Queer Boys (Ep 382 - Spice Girls/Little Miss Hot Mess)
Space Ballerinas (Ep 381 - Sailor Moon/Ryan La Salla)
It's Petty Drama (Ep 380 - The Hills/Xavier D'Leau)
We're All Enjoying the Male Body (Ep 379 - International Male/Buck Jones)
Secrets Kill (Ep 378 - Disaster films/Christopher Rice)
Raised by Hippies (Ep 377 - Room with a View/Michael Bach)
The Moon's About to Fall (Ep 376 - Majora's Mask/Enrique)
Funny and Salacious and Dangerous (Ep 375: Andrew/Soap)
I was Quite Happy to be the Villain (Ep 374: Tork Shaw/Kenneth Williams)
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Southern Decadence (Ep 372 - The Chronicles of Narnia/Jonathan Alexander)
Cozy vs Kinky (Ep 371 - The Jungle Book/Caudle)
You Can be Sad or You Can be Gay (Ep 370 - Guy Branum)
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