My guest this week is Andrew Farrier, a New Orleans tour guide and podcaster who began his career in a small Louisiana town, giving tours of haunted houses as a kid. A child of hippies, Andrew was given wide latitude to explore creative pursuits, and it wasn’t long before he found himself in New Orleans, testing the boundaries of performance and exploring surprising histories — from early gay inhabitants to a close friend’s long-hidden connection to voodoo.
We’ll have that conversation in a minute. First, a reminder that I’ve got a book coming out next year about the history of queer characters on sitcoms, from Bewitched to The Golden Girls to Friends, and how the real-life story of queer liberation is told over decades of television comedy. It’s called Hi Honey, I’m Homo, and pre-orders are open — head over to gaysitcoms.com to get all the details.
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Sewers of Paris: Being Gay Was my Ticket Out (Ep 314 - Reruns/Taylor)
A Telemundo Reaction (Ep. 313 - Santa Claus Conquers the Martians)
Sewers of Paris: Deranged but Thought-Out (Ep 312 - Frank DeCaro/The Munsters)
All of Your Passions Together (Ep 311 - Max Miller/Tasting History)
The Nicest Debt Collector Around (Ep. 310 - Great British Bake Off)
Finally Dialed Up to Ten (Ep 309 - Brett White/Charles Nelson Reilly)
If You Love Wonder Woman, You're Gay (Ep 308 - Wonder Woman/Raul Pacheco-Vega)
You Can't Make Us Feel Ashamed (Ep. 307 - The Rocky Horror Picture Show/Matt Hintzen)
An Adult Candy Store (Ep 306 - Janet Jackson/Peppermint)
My Gay Suit of Armor (Ep 305 - Street Fighter/Deere)
Life with Sharks (Ep 304 - Jaws/Chris Pepin-Neff)
You Don't Want to See Minnie Mouse Take Her Head Off (Ep. 303 - BenDeLaCreme)
Your Grease Truck Voice (Ep 302 - Philip William Stover/Gay Romance Novels)
Freak of Nature (Ep 301 - Bride of Frankenstein/Sam Irvin)
Eight Great Conversations With Queer Creators (Ep 300)
Hot Glue and Rhinestones (Ep. 299 - Remembering Chi Chi DeVayne)
The Unspoken Queerness of the South (Ep 298 - Steel Magnolias/Anthony Methvin)
Bright Colors, Zany Action (Ep 297 - Skeletor/JP Karliak)
Not a Fan of Hanging Around in Reality (Steve Kmetko/E! News)
Reclaiming Power (Ep 296 - Death Becomes Her/Tom Zohar)
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