My guest this week is writer, activist, and former gold trader Karl Dunn, whose new book How to Burn a Rainbow is a memoir of how he pieced his life back together after a chaotic divorce. Karl’s journey from wedded bliss through a nightmare of legal battles and losing his livelihood and then ultimately finding inner peace sounds like a Hollywood narrative — which isn’t surprising, given that he worked for a time as a screenwriter, drawing on inspiration from wildly different sources from epic sci-fi novels to angry hip-hop to confrontational queer activism.
We’ll have that conversation in a minute. First, a reminder that if you like The Sewers of Paris, you’ll probably also enjoy my other projects. For example, my weekly livestreams on Twitch — this weekend we’ll be starting a two-part watch-party of the movie Cabaret.
Or you might want to check out my new podcast where we dive into the 90s TV series My So-Called Life, one episode at a time — it’s available now wherever you listen to podcasts, just search for Matt’s So-Cast Pod.
And check out my videos, my book, my newsletter, and more at MattBaume.com.
I was Quite Happy to be the Villain (Ep 374: Tork Shaw/Kenneth Williams)
Behind the Scenes with Betty White (Ep 373 - The Golden Girls/Jim Colucci)
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)
Hercules as a Twink (Ep 369 - Roo/Disney movies)
I Just Lied (Ep 368 - Andy/Revolutionary Girl Utena)
That Really Felt Like Christmas Magic (Ep 367 - Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer/Jonathan)
A Boy in the Country (Ep 366 - The Wizard of Oz/Tyler Dwiggins)
I'm Not Gay, I'm Just a Dance Major (Ep 365 - The Boys in the Band/Raymond Miller)
The Boys' Secret Society (Ep 364 - Gay Newspapers/Robert Steele)
I Was Like a Zombie (Ep 363 - The Powerpuff Girls/Alex Salyer)
We've Cornered the Market on Mermaids (Ep 362 - Joel Kim Booster/Clue)
Lots of Trouble (Ep 360 - The Breakfast Club/Lane Rogers)
Sewers of Paris: A Gateway Drug to Fabulous (Ep. 360 - 80s Cartoons/Ted Biaselli)
The Drama Kid (Ep 359 - Funny Girl/David Pevsner)
My Space-Brothers (Ep 358 - Star Trek DS9/David)
A Big Purple Man in a Loin Cloth (Ep. 357 - Fazaad/Gargoyles)
Always Pushing Boundaries (Ep 356 - Madonna/Farhad Dadyburjor)
Sexy But Secret (Ep 355 - Twilight/Ian Lockwood)
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