For this week’s episode of The Sewers of Paris, we’re trying something new — I’ll interview my guest, Christian Garcia, about the movies that changed his life. And then he’ll interview me about the media that shaped mine, for his podcast. Chri...
2025-07-24 16:00:21 +0000 UTC View Post
You might know Dante Basco as Prince Zuko from Avatar, or as Jake Long, or as Rufio from Hook. But back in the 90s, he was a break-dancer and he played a gay wrestler in But I'm a Cheerleader -- though the director was worried that he wouldn't manage to pull off the required gay kiss. Not only did he prove her wrong, i...
2025-07-21 16:00:33 +0000 UTC View Post
On last week’s episode of The Sewers of Paris, I talked with comedian Tim Murray, co-star of the new show 2025-07-17 16:00:12 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello there! For this week's bonus video, I wanted to give a little context for why, in this house, we adore Natasha Lyonne -- starting with her adorable early roles in commercials and Pee-Wee's Playhouse, and then of course with her teen appearance in But I'm a Cheerleader. Things took an unpleasant turn for a few years in her 20s: Some people ...
2025-07-13 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest this week on the Sewers of Paris podcast is comedian Tim Murray, co-star of the new show 2025-07-10 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Pretty much any time a book is adapted into a movie, the book was better ... but there are a few notable exceptions, and one of them is Brokeback Mountain. And that's according to Annie Proulx, who wrote the book! In this week's bonus video, we're looking at one change to the story that she vigorously opposed ... until she saw it on the...
2025-07-06 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest this week on The Sewers of Paris is Professor Luis Alvarez-Hernandez, whose book 2025-07-03 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
Hello, here's a rare Monday-afternoon bonus video! Usually I post these on Sundays, but because we've had a lot of folks joining from my new Brokeback Mountain video, I didn't want to keep you in suspense for a week with this one: The best (and mostly worst) Brokeback Mountain jokes from the early 2000s.
I've got some cli...
2025-06-30 19:57:58 +0000 UTC View Post
This week, I’m welcoming author Christopher Rice back to The Sewers of Paris to talk about his new book, Party of Three — a ste...
2025-06-27 19:37:30 +0000 UTC View Post
Okay, sure, Anne Hathaway told a little lie during her audition for Brokeback Mountain. But can you blame her for not wanting to do Princess Diaries sequels for the rest of her life?
Anne's little fib helped her land the part, but that was just one many problems faced by the film. Today, Brokeback Mountain is reg...
2025-06-22 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest this week is drag legend Courtney Act, who you may know from Drag Race, Australian Idol, and from her countless live shows and music videos a...
2025-06-19 22:01:59 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest this week is the comedian Ricky Sim, who’s currently touring with his show Coming Out to Dead People 2025-06-12 16:00:13 +0000 UTC View Post
The animated Star Trek spinoff should have been cheap and terrible ... but thanks to a fluke of timing and a very brave demand from Leonard Nimoy, it wound up having some surprising bright spots. (It was still pretty cheap, though.) So why is the writing and acting so much better than the same company's Archie cartoon that came before, ...
2025-06-08 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest this week is culture writer Erik Piepenburg, author of the new book 2025-06-05 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry wanted to have gay characters on the show, and even instructed writers to include gay couples on Next Generation ... so why didn't they? This week's bonus video's all about Gene's vision for making the future queer, the forces that stood in his way, and how actors and fans managed to bring his vision to life. 2025-06-01 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest on The Sewers of Paris podcast this week is writer Christopher Tradowsky, who loves nothing more than to slip into the sanctuary of an old-fashioned movie palace...
2025-05-29 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest on the Sewers of Paris podcast this week is filmmaker Peter McDowell, whose documentary Jimmy in Saigon...
2025-05-22 18:27:16 +0000 UTC View Post
Why did William Shatner need to steal so many wigs from the set of Star Trek, and what was he doing that rendered them "unphotographable"? For that matter, what happened to the wigs belonging to the producer's multiple mistresses in the cast? We're tackling those hairy riddles in this week's bonus video. Plus! The story of how a humble housewife...
2025-05-18 18:34:48 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest this week is Alexis Langlois, director of the film Queens of Drama — a mus...
2025-05-15 16:00:15 +0000 UTC View Post
Happy mother's day, let's talk about the horniest mom in the galaxy! I've dug up some fascinating behind-the-scenes details about Star Trek, the character Lwaxana Troi, and the real-life saucy shenanigans going on behind the scenes of the show from the 1960s to the 1990s.
Plus! If you're as excited as I am to see Bosco and Irene t...
2025-05-11 16:00:20 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest on this week's Sewers of Paris podcast is Pete Crighton, whose debut book The Vinyl Diaries comes out next week...
2025-05-08 18:17:49 +0000 UTC View Post
This may be one of the most awkward interviews I've ever seen: Ian McKellen talking to Dick Cavett, ostensibly about Ian's appearance at the 1992 Tonys and his touring production of Richard III, but it quickly turns into a weirdly tense confrontation about homosexuality, coming-out, and the use of slurs. Dick seems to be on another planet, and I...
2025-05-04 16:00:09 +0000 UTC View Post
A new film called Lavender Men comes to theaters this month, and streaming in June — it’s about a theatrical stage manager who daydreams about her connection to Abrah...
2025-05-01 16:00:10 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest this week is the writer, director, and co-star of the new Argentinian film Most People Die on Sundays. Iair grew up watching soap operas, pulled into on-screen ...
2025-04-24 16:00:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Is there any more friendship in showbiz as wholesome as Ian McKellen's and Patrick Stewart? I've been doing a lot of Ian-related research for an upcoming video about his show Vicious, and I just keep coming across really lovely stories about how close these two actors are -- so for this week's bonus video, we're diving into their long l...
2025-04-20 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
You may have seen writer, actor, and comedian Jeffery Self on the shows 30 Rock, Desperate Housewives, and Jeffery & Cole Casserole alongside Cole Escola. Or you might know him from his books, Drag Teen and A ...
2025-04-17 16:01:13 +0000 UTC View Post
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I'm chugging away on multiple videos for you right now -- one about Roy Cohn and Angels in America; and another about the 2013 British sitcom Vicious. For this week's bonus video, I've got some fun backstage stories from the stars of Vicious, the always-iconic Sir Ian and Sir Derek, regarding their y...
2025-04-13 20:01:36 +0000 UTC View Post
You might’ve seen this week’s guest, Andrew Gurza, in the news lately. An activist and advocate for people with disabilities, he recently drew headlines for talking openly about how sex workers have changed his life, and why he believes the government should pay for them. Andrew has a new book coming out this month called 2025-04-10 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post
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So, you've just been through a bank heist. Robbers have held you at gunpoint for hours, the FBI rescued you, and ... what happens next? Do you have to go in to work the next day, do you get overtime, and how does anyone know that YOU weren't one of the bank robbers? In this week's bonus video, we're diving into the day-after d...
2025-04-06 16:00:07 +0000 UTC View Post
As you might’ve heard, I have a new video up on YouTube about the film Dog Day Afternoon, and a queer bank robber who stunned New York way back in the 1970s. For this week’s podcas...
2025-04-03 16:00:14 +0000 UTC View Post