My guest this week is busy fomenting revolution, but not without his spreadsheets. John Leavitt is an artist and community organizer pushing for the end of debt, plutocracy, and capitalism itself -- sometimes on the front lines of protests, but it turns out social upheaval also requires a lot of office work, and it doesn't hurt to have a wealthy...
2019-04-11 10:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week has honed a variety of superpowers -- among them a skill that so many queer people discover they have, assembling a logical family to achieve greatness that once seemed impossibly distant. Ray Goldberg is a content producer with the podcast Tabletop Potluck, and a screenwriter based in Chicago who had a series of life-defining...
2019-04-09 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI asked James before we started recording, "are you too tired to do an episode right now?" And he assured me that he was alert. But the level of delirium in this episode suggests to me that PERHAPS sleep was starting to take hold, even then. Join us on a romp with brain-altering cheeses, a sexy wattle, gifts from Mother Nature, and a castle on a...
2019-04-09 00:46:56 +0000 UTC View PostA few weeks ago, I welcomed Kathy Tu to the Sewers of Paris -- she's the co-creator of the podcast Nancy from WNYC. And this week, we're chatting with Nancy's other parent, Tobin Low. He's a recovering cellist-turned-podcaster who realized he hated his career and needed to make a change for his own good. As a young queer person, Tobin got swept ...
2019-04-04 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
Welcome to the month named after the true hero of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles saga. I hope you're having a fruitful spring, and that you've sufficiently aired out your cutoffs for the warm weather ahead.
Here's what your support will make possible in April:
Well well well, the truth is out and it's a bitter reality to face: James is not a fan of Moliere. Sorry but there's just no changing his mind. We also discuss his contempt for Oscar Wilde, and our delightful accidental discovery of a weird movie from 1973 starring the guy who played King Tut on Batman. And then there's some fond reminiscing abo...
2019-04-01 23:26:17 +0000 UTC View PostAs wonderful as it feels to live at a time when podcasts rule the earth, this isn't the first golden age for audio storytelling. My guest this week is Briggon Snow, who plays Caleb on the podcast The Bright Sessions. He grew up listening to old radio shows like Abbott and Costello, and Burns and Allen. He developed a keen ear for rich characters...
2019-03-28 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostAre you ready for the milk of the spider? Ugh, gross, I hope not. This week on Cozy Pants we're playing some videogames, investigating confusing milk commercials, and playing a lightning round of What's Her Name -- plus, please welcome to the stage Cheval de Frise and Barka Lounger.
2019-03-25 20:52:44 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week discovered himself somewhere in the lost dark lounges of Miami beach. He grew up in the 1970s, enduring raids on drag shows, wild drug culture, and occasionally running from the police or paddling away in an escape rowboat. Anthony's adventures took him from doing painkillers with the granddaughter of deposed presidents, inter...
2019-03-21 13:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostA special guest joins the Cozy Pants podcast this week! Bryan Wuest is a visiting scholar, in that he is a scholar visited our home to say hello and talk about D&D, accordion-playing vampires, and of course Modelland. As a professor of such affairs, Bryan shares his movie recommendations, stories of making his follow D&D players freak ou...
2019-03-18 19:09:15 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week is on Mars. Troy Lee Hudson is an Instrument System Engineer for NASA's Insight mission, which just successfully landed a probe on a planet hundreds of millions of miles away from Earth. But he doesn't only explore space -- here on Earth, Troy's ventured into BDSM, finding kink and leather through a chance encounter with a Tom...
2019-03-14 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostThis week I struggle to identify Eve Plumb -- is she a true human or a figment of her own imagination? We meet Nixon's chimp, and dive into the vast history of Scrooge McDuck along with the lovely moon music. James delves into pickles he has known, and also somehow knows what I mean when I say "something the something something." In Modelland, a...
2019-03-11 13:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostWhat is it about queer people and villains? This isn't the first time I'd had a guest on the show who loves sympathetic monsters. Michael Lee Richardson is a writer and filmmaker in the UK who takes the world around him and makes it weird ... and queered.
And BTW, I hope you'll join us for a brand new weekly queer Dungeons & Dragons st...
2019-03-07 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Cozy Pants we're saying goodbye to Connie Chung (many years ago) and also deliberating about whether Joanne should see Rent. (Consensus seems to be that she should, although there's some disagreement over how much tickets should cost.) We're also thinking about the Prodigy, whoever or whatever that is, and getting closer than ever t...
2019-03-04 22:09:53 +0000 UTC View PostYou might’ve heard this episode’s guest on the podcast Nancy. Kathy Tu chronicles queer stories on the show -- sort of a This LGBTQ American Life. I’m so excited to chat with her about making the show and jumping from law school grad to queer podcaster.
2019-03-04 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
As they say, March comes in like a lion, so raaaar one and all. Are you planning your spring gardening? I just put in primroses the DAY before it snowed, so curse you March Lion!
Here's all the stuff your support makes possible in March:
This week's guest in Noam Ash, a theater actor and youtube-gay who co-created the web series My Gay Roommate, which features a gay man and a straight man living together as platonic friends. That might not sound like the sort of thing that would be inspired by Harry Potter, but ever since he was a kid, Noam found solace in stories of outsiders d...
2019-02-28 14:01:00 +0000 UTC View PostI'm back from Portland with tales aplenty! Meanwhile James is channeling the spirit of Catwoman, and casting his memory back to his days of being a tennis baby. Over in Modelland, there's been a soft shriek and a miraculous discovery about some more very specific Tyra nomenclature. Plus a delicious family recipe for mashed potatoes that'll mess ...
2019-02-26 00:50:34 +0000 UTC View PostThis week's guest is actor and creator Ken Arpino, who you may know from The Queens Project. He’s appeared in the touring company of shows like Mamma Mia, and now that he's got some major shows under his belt, he’s dedicated himself to bringing live theater to folks who don't have access to the arts or to queer community.
2019-02-21 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week has undergone an incredible change, from living in a deeply religious rural community to performing underground cabaret in New York City. John Coons is a singer, performer, songwriter, sometimes go-go dancer, and overall delight, and I’m so excited to chat with him about how he found a church he could truly believe in.
2019-02-14 11:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis week on Cozy Pants, we engage in some wild speculation about Cats -- the musical, not the animal. Is Gordon Ramsay a kitchen cat? How much whipped cream is too much whipped cream? And what can we expect now that Tyra Banks has announced that she is building a REAL LIFE Modelland? We also experience a fond memory of Alanis Morissette and Tor...
2019-02-11 21:40:02 +0000 UTC View PostThis bonus episode has two guests: Mitch and Greg are the creators of the super popular YouTube series ASAP Science. They met years ago through a Facebook hack, and grew close as they searched for a way to blend their love of science and art. Now they've built a quirky queer science empire together, as creative partner and life partners.
2019-02-11 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostMy guest this week was almost a world famous dancer, but instead he's a world famous knitter. Steven West's fiber art is known all far and wide for bright color, surprising stitches, and beguiling design -- you might think of it as hipster knitwear. Behind the celebrity knitter is a former Bible camp kid who loved to dance. Looking at him then, ...
2019-02-07 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostHello friends!
I hope you're observing Valentine's month by taking yourself out on a fabulous date and being your own greatest lover. As someone wise once said, love yourself before loving somebody else, etc etc etc.
I also hope you've been enjoying the new backer rewards I added for 2019! As of January, every tier gets something new...
2019-02-05 17:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWelcome to this week's Cozy Pants podcast! We're on chapter four of Modelland and Tyra is getting PERSONAL. We share an intriguing story about Tyra, her ice cream habits, and her past werewolfery -- and speaking of weird, we also dive into the foot-focused world of Kingdom Hearts III, and then James shares a Little Debbie experience before disap...
2019-02-04 19:12:34 +0000 UTC View PostThere’s a good chance that the Internet as we know it wouldn't be a thing without this week's guest. Alan Emtage grew up in Barbados, where his connection to the outside world came through amateur radio projects that allowed him to talk with people around the world. He went on to pioneer the way we find information on the Internet at a time wh...
2019-01-31 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostWho is Creamy De La Creme? Why is James sniffing the bread? Who controls the remote in our house? Welcome back, patrons, to another episode of Cozy Pants! This week we're reflecting on an enchanting drag show, Barry Manilow's surprising bangers, and Popeye Island.
2019-01-28 14:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostThis week's guest is John Russo, a celebrity photographer who’s on a first name basis with subjects like Catherine Zeta Jones and Leonardo DiCaprio. John always projects a persona of complete and total confidence, a vibe that he also calls forth from his subjects. It’s a technique that's worked well for him, ever since he started out in his ...
2019-01-24 14:00:02 +0000 UTC View PostYou might’ve seen this episode's guest onstage at some point — Indigo Blue is an accomplished burlesque performer and teacher. She also got a degree in anthropology by writing about sex work while working as a stripper, so she has a unique set of skills to pass along to students.
And don’t forget to join us for the next livestream! I...
2019-01-22 11:01:01 +0000 UTC View PostIt's time once again for a cozy cuddle-up! Welcome to Cozy Pants, our podcast about the stuff that brings us joy. This week it's Garfield, dumbwaiters, and Tori Amos. Plus a little Cathy, ack! I share a few tales from PodCon, and also find some very cute lizards.
Also! I'm turning on private RSS feeds, so you should be getting an email wit...
2019-01-21 21:31:42 +0000 UTC View Post