Do you know all of your family secrets? And is it possible that you might be one of them? My guest this week is Conor Patrick, whose work you can catch right now on on Cinemax -- he's a script coordinator on the show Banshee, which is about sinister mysteries hiding in a small town.
As a kid, Conor obsessed over the convoluted family plots of...
2016-05-12 15:11:01 +0000 UTC View Post
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We're back with another super homosexual live video chat! This time the theme is drag, from modern Drag Race to classic Divine; from glamorous balls to spooky drag monsters; from elaborate wigs...
2016-05-03 19:51:40 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey friends! The annual podcast awards are accepting nominations right now, so if you've been enjoying The Sewers of Paris, now's the time to go to PodcastAwards.com and nominate The Sewers of Paris. It only takes a minute, it's free, and it'll help new listeners find the show.&...
2016-04-29 14:37:41 +0000 UTC View Post
Who taught you how to be beautiful? My guest this week made a lifelong study of the most beautiful woman he knew, his mother, even going so far as to transform into a character who bears an uncanny resemblance. You might know Robbie Turner the character from this season's Drag Race, or from her regular appearances at shows in Seattle and around the...
2016-04-28 16:32:01 +0000 UTC View Post
How old were you when you first realized that no adult has any idea what they're doing? When you're a kid, it's easy to look up to your parents and teachers and bank tellers and taxi drivers like they have all the secrets about how to get by in the world -- but the truth is nobody's got a clue.
"I never felt safe enough to come out," John say...
2016-04-14 17:20:24 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest this week is writer and comedian H. Alan Scott, whom you may know as co-host of the fabulous Out on the Lanai podcast. But he first came to my attention when I was working as a nightlife photographer in LA. There was this one guy I'd photograph at a bar every now and then who was shy, who hung back from the dance floor, and who whenever I ...
2016-04-07 14:51:18 +0000 UTC View Post
How can you tell the difference between a rule that's best followed and a rule that's best broken? Some guidelines are there to help, like, stay out of the lion pit. But others are just rules for the sake of rules, like no white after labor day. And sometimes, one type looks deceptively like the other.
My guests this week are Daniel Culp, and...
2016-03-31 14:23:15 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest this week is Jean-Paul Bevilacqua, who's probably best known for appearing on the show One Girl Five Gays. But he's more than just a fifth of a panel. He's a bundle of raw emotions. Despite the calm, cool, collected exterior, JP can't resist chasing after intense feelings, whether it's by listening to love ballads, or by playing the devil ...
2016-03-24 14:28:47 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest this week is Mark Finley. Again. I spoke to Mark last week about his career as an actor and talent coordinator, fleeing his small town and meeting his heroes. Mark shared so many incredible memories that I invited him back to talk more about his time in New York, traveling around the country, and how he survived after doctors told him six ...
2016-03-17 16:52:49 +0000 UTC View Post
"There was an incident and I was found to be insane," Mark reveals on this week's episode, "because my flamboyant behavior was disruptive."
Mark's been around long enough to remember when being gay was assumed to be a mental illness, and the very presence of an openly gay teenager was too much for anyone to bear. He fled his small hometown as qui...
2016-03-10 18:57:31 +0000 UTC View Post
"For trivia people, Jeopardy! is The Hajj," Louis Virtel says on this week's episode of The Sewers of Paris. "You don't know what The Hajj has in store for you, but you have to make it once in your lifetime."
Louis' infamous snap, ...
2016-03-03 16:24:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey hi! If you liked hearing about fabulous lady actresses on this week's Sewers of Paris, you'll definitely want to join us for this Saturday's live video chat. We'll be talking all about musical theater and broadway and songs, with some fabulous guests: Toronto actor/singer Ray Miller, and Ryan O'Connor & Jason Powell from the podcast Ladywat...
2016-02-26 17:43:17 +0000 UTC View Post
My guest this week has been putting out a podcast of his own for years, and yet listeners have never heard his voice. Or at least not his real voice. They've heard him as Judy Garland, or as Carol Channing, or as Bernadette Peters or as Gollum. But today I'm just talking to Bill, the creator of Judycast: the Entertainment Beat with Francis Gumm.
"I didn't come out," says comedian David Morgan on this week's episode of The Sewers of Paris. "I confirmed rumors."
British listeners will know David from the show Safeword, where a panel of comedians takes over the social media of a celebrity to tweet embarrassing or revealing messages.
It's probably not a coincidence that David t...
2016-02-18 17:25:45 +0000 UTC View Post
On most episodes, we're on a search for entertainment that changed the lives of gay men. But this week, for Valentine's Day, I'm doing something special. This week's episode is a little romantic paddle through the sewers on a gondola, just me and my two friends the alligator and the rat. And hey, who knows -- some more friends might flo...
2016-02-11 05:54:49 +0000 UTC View Post
What part of your body are you the most self-conscious about? For me, it's my forehead, which every time I look in a mirror seems to be bulging out over my face like it's trying to tear itself away from me. But something I've learned from my work as a photographer is that everyone has some aspect of their appearance that they consider a flaw and th...
2016-02-04 07:59:41 +0000 UTC View Post
So many of us grew up in a sub to some city's urb. Close enough to know that there's life beyond the split-level ranches and strip malls, but not close enough to know what that life actually is.
My guest this week is Richard Day. Even as a kid, he could detect a mismatch between himself and the nice, normal, heterosexual world he'd grown up i...
2016-01-28 09:38:54 +0000 UTC View Post
It's a Sewers of Paris live video chat! Featuring past-guest Raymond Millerand future-guest Ross Thompson Semple, talking about the entertainment we love. This week's theme is ...
2016-01-27 22:37:06 +0000 UTC View Post
Suburban housewives, high school choruses, moving away to college -- these are all icons of normalcy. Nothing could be more ordinary and boring and familiar. But what if things were flipped, and the things that Americans take for granted as mundane became unfamiliar, explored, a source of constant strangeness and discovery?
My guest today is ...
2016-01-21 07:33:00 +0000 UTC View Post
Hey there friends and patrons! Please join me today, Saturday, at 12pm pacific time for a live video chat.
When I started this Patreon last month, I wasn't sure if anyone would support the show -- but the response has been really great, and two dozen people have graciously contributed so far. I'd love to get to know everyone who's listening a...
2016-01-16 16:13:40 +0000 UTC View Post
On any average day, how many people are you? There's morning-you, when your eyes are just barely open and your mood is grumpy. There's work-you, proficient and capable. There's going-out-you, relaxed and maybe a little reckless. There might be family-you, and artist-you, and shy-you and brave-you. So many yous in just one body!
My guest this ...
2016-01-14 09:37:30 +0000 UTC View Post
What's the biggest chance you ever took? In a perfect world, risk would be unnecessary, and we'd know the outcome of every action before we took it. But as the saying goes, nothing ventured, nothing gained -- and sometimes we find ourselves leaping before we look.
My guest this week is Michael Schneider, a Portland writer and artist wh...
2016-01-07 08:14:59 +0000 UTC View Post
You have no doubt seen Jack in dozens of roles already, whether it's as Barrett on Ellen or as an alien in a milk commercial. But one of my favorite characters is a nervous little twink in the movie Gods and Monsters.
The film is based on the true story of James Whale, the openly gay director of early horror films including the original Frank...
2015-12-31 08:18:04 +0000 UTC View Post
Happiest, merriest, most magical of holidays to you from the Sewers of Paris podcast! Check out the full holiday special to hear a cavalcade of guests sharing memories of their favorite holiday entertainment; and enjoy this little selection of guests singing the Christmas carol "Gloria." Wait, this is the traditional version of Gloria, isn't it? We...
2015-12-25 17:38:37 +0000 UTC View Post
Oh dear, I'm spending Christmas all alone in the sewers with no one to keep me company -- but wait! What's this? Santa seems to have delivered me a sack full of guests to talk all about their favorite holiday specials! How special.
Here are some clips that my guests discussed on this episode:
Some of my Best Friends Are
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2015-12-22 00:47:26 +0000 UTC View Post