Try selling poppers! - 019
When Bill Hartwell started selling poppers online he was surprised to discover that payment companies didn’t want his business. In this exclusive interview with Adam, Bill bares all... about the sexual politics of modern banking.
Mentioned this episode:
VegasPridePositions - Bill’s online store
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Fancy Work - 020
You might love William Morris and his fancy wallpaper... but did you know about his daughter, May Morris? She did many of the famous textile designs, and was a poet, artist, writer and socialist activist. Her life story is fascinating.
Tash spoke to Alice Hattrick, whose new book Fancy Work expl...
When We All Get to Heaven (with Lynne Gerber) - 021
Tash interviews Lynne Gerber who is the host and producer of the podcast series When We All Get to Heaven. We hear how Lynne found boxes of old cassettes from decades ago that reveal a forgotten queer history of the Metropolitan Community Church in San Francisco.
Books mentioned in this episode:
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Is porn a sex life? - 022
Adam bares all! In this episode, Tash interviews Adam about how he uses porn. It opens up a rabbit hole, so to speak, about culture, politics, loneliness, queer identity — and the question: what kind of sex do YOU want to have?
Mentioned in this episode:
Porn: An Oral History by Polly Barton
Pres...
The power of singing together, with F*Choir - 023
Tash interviews Jenny Moore and Bianca Stephens from F*Choir, one of London’s longest running queer choirs, as the project prepares to wind down after a decade. It’s a bittersweet conversation about singing, memory and queer bodies.
Mentioned in this episode:
Sing it Pink podcast series about the...
Art about Switchboard, with Sean McKenzie - 024
Tash meets the artist Sean McKenzie as he prepares to open his new exhibition, The Night Shift, at the Pale Horse Gallery in London. Like us, Sean has used Switchboard’s log books for his research into making work about queer lives — producing exquisite set pieces and photographs.
Also Adam went ...
Ghost rivers - 025
Tash entertains Adam with ghost rivers - natural waterways that get diverted or covered by cities. It’s a subject that has fed into Tash’s recent poetry and other writing, linking the natural world with queer experience and city life.
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East-end Lou the lesbian - 026
We’re joined in this episode by Lou, a potty-mouthed truth teller, compassionate friend, loving mother, proud feminist and iconic lesbian. Lou told us about her life in east London and what it meant to take a community approach to processing grief when it struck her friendship circle.
Also mentio...
Tranny Central zine - 027
Jaye Hudson, trans superstar and founder of TGirlsonFilm, joins us to launch the new edition of Tranny Central, a zine seeking to give flowers to the trans members of the Gay Liberation Front in 1970s London.
Also mentioned in this episode:
Boy George - A Bit Fruity with Matt Bernstein (with Car...
Human power - 028
Adam meets Andrew Copson, chief executive of Humanists UK, to hear about the intertwined history of humanism and the march for LGBTQ+ rights. With characters like AE Housman, Edward Carpenter and Maureen Duffy, it made for a rich and energising chat!
Also mentioned this episode:
Happy Baby by J ...
