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Matt's So-Cast Pod: So-Called Angels (with H. Alan Scott, Kerri Doherty, Cindy Howes, and Alonso Duralde)

It's Christmas this week on the So-Cast Pod, but the yuletide is not particularly gay for Rickie, who has been cast out of the house and has nowhere to go. Fortunately, a mysterious folk singer ...

Bonus Video! The Weird Broadway Saga of "Let My People Come"

Picture it: New York, 1974, and you're going out on the town for a night of classy theatrical delights ... at a new off-Broadway show called Let My People Come. This was an absolutely real, actual show that became an unlikely hit, and also touched off a years-long controversy (but not fo...

Sewers of Paris: What Feels Euphoric to Me (Ep 477: JP Karliak/X-Men '97)

Returning to The Sewers of Paris this week is voice actor JP Karliak — you heard him ...

Matt's So-Cast Pod: On The Wagon (with Aaron Berman)

This week on the podcast: We've reached episode 14, in which Rayanne is one month sober -- but alas, she's starting to get a little fidgety. Can Angela and Rickie keep her from slipping back into old hab...

Bonus Video! Howard Ashman's lost & forgotten projects

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For this week's bonus video, we're taking a look at some of Howard Ashman's more obscure projects -- a fun ode to a cow; some songs rescued from Little Shops' cutting room floor; and an impossibly weird number written for Garfield, Alf, the Chipmunks, Tigger, and the Teenage Mu...

Sewers of Paris: The Performance of Sex (Ep 476: Gay Porn/Christopher Rice)

This week I’m chatting with Christopher Rice, a returning guest who’s just published a fourth book in h...

Bonus video! Some of my archive discoveries in LA

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I'm in Los Angeles this week, combing through various film and TV archives, and I've found some fun tidbits for upcoming videos. A few highlights: A bizarre misunderstanding of queer fashion from the 1960s; an invitation to a gay ashram; and what appears to be a true crime maga...

Hollywood Pride (Ep 475: Queer Hollywood History/Alonso Duralde)

My guest on this week's Sewers of Paris is Alonso Duralde, author of the new book 2024-07-04 16:00:11 +0000 UTC View Post

Matt's So-Cast Pod: Pressure (with the 80s TV Ladies)

On the podcast this week: No longer content with the boiler room assignations, this week Jordan's nagging Angela to explore more a more carnal pastime, but she's not sure she's ready -- so she borrows an...

Bonus video! The scrappy little theater that saved Disney

You've probably never heard of the Workshop of the Player's Art, but this grungy little 99-seat theater had a colossal impact on American culture -- and helped save Disney animation in the 90s. In this week's bonus video I want to tell you about how a bunch of scrappy theater kids managed to turn...

The Best of The Sewers of Paris: Science Fiction

Apologies for this week's episode coming a day late! I'm just catching up between Pride events and a power outage that halted editing for a bit. But here's the latest Sewers of Paris, continuing...

Matt's So-Cast Pod: Self-Esteem (with Sam Pirie)

On the podcast this week, we're back from our little summer vacation and ready to tackle some saucy secrets. Angela's sneaking off to the boiler room with Jordan for make-out sessions, but that sneaking is sta...

Bonus video! The Plant that ate (Off) Broadway

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For this week's bonus video, we're heading back in time to a scrappy little off-off Broadway theater where a frustrated lyricist named Howard Ashman has decided he's going to make a musical out of the weirdest material imaginable: A schlocky B-movie about a killer plant from sp...

The Best of The Sewers of Paris: Comic Books

This week, I’m continuing the monthlong Pride special, bringing you excerpts from some of the very best Sewers of Paris conversations I’ve had over the last nine years.

This week, we’re talking comics books. We’ll start with a conversation with writer Andrew Wheeler, w...

Bonus Video! The Little Mermaid's Humble Origins in a Broadway Flop

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I just got back from my big trip to New York & Toronto and boy are my arms tired. I got a TON of great research done in some performing arts archives, and I'll share some highlights with you here: The original flyer for Little Shop of Horrors, a picture of Lucille...

The Best of The Sewers of Paris: Musicals!

On this week's Sewers of Paris, I’m continuing the monthlong Pride special, bringing you excerpts from some of the very best conversations I’ve had over the last nine years. On this episode, we’re talking musicals — a roundup of conversations about songs on stage and on screen. W...

Bonus video! Don't be Alarmed, Judi Dench is SUPPOSED to Sound Like That

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I'm back for some more archive research, and also a big fabulous Pride event at the Toronto Public Library (to which you're invited! Details below!) ... but that won't stop me from recording a bonus video on some random overpass with a weird clunky-looking building in t...