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Bonus! The near-disastrous Will & Grace marriage ad
For this week's bonus video, I've been rooting around in some interview archives and dug out a very fun story about a near-disastrous ad about marriage equality recorded by the cast of Will & Grace. A whole bunch of things went wrong with this 30-second PSA, and it's a combination of sheer dumb luck
Jun 7, 2026 0 1
Bonus video! How you can defeat despair after an awful election
I went to a No Kings protest this weekend and I was thinking: When terrible things happen in the world and it seems like nobody cares and things are never going to get any better, it is very easy to experience despair. So what do you do about that? How do you process those feelings and then move on
Mar 29, 2026 0 1
Bonus! What to do when people aren't sure how they feel "about that same-sex marriage thing"
The year is 2008, and you are in charge of a campaign to convince California voters that gay marriage is good, actually. The problem is that it's 2008, and California voters aren't sure how they feel about this whole same sex marriage thing. So what do you do?I've been unearthing a lot of old interv
Mar 22, 2026 0 1
Bonus! What happens when the bad guys' deposition goes terribly wrong (for them)
Maybe you saw the deliciously embarrassing depositions of the right-wing idiots brought in to cancel government grants going to anything gay. In the videos, these guys come off as totally unprepared, and rather ridiculous. But ... what happens now? Do these depositions actually DO anything? Well, wh
Mar 15, 2026 0 1
Bonus! Inside accounts of political malpractice on the Prop 8 campaign
I've been digging through some of my own archival footage recently -- interviews that I did ten to fifteen years ago around Prop 8 and the marriage equality movement. And I've rediscovered some pretty intriguing accounts of early activism for marriage, as well as a very frustrating failure during th
Mar 1, 2026 0 1
Sewers of Paris: West Coast 60s Psychedelic Culture (Ep 414 - David/Jimi Hendrix)
My guest this week is documentary filmmaker David Weissman, who was in exactly the right place at the right time to have a front-row seat to one of the most revolutionary periods in American culture. In fact, he wasn’t just an observer of the Venice Beach LSD scene in the 60s, or of San Francisco’s
Jan 19, 2023 0 1
Bonus Video! Debbie Reynolds' Very Naughty Joke
Hello there! For this week's bonus video I'm visiting a place I've long heard of, The Outside, with my friend Ollie (a dog). I've got stories for you about a ~forbidden~ commercial that the cast of Will & Grace recorded; an interview with the guy who cancelled Ellen (the first time); and an incredib
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Sewers of Paris: You Can be Sad or You Can be Gay (Ep 370 - Guy Branum)
Fifty-eight years ago this weekend, the musical Hello Dolly opened on Broadway — and this week we’re diving into the Sewers archive for a chat with Guy Branum about why, for him, the show encapsulates all the greatest joyful aspects of being gay.
Jan 13, 2022 0 1
You Can be Sad or You Can be Gay (Ep. 107 - Guy Branum)
Why is "gay" the word that the world seems to have picked to describe us? My guest Guy Branum has some thoughts on the topic, and on many more. You can see Guy as the host of "Talk Show the Game Show," debuting April 5 on TruTV, where celebrities compete to be the best guest on a talk show. There co
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