Matt Baume

My guest on The Sewers of Paris this week is often unrecognizable. Josh Duart creates cosplay looks that are so elaborate that as soon as he puts them on, he simply vanishes into whatever character he’s re-creating. I personally met him several times over the course of a recent weekend at a conventi

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, whose tales of adventure and int

This month marks the 30 year anniversary of the American debut of Sailor Moon, and to celebrate on this week's Sewers of Paris we’re diving back into the archives to hear my 2018 chat with author Ryan La Salla. When we last spoke, Ryan was about to publish his first novel — Reverie, a queer adult fa

My guest this week is Ryan La Sala. He's got a very queer fantasy novel coming out next year, and while he's always been imaginative, he didn't always exactly use his powers for good. BTW, I hope you'll join us for the next Sewers of Paris live chat. It's on June 30th -- there's a link to the next l

What's the future you want to see? My guest this week is drag queen Gilda Wabbit, who experienced a strange moment of internet fame thanks to a photo of her riding the subway in full drag next to a Muslim woman. What that photo didn't capture was Gilda's background searching for her voice -- literal

Watch video clips of stuff we talked about on this week's episode: http://www.mattbaume.com/sewers-shownotes/2016/9/21/a-kid-who-had-powers-in-japan-ep-79-sailor-moon Now I don't mean to alarm you but there are evil forces within and without, teaming up to take you down. I'm referring of course to t