Star secret sessions8/16/2023 Hosted by activist Marc Thompson, this informative and heartwarming intergenerational podcast explores the lives of Black LGBTQ+ people in Britain, from the 1970s to the early 2000s. The result is pretty remarkable: there are rare interviews with pioneering activists who were present at the 1969 Stonewall uprising in New York, including Sylvia Rivera – in her kitchen, a pot of chilli on the stove – and Marsha P Johnson. Years later, Marcus revisited his audio archive with producer Sara Burningham, who suggested he make a podcast out of his old recordings. In the late 80s, journalist Eric Marcus began interviewing dozens of activists key to the LGBTQ+ rights movement in America for his book Making History, with a second edition published in 2002. Photograph: NetflixĪs Pride month begins, Ella Braidwood chooses five of the best podcasts on LGBTQ+ history, from a series of rare interviews with queer activist heroes such as Sylvia Rivera and Marsha P Johnson (above) to the story of being Black and gay in Britain. Marsha P Johnson, left, and Sylvia Rivera. Hollie Richardson There’s a podcast for that “Might as well call it Pie’s political bumfluff.” Viral angry news reporter Jonathan Pie (AKA hugely popular satirist Tom Walker) is taking on everything from women’s issues to cancel culture and the NHS in his first podcast series – a 10-parter that is set up like a late-night call-in show. So much is covered in every episode, from abstract representation in The Little Mermaid to whether Hannibal Lecter is a gay character, with Waterloo Road’s Adam Ali and documentary-maker Mena Fombo joining the conversation. ![]() Should straight actors play gay parts? That’s just one of the questions Damian Kerlin asks in this podcast that celebrates LGBTQ+ film. Realising they all died shortly afterwards, he looks into why so many Hollywood stars prematurely died in the 50s – when a new American dream was emerging and the studio system was collapsing. The scene from The Misfits where Montgomery Clift, Clark Gable and Marilyn Monroe are asleep in a car inspired master storyteller Adam McKay’s new podcast. ![]() The premature deaths of 50s Hollywood stars such as Clark Gable (left) and Marilyn Monroe are investigated in Death on the Lot.
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