The Best of The Sewers of Paris: Science Fiction

The Best of The Sewers of Paris: Science Fiction
Matt Baume
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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 the monthlong Pride specials with excerpts from some of the best conversations I’ve had over the last nine years.

This week, we’re talking about science fiction. We’ll hear from folks for whom sci-fi was an escape … and also an inspiration for future work, from throwing parties to inventing the technology that powers the Internet, to sending robots to Mars.

Full conversations that are excerpted in this episode:

The Best of The Sewers of Paris: Comic Books

The Best of The Sewers of Paris: Comic Books
Matt Baume
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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 intrigue stand in sharp contrast to his domestic life. Then moving on to artist DJ Kirkland, who pursued his dreams in spite of — or maybe in order to spite — a particularly mean art school teacher. Then we’ll hear from artist Justin Hall, whose erotic imaginings are seemingly without limit. And finally the delightful writer Anthony Oliveira, who hosted a panel with me just last week at the Toronto Public Library.

And also a quick note: if you’re in Seattle, I hope you’ll come see me at Elliott Bay Books this Friday, June 21st! I’ll be talking about The Golden Girls, and what made those ladies such powerful queer icons  — both on screen and in real life. Full details on all that at mattbaume.com/events.

Full conversations with this week’s guests:

The Best of The Sewers of Paris: Musicals!

The Best of The Sewers of Paris: Musicals!
Matt Baume
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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 musicals — a roundup of conversations about songs on stage and on screen. We’ll start with a conversation about Pippin with voice actor Cam Clarke; then moving on to Rocky Horror with a programmer named Matt; then a chat about Sondheim with NPR’s Ari Shapiro; and finally a talk with Gregory Maguire, author of the novel Wicked.

And if you’re in Seattle, I hope you’ll come see me at Elliott Bay Books next week, June 21st! I’ll be talking about The Golden Girls, and what made those ladies such powerful queer icons  — both on screen and in real life. Full details on all that at mattbaume.com/events.

Here are the full conversations with all my guests this week:

The Best of The Sewers of Paris: A Drag Race Spectacular!

The Best of The Sewers of Paris: A Drag Race Spectacular!
Matt Baume, BenDeLaCreme, Peppermint, Jaymes Mansfield, Alaska and Jeremy, and Chi Chi DeVayne
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Starting this week, I’m doing something special for Pride. Throughout the month of June, I’m going to bring you the very best of the last nine years of Sewers of Paris interviews — excerpts from some of my very favorite conversations. We’re starting this week with a roundup of some of the fabulous Drag Race performers that have stopped by the show, starting with BenDeLaCreme, continuing on the Peppermint, then Jaymes Mansfield, Alaska, and then paying tribute to Chi Chi DeVayne.

 I’ll have more best-ofs next week — for that episode, themed around musicals of stage and screen.

And if you’d like to hear the full interviews, check out these episodes:

And for some more BenDeLaCreme, check out Matt’s So-Cast Pod Episode 1.