Episodes

  • Qalonymos ben Qalonymos
    Jul 15 2024

    Today's episode is on a passage from the work of 14th century French Jewish writer and translator Qalonymos ben Qalonymos. Join us to learn about Qalonymos' life, explore their understandings of gender through a passage from their work the Even Bochan, and discuss its connections to historical and modern Jewish practice.

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    [Image: A close-up photo of a Hebrew manuscript; the text is the opening of the passage discussed in the episode, Internet Archive.]

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    51 mins
  • Okuhara Seiko
    Jun 30 2024

    Today's episode is on the 19th-century Japanese artist Okuhara Seiko. Join us to learn about gender in Japan's Meiji era, an 1860s coming-out party, and getting a doctor's certificate to cut your hair.

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    [Image: Black-and-white photograph of Okuhara Seiko, an older Japanese person with short hair, Wikimedia Commons]

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    1 hr and 3 mins
  • Cassandro
    Jun 15 2024

    Today's episode is on Cassandro, the 2023 biopic of luchador Saúl Armendáriz. Join us as we learn about the history of lucha libre, the growing visibility of queer wrestlers and whether a luchador could become president of Mexico.

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    [Image: Actor Gael García Bernal as Cassandro, wearing a long, glittering blue coat, sitting on the ropes of a wrestling ring.]

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    1 hr and 15 mins
  • Nellie Small
    Jun 1 2024

    We're back! Today's episode is on the Australian singer and male impersonator, Nellie Small. Join us to hear about the experiences of people of colour in 20th-century Australia, Nellie's extensive and stylish suit collection, and an unfortunate reminder that, regardless of your gender presentation, your boss will always try to steal your wages.

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    1 hr and 13 mins
  • Frieda Belinfante
    Oct 5 2023

    Today's episode is on the Dutch cellist, conductor, and WWII resistance fighter Frieda Belinfante. Join us to hear about Frieda's groundbreaking career as a female conductor, the many women who fell in love with her, and how to forge a 1940s Dutch ID card in excruciating detail.

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    [Image: Frieda dressed in a men's jacket and tie with a masculine haircut, smoking a cigarette and looking directly at the camera.]

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    1 hr and 32 mins
  • Franz Nopcsa
    Sep 14 2023

    Today's episode is on the Hungarian palaeontologist, geologist, spy and ethnographer, Franz Nopcsa. Join us as we discuss dinosaurs, Franz's travels in Albania, and the world's first plane hijacking.

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    [Image: Franz in traditional Albanian dress, 1913]

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    1 hr and 12 mins
  • Queerness in Tabletop Roleplaying Games
    Aug 31 2023

    We're back!

    Today's episode covers depictions of queerness throughout the history of tabletop roleplaying games, including Dungeons & Dragons, Vampire: The Masquerade and many, many more.

    Join us for a discussion spanning nearly 50 years of D&D and TTRPG history, featuring masochistic clerics, gay vampire gangs and lesbian political satirists.

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    [Image: The front cover of the 1983 Dungeons & Dragons Basic Set]

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    54 mins
  • Jane Austen
    Jul 15 2023

    Today's episode is on the English writer Jane Austen. Join us as we discuss whether Jane was queer, on-stage lesbian Mr Darcy, and the evolving queerness of Austen adaptations.

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    [Image: sketch of Jane Austen by her sister Cassandra Austen, c.1810 - source.]

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    1 hr and 7 mins