Queer as Fact

Queer history podcast covering content from around the world and throughout time.

Episodes

Total: 169

Frida Kahlo: Part 1

2021/3/14

Today's long-awaited episode is on the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. Join us for the first of two epis

Sexuality in Pompeii

2021/2/28

Today we're looking at sexuality in Pompeii through the lens of the so called "Two Maidens", found e

Welcome back to our two-part mini-series on the 19th-century Russian composer Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovs

Today's episode is the first of our two-part series on Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, 19th century Russia

The Boys in the Band

2021/1/14

It's back to back episodes featuring recent Netflix films as we discuss Mart Crowley's 1968 play, tw

Ma Rainey

2020/12/31

Happy New Year! 2021's first Queer as Fact is on the Mother of the Blues, Ma Rainey. We'll be talkin

Today's episode is on the 1985 slasher film A Nightmare on Elm Street 2: Freddy's Revenge. Join us a

Yoshiko Kawashima

2020/11/30

Welcome to the first episode of Queer As Fact season 6! Today’s episode is on Yoshiko Kawashima, a q

In today's bonus episode, Alice and Irene interview author emily m danforth, the author of queer YA

100th Episode: Q&A

2020/11/12

To celebrate 100 episodes of Queer as Fact, we asked our listeners to submit questions, and now we h

Paris is Burning

2020/10/14

Welcome to the final episode for Season 5, where we are discussing Jennie Livingston's 1990 document

Kapaemahu

2020/10/1

In today's episode, we discuss Kapaemahu, a Hawai'ian sacred site commemorating four non-binary indi

Roberta Cowell

2020/9/14

Today's episode is on transgender pioneer, Roberta Cowell. We'll be covering everything from her car

Gladys Bentley

2020/9/1

Today's episode is on American blues singer Gladys Bentley. Join us for our first venture into the H

Today's Queer as Fiction episode is a follow-up to our episode from earlier this season talking abou

The Old Guard

2020/8/1

Today's Queer as Fiction episode is not on modern adaptations of the Iliad, but it does still featur

Audre Lorde

2020/7/14

Today’s episode is about Audre Lorde, in her own words, “black, lesbian, mother, warrior poet”. Lear

Achilles and Patroclus

2020/6/30

Today's episode deals with the Ancient Greek mythological figures Achilles and Patroclus. Join us as

Wonder Woman (1941-1948)

2020/6/15

Welcome to the first Queer as Fiction episode for Season 5!  Today we'll be talking about the DC com

A message for a listener

2020/6/14

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