Bad Gays
Queer history podcast
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Bad Gays is a queer history podcast about "evil and complicated queers" in history hosted by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller.
Genre
- LGBTQ
- history
- human interest
- culture
LanguageEnglish
Hosted by
- Huw Lemmey
- Ben Miller
Length45–90 minutes (approximate)
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| Language | English |
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| Length | 45–90 minutes (approximate) |
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| Original release | April 19, 2019 |
| Updates | Fortnightly |
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| Website | badgayspod |
Each episode of Bad Gays explores the story of a complicated queer person in history.
Reception
The Advocate listed Bad Gays in its 2023 list of "Five Gloriously Gay Podcasts You Need To Listen To."[1] Bad Gays was also reviewed by Vice Media,[2] Another Magazine,[3] Vox Media,[4] The Washington Post,[5] and The Boar.[6]
Book
Based on research for the podcast, Lemmey and Miller wrote a book, Bad Gays: A Homosexual History, published by Verso Books.[7][8] The book won the 2022 Goodreads Choice Award for History and Biography.[9]
Episodes
| Episode number | Topic | Release date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Ernst Röhm | March 19, 2019 | [10] |
| 2 | Lord Alfred Douglas | March 26, 2019 | |
| 3 | T. E. Lawrence | April 2, 2019 | |
| 4 | James VI and I | April 9, 2019 | |
| 5 | Andrew Sullivan | April 16, 2019 | |
| 6 | Anthony Blunt | April 23, 2019 | |
| 7 | Friedrich Radszuweit | April 30, 2019 | |
| 8 | Ronnie Kray | May 7, 2019 | |
| 9 | Leopold and Loeb | May 14, 2019 | |
| 10 | Roy Cohn | May 21, 2019 | |
| Bonus | Andy Warhol | June 24, 2019 |
| Episode number | Topic | Release date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Alexander the Great | September 24, 2019 | [10] |
| 2 | Andrew Cunanan | October 1, 2019 | |
| 3 | Pietro Aretino | October 8, 2019 | |
| 4 | Frederick the Great | October 15, 2019 | |
| 5 | Charles George Gordon | October 22, 2019 | |
| 6 | Pim Fortuyn | October 29, 2019 | |
| 7 | Nicky Crane | November 5, 2019 | |
| 8 | The Stonewall Colony | November 12, 2019 | |
| 9 | Piers Gaveston | November 19, 2019 | |
| 10 | J. Edgar Hoover | November 27, 2019 | |
| Bonus | Victor Barker | December 25, 2019 | |
| Bonus | Pete Buttigieg | January 29, 2020 |
| Episode number | Topic | Release date | Ref |
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| 1 | Nikolai Yezhov | March 24, 2020 | [10] |
| 2 | James Buchanan | March 31, 2020 | |
| 3 | Robert Stewart, Viscount Castlereagh | April 7, 2020 | |
| 4 | Barney Frank | April 14, 2020 | |
| 5 | Elmyr de Hory | April 21, 2020 | |
| 6 | Philip Johnson | April 28, 2020 | |
| 7 | Roger Casement | May 4, 2020 | |
| 8 | Aileen Wuornos | May 11, 2020 | |
| 9 | Morrissey | May 19, 2020 | |
| 10 | Lisa Miller | May 26, 2020 | |
| Bonus | Radclyffe Hall | July 28, 2020 | |
| Bonus | John Maynard Keynes | September 1, 2020 |
| Episode number | Topic | Release date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cecil Rhodes | October 20, 2020 | [10] |
| 2 | Liberace | October 27, 2020 | |
| 3 | Jeremy Thorpe | November 3, 2020 | |
| 4 | Benjamin Britten | November 10, 2020 | |
| 5 | Carl Van Vechten | November 17, 2020 | |
| 6 | Truman Capote | November 24, 2020 | |
| 7 | Prince Albert Victor | December 1, 2020 | |
| 8 | Gertrude Stein | December 8, 2020 | |
| 9 | Camilla Hall | December 14, 2020 | |
| 10 | Violette Morris | December 22, 2020 | |
| Bonus | Dennis Cooper | February 23, 2021 | |
| Bonus | Arthur Gary Bishop | April 13, 2021 | |
| Bonus | Pacchierotto (15th century sodomite) | August 10, 2021 |
| Episode number | Topic | Release date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Francis Bacon | December 24, 2021 | [10] |
| 2 | Joe Carstairs | January 4, 2022 | |
| 3 | Ernst vom Rath | January 11, 2022 | |
| 4 | Philipp, Prince of Eulenburg | January 18, 2022 | |
| 5 | Anne Bonny | January 25, 2022 | |
| 6 | Franco Zeffirelli | February 1, 2022 | |
| 7 | Freddie Mercury | February 8, 2022 | |
| 8 | Cressida Dick | February 22, 2022 | |
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| 10 | John Wojtowicz | March 1, 2022 | |
| 11 | Jeffrey Dahmer | March 15, 2022 | |
| Bonus | Eugen Sandow | June 1, 2022 | |
| Bonus | Magnus Hirschfeld | October 5, 2022 | |
| Live Show | Jack Saul | December 25, 2022 |
| Episode number | Topic | Release date | Ref |
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| 1 | George Santos | March 20, 2023 | [10] |
| 2 | Julie d'Aubigny | March 28, 2023 | |
| 3 | Jorge Horacio Ballvé Piñero | April 4, 2023 | |
| 4 | Mustapha Ben Ismaïl | April 11, 2023 | |
| 5 | André Gide | April 25, 2023 | |
| 6 | Griselda Blanco | May 2, 2023 | |
| 7 | Tom Driberg | May 9, 2023 | |
| 8 | Dong Xian | May 16, 2023 | |
| 9 | Tokugawa Iemitsu | May 30, 2023 | |
| 10 | Benedetta Carlini | June 6, 2023 | |
| Live Show | Simeon Solomon, Sascha Schneider | December 25, 2023 |
| Episode number | Topic | Release date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Karl Lagerfeld | February 13, 2024 | [10] |
| 2 | Joe Orton and Kenneth Halliwell | February 20, 2024 | |
| 3 | Ahebi Ugbabe | February 27, 2024 | |
| 4 | Elagabalus | March 5, 2024 | |
| 5 | James Levine | March 12, 2024 | |
| 6 | John Whitgift | March 19, 2024 | |
| 7 | Marthe Hanau | April 2, 2024 | |
| 8 | Qutbuddin Mubarak Shah | April 9, 2024 | |
| 9 | Franz Nopcsa von Felső-Szilvás | April 18, 2024 | |
| 10 | Rotha Lintorn-Orman | April 25, 2024 | |
| Bonus | Christopher Marlowe | June 25, 2024 | |
| Bonus | Jerome Robbins | August 25, 2024 | |
| Bonus | Marianne Woods and Jane Pirie | October 30, 2024 |
| Episode number | Topic | Release date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Olive Yang | December 23, 2024 | [10] |
| 2 | Tom Mitford | December 30, 2024 | |
| 3 | Elisar von Kupffer | January 7, 2025 | |
| 4 | Albrecht Muth | January 14, 2025 | |
| 5 | Reed Erickson | January 20, 2025 | |
| 6 | Abd al-Ilah | January 29, 2025 | |
| 7 | Larry Kramer | February 5, 2025 | |
| 8 | Anne Lister | February 11, 2025 | |
| 9 | Adele Spitzeder | February 19, 2025 | |
| 10 | Jacques de Molay | March 11, 2025 | |
| Bonus | Alexander von Humboldt | April 30, 2025 | |
| Bonus | Gavin Arthur | June 10, 2025 | |
| Bonus | Coil | August 12, 2025 |
| Episode number | Topic | Release date | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Little Richard | November 04, 2025 | [10] |
| 2 | Dorian Corey | November 11, 2025 | |
| 3 | Charles Hitchen | November 18, 2025 | |
| 4 | Jacob Israël de Haan | November 25, 2025 | |
| 5 | Angela Calomiris | December 01, 2025 | |
| 6 | Tracey Wigginton | December 16, 2025 | |
| 7 | Captain Moonlite | December 23, 2025 | |
| 8 | E. M. Forster | December 30, 2025 | |
| 9 | William Beckford | February 3, 2026 | |
| 10 | Tom of Finland | February 10, 2026 | |
| Bonus | Daniel Dunglas Home | Apr 2, 2026 |
| Episode number | Topic | Release date | Ref |
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| 1 | Peter Mandelson | April 29, 2026 | [11] |
| 2 | May 6, 2026 | ||
| 3 | May 13, 2026 | ||
| 4 | May 20, 2026 | ||
| 5 | May 27, 2026 | ||
| 6 | June 3, 2026 |