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Podcast Pick: ‘Going Hollywood’ with Brad Shreve and Tony Maietta Takes a Look at Classic TV and Film
Talk about engaging conversation! The new podcast, Going Hollywood, is a treat for the ear, featuring co-hosts Brad Shreve and Tony Maietta. Brad is an old hand at podcasting (Queer We Are, and Queer Writers of Crime, to name two of them), and Tony Maietta is widely regarded as a top film historian. I was hooked from the minute they started talking. This is hot and fresh, and ripe for faving. Fasten your headphones!
Conversations between esteemed film historian, Tony Maietta, and a passionate movie buff, Brad Shreve, about cinema and television from Hollywood’s Golden Age to contemporary hits. Whose side will you be on? Listen as Tony and Brad discuss—and sometimes disagree on—their favorite films and TV shows. They’ll take you behind the scenes of Hollywood as they explore storytelling, casting, characters, and more.
Current Episodes
When Hepburn Met Capote: The Enduring Appeal of “Breakfast at Tiffany’s”
One More Look: Analyzing the legacy of “A Star Is Born”
Howard Bannister’s Rocks: Celebrating “What’s Up, Doc?” and “Bringing Up Baby
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Podcast Pick: LGBTQ History Alive, with Ronni and Kelly (First Up: Kate Ullman, Activist and co-founder of The L-Fund)
If you haven’t listened yet to Ronni Sanlo and Kelly Watson’s LGBTQ History Alive podcast, fasten your headphones!
LGBTQ History Alive with Ronni and Kelly
“LGBTQ+ people have a long rich history. It offers hidden stories that we never learned in school, and it acknowledges that the LGBTQ+ community is far more diverse than we ever imagined! Our sheros, heroes and they-roes call us to remember. Dr. Ronni Sanlo and Dr. Kelly Watson share the history with guests who’ve made that history happen. Join us each Monday where LGBTQ+ History is ALIVE! Courses and books may be banned in other places but not here. Our history will NOT be hidden, not with us two old lesbians on guard!
Meet the two old lesbians – us!
Ronni Sanlo , Ed.D., is a retired UCLA professor and LGBTQ Center director, founder of the award-winning Lavender Graduation, and editor of the four volume This Day in LGBTQ History. Kelly Watson, Ph.D, DDS, is a retired recovery center director and business professional, and still and always involved with 12 step recovery.”
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Podcast Pick: Where Do Gays Retire? with Host Mark Goldstein
Are you retired? Semi-retired? Planning to retire? And to where? Explore the myriad places LGBTQ people choose to retire, and why, in this fascinating podcast. Full disclosure: I was interviewed for it recently and will share that when it comes out. I wanted to put a word in for Lambertville, NJ, New Hope, PA (twin cities with a bridge and the Delaware River between them), and the rural New Jersey area we call home.
Host Mark Goldstein talks to people in places as different as Brisbee, AZ, Cathedral City, CA, Durham, NC, Dordogne, France, Pattaya, Thailand, and many, many more.
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Behind The Mic
Mark Goldstein
Show HostMark grew up in Brooklyn, NY, and lived in Queens, NY, Westchester County, NY, and Stamford Connecticut before moving to the Tampa Bay area in Florida. Soon after moving to Florida, Mark and his husband Peter realized that retiring in Florida wasn’t a great choice. This is when Mark started a Facebook group called “Where Do Gays Retire.”
It took a few years for the group to gain momentum, and then suddenly there was an explosion of growth. From a handful of members, to today’s 12,300+ membership, the group continues to grow and provide the LGBTQ+ community with information on where to retire globally.
Mark started Zoom sessions with people from all over the world who are living in LGBTQ+ desirable locations to educate others.
His latest project was to expand on the Zoom idea to gain a larger audience. The Where Do Gays Retire Podcast was born.
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Podcast Pick: Making Gay History
My most recent Podcast Pick is Making Gay History. This podcast has been around for 12 seasons (and counting) but I just discovered it on my morning walk. It was fascinating to hear the host talk about coming of age in the 1970s (we’re one year apart in age) and to hear again about the nascent gay rights movement struggling to achieve rights in that period. There are several audio clips provided in the podcast, including one of Huey P. Newton of the Black Panthers standing in solidarity with the gay rights groups, and another of Sylvia Rivera, the famous trans activist I had the privilege of meeting before she died in 2002. This is fascinating stuff, and an essential reminder of where we came from and the returning oppression many of us face in states across the U.S. today. Sadly, what’s old is new, and we will find ourselves once again being activists for what we gained, lost, and may need to regain in the coming years.
Up next: Where Gays Do Gays Retire, with host Mark Goldstein.
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Podcast Pick: Stuff You Should Know, with Hosts Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant
If you’ve ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.Stuff You Should Know is an informative and entertaining podcast covering strange facts and science. It’s a perfect choice for listeners who want to learn a little of everything. Do fish get thirsty? Is bariatric surgery a smart move? What is absinthe, and are cats an invasive species? Stuff You Should Know dives into exciting and often strange topics to provide unique, engaging insights.
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Podcast Pick: Mobituaries, with Host Mo Rocca
CBS News correspondent Mo Rocca has always loved obituaries. Each episode of Mobituaries covers his favorite dearly departed people and things, from the ‘Latin Lover’ who redefined Hollywood masculinity in the 1920s to the TV dog who introduced kids to literature in the 1990s. Every Wednesday, hear fresh takes on famous legacies and uncover people worthy of their overdue moment in the spotlight. Even if you know the names, you’ve never understood why they matter until now!
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Podcast Pick: Rachel Maddow Presents Ultra
I’m listening to this podcast as I write this! It’s captivating, and the parallel to our own recent history is chilling. This one’s a must-listen. – Mark
About Rachel Maddow Presents Ultra
Sitting members of Congress aiding and abetting a plot to overthrow the government. Insurrectionists criminally charged with plotting to end American democracy for good. Justice Department prosecutors under crushing political pressure. Rachel Maddow Presents: Ultra is the all-but-forgotten true story of good, old-fashioned American extremism getting supercharged by proximity to power. When extremist elected officials get caught plotting against America with the violent ultra right, this is the story of the lengths they will go to… to cover their tracks.
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Podcast Pick: Queer We Are, with Host Brad Shreve
Many of you will know Brad Shreve from his recently retired podcast Queer Writers of Crime, in with he interviewed a long and stellar list of authors specializing in LGBTQ+ mysteries and thrillers. Brad has launched a new podcasting venture and it’s a good one: Queer We Are. Brad has in-depth conversations with guests ranging from drag icon Miss Coco Peru, to author John Berendt, whose Midnight in the Garden of Good and Evil was a sensation as a book and as a movie.
Each week on Queer We Are, Brad Shreve hosts LGBTQ performers, athletes, politicians, activists, and even people you never heard of making a difference in their neighborhood. Guests share motivational, yet entertaining stories about their successes, challenges, and what they learned along the way.
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Podcast Pick: Queer Writers of Crime, with Host Brad Shreve
Recently named by BuzzFeed as one of the 20 best LGBTQ podcasts to listen to, Brad Shreve’s Queer Writers of Crime has returned better than ever. After a brief hiatus following his first 100 episodes, host Shreve has brought this essential podcast back for fans of LGBTQ+ mysteries, thrillers and suspense fiction and the authors who write them. Full disclosure: I’m on soon for a second go-round, with a thoroughly enjoyable conversation about books, characters, and point of view.
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Podcast Pick: History Briefs with Host Brad Shreve
I’m not a podcast connoisseur but I know a good one when I hear it, and History Briefs, with host Brad Shreve, is a winner. Brad burst onto the scene with his Queer Writers of Crime podcast (full disclosure, I was a guest), a wonderful series of interviews with LGBTQ+ writers of mysteries, thrillers and crime fiction. And now he’s hit on an idea whose time has come: short, 20-minute-or-less podcasts about historical facts and events we may never have even known we wanted to learn about – but we do! These podcasts are addictive, and can be listened to on the drive to work, or getting your steps in, cleaning the kitchen, or just sitting spellbound while he tells us the real stories of the Mayo Clinic’s beginnings, the famous and infamous Combat Zone in Boston, the some-say-dubious accomplishments of Alfred Nobel, and more.
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Podcast Pick: Rainbow Country, Radio Show and Podcast with Host Mark Tara
Our newest Podcast Pick comes from Canadian content creator and all-around force of nature Mark Tara.
“In 2016 I started my Gay radio show Rainbow Country on CIUT895FM in Toronto. The show has featured pillars of Canada’s LGBT Community & beyond including Oscar winners, Grammy winners, JUNO winners, best selling authors, coverage of festivals like CMW, INDIE WEEK, TIFF & so much more. In 2019 my show became a #1 LGBT podcast on Podomatic.com, one of the internet’s top 10 podcast platforms. In 2020 Rainbow Country became syndicated and can now be heard on radio in Winnipeg, Whitehorse, Ottawa, Haliburton & Online.”
Tuesdays, 11:00pm-1:00am
CIUT 89.5 FMProducer & Host Mark Tara is your tour guide through Rainbow Country. A little Gay radio show working to give voice to the LGBT community and beyond. (Now in Syndication)
You can also enjoy the podcast on iTunes, Spotify, SoundCloud, Podomatic, and other podcast platforms.
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Podcast Pick: The Love and Luck Podcast (Australia’s First LGBT Audio Drama Podcast)
Having recently started a new short-form podcast, I was curious to see what else was out there and I happened upon this gem. I don’t know why it was included in a list of short-form shows but it’s a winner, and just in time for Pride month! Very sweet, I think you’ll love it. – Mark/Editor
“Love and Luck is a fictional radio play podcast, told via voicemails and set in present day Melbourne, Australia. A slice of life queer romance story with a touch of magic, it follows the relationship between two men, Jason and Kane, as their love grows both for each other and their community.
You can listen to Love and Luck via your favourite podcast app, here on the website, or even over on youtube, where episodes are captioned!”
Among the Reviews
“In a world full of true crime podcasts and anti-heroes and dark storylines, Love and Luck is a breath of fresh air. After just a few episodes, I’ve found the acting superb, the characters endearing and relatable, and the script wonderfully observed.”
— Peter Wells, podcast critic for the Sydney Morning Herald
“There’s something to be said for an explicitly kind show that won’t end in trauma. There’s something therapeutic in being able to wait for a narrative to unfold without the constant worry that it’s going to turn tragic. There’s something healing in being faced with constant news of your community facing more and more peril, and having something like Love and Luck to remind you that sometimes, things do end well.”
— Wil Williams, reviewer at Podcast Problems