E195. James Kirchick On The Hidden History of Gay Washington

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🗓️ 25 August 2022

⏱️ 72 minutes

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James Kirchick stops in to talk about his new book Secret City: The Hidden History of Gay Washington. He and Bridget discuss his fascinating deep dive into the history of homosexuality in Washington D.C., his process for writing the book, how he researched it, what he uncovered, and which US President he considers the most homophobic. They also cover the Lavender Scare, writing a narrative history in an engaging way, the important role World War II played on gay consciousness in America, the dramatic transformation in public attitudes on homosexuality in the last few decades and what James attributes that to, and how he developed a real sense of gratitude as a gay man living today during the course of writing the book.

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1:05.0	Are you blackpilled or whitepilled for the future of the UK? What is a man?
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1:44.0	This week on the podcast, I'm excited to welcome James Kerchick.
1:49.0	James is an award-winning journalist and author of The End of Europe, dictators, demagogues, and the coming Dark Age.
1:55.0	A visiting fellow at the Brookings Institution, he has reported from over 40 countries and is a columnist for Tablet magazine.
2:03.0	Kerchick has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, and The New York Review of Books, among many other publications and lives in Washington DC.
2:13.0	James stopped by to talk about his new book, Secret City, The Hidden History of Gay Washington.
2:19.0	I really love James. I love this conversation. He's so brilliant. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
2:25.0	I'm with James Kerchick, author of Secret City, The Hidden History of Gay Washington, and other books as well.
2:33.0	But this is what we're talking about today. Welcome to Walkins. Welcome, James.
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