I’m Sorry, F Off with Matt Baume

Homophilia

WOW Podcast Network

Comedy

4.4 • 926 Ratings

🗓️ 9 June 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Activist and author Matt Baume joins us to talk about his excellent book on queer representation in sitcoms Hi Honey, I’m Homo!. Also: devastatingly elegant kiss-offs to the ignorant and angry, catching up on the classics, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, the rise of PlutoTV, Boober from Fraggle Rock as gay icon, cinemaphobia, the genius of Bewitched, All In The Family and Soap, the problem of Jody, the joy of a progressive family, and the place where the hottest men on television can reliably be found: reruns of Supermarket Sweep.

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0:00.0	In a world full of street people aren't you glad there's Wow presents plus the number one place in the world to see drag race And so much more.
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0:18.6	Still only 499.
0:20.7	Subscribe today as streamed on TV. Yeah. Oh my God, I am so happy.
0:55.0	Honestly, I feel at home, and I feel at home,
1:00.0	and I feel at home, The author of the just published,
1:04.8	Hi honey, I'm Homo, Matt Baum.
1:07.6	How are you?
1:08.6	I'm great.
1:09.6	Thanks so much for having me.
1:10.4	Thank you so much for being here. I am loving your book. I am so excited to dive into it.
1:18.0	But first, you know, this is a book about television, about popular entertainment.
1:24.4	What are you currently
1:26.4	popularly entertained by?
1:28.4	What are you watching, listening to reading, etc?
1:31.2	Oh my goodness.
1:31.8	So many things. I'm doing a rewatch of all in the
1:34.8	family because that just holds up perfectly and it's very on-brand for me.
1:39.0	I also just got Manuel Betancourt's new book, The Male Gazed, which is, I cannot wait to dive into this.
1:47.3	And what Kyle Turner's new book, The Queer Film Guide?
1:50.6	There's a lot of great gay books coming out.
1:52.1	Oh, and you had, you had the wonderful Byron Lane on just a few weeks ago to talk about his new book.
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