On poppers and queer utopia / Adam Zmith

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🗓️ 26 October 2021

⏱️ 75 minutes

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Writer Adam Zmith on his book "Deep Sniff: A History of Poppers and Queer Futures" from Repeater Books. https://repeaterbooks.com/product/deep-sniff-a-history-of-poppers-and-queer-futures/

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0:00.0	The Take it back!
0:13.0	Take it back! This is hell and today. This is definitely not the media because we will be discussing a topic that is definitely not a topic you will likely hear on any other radio show, podcast, or live stream today.
0:54.0	And that topic is, yep, you guessed it.
0:58.0	Poppers, as in Amal Nitrate, as in those little bottles that are labeled room deodorizer or leather cleaner or
1:05.5	aeromatics you know those little blue bottles that as our guest today rights may
1:10.3	be the only product that the state allows to be sold on a lie.
1:15.0	As we will learn today, that is if you did not know already,
1:19.0	poppers are not used in the recommended or suggested way by the vast majority of users. No, people are not
1:26.2	cleaning leather with poppers instead of simply adding an aroma to a room,
1:31.6	users more often than not break the bottles open and inhale intensely sniffing to get the most intense effect.
1:39.0	That effect again, according to today's guest, can be an end of categorizations like gay or male
1:46.4	which can open up possibilities for the future and gay utopias.
1:50.5	Look in no way is today's guest or myself or the show or wherever and however you are listening to this right now. In no way are we endorsing the use of poppers, nor are we endorsing the use of poppers nor are we condemning it as it is a completely
2:07.4	legal product and to be honest we don't want enraged parents or litigious
2:12.3	lawyers calling to register their complaints about what you're about to hear.
2:18.0	That said, we'll learn the history, the most recent past, the present, and the future of Poppers in a few when we speak with writer Adam Smith,
2:27.0	author of Deep Sniff, a history of Poppers and Queer Futures.
2:32.0	Adam was the recipient of the 2019-2020 London Writers Award
2:37.2	and is the author of several shortlisted and published short stories. Adam is also one of the producers of the Log
2:44.0	Sorry the Log Books Podcast, the Log Books Podcast, winner of gold in the best new
2:50.5	podcast category at the British Podcast Awards in 2020.
2:55.5	You can follow Adam on Twitter at Adam Smith and you can find out more that's Adam Smith
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