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Nancy

There Are No Gay Wizards

Nancy

WNYC Studios

Gay, Documentary, Society & Culture, Sexuality, Lgtbq, Lesbian, Relationships, Asian, Politics, Conversations, Storytelling, Health & Fitness, Homosexuality

4.83K Ratings

🗓️ 30 April 2017

⏱️ 30 minutes

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Summary

Albus Dumbledore isn't gay, no matter what J.K. Rowling says. But that doesn't mean the "Harry Potter" books aren't incredibly queer.

— Matt Collette is the producer of Nancy.

Pat Brown is a New York-based comedian. Her album is called Sex Tape.

Episode scoring by Jeremy Bloom, Isaac Jones, and Lawrence Grey ("The St. Marks Shake"). Theme by Alexander Overington.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Kathy and Tobin, back at it again.

0:04.0

Costing people on the street.

0:06.0

So what we do best?

0:12.0

Were there any books or TV shows that you were obsessed with as a kid?

0:15.0

I mean in high school I was obsessed with Henry Miller.

0:18.0

Henry Miller?

0:19.0

He wrote Tropic of Capricorn, Tropic of Cancer.

0:23.0

Like stuff I shouldn't have been reading at my age definitely.

0:28.0

As a kid, I don't know Clifford the Big Red Dog probably.

0:32.0

Books?

0:33.0

Yeah.

0:34.0

I love Harry Potter.

0:36.0

I think the, what do you call the characters are just so lively you just want to be friends with them.

0:41.0

Except for like Voldemort and the Duttheaders.

0:44.0

Right.

0:47.0

From WNYC Studios, this is Susan.

0:51.0

I want me to read the whole thing.

0:53.0

You know what it says, okay.

0:55.0

Will you read it as Nancy?

0:57.0

Nancy?

0:58.0

I'm so sorry.

0:59.0

Let me start over.

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