5: Rebecca Root - we read your emails and feedback

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5: Rebecca Root - we read your emails and feedback

FromHomo Sapiens

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13 minutes

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Aug 11, 2017

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Will and Chris go through your messages, your reviews from Grindr and discuss why you should never be a football referee. Plus - have you won a Homo Sapiens T shirt?
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Aug 11, 2017

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Homo Sapiens is the smash-hit podcast where queer people talk about life. Each week our hosts Alan Cumming & Chris Sweeney bring you intelligent, informative and fun conversations that represent the interests of LGBTQ+ people around the world. New episodes every Thursday. Subscribe now so you don't miss a thing.

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10. LGBTQ+ Sex Workers: Chris sits down with Alex Bryce (from National Ugly Mugs, whose mission is to end violence against sex workers), Josh (a male escort) and Carmen (a trans woman and former "part time lover") to discuss the stigma and realities of sex work in 2... by Homo Sapiens
38 min listen
9. Peter Tatchell - we read your emails and feedback: The boys are back in Will's car to find out your views on this week's podcast. They discuss body shame at the gym, finding love in the countryside, and they announce the first Homo Sapiens baby! by Homo Sapiens
11 min listen
3: John Grant - we read your emails and feedback: Will and Chris find out your views on the podcast, the John Grant interview and Will's Banksy theory. Plus they announce the first winner of Review of the Week. by Homo Sapiens
8 min listen
19. James Wharton - we read your emails and feedback: An action-packed episode in which Will and Chris race through the streets of London while dissecting your emails. Who will win this week's Homo Sapiens T-shirt? And will Chris be late for lunch? by Homo Sapiens
12 min listen
18. James Wharton: Will and Chris meet James Wharton, a former soldier, who tells them what it was like to be an openly gay man in the military. He details the homophobia but also the support he received, and how Prince Harry stepped in to save the day. by Homo Sapiens
57 min listen
6: Bisi Alimi: Bisi Alimi is a truly inspirational Nigerian activist who had to leave his country after coming out on television. He tells his moving story to Chris. Will and Chris discuss men wearing dresses and Will’s role as the ‘vicar’ at Chris’s wedding. by Homo Sapiens
51 min listen
2: John Grant: Will has lunch with singer and songwriter John Grant. They talk beauty, love addiction, PTSD and RuPaul's Drag Race. Will and Chris discuss the week's events and Will's embarrassing moments being recognised (or not!) in public. by Homo Sapiens
54 min listen
26. Jack Monroe - we read your emails and feedback: Will and Chris sift through your feedback on the Jack Monroe episode. A long-running dispute about scrambled eggs is resolved. And a lot of people win Homo Sapiens T-shirts. by Homo Sapiens
11 min listen
4: Rebecca Root: Rebecca Root got her big break playing transgender character Judy in BBC2’s Boy Meets Girl. She tells us about being misgendered, voice coaching trans women and working with Jake Gyllenhaal. Will recalls an embarrassing incident in David Beckham's... by Homo Sapiens
52 min listen
17. Nicky Haslam - we read your emails and feedback: On location in Will's dressing room at Wimbledon Theatre where he's starring in Cabaret. Will and Chris sift through your emails and discuss rabbit bites, climbing ladders onstage and Sean Spicer while fending off interruptions from a vacuum ... by Homo Sapiens
17 min listen
24. Jeremy Corbyn - we read your emails and feedback: Bonus conversation with Jeremy Corbyn and the Gay Times. Will and Chris go through your thoughts (good and bad) from this week's episode. Find out what sent them down their Wormhole of the Week. And someone wins the coveted Homo Sapiens T Shirt. by Homo Sapiens
18 min listen
16. Nicky Haslam: Will and Chris visit the interior designer, socialite and "the man who invented the '60s" Nicky Haslam, who tells us about his extraordinary life and career. by Homo Sapiens
49 min listen
5: Rebecca Root - we read your emails and feedback: Will and Chris go through your messages, your reviews from Grindr and discuss why you should never be a football referee. Plus - have you won a Homo Sapiens T shirt? by Homo Sapiens
13 min listen
1: Owen Jones: Writer and campaigner Owen Jones talks to Will and Chris about coming out, changing attitudes and falling for a fundamentalist Christian. Will and Chris discuss being a gay pop star and a potentially humiliating incident at Sir Elton John's party by Homo Sapiens
51 min listen
28. Alan Cumming - we read your emails and feedback: Will and Chris read through your feedback and some of you were quite unhappy about a part of last week's episode. They also discuss what sent them down their Wormhole of the Week and one lucky listener wins the legendary Homo Sapiens T-shirt. by Homo Sapiens
14 min listen
21. Marika Hackman - we read your emails and feedback: Will and Chris sift through your correspondence from Will's hotel bed. There's talk of Beyonce, masturbation, Anneka Rice and Season 1's final Review of the Week - are you the winner of a coveted Homo Sapiens T-shirt? by Homo Sapiens
15 min listen
23. Jeremy Corbyn: We're back! Will and Chris have a fascinating conversation with Labour leader, Jeremy Corbyn. They discuss LGBT heroes, bullying in schools, homophobia, mental health, Corbyn's vision for inclusivity and Will sends Jeremy into a rage about...... by Homo Sapiens
51 min listen
7. Bisi Alimi - we read your emails and feedback: Will and Chris discuss your reviews, talk rugby and darkrooms, and announce the winner of this week's Homo Sapiens T shirt. This week's episode is recorded in Will's car, as they wait for Chris's mum who has got lost shopping. But c... by Homo Sapiens
10 min listen
27. Alan Cumming: Will and Chris travel to Edinburgh to meet the actor Alan Cumming. It’s a fascinating and funny conversation which covers Alan’s life in New York, identifying as bisexual and playing the first gay leading role on a US network drama. by Homo Sapiens
49 min listen
13. Matthew Todd - we read your emails and feedback: Can Will and Chris get through all your messages before Will's food order arrives? And who has won the coveted Homo Sapiens T shirt? by Homo Sapiens
15 min listen
40. Tim Walker - we read your emails and feedback: Your feedback is flooding in, Will's tempted to take a vow of silence and someone wins the Homo Sapiens T-Shirt. by Homo Sapiens
14 min listen
14. Russell T Davies: Legendary screenwriter Russell T Davies joins us to talk Queer As Folk, Dr Who and his new drama about AIDS in the 1980s. Will and Chris discuss love at first sight, getting drunk with Eamonn Holmes and your most inspirational people. by Homo Sapiens
55 min listen
45. Francis Lee: Will and Chris travel to Yorkshire to meet the director of God’s Own Country, Francis Lee. The film was hailed as a ‘Yorkshire Brokeback Mountain’ but they discuss why it is much more than that. by Homo Sapiens
42 min listen
20. Marika Hackman: Will and Chris are joined by singer and songwriter Marika Hackman who talks about sexuality and music, objectification and a strange encounter with a fan in the pub. Will changes his mind about having children and he and Chris fall out over an old film. by Homo Sapiens
56 min listen
30. No Outsiders - we read your emails and feedback by Homo Sapiens
15 min listen
41. Hebden Bridge - the lesbian capital of the UK: Will and Chris visit Hebden Bridge, a small town in Yorkshire, to find out what makes it such an LGBTQ+-friendly place. They meet the locals and discover that the idea of big cities being more progressive than country towns is a myth. by Homo Sapiens
41 min listen
11. LGBTQ+ Sex Workers - we read your emails and feedback: Will and Chris discover what you've been saying about this week's podcast - good and bad! They discuss awards, Harry Styles, role playing and why Will's house is now full of Will Young baseball caps and calendars. by Homo Sapiens
14 min listen
25. Jack Monroe: Will & Chris talk to food writer and activist, Jack Monroe. Jack tells Will and Chris how she copes with online abuse, coming out as non-binary and why she was criticised for after winning a Woman of the Future award. by Homo Sapiens
55 min listen
8. Peter Tatchell: Will and Chris meet Peter Tatchell, a true LGBT+ hero. He shares his powerful life story, spent tirelessly campaigning for equal rights. Plus Will and Chris discuss body image, 'lesbian bed death’, and getting dumped via Whatspp. by Homo Sapiens
58 min listen
15. Russell T Davies - we read your emails and feedback by Homo Sapiens
17 min listen

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