This episode is pure joy. If you don’t know who ‘The Old Gays’ are, you’re in for a treat and if you do, well, you’ve come to the right place. I spoke to all four of the gang - Bob, Bill, Jessay and Mick about how they they shot to internet fame through Grindr, why friendship and community is SO important and why we all just gotta “Enjoy, live and stop fearing”. Wise words! Chris x?H O M O S A P I E N S P O D C A S T?NEW EPISODE Every Thursday?Come play with us on socials Facebook & Instagram @Homosapiens?Email us: Hello@homosapienspodcast.com?Podcast Host: Acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Homo Sapiens

148: The Old Gays | Part 2

148: The Old Gays | Part 1

Hello listeners. Welcome to a brand new series of Homo Sapiens! This season's theme is… YOU - our listeners! I’ll be having a gas with all the same LGBTQ+ icons that you have come to expect from Homo Sapiens, but we’ll also be chatting to you delightful lot, talking about the things that matter to you, asking you to choose the guests, and of course there will be a healthy splash of agony uncle-ing.And who better to kick things off with than the w-onderful Yotam Ottolenghi who so many of you have asked us to chat to over the years. Most of us know Yotam as a world famous chef, restaurateur & writer, but it’s perhaps lesser known that he’s also a leading light in LGBTQ+ parenting. In an article he wrote for The Guardian he called the day he told the world that he’d had a son via surrogacy his 'second coming out’. So this week he swings by Homo Sapiens for a chat about cooking, parenting, bucking the trend of hyper-masculinity in kitchens, and how everything he does centres around one big queer family. It’s a delightful chat with a delightful man. Chris. x?H O M O S A P I E N S P O D C A S T?NEW EPISODE Every Thursday?Come play with us on socials Facebook & Instagram @Homosapiens?Email us: Hello@homosapienspodcast.com?Podcast Host: Acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

147: Yotam Ottolenghi | Part 2

147: Yotam Ottolenghi | Part 1

How on earth do you create a Best Bits Episode when every episode with Alan has been such a laugh? Well listeners, we’ve had a good old crack at it, and it’s a corker. We’ve got Tan France telling us off, Stephen Fry making us laugh like drains, Debbie Harry’s barking dogs, and the legend that is Patti Smith dishing out wisdom til the cows come home. All with a Hannah Gadsby cherry on the top, plus many others. Hit play and skip down memory lane with us. Chris x?H O M O S A P I E N S P O D C A S T?NEW EPISODE Every Thursday?Come play with us on socials Facebook & Instagram @Homosapiens?Email us: Hello@homosapienspodcast.com?Podcast Host: Acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

146: Best of | Part 2

146: Best of | Part 1

Hold on to your hats! This week's episode comes a little early for Homo Sapiens Listeners, but that’s cos it’s extra special. With a heavy heart we have to tell you that very soon the wonderful Alan will be leaving the Homo Sapiens nest and setting sail for podcast shores of his own with his new podcast Alan Cumming’s Shelves.SO we thought, what better than for us to introduce you all to this brilliant new podcast with a special Homo Sapiens X Alan Cumming’s Shelves Crossover Episode! We hear all about Alan’s new podcast, have a right giggle about our time together on Homo Sapiens, tee up some Best Of’s coming your way, aaaand watch this space for more exciting news about future of Homo Sapiens.This episode is split between our two feeds, so catch Part One on the Alan Cumming’s Shelves Feed, and Part Two is over here on Homo Sapiens!?LISTEN to Part 1 on Alan’s Shelves feed HERE- apple.co/3ugzwhA?H O M O S A P I E N S P O D C A S T?NEW EPISODE Every Thursday?Come play with us on socials Facebook & Instagram @Homosapiens?Email us: Hello@homosapienspodcast.com?Podcast Host: Acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

145: Homo Sapiens Podcast x Alan Cumming’s Shelves Podcast

Simon Amstell is our guest this week, and it’s a hoot I tell you. The much loved comedian, writer & film director is pure mischief and he leads me very much astray with funny stories of magic mushrooms, panic about ageing, and reflections on his Pop World days. All laced with brilliant wisdom and insights that only Simon could make. Plus - how do you make a rainbow come out of your perineum…? Listen now to find out - Chris xFor dates and tickets for Simon Amstell’s Stand Up Tour ‘Spirit Hole’, see www.simonamstell.com.?H O M O S A P I E N S P O D C A S T?NEW EPISODE Every Thursday?Come play with us on socials Facebook & Instagram @Homosapiens?Email us: Hello@homosapienspodcast.com?Podcast Host: Acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

144: Simon Amstell | Part 2

144: Simon Amstell | Part 1

This week we are lying back on the proverbial couch and letting the wonderful Nick Fager of @gaytherapy solve all our woes over an uplifting cup or three of tea in Alan’s living room. Expect incredible insights into being LGBTQ+ and of course plenty of laughs along with the way with hilarious stories of the things people say to you when you come out to them, how finding a relationship is warped by dating apps and why on earth are we chatting about Olive Oil in amongst all of this??H O M O S A P I E N S P O D C A S T?NEW EPISODE Every Thursday?Come play with us on socials Facebook & Instagram @Homosapiens?Email us: Hello@homosapienspodcast.com?Podcast Host: Acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

143: The Gay Therapist | Part 2

143: The Gay Therapist | Part 1

Did you know that a quarter of queer youth experience homelessness? The Outside Project is an LGBTIQ+ Community Shelter, Centre and Domestic Abuse Refuge that is turning the tide on homelessness in ingenious ways. Their MD, Carla Ecola, joins us this week to tell us how they persuaded London Mayor @Sadiq to lend The Outside Project an old firestation, why gender affirming clothing is so important in homelessness, and what has Status Quo’s tour bus got to do with all of this…? Listen now to find out ?H O M O S A P I E N S P O D C A S T?NEW EPISODE Every Thursday?Come play with us on socials Facebook & Instagram @Homosapiens?Email us: Hello@homosapienspodcast.com?Podcast Host: Acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

142: LGBTIQ+ Homelessness

Dan Savage is *the* iconic queer agony uncle who has for many years been demystifying sex, relationships, and above all teaching LGBTQ+ people to be proud of who we are. Listen to his wild stories from a lifetime solving people’s problems, how he was pivotal in the life of a young Jake Shears, plus a life changing moment in Czechoslovakia. He is a wonderful man, click play now!?H O M O S A P I E N S P O D C A S T?NEW EPISODE Every Thursday?Come play with us on socials Facebook & Instagram @Homosapiens?Email us: Hello@homosapienspodcast.com?Podcast Host: Acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

141: Dan Savage | Part 2

141: Dan Savage | Part 1

This isn’t your usual Homo Sapiens episode, it’s a documentary really, a first hand account of the AIDS crisis in New York in the 80s, of art, adventure and a couple who have been through it all. Artist Frank Holliday and his partner of 22 years, Raphael, joined us to talk about working for Andy Warhol, hanging out with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Keith Haring, Studio 54 and how AIDS impacted the queer scene of the city. All with a huge twist in the tale. Sit down, grab a cocktail and enjoy an incredible story from two wonderful people - Chris and Alan x?H O M O S A P I E N S P O D C A S T?NEW EPISODE Every Thursday?Come play with us on socials Facebook & Instagram @Homosapiens?Email us: Hello@homosapienspodcast.com?Podcast Host: Acast  See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

140: Frank and Raphael | Part 2

Will Young and Christopher Sweeney talk to inspirational people over tea and biscuits. Each week they'll 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.

hubhopper

Homo Sapiens

hubhopper