Making Gay History | LGBTQ Oral Histories from the Archive
By Eric Marcus
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Season 15: Episode 3: Pat Bond
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Jul 02, 2026 |
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Season 15: Episode 2: Mabel Hampton
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Jun 25, 2026 |
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Season 15: Episode 1: Christine Jorgensen
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Season 15: Preview
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Jun 18, 2026 |
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Stonewall National Monument on “Endangered” List
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May 20, 2026 |
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The Nazi Era: Episode 12: Epilogue
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Apr 10, 2025 |
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The Nazi Era: Episode 11: Fredy Hirsch
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Apr 03, 2025 |
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The Nazi Era: Episode 10: Kenneth Roman
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Mar 27, 2025 |
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The Nazi Era: Episode 9: Margot Heuman
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Mar 20, 2025 |
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The Nazi Era: Episode 8: Lucy Salani
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Mar 13, 2025 |
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The Nazi Era: Episode 7: Gad Beck
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Mar 06, 2025 |
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The Nazi Era: Episode 6: Frieda Belinfante
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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The Nazi Era: Episode 5: Pierre Seel
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Feb 20, 2025 |
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The Nazi Era: Episode 4: Stefan Kosinski
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Feb 13, 2025 |
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The Nazi Era: Episode 3: Overview Part II
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Feb 06, 2025 |
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The Nazi Era: Episode 2: Overview Part I
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Jan 30, 2025 |
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The Nazi Era: Episode 1: Prologue
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Jan 27, 2025 |
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Bonus: WWFKD — Drawing Strength from One of Our Movement’s Most Ferocious Crusaders
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Nov 08, 2024 |
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Guest Episode: But We Loved: Evan Wolfson, Godfather of the Marriage Equality Movement
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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Stonewall 55: Episode 3: “Say It Loud! Gay & Proud!”
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Jun 28, 2024 |
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Stonewall 55: Episode 2: “Everything Clicked… And the Riot Was On”
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Jun 21, 2024 |
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Stonewall 55: Episode 1: Prelude to a Riot
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Stonewall 55: Episode 0: Myth & Meaning
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Jun 14, 2024 |
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Bonus: Feminist Bookstores: A Love Story — with June Thomas
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May 23, 2024 |
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Guest Episode: Blindspot: The Plague in the Shadows: Mourning in America
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Feb 15, 2024 |
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Dismantling a Diagnosis: Episode 3: Out of the DSM & into the Present — A Conversation about LGBTQ+ Mental Health
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Dec 29, 2023 |
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Dismantling a Diagnosis: Episode 2: The Cure
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Dec 22, 2023 |
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Dismantling a Diagnosis: Episode 1: A Kind of Madness
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Dec 15, 2023 |
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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 6: Marching On
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Jun 29, 2023 |
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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 5: Thank You, Anita
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Jun 08, 2023 |
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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 4: Respectable
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May 25, 2023 |
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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 3: Family Ties
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May 11, 2023 |
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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 2: Fire Island and Other Stories
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Apr 27, 2023 |
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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Chapter 1: A Surge of Energy
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Apr 13, 2023 |
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Coming of Age During the 1970s: Preview
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Apr 06, 2023 |
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Guest Episode: Sidedoor: Lucy Hicks Anderson
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Feb 23, 2023 |
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Bonus: A Complicated Love Story
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Feb 14, 2023 |
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Season 11: Episode 6: Kathleen Boatwright
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Dec 08, 2022 |
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Season 11: Episode 5: Robert Bauman
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Dec 01, 2022 |
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Season 11: Episode 4: Urvashi Vaid
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Nov 24, 2022 |
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Season 11: Episode 3: Faygele Ben-Miriam
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Nov 17, 2022 |
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Season 11: Episode 2: Rev. Carolyn Mobley-Bowie
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Nov 10, 2022 |
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Season 11: Episode 1: Craig Rodwell
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Nov 03, 2022 |
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Season 11: Preview
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Oct 27, 2022 |
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Guest Episode: Revisionist History: When Will Met Grace
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Sep 15, 2022 |
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Rewind: Stonewall 50: Episode 4: Live from Stonewall
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Jun 23, 2022 |
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Rewind: Stonewall 50: Episode 3: “Say It Loud! Gay & Proud!”
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Jun 16, 2022 |
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Rewind: Stonewall 50: Episode 2: "Everything Clicked… And the Riot Was On"
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Jun 09, 2022 |
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Rewind: Stonewall 50: Episode 1: Prelude to a Riot
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Jun 02, 2022 |
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Season 10: Episode 6: Michelle Lopez
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Mar 31, 2022 |
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Guest Episode: LGBTQ&A: Peter Staley: ACT UP Changed the World — Here’s How
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Mar 26, 2022 |
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Season 10: Episode 5: Ann Northrop
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Mar 24, 2022 |
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Season 10: Episode 4: Randy Boyd
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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Season 10: Episode 3: Sara Boesser
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Mar 10, 2022 |
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Season 10: Episode 2: Dr. Ronald Grossman
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Mar 03, 2022 |
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Season 10: Episode 1: Randy Shilts
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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Season 10: Preview
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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Introducing: We Were Always Here: They Weren't Us
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Dec 23, 2021 |
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Introducing: The Log Books: "Please Be Gentle"
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Nov 30, 2021 |
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Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis: Chapter 6: Making History
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Sep 10, 2021 |
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Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis: Chapter 5: In or Out
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Aug 27, 2021 |
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Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis: Chapter 4: Complications of AIDS
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis: Chapter 3: 318 West 22nd Street
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Jul 30, 2021 |
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Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis: Chapter 2: Not Alone
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Jul 15, 2021 |
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Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis: Chapter 1: Buried Headline
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Jul 01, 2021 |
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Coming of Age During the AIDS Crisis: Preview
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Jun 24, 2021 |
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Bonus: Remembering Kay Lahusen
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May 27, 2021 |
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MGH & Studs Terkel: Episode 8: Meg Christian
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Jan 07, 2021 |
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MGH & Studs Terkel: Episode 7: Leonard Matlovich
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Dec 24, 2020 |
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MGH & Studs Terkel: Episode 6: Jill Johnston
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Dec 10, 2020 |
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MGH & Studs Terkel: Episode 5: Mattachine Midwest
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Nov 26, 2020 |
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MGH & Studs Terkel: Episode 4: Quentin Crisp
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Nov 12, 2020 |
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MGH & Studs Terkel: Episode 3: "Les-Lee"
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Oct 29, 2020 |
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MGH & Studs Terkel: Episode 2: Lorraine Hansberry
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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MGH & Studs Terkel: Episode 1: Christopher Isherwood
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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MGH & Studs Terkel Radio Archive: Preview
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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Revisiting the Archive: Episode 13: Larah Helayne & Jean O’Leary
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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Introducing: Those Who Were There: Voices from the Holocaust: Leon Bass
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Jun 14, 2020 |
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Revisiting the Archive: Episode 12: Bayard Rustin
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Jun 07, 2020 |
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Revisiting the Archive: Episode 11: Larry Kramer
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May 29, 2020 |
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Revisiting the Archive: Episode 10: Perry Watkins
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May 23, 2020 |
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Revisiting the Archive: Episode 9: Joyce Hunter
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May 16, 2020 |
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Revisiting the Archive: Episode 8: Morris Foote
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May 09, 2020 |
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Revisiting the Archive: Episode 7: Ellen DeGeneres
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May 02, 2020 |
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Revisiting the Archive: Episode 6: Kay Lahusen's Gay Table
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Apr 25, 2020 |
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Revisiting the Archive: Episode 5: Vito Russo
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Apr 18, 2020 |
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Revisiting the Archive: Episode 4: Shirley Willer
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Apr 11, 2020 |
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Revisiting the Archive: Episode 3: Wendell Sayers
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Apr 04, 2020 |
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Revisiting the Archive: Episode 2: Edythe Eyde
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Mar 28, 2020 |
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Revisiting the Archive: Episode 1: Frank Kameny
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Mar 21, 2020 |
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Bonus: From the Vault: Sylvia Rivera & Marsha P. Johnson, 1970
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Dec 27, 2019 |
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Season 6: Episode 5: Damien Martin
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Dec 19, 2019 |
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Season 6: Episode 4: Nancy Walker
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Dec 05, 2019 |
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Season 6: Episode 3: Barbara Smith
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Nov 21, 2019 |
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Season 6: Episode 2: Vernon E. "Copy" Berg III
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Nov 07, 2019 |
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Season 6: Episode 1: Ruth Simpson
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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Season 6: Preview
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Oct 24, 2019 |
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Bonus: Stonewall 50 Minisode: Craig Rodwell
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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Bonus: Stonewall 50 Minisode: Barbara Gittings and Kay Lahusen
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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Bonus: Stonewall 50 Minisode: Morty Manford
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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Bonus: Stonewall 50 Minisode: Marsha P. Johnson & Randy Wicker
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Jun 28, 2019 |
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Stonewall 50: Episode 4: Live from Stonewall
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Jun 27, 2019 |
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Stonewall 50: Episode 3: "Say it Loud! Gay and Proud!"
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Jun 20, 2019 |
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Stonewall 50: Episode 2: ”Everything Clicked… And the Riot Was On”
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Jun 13, 2019 |
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Stonewall 50: Episode 1: Prelude to a Riot
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Jun 06, 2019 |
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Stonewall 50: Preview
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May 23, 2019 |
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Season 4: Episode 11: Martha Shelley
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Feb 21, 2019 |
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Season 4: Episode 10: Dick Leitsch
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Feb 07, 2019 |
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Season 4: Episode 9: Ernestine Eckstein
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Jan 24, 2019 |
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Season 4: Episode 8: Bayard Rustin
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Jan 10, 2019 |
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Season 4: Episode 7: Reed Erickson
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Dec 27, 2018 |
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Season 4: Episode 6: Stella Rush ("Sten Russell")
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Dec 13, 2018 |
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Season 4: Episode 5: Dorr Legg, Martin Block, and Jim Kepner of ONE
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Nov 29, 2018 |
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Season 4: Episode 4: Billye Talmadge
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Nov 15, 2018 |
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Season 4: Episode 3: Harry Hay
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Nov 01, 2018 |
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Season 4: Episode 2: Magnus Hirschfeld
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Oct 25, 2018 |
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Season 4: Episode 1: Introduction
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Oct 25, 2018 |
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Season 4: A Message from Our Listeners
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Oct 11, 2018 |
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Bonus: Farewell Dick Leitsch
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Jun 23, 2018 |
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Bonus: Kay Lahusen’s Gay Table
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Jun 21, 2018 |
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Bonus: Love Is Love
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Feb 14, 2018 |
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Season 3: Episode 11: Morty Manford
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Dec 28, 2017 |
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Season 3: Episode 10: Greg Brock
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Dec 21, 2017 |
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Season 3: Episode 9: Paulette Goodman
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Dec 14, 2017 |
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Season 3: Episode 8: Morris Kight
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Dec 07, 2017 |
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Season 3: Episode 7: Phyllis Lyon and Del Martin
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Nov 30, 2017 |
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Season 3: Episode 6: Larry Kramer
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Nov 23, 2017 |
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Season 3: Episode 5: Deborah Johnson & Zandra Rolón Amato
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Nov 16, 2017 |
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Season 3: Episode 4: J.J. Belanger
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Nov 09, 2017 |
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Season 3: Episode 3: Ellen DeGeneres
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Nov 02, 2017 |
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Season 3: Episode 2: Perry Watkins
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Oct 26, 2017 |
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Season 3: Episode 1: Sylvia Rivera — Part 2
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Oct 22, 2017 |
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Season 3: Preview
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Oct 19, 2017 |
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Bonus: Edythe Eyde's Gay Gal's Mixtape
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Oct 11, 2017 |
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Bonus: Rewind: Sylvia Rivera — Part 1
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Oct 05, 2017 |
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Season 2: Episode 11: Tom Cassidy
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May 04, 2017 |
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Season 2: Episode 10: Joyce Hunter
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Apr 27, 2017 |
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Season 2: Episode 9: Evander Smith and Herb Donaldson
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Apr 20, 2017 |
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Season 2: Episode 8: Barbara Gittings & Kay Lahusen — Part 2
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Apr 13, 2017 |
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Season 2: Episode 7: Herb Selwyn
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Apr 06, 2017 |
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Season 2: Episode 6: Morris Foote
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Mar 30, 2017 |
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Season 2: Episode 5: Jean O'Leary - Part 2
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Mar 26, 2017 |
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Season 2: Episode 4: Jean O'Leary - Part 1
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Mar 23, 2017 |
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Season 2: Episode 3: Hal Call
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Mar 16, 2017 |
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Season 2: Episode 2: Shirley Willer
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Mar 09, 2017 |
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Season 2: Episode 1: Marsha P. Johnson and Randy Wicker
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Mar 02, 2017 |
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Season 2: Preview
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Feb 23, 2017 |
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Bonus: Love Is Love
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Feb 14, 2017 |
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Season 1: Episode 10: Vito Russo
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Dec 15, 2016 |
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Season 1: Episode 9: Barbara Gittings & Kay Lahusen — Part 1
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Dec 08, 2016 |
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Season 1: Episode 8: "Dear Abby"
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Dec 01, 2016 |
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Season 1: Episode 7: Chuck Rowland
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Nov 23, 2016 |
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Season 1: Episode 6: Jeanne and Morty Manford
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Nov 17, 2016 |
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Season 1: Episode 5: Frank Kameny
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Nov 10, 2016 |
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Season 1: Episode 4: Dr. Evelyn Hooker
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Nov 03, 2016 |
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Season 1: Episode 3: Edythe Eyde aka Lisa Ben
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Oct 27, 2016 |
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Season 1: Episode 2: Wendell Sayers
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Oct 20, 2016 |
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Season 1: Episode 1: Sylvia Rivera — Part 1
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Oct 13, 2016 |
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Season 1: Preview
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Oct 05, 2016 |